Manual for the Fab Lab Manager
This document describes a generic workshop format for use in the fab labs, follow-up of the Workshop: Fab Labs and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); FAB14 – 14th Annual International Fab Lab Conference; Toulouse, France, 16-22 July 2018; authors: Pieter van der Hijden (The Netherlands & Suriname) plus global team: Enrico Bassi (Italy), Vaneza Caycho Ñuflo (Peru), Neville Govender (South Africa), Arundhati Jadhav (India), Yogesh Kulkarni (India), Noksy Letsoalo (South Africa), Jean-Baptiste Natali (New Zealand), Wendy Neale (New Zealand) – contact pvdh@sofos.nl
I will talk about Generative AI and its applications to 2D art production in the gaming industry. We will explore the Stable Diffusion neural net and concepts such as Prompt Engineering, Image-to-Image, ControlNet, and Dreambooth and how they can enhance game development. Moreover, we will compare the pros and cons of Stable Diffusion with Midjourney. As a result, you will better understand the potential benefits of incorporating generative AI into your game development workflow.
I will talk about Generative AI and its applications to 2D art production in the gaming industry. We will explore the Stable Diffusion neural net and concepts such as Prompt Engineering, Image-to-Image, ControlNet, and Dreambooth and how they can enhance game development. Moreover, we will compare the pros and cons of Stable Diffusion with Midjourney. As a result, you will better understand the potential benefits of incorporating generative AI into your game development workflow.
Getting Started with Raspberry Pi and ArduinoChad Mairn
Arduino and Raspberry Pi are two names that get thrown around technology circles quite often, but do you know what they actually are and what they can do? Newbies and people with experience with these open source electronics will Iearn about these amazing DIY tools. An Arduino is an open-source electronics micro-board and is used to develop interactive objects. A Raspberry Pi is a low cost, credit-card sized computer that plugs into a computer monitor or TV. In this webinar you will:
• Learn what an Arduino and Raspberry Pi are
• Compare the Arduino and Raspberry Pi and determine which one is right for you
• Explore the Arduino and Raspberry Pi Development Environments
• See innovative Arduino and Raspberry Pi projects
• Start a resource kit for future project ideas
This was the first session on Generative AI in teaching and learning, focusing on ChatGPT that was conducted in Malaysia. The event was organised by the Centre for Academic Development and Leadership Excellence (CADe-Lead) UPM. The YouTube video of the session is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6Zk370bxJo&t=1s
ChatGPT is a cutting-edge language model developed by OpenAI that is changing the way people interact with artificial intelligence. With advanced machine learning algorithms and a highly flexible design, ChatGPT makes it easy to generate human-like text based on a wide range of prompts. Whether you're building a chatbot, composing a report, or creating some creative writing, ChatGPT has you covered. One of the biggest advantages of ChatGPT is its ability to learn from the vast amounts of text data it has been trained on, continuously improving its performance over time. This means that the responses generated by ChatGPT are more accurate and relevant than ever before.
As an AI language model, ChatGPT is a program consisting of a large neural network that has been trained on vast amounts of textual data. Specifically, ChatGPT is a variant of the GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) family of models developed by OpenAI.
Video and slides synchronized, mp3 and slide download available at URL http://bit.ly/2X8uz92.
Alex Bradbury gives an overview of the status and development of RISC-V as it relates to modern operating systems, highlighting major research strands, controversies, and opportunities to get involved. Filmed at qconlondon.com.
Alex Bradbury is co-founder of lowRISC CIC, aiming to bring the benefits of open source development to the hardware industry by producing a high quality, secure, and open source SoC and associated infrastructure. He is a well-known member of the LLVM community, and is code owner and primary author of the upstream RISC-V back-end.
Raspberry Pi, an efficient and cost effective series of small sized single-board computers developed in the United Kingdom by the Raspberry Pi foundation to promote the teaching of basic computer science in school. It’s a capable little PC which can be used for many of the things that your desktop PC does.
