1. February Hive Meet-Up:
Level Up Your Project Ideas
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February 26, 2014 | 2-4pm | MAGNET

2. Agenda:
• Intro
• Icebreaker
• Dimensions of Innovations
• Leveling up: Round-robin Feedback
- Rose/Bud/Thorn
- Small Group Feedback
- Group share out
• Outro: What’s missing from this conversation? !

3. Icebreaker
How do we identify an innovation and its
potential for impact?
- What
problem was it aiming to solve? How did it do?
- Were there unintended consequences?
- How might different people answer these questions
differently?
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4. Dimensions of Innovations
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“Value Added” of an Innovation
Degree of an Innovation
Novelty of an Innovation
Form of an Innovation
Complexity of an Innovation
Origins of an Innovation
Spreadability of an Innovation

5. “Value Added” or Beneficence of an
Innovation
Is a given practice, technology or idea
“better” than what came before it?

6. Degree of an Innovation
Is an innovation a radical departure from
existing approaches, or an incremental
improvement?

7. Novelty of an Innovation
Is it new or distinctive from what came
before? Is is new to an individual, new
to a team, new to an organization, new
to a field?

8. Form of an Innovation
Is it an idea? Framework? Technology?
Practice? Program model? Design
principle? Pedagogical Routine?

9. Complexity of an Innovation
Does the innovation require a lot of
background or prior knowledge? Might
it be more complex for some, and less
for others?

10. Origins of an Innovation
Was the innovation internally conceived
or externally adopted, or some
combination? What implications does
this have, for, say, attribution and
intellectual property?

11. Spreadability of an Innovation
If it doesn’t spread it’s dead!
Many of the dimensions we’ve already
discussed (e.g., complexity, form, valueadded) are factors, as well as others
we don’t address (e.g., cost, legitimacy,
compatibility).

12. Revisiting icebreaker innovations:
Post-its, Healthcare Handwashing, E-Cigarettes
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“Value Added”
Degree
Novelty
Form
Complexity
Origins
Spreadability

13. Round-robin Feedback
Part 1:
- Write up Project Descriptions
- Rose/bud/thorn feedback via post-its
Part 2:
- Selected project small group feedback
- Group share out

14. Rose, Bud, Thorn – Part 1
Project Description Prompt:
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Short elevator pitch/general description
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Context of impact (your org/your youth/
Hive community/broader field)
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Broader question your project is
answering
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Form of your innovation (idea, tool,
curriculum, program model, design
principles, pedagogical routines)

15. Rose, Bud, Thorn Feedback – Part 1
Feedback prompt:
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Rose – something you liked (Pink)
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Bud – something that has potential (Green)
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Thorn – critiques, things that might pose
challenges, questions you have (Blue or
Yellow)

16. Rose, Bud, Thorn Feedback – Part 2
Small group feedback resolving and discussing
issues raised through rose/bud/thorn post-its (15
minutes).
Group share out of select projects and evolution
through discussion (20 minutes).