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Realising the Value Stakeholder Event -Workshop: How does the system support Nesta
Workshop D - How does the system support communities/individuals and how could it do it better?
The levers and drivers that national bodies put in place and how these are used locally have a significant impact on working in partnership with communities and patients. These levers and drivers include regulation, targets, outcomes measures, financial flows, annual contracting cycles, clinical standards, workforce training and revalidation etc.
This workshop will draw upon your experience and evidence to address two questions:
How these levers and drivers get in the way of working in partnership with patients and communities?
What is the best blend of approaches to support commissioners and providers locally to harness the energy of patients and communities
Realising the Value Stakeholder Event - Workshop:Let's think in terms of beha...Nesta
Workshop B - Let's think in terms of behaviour: What changes do we want to see?
Participants will be shown how the Behavioural Insights Team approach projects in terms of targeting specific behaviours to change. Participants will then work together to do just this for the Realising the Value programme, thinking about what changes they would like to see amongst people, patients and practitioners. This will help form outcome measures for the RtV programme and will give participants a new way of thinking about making tangible change happen in their own organisations.
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Part of the Norfolk Annual VCSE Conference. Are you applying for funding for the first time? This session will help you understand what you need to consider before making an application, where to look for the funding you need and what to expect when you get it.
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Realising the Value Stakeholder Event -Workshop: How does the system support Nesta
Workshop D - How does the system support communities/individuals and how could it do it better?
The levers and drivers that national bodies put in place and how these are used locally have a significant impact on working in partnership with communities and patients. These levers and drivers include regulation, targets, outcomes measures, financial flows, annual contracting cycles, clinical standards, workforce training and revalidation etc.
This workshop will draw upon your experience and evidence to address two questions:
How these levers and drivers get in the way of working in partnership with patients and communities?
What is the best blend of approaches to support commissioners and providers locally to harness the energy of patients and communities
Realising the Value Stakeholder Event - Workshop:Let's think in terms of beha...Nesta
Workshop B - Let's think in terms of behaviour: What changes do we want to see?
Participants will be shown how the Behavioural Insights Team approach projects in terms of targeting specific behaviours to change. Participants will then work together to do just this for the Realising the Value programme, thinking about what changes they would like to see amongst people, patients and practitioners. This will help form outcome measures for the RtV programme and will give participants a new way of thinking about making tangible change happen in their own organisations.
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Part of the Norfolk Annual VCSE Conference. Are you applying for funding for the first time? This session will help you understand what you need to consider before making an application, where to look for the funding you need and what to expect when you get it.
A VCSE Health and Social Care Assembly for Norfolk CANorfolk
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Seth Reynolds (Principal Consultant for Systems Change at NPC) and Katie Turner (Deputy Head of Research at the Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR)) share their insights and inspiration on how we can build on the adaptations and innovation shown so far this year, to influence and shape a better future for people and communities in Norfolk.
Reimbursement to Value in Telehealth - Karen JohnsonKC Digital Drive
New Opportunities in Collaboration
Comprehensive Primary Care Plus
KC Health Collaborative
13 April 2017
KC Digital Drive Health Innovation Team
Venue: Kauffman Foundation
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Expo is the most significant annual health and social care event in the calendar, uniting more NHS and care leaders, commissioners, clinicians, voluntary sector partners, innovators and media than any other health and care event.
Expo 15 returned to Manchester and was hosted once again by NHS England. Around 5000 people a day from health and care, the voluntary sector, local government, and industry joined together at Manchester Central Convention Centre for two packed days of speakers, workshops, exhibitions and professional development.
This year, Expo was more relevant and engaging than ever before, happening within the first 100 days of the new Government, and almost 12 months after the publication of the NHS Five Year Forward View. It was also a great opportunity to check on and learn from the progress of Greater Manchester as the area prepares to take over a £6 billion devolved health and social care budget, pledging to integrate hospital, community, primary and social care and vastly improve health and well-being.
More information is available online: www.expo.nhs.uk
The economic impact of coronavirus means that many voluntary sector organisations will be going through a period of significant change over the coming months. For many of the hardest hit charities, the process of restructuring and making redundancies will sadly be inevitable. In this webinar we help organisations prepare for this context.
Empathy vs sympathy. Integrated campaigns conference, 25 February 2016CharityComms
Alice Delemare, campaigns adviser, Bond
Julius Honnor, digital manager, Bond
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Enabling a culture of social entrepreneurship in higher educationKarl Hakeem Belizaire
Talk by Karl Belizaire from UnLtd, foundation of social entrepreneurs for the Think Business - Act Social international conference in Athens supported by the British Council.
