The document describes Empire State College's proposed Community Development Virtual Incubator (CDVI). It discusses the history and purpose of business incubators. The CDVI will provide resources and programs to support small businesses, non-profits, and public organizations in New York State. It will have 4 phases: 1) an online resource repository and presentations; 2) an annual residency for students; 3) a professional membership program; and 4) mentoring relationships between graduates and students/organizations. The goal is to support sustainable community development and provide interactive learning opportunities for students.
I hope you find this issue to be informative and helpful in your work. Please send me any information you’d like posted in upcoming issues.
The embedded links may not work in SlideShare, so please feel free to email me for a copy at DrChrisStout@gmail.com to be added to our email list.
You can join our Facebook Group and interact with over 1500 likeminded individuals at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/CenterForGlobalInitiatives/
Any recommendations to improve this communique would be most appreciated!
And if you’d like to support the Center’s work with a tax deductible donation, that would be fantastic(!) and do a great deal: http://centerforglobalinitiatives.org/donateNow.cfm
Cheers, and thank you for your work,
Chris
The Youth Economic Participation Inititiatve (YEPI) goals and activities
1. Support universities to expand innovative models enabling upper-year students and recent alumni to accelerate their transition to the work force.
1. Facilitate a global Community of Practice to promote the exchange of knowledge
An introduction to the Youth Economic Participation Initiative, as presented in March 2015 at the Comparative and International Education Society conference in Washington, DC. The presentation includes a look at critical institutional factors, strategies for supporting emerging entrepreneurs, engagement of key communities, and fostering of a community of practice.
The Key ingredients of training coaching and monitoring for Youth EntrepreneursOECD CFE
The aim of this High-Level Capacity Building Seminar is have an international exchange of information on inclusive entrepreneurship actions across the European Union and on how the European Union Structural Funds can be used to support actions that combine entrepreneurship promotion and social inclusion.
ASHOKA BELGIUM: Changemaker Schools Program 2014OECD CFE
The aim of this High-Level Capacity Building Seminar is have an international exchange of information on inclusive entrepreneurship actions across the European Union and on how the European Union Structural Funds can be used to support actions that combine entrepreneurship promotion and social inclusion.
Digital student skills workshop - 17 February 2016Jisc
As part of our digital student project, this series of consultation events will help inform our digital student: skills sector study. We are exploring the technology expectations and experiences of different learners’ including adult and community learners, work based learners, apprentices and offender learners.
I hope you find this issue to be informative and helpful in your work. Please send me any information you’d like posted in upcoming issues.
The embedded links may not work in SlideShare, so please feel free to email me for a copy at DrChrisStout@gmail.com to be added to our email list.
You can join our Facebook Group and interact with over 1500 likeminded individuals at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/CenterForGlobalInitiatives/
Any recommendations to improve this communique would be most appreciated!
And if you’d like to support the Center’s work with a tax deductible donation, that would be fantastic(!) and do a great deal: http://centerforglobalinitiatives.org/donateNow.cfm
Cheers, and thank you for your work,
Chris
The Youth Economic Participation Inititiatve (YEPI) goals and activities
1. Support universities to expand innovative models enabling upper-year students and recent alumni to accelerate their transition to the work force.
1. Facilitate a global Community of Practice to promote the exchange of knowledge
An introduction to the Youth Economic Participation Initiative, as presented in March 2015 at the Comparative and International Education Society conference in Washington, DC. The presentation includes a look at critical institutional factors, strategies for supporting emerging entrepreneurs, engagement of key communities, and fostering of a community of practice.
The Key ingredients of training coaching and monitoring for Youth EntrepreneursOECD CFE
The aim of this High-Level Capacity Building Seminar is have an international exchange of information on inclusive entrepreneurship actions across the European Union and on how the European Union Structural Funds can be used to support actions that combine entrepreneurship promotion and social inclusion.
ASHOKA BELGIUM: Changemaker Schools Program 2014OECD CFE
The aim of this High-Level Capacity Building Seminar is have an international exchange of information on inclusive entrepreneurship actions across the European Union and on how the European Union Structural Funds can be used to support actions that combine entrepreneurship promotion and social inclusion.