Report on Fab Labs and Sustainable Development Goals; Workshop; FAB13 Confere...Pieter van der Hijden
FAB13 Workshop: Fab Labs and Sustainable Development Goals (Sustainable Fab Lab Goals / Objetivos de Fab Labs Sostenibles); Report on the workshop during FAB13 conference in Santiago de Chile; 2017; Pieter van der Hijden, Enrico Bassi, Vaneza Caycho Ñuflo, Neville Govender, Yogesh Kulkarni, Wendy Neale.
Facilitators Guide; Workshop Sustainable Fab Lab Goals; Workshop on Fab Labs ...Pieter van der Hijden
Pieter van der Hijden (The Netherlands, Suriname) with Enrico Bassi (Italy), Vaneza Caycho Ñuflo (Peru), Neville Govender (South Africa), Yogesh Kulkarni (India), Wendy Neale (New Zealand)
Getting Started with Raspberry Pi and ArduinoChad Mairn
Arduino and Raspberry Pi are two names that get thrown around technology circles quite often, but do you know what they actually are and what they can do? Newbies and people with experience with these open source electronics will Iearn about these amazing DIY tools. An Arduino is an open-source electronics micro-board and is used to develop interactive objects. A Raspberry Pi is a low cost, credit-card sized computer that plugs into a computer monitor or TV. In this webinar you will:
• Learn what an Arduino and Raspberry Pi are
• Compare the Arduino and Raspberry Pi and determine which one is right for you
• Explore the Arduino and Raspberry Pi Development Environments
• See innovative Arduino and Raspberry Pi projects
• Start a resource kit for future project ideas
This was the first session on Generative AI in teaching and learning, focusing on ChatGPT that was conducted in Malaysia. The event was organised by the Centre for Academic Development and Leadership Excellence (CADe-Lead) UPM. The YouTube video of the session is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6Zk370bxJo&t=1s
ChatGPT is a cutting-edge language model developed by OpenAI that is changing the way people interact with artificial intelligence. With advanced machine learning algorithms and a highly flexible design, ChatGPT makes it easy to generate human-like text based on a wide range of prompts. Whether you're building a chatbot, composing a report, or creating some creative writing, ChatGPT has you covered. One of the biggest advantages of ChatGPT is its ability to learn from the vast amounts of text data it has been trained on, continuously improving its performance over time. This means that the responses generated by ChatGPT are more accurate and relevant than ever before.
As an AI language model, ChatGPT is a program consisting of a large neural network that has been trained on vast amounts of textual data. Specifically, ChatGPT is a variant of the GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) family of models developed by OpenAI.
Video and slides synchronized, mp3 and slide download available at URL http://bit.ly/2X8uz92.
Alex Bradbury gives an overview of the status and development of RISC-V as it relates to modern operating systems, highlighting major research strands, controversies, and opportunities to get involved. Filmed at qconlondon.com.
Alex Bradbury is co-founder of lowRISC CIC, aiming to bring the benefits of open source development to the hardware industry by producing a high quality, secure, and open source SoC and associated infrastructure. He is a well-known member of the LLVM community, and is code owner and primary author of the upstream RISC-V back-end.
Raspberry Pi, an efficient and cost effective series of small sized single-board computers developed in the United Kingdom by the Raspberry Pi foundation to promote the teaching of basic computer science in school. It’s a capable little PC which can be used for many of the things that your desktop PC does.
Report on Fab Labs and Sustainable Development Goals; Workshop; FAB13 Confere...Pieter van der Hijden
FAB13 Workshop: Fab Labs and Sustainable Development Goals (Sustainable Fab Lab Goals / Objetivos de Fab Labs Sostenibles); Report on the workshop during FAB13 conference in Santiago de Chile; 2017; Pieter van der Hijden, Enrico Bassi, Vaneza Caycho Ñuflo, Neville Govender, Yogesh Kulkarni, Wendy Neale.
Facilitators Guide; Workshop Sustainable Fab Lab Goals; Workshop on Fab Labs ...Pieter van der Hijden
Pieter van der Hijden (The Netherlands, Suriname) with Enrico Bassi (Italy), Vaneza Caycho Ñuflo (Peru), Neville Govender (South Africa), Yogesh Kulkarni (India), Wendy Neale (New Zealand)
Presentation: How to align your Fab Lab / Makerspace with the U.N. Sustainabl...Pieter van der Hijden
Presentation for use during the workshop.
