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Passion for innovation

A network of contacts
Creativity

Must demonstrate the following Understanding of the


Send us your blog or portfolio criteria change process
Ideas
Experimentation
Not afraid to be wrong
Recruitment process
On a constant quest to learn
Do a real world challenge 1
in a day
Graphic and web design
Meet us for coffee 2
Sponsorship 9 Participants
Travel and expenses 10
Mails and visits to chief execs Marketing
and directors
Online platforms Public sector
Events

Support for alumni meetups as


needed
Post-placement
startup funding/VC intros?

Anchored in one organisation


over 1 year doing
placements in different
departments
Encouraged to move between
Placements
partner orgs
Marketing to participants External placements
Marketing to organisations Senior people from funders
Social events Service design agencies
Service design grads Mentors Prominent innovators 3
Full time project manager Business/Private sector
Staff Current/former public
Administration support
Costs sector employees International
Target participants Not just those with degrees
Recruitment process blog, tweet etc progress and
Range of ages thoughts
Venues Portfolio to be completed online
Events showcase projects
Speakers Cross section of universities
Running
Talks and seminars 4
Expenses and payments to mentors Innovation Injection
Learning Business guidance 5
Learning to be formally
shared with placement
Components for organisation
participants social events for and between
Main social innovation funders cohorts
Govt funding Join together to complete a project
Initial funding options for
Peer support
European? first cohort Attend talks/seminars
Tough problems addressed Learning experiences that
Initial pilot group of LAs Social network 6
Introduction to innovation thinking bring peers together
chip in a bit? hack days
Business model and approaches throughout the
Per participant? organisation Facilitated group
Based on outcomes? Collective benefit of cohort 8 discussions/solution days
Payment by organisations
Percentage of money saved by any Beginnings of innovation find and solve a challenge in the org
project implemented by a Benefits for infrastructure within the work across orgs and with
participant? Organisations organisation peers to solve a challenge
A conduit for learning together
between organisations Find own path through
One or more innovators innovation landscape -
for a year develop network and
Regular learning reports/talks/sessions contacts
Challenges
from innovators for other hackday style sessions to crack
staff specific problems determined by the
Tangibles cohort
Money saved through innovation
100 projects in one week
At least one project implemented
to improve one area of public Quick-fire (one week) 7
servcie placements in other unrelated
yet innovative orgs (esp
private sector)
Notes
1) Do a real world challenge in a day
Depends on how many applicants there are, esp for the first one

2) Meet us for coffee


'Us' being one of the scheme owners and/or someone from a public sector org

3) Prominent innovators
Role modelling and networks

4) Talks and seminars


On innovation, culture, systems thinking, theoretical models etc in addition to peer presentations, attendance at conferences, much of which
is already organised by Nesta

5) Business guidance
Help from SHINE?

6) Social network
Not necessarily especially created e.g. could be aFB group or just a Twitter list

7) Quick-fire (one week) placements in other unrelated yet innovative orgs (esp
private sector)
Analagous services

8) Collective benefit of cohort


Since part of the programme will be sicamp style events to solve specific issues

9) Sponsorship
Many of the most successful graduate schemes sponsor student activities such as sports teams.  In this case sponsoring design
competitions and other innovation activities may be required

10) Travel and expenses


Attending careers events, giving talks, organising regional recruitment sessions

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