Digital student skills workshop - 17 February 2016Jisc
As part of our digital student project, this series of consultation events will help inform our digital student: skills sector study. We are exploring the technology expectations and experiences of different learners’ including adult and community learners, work based learners, apprentices and offender learners.
Reflecting on Yesterday, Understanding Today, Planning for Tomorrowlisbk
Slides for a paper on "Reflecting on Yesterday, Understanding Today, Planning for Tomorrow" presented by Brian Kelly at the Umbrella 2013 conference in Manchester on 2 July 2013.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/conferences/umbrella-2013/
ELI Annual Meeting 2019: Using Design Thinking to Enable Student Success and ...brightspot
Kelly Miller, University of Miami Libraries, and Adam Griff and Elliot Felix, brightspot strategy presented Using Design Thinking to Enable Student Success and Build Community at the 2019 ELI Annual Meeting. They answer the important question: How can disparate academic service providers come together – culturally, organizationally, physically, and digitally – to better support students?
Interactive idea generation presentation given at TAACCCT-ON in Topeka Kansas 24-Sep-2015. Engages TAACCCT grantees in discussion of current plans and recommendations for long term strategies for legacy building and maximizing impact and ROI of TAACCCT.
Library Assessment Conference: Lead Usersbrightspot
Elliot Felix presented “Lead Users: A Strategy for Predictive, Context-Sensitive Service, and Space Design” with Georgia Institute of Technology at the Library Assessment Conference in Virginia, Oct 31-Nov 2, 2016.
An overview of how to apply for Erasmus+ Youth Key Action 3 funding. For more information, go to our application resources page: https://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/application-resources
An overview of how to apply for Erasmus+ Youth Key Action 2 funding. For more information, go our application resources page: https://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/application-resources
Welcome plenary - Will Allen and Robert PartridgeJisc
Led by your host Will Allen, head of Jisc north, the opening session will set the scene for the day and will include a strategic update, and the latest news from Jisc.
Includes a contribution from Robert Partridge, director of student opportunity, University of Leeds.
Connect more in Liverpool, 21 June 2016.
Reflecting on Yesterday, Understanding Today, Planning for Tomorrowlisbk
Slides for a paper on "Reflecting on Yesterday, Understanding Today, Planning for Tomorrow" presented by Brian Kelly at the Umbrella 2013 conference in Manchester on 2 July 2013.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/conferences/umbrella-2013/
ELI Annual Meeting 2019: Using Design Thinking to Enable Student Success and ...brightspot
Kelly Miller, University of Miami Libraries, and Adam Griff and Elliot Felix, brightspot strategy presented Using Design Thinking to Enable Student Success and Build Community at the 2019 ELI Annual Meeting. They answer the important question: How can disparate academic service providers come together – culturally, organizationally, physically, and digitally – to better support students?
Interactive idea generation presentation given at TAACCCT-ON in Topeka Kansas 24-Sep-2015. Engages TAACCCT grantees in discussion of current plans and recommendations for long term strategies for legacy building and maximizing impact and ROI of TAACCCT.
Library Assessment Conference: Lead Usersbrightspot
Elliot Felix presented “Lead Users: A Strategy for Predictive, Context-Sensitive Service, and Space Design” with Georgia Institute of Technology at the Library Assessment Conference in Virginia, Oct 31-Nov 2, 2016.
An overview of how to apply for Erasmus+ Youth Key Action 3 funding. For more information, go to our application resources page: https://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/application-resources
An overview of how to apply for Erasmus+ Youth Key Action 2 funding. For more information, go our application resources page: https://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/application-resources
Welcome plenary - Will Allen and Robert PartridgeJisc
Led by your host Will Allen, head of Jisc north, the opening session will set the scene for the day and will include a strategic update, and the latest news from Jisc.
Includes a contribution from Robert Partridge, director of student opportunity, University of Leeds.
Connect more in Liverpool, 21 June 2016.