This presentation acompanies a generic workshop format for use in the fab labs, follow-up of the Workshop: Fab Labs and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); FAB14 – 14th Annual International Fab Lab Conference; Toulouse, France, 16-22 July 2018; authors: Pieter van der Hijden (The Netherlands & Suriname) plus global team: Enrico Bassi (Italy), Vaneza Caycho Ñuflo (Peru), Neville Govender (South Africa), Arundhati Jadhav (India), Yogesh Kulkarni (India), Noksy Letsoalo (South Africa), Jean-Baptiste Natali (New Zealand), Wendy Neale (New Zealand) – contact pvdh@sofos.nl
Workshop: Sustainable Fab Lab Goals; Taller: Objetivos de Fab Labs Sostenible...Pieter van der Hijden
Pieter van der Hijden (The Netherlands, Suriname) with Enrico Bassi (Italy), Vaneza Caycho Ñuflo (Peru), Neville Govender (South Africa), Yogesh Kulkarni (India), Wendy Neale (New Zealand)
After "Fab Lab Life Cycle" workshops on setting-up and running a fablab at four FAB-conferences and Fab Lab Safety Game sessions during two, it is time for the next level: the Sustainable Fab Lab Goals.*
Countries of the world agreed on 17 Sustainable Development Goals to be completed by all in 2030. Fab labs of the world could use them as a global framework to identify where we could make a difference. This helps clarify our potential impact on local, regional or global scale. It helps us to align our social activities and makes our labs and the whole more sustainable itself as well. Where sustainable development goals and sustainable fab lab goals coincide, new opportunities for structural cooperation and sustainable funding emerge. Come and join us in this bilingual workshop!
* Fab Lab Life Cycle and Fab Lab Safety Game documentation is free to download via http://bit.ly/fablabonline. Results of the new workshop will follow.
Sustainable Fab Lab Goals; Workshop on Fab Labs and Sustainable Development G...Pieter van der Hijden
Pieter van der Hijden (The Netherlands, Suriname) with Enrico Bassi (Italy), Vaneza Caycho Ñuflo (Peru), Neville Govender (South Africa), Yogesh Kulkarni (India), Wendy Neale (New Zealand)
The Fab Lab Life Cycle; Report of the FAB10 workshops; Pieter van der Hijden ...Pieter van der Hijden
The Fab Lab Life Cycle; Report of the FAB10 Workshops; Pieter van der Hijden* & Beno Juarez** with help from Enrico Bassi, Klaas Hernamdt, Massimo Menichinelli, Dirk van Vreeswijk, Anna Waldman-Brown
* Fab Lab Paramaribo (Suriname) & Sofos Consultancy (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), ** Fab Lab Lima (Peru)
FAB10 - International Fab Lab Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 2-8 July 2014
This is a document that proposes a vision and strategies to do a second round of testing to find out a sustainable and efficient model to promote local-global dialogues between MaFI and LLGs all over the world.
Presentation "Fab Lab Life Cycle & Business Models"; Pieter van der Hijden; B...Pieter van der Hijden
Presentation "Fab Lab Life Cycle & Business Models"; Pieter van der Hijden; Seminar “Open Innovation Economy”; R2B - Research to Business 2016; 11th International Exhibition of Industrial Research and Innovation; BolognaFiere | June 9th – 10th 2016
Learning the Lingo: Building Foundations for Successful Partnerships and Collaborations upon which Successful Systems Integrations can be Built
Carl Grant, Associate Dean, Knowledge Services & Chief Technology Officer, University of Oklahoma
An experiment aimed at fostering a learning cultureJoël Krapf
How would we work if we were completely free to choose? How can individual autonomy and team collaboration be aligned in the best possible way? Do we need rules and guidelines to install new ways of working or are mutual respect and situational communication strong enough as mediators?
That’s exactly the question that the initiators of the “Future Work Experience” at Swiss Post asked themselves. Joël and Barbara present the insights of a study that evaluated the learnings of two teams during a 9-month experiment at Swiss Post within their strategic initiative “Work Smart”.
