nominet trust social tech seed pre application workshop

www.nominettrust.org.uk

Social Tech Seed: pre-application workshopThe Tetley, Leeds

dan.sutch@nominettrust.org.uk @dansutch @nominettrust

http://www.slideshare.net/Dannno/pre-app-pres-autumn-2014

We believe that the use of digital technology can transform

the way we address big social challenges, so we bring

together, invest in and support people and organisations to do

this.

• Social investments and grants of c£5m per year • Aim to demonstrate how digital technology can be used to redesign the way we address

persistent social challenges•Aim to support (in addition to funding) to scale the social and economic impact •Foundation charity of Nominet – the .UK domain registry (10m+ .uk websites)•Direct relationship with Nominet’s public purpose & strength of their membership

Our mission

Research and Insight

Supporting 1 million young people to develop digital skills and entrepreneurial skills

Providing mentoring, funding, opportunities and support

IDEA

Grant making and social investment

Podnosh ‘Recording Real Lives’Capturing voices of disconnected people for social policy makers

Futuregov ‘Patchwork’Supporting and improving communication between key local authority workers around the family

‘Make Things Do Stuff’Encouraging young people to

become digital makers

‘Memory Box’Collecting digital memories for

recollection activities for people suffering from dementia

‘Discoverables’Helping young people discover,

develop and demonstrate skills for employability

Carers UK ‘Jointly’Supporting time-poor carers to

manage caring responsibilities with busy lives

memrica

Jointly app, Carers UK

To discover, to help demonstrate and test the potential of a new approach that uses digital technology to address a persistent social challenge. 

Social Tech Seed

Discover by bfishadow ccFlickr

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Transistor_Count_and_Moore%27s_Law_-_2011.svg

Many examples of significant tech-driven/tech-enabled

changes – where for social-tech?

This requires:• Creativity and imagination for how else we might address

these issues• Risk taking and testing of these new approaches• Entrepreneurship and willingness • Aspiration, persistence and tenacity• (openness, collaboration...)

The use of digital technology provides remarkable opportunities to redesign how we address persistent social challenges

It’s not just a lack of space suits...

Redesigning our approach to social innovation

Affordances of digital Tech

Social Entreprene

urship

Designing from ‘first principles’

Consider together, the:

Affordances of digital technology

The values & energy of social entrepreneurship and social business

Look again at the challenges and redesign approaches

Put simply, this funding programme has been developed to help demonstrate the

potential of a new approach that uses digital technology to address a persistent social challenge. The fund aims to help

develop and test these early-stage ideas.

Introducing Social Tech Seed

What we’re offering

Up to £50k investment – budget based on need

Support to develop, test and demonstrate your work

Personal/professional development links through our Funder+ activities (£5k discretionary fund)

Links to our network of social-tech innovators

Potential further support and development if the approach tests well (further investment, links etc)

An opportunity to build experience and a case for your idea that can be presented for further development

What do you need?

Tested team with an idea, or an idea that has already (in some way) been tested

Previous seed funding; tested prototype

An aspiration to address a social challenge through the use of digital technology beyond this funding

Commitment to testing and developing your approach

An understanding of how this approach is different from existing ways of addressing the social challenge

A way of developing the product/activity within a year

Idea generation; developing MVP and early testing; venture formed.

Moving from MVP to beta; beginnings of Comms, PR and evaluation; Demonstrating potential of new approach through co-design, early partnerships and market testing

Developed tech for use beyond testing group; developing sales and supplier lists; demonstrating viability as alternative to current provision though outcomes evaluation, partnerships, routes to market and evidencing demand

Stable tech for market use; Established and confirmed partnership & routes to market; evidence of demand and social value; customers confirmed and further ongoing partnership conversations – weakness in one or two areas needed to scale that can be addressed (eg marketing); development of internal org infrastructure including senior appointments, legal, HR, finance.

Stable and specific tech for market use; iteratively building on previous work to extend market reach & user numbers or accessing new markets. Recruitment of Board members and prep for investment.

Useful linksSocial Tech Seed programme:

http://www.nominettrust.org.uk/how-to-apply/our-investment-programmes-0

http://www.nominettrust.org.uk/how-to-apply/assessment-criteria

This presentation:http://www.slideshare.net/Dannno/pre-app-pres-autumn-2014

Open for applications

dan.sutch@nominettrust.org.uk @dansutch @nominettrust

Hope it was useful – more info at www.nominettrust.org.uk

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