Alan Stevenson - Leadership from the top down. A presentation on some of the findings from the Demonstration Project - A new paradigm for volunteering in Scotland. It's time to change.
The holy grail: describing the change your charity exists to achieve | Commun...CharityComms
Tracey Pritchard, director of engagement, Prostate Cancer UK
Visit the CharityComms website to view slides from past events, see what events we have coming up and to check out what else we do: www.charitycomms.org.uk
“Linking Resources to People & People to Services" thereby benefiting the community: Identifying availability of services and resources to enable disadvantaged and excluded individuals and groups to navigate their way independently, or with assistance, access to social and health care support that reflects the overall developments in Personalisation.
Das Programm
Das zweisprachige Accelerator Programm (Deutsch und Englisch) besteht aus vier ganztägigen Seminaren im Jahr (Einmal pro Quartal). Zwischen den Seminaren stehen die Telnehmer in regem Austausch mit anderen Mitgliedern der Entrepreneurs’ Organization und mit den Acceleratoren in Accountability Groups. Dabei profitieren Sie davon, dass alle Teilnehmer/-innen vor ähnliche Herausforderungen gestellt sind und ihren Erfahrungsschatz gleich selbst mit in das Programm einbringen.
Seth Reynolds (Principal Consultant for Systems Change at NPC) and Katie Turner (Deputy Head of Research at the Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR)) share their insights and inspiration on how we can build on the adaptations and innovation shown so far this year, to influence and shape a better future for people and communities in Norfolk.
Reimbursement to Value in Telehealth - Karen JohnsonKC Digital Drive
New Opportunities in Collaboration
Comprehensive Primary Care Plus
KC Health Collaborative
13 April 2017
KC Digital Drive Health Innovation Team
Venue: Kauffman Foundation
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Expo is the most significant annual health and social care event in the calendar, uniting more NHS and care leaders, commissioners, clinicians, voluntary sector partners, innovators and media than any other health and care event.
Expo 15 returned to Manchester and was hosted once again by NHS England. Around 5000 people a day from health and care, the voluntary sector, local government, and industry joined together at Manchester Central Convention Centre for two packed days of speakers, workshops, exhibitions and professional development.
This year, Expo was more relevant and engaging than ever before, happening within the first 100 days of the new Government, and almost 12 months after the publication of the NHS Five Year Forward View. It was also a great opportunity to check on and learn from the progress of Greater Manchester as the area prepares to take over a £6 billion devolved health and social care budget, pledging to integrate hospital, community, primary and social care and vastly improve health and well-being.
More information is available online: www.expo.nhs.uk
The economic impact of coronavirus means that many voluntary sector organisations will be going through a period of significant change over the coming months. For many of the hardest hit charities, the process of restructuring and making redundancies will sadly be inevitable. In this webinar we help organisations prepare for this context.
Empathy vs sympathy. Integrated campaigns conference, 25 February 2016CharityComms
Alice Delemare, campaigns adviser, Bond
Julius Honnor, digital manager, Bond
Visit the CharityComms website to view slides from past events, see what events we have coming up and to check out what else we do: www.charitycomms.org.uk
Enabling a culture of social entrepreneurship in higher educationKarl Hakeem Belizaire
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Alan Stevenson - Leadership from the top down. A presentation on some of the findings from the Demonstration Project - A new paradigm for volunteering in Scotland. It's time to change.
The holy grail: describing the change your charity exists to achieve | Commun...CharityComms
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Visit the CharityComms website to view slides from past events, see what events we have coming up and to check out what else we do: www.charitycomms.org.uk
“Linking Resources to People & People to Services" thereby benefiting the community: Identifying availability of services and resources to enable disadvantaged and excluded individuals and groups to navigate their way independently, or with assistance, access to social and health care support that reflects the overall developments in Personalisation.
Das Programm
Das zweisprachige Accelerator Programm (Deutsch und Englisch) besteht aus vier ganztägigen Seminaren im Jahr (Einmal pro Quartal). Zwischen den Seminaren stehen die Telnehmer in regem Austausch mit anderen Mitgliedern der Entrepreneurs’ Organization und mit den Acceleratoren in Accountability Groups. Dabei profitieren Sie davon, dass alle Teilnehmer/-innen vor ähnliche Herausforderungen gestellt sind und ihren Erfahrungsschatz gleich selbst mit in das Programm einbringen.