The presentation focuses on promoting and hindering forces of a learning culture towards a more agile collaboration.
A general intro to L*unchBox Workshop, Mines Saint-Etienne's own brand of international design thinking, and design-led innovation workshops, since 2008.
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Fab17 panel: "Working Group FabCare "; Jimbaran Hub, Bali, Indonesia, October 18th, 2022
The UN SDGs are a globally accepted reference framework for socio-economic issues including health and care, they set common goals for all countries for the year 2030 and they are provided with indicators and a system of monitoring to track progress.
We indicate the role health and care play within the SDGs and which fablabs have SDG profiles that show they are interested in this or want to contribute.
Based on current data on the state of “care” within various countries, we can see where the existing fablabs could have the most impact with regard to care. And which themes are preferable to tackle.
A Mind Shift in Mind Mapping; Pieter van der Hijden; Sofos Consultancy, Amste...Pieter van der Hijden
Mindmapping via a “hand tool” is great. With data becoming more and more important it is time to automate it. We developed a simple command language and interpreter (Corel/Mindmanager Macro) to do so.
For more than 20 years mindmapping has been my personal productivity booster. It helps to organize my thoughts, to play on different fields, to plan, to develop and to write. With data becoming more and more important, it is time for a next round.
Spending time with mindmapping software as part of a creative process, planning or writing is a pleasure. But spending time to visualize information is becoming more and more a load. It certainly is possible, but it takes often too much time and energy. As an example, look at the Figure 1. It is very simple in structure; it has a central topic, 13 main topics (picture only) and an additional main topic with some statistics.
Figure 1 - Simple mindmap, nevertheless a lot of work
In this example the creative part of the process to produce the map is rather limited. Maybe you need two minutes to set-up the main idea. But be honest, how many minutes will it take to produce the complete map? and even worse: this map is about UN Sustainable Development Goal #09. There are 17 such goals, so producing such a map for each of these goals will cost you 17 times that amount of time. All this time you can not spend to creative and more engaging processes!
Mindmapping software is like a Swiss Army Knife, a fantastic tool in all kinds of situations. However, this tool needs the hands of a human all the time. So there is an upper limit to the fun you can have with it. In complex applications (eg a map with 100 nodes, decorated with images, markers, hyperlinks etc.), using the tool is too laborious. In series production (eg a series of 17 maps), the repetition becomes boring.
We have to distinguish creative work from creating graphics. The latter should become more and more data driven and automated.
Schools, fablabs, makerspaces and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...Pieter van der Hijden
Slides for online presentation; Pieter van der Hijden; FAN6 - Fab Lab Asia Network; 6th Annual Meeting; Shanghai, China and Online; 6-7 January 2022; 10 minutes; audio, content and subtitles in English
Strengthen data literacy in the regional development of Suriname; Pieter van ...Pieter van der Hijden
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Bedrijfskunde:strategie en UN Sustainable Development Goals; HvA - Hogeschool...Pieter van der Hijden
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Schoolklassen, studie/projectgroepen, trainingsgroepen: vanwege COVID-19 zitten de deelnemers thuis en liggen onderwijs, projectwerk of trainingen zo goed als stil. ECOIS stelt daarom het Ministerie van OWC, onderwijsinstellingen en trainingsbureaus voor om met spoed over te schakelen op modern afstandsonderwijs dat thuis gevolgd kan worden; óók als daar niet eenmaal 24 uur stroom en/of internet is. De aanpak kan zowel top-down vanuit de organisaties als bottom-up via pilots op initiatief van individuele leerkrachten, leraren, coördinatoren en trainers plaatsvinden. ECOIS wil daar met raad en daad bij helpen en start daarom de campagne "Zet vandaag nog uw klas online".
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Manual: How to align your Fab Lab / Makerspace with the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); Pieter van der Hijden et al.
