VOLUNTEERS FOR INNOVATION

TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

PRESUPPOSITIONS

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SocietyUniversities

Business

Educational programs

Early hiring/internships

Real problems solving contests

WHAT DO BUSINESSES NEED AND WHAT THEY DO ABOUT IT?

1. Businesses need the best staff.- They have multiple educational programs including stipends;- They offer internships with a possibility of further employment.

2. Businesses need new ideas for their further development

- They hold various contests and provide research grants;- They already use crowdsourcing as a tool for solving marketing tasks, pinpointing the new areas of application and sales opportunities.

ARE BUSINESSES ALWAYS HAPPY WITH THE RESULT AND WHY?

WHAT DO UNIVERSITIES WANT AND WHAT DO THEY DO ABOUT IT?

1. Universities are interested in getting their graduates employed with higher salaries which affects universities’ ratings

- This requires a finer tuning of specialties by analyzing the market needs.

2. Universities are interested in professional orientation of students for better saturation of different chairs.

3. Universities are interested in having folks from businesses for sharing real life experience via lectures and seminars.

For some reason, universities are too fond of engaging with governmental bodies instead of analyzing the need of real businesses.

ARE UNIVERSITIES HAPPY WITH THE RESULT?

WHAT DOES YOUTH NEED AND WHAT DO THEY DO ABOUT IT?

1. Youth wants to get employed and earn plenty of money.

2. Many want to learn new or test existing skills by solving real life tasks while still being students.

3. Very few refuse having fun and getting gifts for taking part in contests.

4. Many search for new information to read and/or seek advanced educational possibilities.

5. Some simply want to be “cool” and different from the rest.

The majority of youth uses specialized web-sites and/or social networks with limited scope.

IS YOUTH ALWAYS SATISFIED WITH WHAT THEY GET?

WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN?

Russian internet society is segregated.

Source: Berkman Center For Internet and Society at Harvard University http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2010/10/russiaDC

Different communities are poorly linked, even if they have mutual interests

SOLUTION2. Communication

Ecosystem1. Team

3. Offline communication

OUR TEAM

Sergey Lourie,FLEX’ 94

RUSNANO

Lisa Lyhina,Muskie’ 01

VGTRK

Olga Zhosanou,FLEX’ 03

Action Global Communications

Alexander Kartashev,

Social Networks

Yulia Tell,FLEX’ 02

Intel

Daria Gavrilova,FLEX’ 04

FNM MSU, post-grad

Alexey Chepiga,FNM MSU, student

Vladimir Korolev,FNM MSU, student

Alexander Zagornov,FLEX’ 01

RUSNANO

Bram Caplan,USBT’ 06

Skolkovo Tech

Olga Tomilina,FLEX’ 06

Amazin Kostum

Arslan Penjiyev,FLEX’ 03, UGRAD’07

Karina Khapchaeva,FLEX’ 03

COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE

COMMUNITY PRINCIPLES:

1. All members, including founders, are equal in rights and limitations

2. All members commit their time for the community for free. Any fees may arise only with

materials expenditures (publishing posters/ flyers and so on)

The basic commitment requires a weekly interaction with the community. Further commitment, i.e. taking part in webinars and so on – is welcome!

IMPLEMENTATION

1. Initial starta. Community policyb. Theme rubrication and tagging (for easy access)

2. Regular online activitya. Contributing publications on everyday basisb. Webinars with businesses and university representatives.

3. Offline event. To be defined after the AEIF revision. Currently envisioning:

a. A stand-alone socially important event (like garbage cleaning run at the Botanic garden or of the same sort).b. A joint event in the framework of the Smart Russia Forum (Fall 2012).