Legal and regulatory challenges to data sharing for clinical genetics and ge...Human Variome Project
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In a multidisciplinary collaboration, the PHG Foundation and the UK’s Association for Clinical Genetic Science co-hosted a workshop to examine the clinical necessity for sharing variant data and associated phenotypic information, the technical feasibility and the legal and regulatory impediments to such sharing. Delegates included clinicians, laboratory scientists, and key policy makers, including the National Data Guardian for Health and Care and representatives from the 100,000 Genomes Project, a pioneering research project which promises to build a legacy for future genomics services in the UK. The key finding from our work was that current arrangements for sharing genomic variants within the NHS are unsatisfactory and inconsistent practices are compromising safety and quality. Our workshop report [1] highlights the urgent need for (i) national agreement to optimise sharing within the NHS and develop consensus on the legitimacy of data sharing, (ii) standardised operational processes, including a designated sustainable database or mechanism for sharing, and (iii) strong leadership by the multiple relevant health organisations to demonstrate the benefits and risks associated with sharing and not sharing data.
Since publication of the workshop report, the NHS Consortium (operating within the DECIPHER database) has reported a 120% increase in the number of cases shared, the 100,000 Genomes Project and associated data embassy have got underway and the EU Data Protection Regulation has been finalised. However research highlights continuing public reservations about some aspects of data sharing including commercial access and misgivings around secondary uses of data. Publication of the National Data Guardian’s long-awaited review of consent and security provisions to provide guidance on a new consent and opt-out model for sharing patient information in the NHS, has been delayed pending the results of the EU referendum being known. Against this backdrop, the imperative to develop robust, proportionate policies for genomic data sharing becomes increasingly acute.
Funding from the PHG Foundation and the Association for Clinical Genetic Science.
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etablierter Unternehmen
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The Top Skills That Can Get You Hired in 2017LinkedIn
We analyzed all the recruiting activity on LinkedIn this year and identified the Top Skills employers seek. Starting Oct 24, learn these skills and much more for free during the Week of Learning.
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SlideShare now has a player specifically designed for infographics. Upload your infographics now and see them take off! Need advice on creating infographics? This presentation includes tips for producing stand-out infographics. Read more about the new SlideShare infographics player here: http://wp.me/p24NNG-2ay
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Many entrepreneurs – social, triple bottom line or otherwise – do not avail themselves of all potential capital sources when seeking funding to grow or scale, limiting prospects to cash flow their initiatives. This seminar explores a range of options for funding: external in the marketplace, internal within an organization, new ideas and classics not to overlook.
Websites for Crowdfunding: A Beginner's Guide
Businesses, creatives, and nonprofit organizations now frequently use crowdfunding websites to generate money for their endeavors or causes. We will provide you with a thorough overview of crowdfunding websites in this article. In this article, we'll go over everything there is to know about crowdfunding, including its fundamentals, many varieties, advantages, and best practices.
Through the use of crowdfunding, people or organizations can collect contributions from a large number of people in order to fund a project or cause. Crowdfunding makes it possible for anybody to make tiny financial contributions to a project without relying on a small number of investors. Dedicated crowdfunding platforms or websites are often used to carry out crowdsourcing campaigns online.
Varieties of crowdsourcing:
There are various forms of crowdsourcing, such as:
Rewards-based crowdfunding: In return for their donations, supporters get gifts or benefits.
Crowdfunding for equity: Investors get a piece of the business or project back.
Donation-based crowdfunding: Participants make financial contributions without anticipating payment or stock ownership.
Crowdfunding for debt entails investors lending money to borrowers in exchange for interest.
Advantages of crowdsourcing:
Websites that facilitate crowdsourcing are very advantageous for nonprofit organizations, businesses, and artists. Among the advantages of crowdsourcing are:
Access to capital: Fundraising for businesses and organizations is made simpler by crowdfunding, which gives users access to a sizable pool of possible investors. A successful crowdfunding campaign can show that there is a market for a given product or idea, which can be helpful for attracting future investors or customers.
Increased visibility: Fundraising efforts for a project or cause can attract media attention, social media buzz, and word-of-mouth recommendations.
How to Run an Effective Crowdfunding Campaign
A successful crowdfunding campaign needs to be carefully planned and carried out. Here are some pointers for developing an effective crowdsourcing campaign:
1. Decide on a reasonable budget:
Setting a reasonable funding target for your crowdsourcing effort is crucial. Your financial target should be sufficient to pay for the costs of your project, but not too lofty as to be impractical. When choosing your funding target, you should also take the platform's fees into account.
2. Offer Attractive Rewards:
Provide Valuable Rewards Rewards are an important factor in encouraging supporters to donate to a crowdfunding campaign. Offer incentives that are relevant to and appealing to your target audience.