Nowak & Grantham _ The virtual incubator managing human capital in the softwa...Vasily Ryzhonkov
In a knowledge-based economy, the creation of wealth becomes synonymous with creating products and services with large software content. However, despite a few major players, the software industry as a whole is fragmented and consists mainly of small, niche market entrepreneurial ventures. The authors study the California software industry to characterize the major barriers to success for these ventures. Simultaneously, a fundamental shift of software technology to a component-based development paradigm will reinforce the industry’s fragmented nature by fuelling a third party, independent software component economy. Coupled with the globalization of the IT industry in general, the need for startups and small companies
to form strategic partnerships will become increasingly critical to their ability to create wealth. In recent years, innovative public–private partnerships have attempted to assist startups by addressing their lack of physical resources or capital. This is best illustrated by the dramatic growth of incubators and regional capital networks. In this paper, the authors propose a ‘‘ virtual incubator’’ model to facilitate startup success and business network formation, shifting the focus to the ‘‘ virtual
value chain’’ and to connecting startups with business expertise and strategic partners in the marketplace. The authors provide a theoretical basis for the model and its implementation, important to potential investors in virtual incubators.
Аналитический отчет о рынке AR & VR в России 2015Vasily Ryzhonkov
Это краткая презентация по итогам аналитической работы, проведенной в апреле-мае 2015 года по рынку AR&VR в России.
Цель исследования:
Анализ рынка дополненной и виртуальной реальности в России:
структуры рынка, основных игроков, тенденций и ключевых фактов,
влияющих на его развитие.
Методология исследования:
анкетирование участников рынка - более 60 компаний
исследование за столом - поиск и анализ данных из открытых
источников: анонсы, интервью и пресс - релизы игроков рынка
исследования по теме AR & VR
Ограничения исследования:
По оценкам авторов исследования удалось охватить около 70% рынка. В этой связи не все компании из сферы AR&VR представлены в отчете.
Не все компании открывали данные по средней выручке и числу сделок, в этой связи полученные данные по объему рынка представляются авторам не достаточными для приведения количественных оценок. Следующий отчет предполагает иную методику исследования
VR is potentially the biggest transformation of our relationship with technology at least since a personal computer.
Different and more powerful mode of interaction
Proper superset of all existing means of communication
VR will finally allow us to interact with information in a way we are built in to interact with reality!
Drives the perceptual system as its built to be driven
In the limit, its as big as reality ... or bigger
VR is inevitable. But the path it will take depends on a several thousand key people in the computer industry.
VR is how we're increasingly going to interact
eventually will drive the full capability of our perceptual system
the last platform
possibly the best opportunity for R&D in our lifetime
will likely greatly change the relationship between human and technology
Virtual Business Incubator Framework for Enriching Innovation Ecosystem 2013Vasily Ryzhonkov
The main purpose of this work is to find possible solutions for overcoming challenges of existing business incubation models. The end goal is to provide practitioners with the model of economic development tool which will help them to build new generation of business incubators, e.g. to guide management teams, policy makers, entrepreneurs and educators in establishing a successful business incubation program (BIP). Eventually the model intends to expand the limits of existing business incubation models.
DCU Community Knowledge Exchange Digital Marketing Plan 2015/2016 PresentationAdam Hide
This was a comprehensive digital marketing plan for The Community Knowledge Exchange in DCU for the 2015/2016 academic year. The plan was centered on some key marketing objectives to improve awareness, enhance CKE reputation, encourage students to address community issues & portray academic research as a positive community driver. The CKE had no budget and limited staff so we had to come up with ways to maximize efficiency with very few man hours.
Slides from our UK Kuali Day talk on Building a Community in June 2014. Simon Whittemore and I outline Jisc's new strategic focus, the "co-design" pipeline of new products and services that we are lining up, including our student lifecycle challenge: From Prospect to Alumnus. We also present feedback from event delegates on their interests and priorities, and potential next steps in building and sustaining the nascent UK Kuali community.
Forging Successful Learning Centers: Critical Considerations and Evidence-Bas...Lisa D'Adamo-Weinstein
Forging Successful Learning Centers: Critical Considerations and Evidence-Based Practices for New LC Directors
Presented at NCLCA 2021 Annual Conference
Stepping into an LC leadership role and feeling overwhelmed about how to focus your efforts? Join members of the NCLCA Past Presidents Council for an in-depth exploration of evidence-based best practices that will help you improve the infrastructure and operations of your center.
