1. The legacy of
past projects:
reaping the
harvest
Dr Tabetha Newman
tn@timmuslimited.co.uk
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2. Today’s talk
1. The rise of small investment schemes
2. What does „success‟ look like?
3. Successful projects have…
4. They catalyse further change when…
5. Why do things go wrong?
6. Including people in your action plan
Dr Tabetha Newnan, www.timmuslimited.co.uk © 2013

3. 1. Small investment schemes
 Small funding initiative schemes now „the norm‟
 Leadership in Technology (LiT) good example
 Grants of up to £6,000
 55 completed projects, 20 currently underway
 Huge variation in technology solutions, sectors,
contexts…
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4. My job…
Value? Impact? What does
‘success’ look like?
What factors correlate with
success?
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5. 2. What does ‘success’ look like?
 Comparative measurement was out!
£
Something changes for
the better
Embed
Catalyse
Disseminate
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6. Evidence of ‘success’ in LiT projects:
Data (n=20)
Embed positive change 90% said still in use in some
form after 1 or 2 years
Catalyse more positive 80% said yes
change
Disseminate experience to 78% from year 1; 30% in
others year 2
Dr Tabetha Newnan, www.timmuslimited.co.uk © 2013

7. Evidence of ‘success’ in LiT projects:
Data (n=20)
Embed positive change 90% said still in use in some
Many LiT projects were „successful‟,years
form after 1 and 2 but
why?
What factors enable embedding,
Catalyse more positive 80% said yes
changecatalysing change and dissemination to
others?
Disseminate experience to 78% from year 1; 30% in
others year 2
Dr Tabetha Newnan, www.timmuslimited.co.uk © 2013

8. 3. Successful projects have:
Realistic, easy to explain
goal
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9. 3. Successful projects have:
Realistic, easy to explain
goal
Committed project leader
(bid writer)
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10. 3. Successful projects have:
Realistic, easy to explain
goal
Committed project leader
(bid writer)
Project includes people
who will be affected
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11. 3. Successful projects have:
Realistic, easy to explain
goal
Committed project leader
(bid writer)
Project includes people
who will be affected
Output: User friendly
technology
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12. 3. Successful projects have:
Realistic, easy to explain
goal
Committed project leader
(bid writer)
Re-structuringincludes people
Project
who will be affected
Output: User friendly
technology
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13. 4. Projects catalyse internal change when…
Time to reflect Internal
(other organisational recognition („have a
systems?) go!‟)
Catalysing
change
Fits into wider
Leaves a ‘thing’
(show to others!) strategy (develops
over time)
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14. 5. When things go wrong…
 Leader not on bid and  No testing of solution
project team before roll-out
 Project leader is  No honest discussion of
renegade/over- internal cultural barriers
worked/loner/won‟t adapt
 Target is low on
 Project team doesn‟t organisational/SMT
include key „gatekeepers‟ agenda
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15. 6. Including people in your action plan
“I wish we had involved more
of the delivery team in the
development of the project” ”
“We involved all the staff who
✗ would be affected by the
change, and listened to their
views and opinions”
✔
 Socio-emotional issues inside organisation are often one of the
largest barriers to change
 Acknowledge this, and include people in your action plan
Dr Tabetha Newnan, www.timmuslimited.co.uk © 2013

16. ACTION PLAN
 Who will be affected by project and
outcomes? Include on team?
What?
 Who needs to know before we start?
 How and when do we tell wider
staff?
How?
 Regular communication to keep
organisation on board
Who?
 What training might be required
during/after the project?
 Likely blocking / driving cultural factors. Plan response.
 Plans for project end: communicating success in-house, looking for
more opportunities, wider dissemination
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17. ProVQ (work-based learning) Walsall FE College (vocational)
Technology: Offline excel-based e- Technology: iTunesU short videos for
portfolio (apprentices often working in maths, english and induction. Soon for
locations with unreliable internet other subjects.
connection)
Embedded? Used daily by all trainers to Embedded? Early use and feedback
track all apprentices. positive. Side-tracked by…
Catalyst? Six other successful funding Catalyst? … discovery of AR codes.
projects since, cultural acceptance of Engaging student use of iPhones for
supportive ICT learning using AR code postcards.
Dissemination? Workbook with macros Dissemination? Won Beacon for
handed out at conference. Technology award. Visited by five
colleges
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