3. Craft a Strong Pitch:
A pitch that clearly and persuasively explains your project or causes and why it merits support should be part of your crowdfunding campaign. Use pictures, videos, and other types of material to engage your audience and communicate your narrative.
Presented by at NCVO's 2015 Evolve Conference by Peter Baeck, Principal Researcher - Public and Social Innovation, Nesta:
https://www.ncvo.org.uk/training-and-events/evolve-conference
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#14NTCfuture
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Realising the Value Stakeholder Event - Workshop:Prioritising our ‘long list’...Nesta
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Realising the Value Stakeholder Event - Workshop: How do we understand value? Nesta
Workshop A - How do we understand value?
In many cases the alignment between what people want and what is provided is poor. The needs, abilities and aspirations of the individual are often not given enough recognition in "treatment " services or choices as commissioners may not be able to assess the value of non traditional interventions.
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Debbie gave this presentation at Future Shock: http://www.nesta.org.uk/event/future-shock
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Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
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Our live lectures feature guest speakers from various STEM disciplines, including engineers, scientists, and industry professionals who share their knowledge and experiences with our students. These lectures provide valuable insights into potential career paths and inspire students to pursue their passions in STEM.
Up the Ratios relies on the generosity of donors and volunteers to continue our work. Contributions of time, expertise, and financial support are crucial to sustaining our programs and expanding our reach. Whether you're an individual passionate about education, a professional in the STEM field, or a company looking to give back to the community, there are many ways to get involved and make a difference.
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Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
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A process server is a authorized person for delivering legal documents, such as summons, complaints, subpoenas, and other court papers, to peoples involved in legal proceedings.
This session provides a comprehensive overview of the latest updates to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (commonly known as the Uniform Guidance) outlined in the 2 CFR 200.
With a focus on the 2024 revisions issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), participants will gain insight into the key changes affecting federal grant recipients. The session will delve into critical regulatory updates, providing attendees with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate and comply with the evolving landscape of federal grant management.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the rationale behind the 2024 updates to the Uniform Guidance outlined in 2 CFR 200, and their implications for federal grant recipients.
- Identify the key changes and revisions introduced by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the 2024 edition of 2 CFR 200.
- Gain proficiency in applying the updated regulations to ensure compliance with federal grant requirements and avoid potential audit findings.
- Develop strategies for effectively implementing the new guidelines within the grant management processes of their respective organizations, fostering efficiency and accountability in federal grant administration.
1. CROWDFUNDING GOOD CAUSES
Opportunities and challenges for charities,
community groups and social entrepreneurs
Crowdfunding Good Causes
June 6th, Nesta
#Crowd4Good
Jonathan Bone
jonathan.bone@nesta.org.uk
@JonoBone
Peter Baeck
Peter.baeck@nesta.org.uk
@PeterBaeck
Download the report:
www.nesta.org.uk/crowdfunding-good-causes
2.
3. CROWDFUNDING GOOD CAUSES
Opportunities and challenges for charities,
community groups and social entrepreneurs
BACKGROUND
• Little research looking at
crowdfunding good causes
to date
• Market studies show
growing but small market
• Evidence of opportunities
for non financial and
financial benefits
4. AIMS OF THE REPORT
Characteristics of crowdfunding for good
causes, opportunities and challenges
What is keeping community and voluntary
organisations from using crowdfunding
How can we make the most out of
crowdfunding for good causes
What we did
• Review of existing
literature (not much)
• Interviews with some of
the leading platforms
focusing on good
causes
• Survey of 450+ CVS
organisations
5. WHAT IS IT
Crowdfunding is a way of
financing projects, businesses and
loans through small contributions
from a large number of sources,
rather than large amounts from a
few. Contributions are made
directly or through a light–touch
platform rather than through
banks, charities or stock exchanges
6. DIFFERENT MODELS
Donation-based: People donate money towards a project. Except for seeing the
feeling of seeing the project go ahead, receive no financial return or product.
Average campaign size - £714.
Equity based: Enables the crowd to invest for equity, or profit/revenue sharing in
businesses or projects, with the hope of a financial return if the business exits.
Average campaign size - £523,978
Community Shares: Similar to standard equity except they can only be sold by
cooperatives and community benefit societies and although investors may sometimes
earn interest , they cannot go up in value. Average campaign size - £309,342
Lending based: People seeking a loan apply through the platform, with members of
the crowd taking small chunks of the overall loan. Profit is made when loan is repaid
with interest. Average campaign size - £76,280
Reward-based: People contribute to projects and receive a non–financial reward or
product in return. Average campaign size - £6,326.