1. 1
How to align your Fab Lab / Makerspace with the
U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Manual for the Fab Lab Manager
This document describes a generic workshop format for use in the fab labs, follow-up of the
Workshop: Fab Labs and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); FAB14 – 14th Annual International
Fab Lab Conference; Toulouse, France, 16-22 July 2018
Authors: Pieter van der Hijden (The Netherlands & Suriname) plus global team: Enrico Bassi (Italy),
Vaneza Caycho Ñuflo (Peru), Neville Govender (South Africa), Arundhati Jadhav (India), Yogesh
Kulkarni (India), Noksy Letsoalo (South Africa), Jean-Baptiste Natali (New Zealand), Wendy Neale
(New Zealand) – contact pvdh@sofos.nl
Keywords - united nations, un, sustainable development goals, sdgs, sdg, global goals, fab lab, fablab,
makerspace, innovation centre, maker movement, future, policy, vision, mission, SDG Profile
2018 (Version 9 August 2018) – This work is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Table of contents
A. Synopsis.........................................................................................................................................3
B. Prepare your workshop..................................................................................................................5
1. Purpose of the workshop ...........................................................................................................5
2. Intended participants .................................................................................................................5
3. Assumptions...............................................................................................................................5
4. Facilitator(s) ...............................................................................................................................6
5. Accomodation, tools and supplies ..............................................................................................6
C. Run your workshop........................................................................................................................8
1. Welcome and personal introduction...........................................................................................9
2. Explore the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)..................................................................10
3. Determine the SDG Profile for your fab lab...............................................................................12
4. Plan a better match with your SDG Profile................................................................................14
5. Identify new opportunities for the Fab Lab Network.................................................................16
6. Evaluation and follow-up..........................................................................................................18
D. Consolidate your results ..............................................................................................................19
1. Submit your fab lab's SDG Profile to fablabs.io .........................................................................19
2. Search for matches on fablabs.io..............................................................................................20
3. Contact your peers and cooperate! ..........................................................................................20
Where to find?
- This manual for the fab lab manager – http://bit.ly/fab14-sdgs-fablabmanager
- Slides to be used during workshop – http://bit.ly/fab14-sdgs-presentation
- Background info to be used during workshop – http://bit.ly/fab14-sdgs-mindmap
- Workshop materials – http://bit.ly/fab14-sdgs-kit
- Fab Lab SDG Profile Registration Form – http://bit.ly/fab14-sdgs-form
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A. Synopsis
The logo's for the UN Sustainable Development Goals plus the fab lab logo
This workshop helps staff and volunteers of fab labs / makerspaces / innovation centers to align
their organizations with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With some
changes it could be applied to any community organization.
Fab labs?
Fab labs and makerspaces are places with computers, software, tools, digital machines and all
kinds of materials where the general public, youngsters, students, hobbyists, inventors and
technopreneurs can make (almost) anything. You find them all over the world. The Fab Lab
(FABrication LABoratory) concept was developed by Neil Gershenfeld, director of the
http://cba.mit.edu at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The Fab Foundation
supports the global fab community, a.k.a. the Fab Lab Network.
SDGs?
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are a set of goals to end poverty, protect
the planet and ensure prosperity for all, in fact a social economic agenda for all countries for
2016-2030. See also: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-
goals/; versions in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish; further countries have
dedicated websites on SDGs in other languages.
Why does it make sense to describe your fab labs external ambitions in the terms of SDGs?
To clarify to yourself, to your peer labs and to the outside world your "profile" and thus the
potential social impact of your lab;
To focus your activities on making a useful contribution to achieving some SDGs.
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To reveal hitherto unknown options for cooperation and exchange between fab labs by having
an insight in the "SDG Profiles" of all fab labs;
To expose to the world the potential of the Fab Lab Network, its coverage of topics and its
presence on the ground in almost every country.
A fab lab manager could prepare her fab lab's SDG Profile on her own. However, that would be a
missed opportunity to bring staff and volunteers together to talk and share, not about their daily
affairs but about their ultimate social impact. In a single session of 2-4 hours you can involve staff
and volunteers in the process. You give them information, you receive valuable inputs from their
daily operations, and together you forge the profile that best fits the lab.
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B. Prepare your workshop
1. Purpose of the workshop
The purpose of the workshop is to help fab labs / makerspaces / innovation centers (or whatever
community organization) to align their organizations with the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs). With some changes it could be applied to any community organization.