Breakout groups will allow you to begin forging concrete plans in critical areas, including LC programs and services, utilization of online tools and technology, assessment and evaluation, professional development, and budgets and revenue generation.
Co-presented with NCLCA Past President's Council members Geoff Bailey, Lindy Coleman, Lisa D'Adamo-Weinstein, Jenny Haley, and Laura Sanders as part of the National College Learning Center Association (NCLCA) 47th Annual Conference. Birmingham, AL and online.
This presentation was provided by Laurie Arp and Megan Forbes of LYRASIS, during the NISO event "Community OwnedInfrastructure: Partnerships and Collaboration." The virtual conference was held on March 24, 2021.
Social Entrepreneur Corps 2016 Summer Impact Report: Ecuador Greg Van Kirk
Social Entrepreneur Corps 2016 summary impact report for Ecuador. This is an overview of achievements of student interns during their 8 week program working in social innovation and grassroots consulting.
Water cooperation in cities UN-Water Zaragoza 2013IRC
Presented by Marieke Adank at The International Annual UN-Water Zaragoza Conference 2012/2013 'Preparing for the 2013 International Year. Water Cooperation: Making it Happen!
With lessons from IRC's work in the SWITCH project on integrated urban water management.
GCSEN Foundation presents at the 14th Annual Social Entrepreneurship ConferenceGCSEN Foundation
The Annual Social Entrepreneurship Conference is a two-day conference that brings together scholars, researchers, students and practitioners from around the world to discuss emerging concepts and explore topics in social enterprise, innovation, sustainability and impact. The conference, the largest academic gathering of its kind in terms of research paper submissions, is dedicated to the ongoing development of theory and research on social entrepreneurship and its impact on global communities.
SES strategic approach has recently been strengthened by articles from the Case Foundation and the Economist. The Case Foundation reported that “America Needs Big ideas to Heal Our Divides”56 noting that “Civic energy is going to have to come from the ground up to strengthen social cohesion, civic participation, and our ability to solve big challenges together (Nation)”
2. Community Development
Virtual Incubator (CDVI)
Joseph Angiello, Coordinator, Community and Economic
Development Program, School for Graduate Studies
Nick Boccolucci, Co-director CDVI, Niagara Frontier Center and
School for Graduate Studies
Kate Spector, Co-director CDVI, School for Graduate Studies
3. Objectives
• Explain History and Purpose of Incubators (Joe Angiello)
• Describe Empire State College Proposed Community
Development Virtual Incubator (CDVI)
– CDVI Mission: Joe Angiello
– Phase One: Kate Spector
– Phase Two & Three: Nick Boccolucci
– Phase Four: Kate Spector
• Development of the CDVI: Kate Spector
• Q&A’s/Suggestions
4. History and Purpose of Incubators
• 1959: 1st business incubator
• 1980: 12 incubators
• Today: 1,000, mostly non-profit
• Whom Do Incubators Serve?
• Approx 50% serve multiple industries
• Approx 40% serve technology-related industries
• Approx 7% serve manufacturing
• Approx 3 % focus on community development
• Who Sponsors?
• No Sponsor: 20%
• Government 16%
• Economic Dev Corps: 15%
• Academic Organizations: 25%
5. Services Provided by Incubators
• Facilities
• Equipment
• Professional services (secretarial, accounting…)
• Financing
• Knowledge access
6. Vision and Mission for ESC’s Community and Economic
Development Incubator
• Vision
Empire State College’s Community Development Virtual Incubator
will be an integral part of New York State’s efforts, as well as the
efforts of other regions, to support business, government and
nonprofit organizations which sustain and are sustained by the
larger community which, because of a comprehensive,
progressive, proactive approach that embraces needs of all
stakeholders, will be freed from constantly seeking solutions to
the vagaries of economics.
• Mission
Empire State College’s Community Development Virtual Incubator
will provide of services, resources and programs to support
emerging small businesses, public and non-profit organizations
primarily throughout New York State.