£%
7. DIFFERENT MODELS
Donation-based: People donate money towards a project. Except for seeing the
feeling of seeing the project go ahead, receive no financial return or product.
Average campaign size - £714.
Community Shares: Similar to standard equity except they can only be sold by
cooperatives and community benefit societies and although investors may sometimes
earn interest , they cannot go up in value. Average campaign size - £309,342
Reward-based: People contribute to projects and receive a non–financial reward or
product in return. Average campaign size - £6,326.
8. EVENTS AND
ACTIVITES
NewVIc Ability Counts Football
Squad - £630 to get to the
nationals
CAMPAIGNS AND
MOVEMENTS
Keep streets live raised £3,285 from
133 backers to go towards paying legal and
campaigning costs
GARDENS PLAYGROUNDS
AND GREENSPACES
Global Garden, Global Kitchen raised
£10,894, from 110 Backers to set up a
community garden and kitchen
BUILDINGS,
RESTORATIONS AND
INFRASTRUCTURE
PortPatrick community Benefit
Society - £103,000 from 363
backers to save harbour
EQUIPMENT
AND TOOLS
Help a Heart campaign
raised £1,808 and £1,107
in 2 campaigns to buy
defibrillators for a local
community.
9. OPPORTUNITIES
Mobilising volunteers and other non
financial contributions
Helping fund projects that would
otherwise not get funded
Transparency on who and what gets
funded
Increased experimentation
Marketing and awareness raising
64% of
donation
fundraisers
unlikely to
have received
finance
elsewhere
90% of those
donating
subsequently
promoted it to
their social
network
25% offered to
volunteer with
the project
they supported
Around 75% stated
the money they
donated would
otherwise be given
to charity
10. CHALLLENGES
Crowdfunding is hard and there are
limits on the size of what can be funded
Negative impact on diversity, equality
and participation
Balancing one off support through
crowdfunding against need for long
term finance
Replacing government funding
Potential conflict between the crowd’s
and the organisation’s priorities
Risks favouring
those who are
digitally savvy
with money to
fund projects
Community
Shares
requires a
change of legal
status
Average
donation and
rewards
campaign =<
£10K
Equivalent to
small grants
Often requires
months of
work for
relatively small
amounts of
money
11. What are the main barriers
keeping charities,
community groups and
social entrepreneurs from
using crowdfunding?
How can these be
addressed?
Survey of 452 charities, community
groups and social entrepreneurs to
understand their perception
awareness and usage of
crowdfunding
?
12. High awareness
but little use of
crowdfunding 74%
aware of but
hadn’t used it
11%
Have never
heard off it
15%
had used it
19. Perceived Suitability of the different
crowdfunding models to fundraising needs
Community shares was
least well known
model but seen as 3rd
most suitable
Equal awareness of
donation and rewards,
but rewards is seen as
less suitable
20. Perceived Suitability of the different
crowdfunding models to fundraising needs
Community shares was
least well known
model but seen as 3rd
most suitable
Equal awareness of
donation and rewards,
but rewards is seen as
less suitable
21. Perceived Suitability of the different
crowdfunding models to fundraising needs
Community shares was
least well known
model but seen as 3rd
most suitable
Equal awareness of
donation and rewards,
but rewards is seen as
less suitable
25. Recommendations
• Try and set up at least one crowdfunding campaign
• Join up fundraising and campaign teams to run their
crowdfunding campaigns
• Curate a group of projects on a pre-existing platform or
develop a customised crowdfunding platform
For charities, community groups and social entrepreneurs…
26. Recommendations
Funders, investors and other supporters of community and
voluntary sector organisations should…
• Invest in building crowdfunding knowledge, skills and capacity building.
• Integrate crowdfunding into existing funding schemes through match
funding
• Support transition from crowdfunding projects to developing sustainable
organisations
• Set up referral schemes from grant funders and social investors
• Test and measure effect of crowdfunding
27. CROWDFUNDING GOOD CAUSES
Opportunities and challenges for charities,
community groups and social entrepreneurs
Panel Discussion
Karl Wilding, Director of Public Policy and Volunteering,
NCVO
Julia Groves, Partner and Head of Crowdfunding,
Downing LLP and Director, UK Crowdfunding
Association
Ben Warren, Investment Associate, Big Society Capital
Chair: Peter Baeck, Head of Collaborative Economy
Research, Nesta
#Crowd4Good
Download the report:
www.nesta.org.uk/crowdfunding-good-causes