2. Intended participants
The intended participants of the workshop are staff, volunteers, management and board members of
a fab lab / maker space.
3. Assumptions
Origin of participants - The participants come from the same fab lab and work on a shared
vision on their fab lab and the SDGs. If they come from different labs, let them focus on what
their labs have in common. Encourage them to re-run the workshop later in their own fab lab.
Number of participants - The optimal number is a small group of 5-7 participants. If there are
more (up to 35), work with subgroups of up to seven members. Give each subgroup its own
co-facilitator. Let the subgroups work in parallel with now and then a short moment of
exchanging / merging results and observations.
Focus - The focus of the workshop is "outbound", i.e. the impact of the fab lab on the general
public, the fab lab visitors and eventual clients. Bycatch of the discussion could be an
"inbound" review of the SDGs leading to conclusions and possible actions for the fab lab's
inside world, a.o. internal gender equality, internal waste handling.
Length of time - Preparation time for new facilitators: 2 hours, set-up time 15 minutes, run-
time 4 hours. A condensed session of 2 hours is possible, but not recommended.
Schedules for a regular (4 hour) session and a
condensed (2 hour) session
Regular session [4
hours = 240
minutes]
Condensed session
[2 hours = 120
minutes]
1. Welcome and personal introduction 30' 10'
2. Explore the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 45' 20'
3. Determine the SDG Profile for your fab lab 45' 30
4. Plan a better match with your SDG Profile 45' 30'
5. Identify new opportunities for the Fab Lab Network 45' 20'
6. Evaluation and follow-up 30' 10'
Total time 240' 120'
Table - Schedules for a regular (4 hour) session and a condensed (2 hour) session
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4. Facilitator(s)
You need one facilitator and in case you work with subgroups (max. 7 participants each) a co-
facilitator for each of the subgroups.
Facilitator(s):
are familiar with fab labs / makerspaces, refer to http://www.fabfoundation.org and/or
http://bit.ly/fablablifecycle;
have basic knowledge of sustainable development goals, see
http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/; versions in
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish; many countries have dedicated websites on
SDGs in their local language.
have studied this manual.
5. Accomodation, tools and supplies
Accomodation
A quiet room, table and chairs. In case you work with subgroups: additional table plus chairs for each
of the subgroups, the whole in cabaret setting.
Tools
Laptop with internet plus projector; loaded on laptop: Presentation: Fab Labs and Sustainable
Development Goals; download from http://bit.ly/fab14-sdgs-presentation.
Ready on each subgroup table:
SDG card deck, 20 cards (85*55 mm), download from http://bit.ly/fab14-sdgs-kit;
Options:
print on plain A4 paper and cut the "cards"manually (recommended)
print on business cards (clumsy and expensive)
Overview of SDGs and underlying targets (1+17 pages, each participant should have easy
access);
Options:
hyperlink to interactive mindmap (recommended); contains all information in a single
HTML5 file, online available for every device; http://bit.ly/fab14-sdgs-mindmap
hyperlink to folder with 1+17 PDF files; no paper mess on the tables, possible mess on
the screen; http://bit.ly/fab14-sdgs-kit
printed hand-outs; paper mess on the tables, expensive; http://bit.ly/fab14-sdgs-kit
Supplies
Ready on each subgroup table:
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SDG Planning Board form (2 A4 preferably pasted together along the long side); download
from http://bit.ly/fab14-sdgs-kit.
Adhesive tape, Markers, Pencils
Post-it stickers
Attendance list
Evaluation forms (empty sheet of paper, A5 or A6)
Optional: for each participant empty name badge / stickers
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C. Run your workshop
Note: the Presentation: Fab Labs and Sustainable Development Goals contains slides for each step of
the workshop. They describe the substeps from participant's perspective.
Agenda of the workshop (same for regular 4 h and condensed 2 h session)
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1. Welcome and personal introduction
The goal of this step is to welcome the participants and explain what we are going to do.
Subgroups - If the number of participants is greater than 7, subgroups will be created.
Step 1 and its substeps
1.1. Listen to the welcome message, the purpose of the workshop and its importance, and
the introduction of the facilitator(s)
The facilitator welcomes the participants, introduces herself, and eventual co-facilitators and
explains the purpose of this workshop (see Synopsis). Why is the participant's input essential?