7. Phase One: Electronic Resource Repository &
Monthly Presentations
Online Resource Repository
• A world-class repository of open resources related to community and economic
development will be developed and maintained. Resources would include:
– Links to relevant literature, libraries and collections.
– Links to other relevant sources (examples: Federal, state and local
government sites dealing broadly with economic, labor market and small
business issues).
– Cases on business and economic development issues developed by and for
CAED students and faculty.
– Recorded monthly presentations on topics relating to community and
economic development (see next slide).
– Other value-added resources as identified and appropriate for students and
CDVI members.
8. Phase One: Monthly Presentations
• Presentations on a range of issues dealing with community development,
organizational issues (challenges to survival, creation of value, need for
anticipating change and meeting the increasing demands for client-oriented
solutions) and need for organizations to work together toward a comprehensive
approach to community problems.
• Interactive learning activities including, but not limited to:
– Blogs (organized and managed by incubator; run by CAED faculty members)
– Case studies (organized and managed by incubator; written by students and CAED
faculty members)
• Sustainable business resource that would focus upon solutions to business and
societal problems that transcend the use of profitability or other traditional
metrics as the sole measure of success (organized and managed by incubator
with consultation from college faculty and friends of CDVI)
• Virtual discussion groups which would serve as resource for CAED student with
respect to organizational problems and issues.
9. Phase Two: Community Development Virtual
Incubator (CDVI) Annual Residency
• College-wide student focus; it is likely that this activity
will appeal to the following student groups:
– BM&E
– Public Affairs
– CHS
– MBA
– CAED
• Attendance integrated into learning contracts for
courses emphasizing:
– Organizational sustainability
– Success factors in the public, private, and not-for-profit
organizations
10. Phase Two: Community Development Virtual
Incubator (CDVI) Annual Residency
• Residency will provide participants the ability to:
– Bond with their classmates in-person
– Support students’ studies and research projects
– Interact with community and economic development
practitioners, like the NYS Economic Development Council
and other “friends” of the college
– Provide time for face-to-face networking with their professors
and other department faculty
– Deal with issues that affect individually, the public, private,
and not-for-profit sectors organizations and collectively, the
need for integration of theses three sectors in overall
community success
11. Phase Three: Professional Membership in
Virtual Community Development Association
• The association would be comprised of fee-paying
[TBD] members
• Members would have access to value-added
community and economic development resources
developed specifically for them
• Monthly, on-line Blackboard Collaborate meetings
with topics targeted toward the practical concerns of
businesses or organizations preparing to move from
start-up to the growth stage. Potential topics [TBD]:
– Business Plan Development
– Marketing Concepts
– Account management
12. Phase Three: Professional Membership in
Virtual Community Development Association
• Potential topics cont’d:
– Strategic Planning for Small Businesses
– Accounting and Tax Considerations
– Human Resources Management
• Mentoring/coaching option as an add-on for those
students, graduates, or business/ organizations who
feel that they have the need
13. Phase 4: Mentoring Relationship
Development
• Facilitate mentoring relationships between graduates of the CAED
program and students seeking to develop and/or those with newly
developed community and economic development initiatives. The role
of the incubator would be that of brokering the development of
mentoring relationships between those with expertise (within the CAED
program (current students and graduates)) and those in need of
expertise.
• Initially this facilitation would target CAED program graduates and
undergraduates and could then be offered to the broader Empire State
College community once policies, procedures and methods of operation
are developed, implemented and evaluated, and maintained.
14. Development of the CDVI
• Focus on students and their interests
• Commitment to sustainable communities
• Concept paper has been presented to the
Dean: School for Graduate Studies and
approved
• Development of Management Plan in process
• Anticipated introduction 1Q 2013
Although the Phase One focus will be on the CAED student population, the organization and content of the repository would be developed with the perspective it will eventually serve all students (across Areas of Study) in and outside of the College.
Monthly Presentations (conducted via Blackboard Collaborate or video conference depending upon economics). Monthly presentations will be made by faculty and/or invited presenters from economic development agencies, business organizations, nonprofits, and students. like Small Business Development Agencies (SBDC’s), the Small Business Administration (SBA), and the Service Corp of Retired Executives (SCORE), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).