What type of output might be expected (the SDG Profile of your lab)? What happens with this
profile, what might be its impact?
1.2. If time permits, introduce yourselves
If time permits, and the group is not too large, the facilitator gives the participants the chance
to introduce themselves as well.
1.3. Learn about agenda and schedule
The facilitator explains the agenda and the amount of time available.
Subgroups - In the case of subgroups, the facilitator explains that the results from parallel
activities will be merged during the workshop. At the end there will be one shared SDG Profile
for the lab.
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2. Explore the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The goal of this step is to get acquainted with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and to
mobilize the already existing knowledge and experience in this area.
Subgroups - Whether there are subgroups or not, this step is a plenary activity.
Step 2 and its substeps
2.1. Watch the presentation
The facilitator introduces the concept of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and
shows what they can mean for fablabs. See the presentation.
Important elements are:
In 2015, countries of the world agreed on 17 Sustainable Development Goals which
have to be reached by all in 2030.
result of worldwide bottom-up process
17 goals with 169 targets
time horizon 2016-2030
for all countries of the world
Paris climate agreement included
annually monitored
Although fab labs have many things in common, each of them has its own character
based on the context in which it operates, the resources it has available and the
interests of its staff and visitors. Fab labs can use the SDG's as a global frame of
reference to express their mutual differences.
By its SDG Profile a fab lab can clarify its potential impact on local, regional and global
scale. This helps the Fab Lab Network to align its social activities and to make the labs
and the network more sustainable itself as well. Where sustainable development goals
and fab lab goals coincide, new opportunities for structural cooperation and sustainable
funding emerge.
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2.2. Browse the 17 SDGs
Infographic: The 17 SDGs; see interactive mindmap at http://bit.ly/fab14-sdgs-mindmap
The facilitator introduces the participants to the background documentation on the SDGs, i.e.
documentation showing for eacht of the 17 SDGs the underlying 169 targets.
The facilitator has three options:
hyperlink to interactive mindmap (recommended); contains all information in a single
HTML5 file, online available for every device; http://bit.ly/fab14-sdgs-mindmap
hyperlink to folder with 1+17 PDF files; no paper mess on the tables, possible mess on
the screen; http://bit.ly/fab14-sdgs-kit
printed hand-outs; paper mess on the tables, expensive; http://bit.ly/fab14-sdgs-kit
2.3. Tell about your personal experiences with SDGs so far
The facilitator asks the participants about their possible experiences with SDGs.
2.4. Listen to experiences of other participants
The facilitator invites the participants to share their experiences with SDGs with the group.
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3. Determine the SDG Profile for your fab lab
The aim of this step is to determine which 2-4 SDGs best suit the external orientation of the fab
lab. We call this the SDG Profile of the fab lab.
Subgroups - If there are subgroups, the groups work separately from each other on the same
substeps. The last substep, however, takes place in plenary. The subgroups then present their results
and merge them into one SDG Profile.
Step 3 and its substeps
3.1. Spread the SDG cards on the table
The facilitator gives a deck of SDG-cards to the participants (1 deck for each subgroup) and
invites the participants to lay them down at the table (in an arbitrary order).
3.2. Read the cards and discuss which ones could be used to "tag" your fab lab and why
The facilitator asks the participants to read the cards and to discuss which cards could be used
to "tag" their fab lab and why. Criteria could be: the environment in which the fab lab
operates, its audience, current activities, available hardware, software and tools, areas of
interest and expertise of staff, etc.
3.3. Remove the cards you consider as less appropriate for your fab lab
The facilitator asks the participants to remove the cards they all think are less appropriate to
describe their fab lab.
3.4. Read again the remaining cards and continue until only 2-4 cards are left, i.e. your
SDG Profile
The facilitator asks the participants to repeat the procedure until not more than four cards
remain. These 2-4 cards form the preliminary SDG Profile for their fab lab.
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3.5. Fill the SDG Planning Board, columns 1 and 2
The facilitator asks the participants to take the SDG Planning Board form:
Place your SDG Profile cards in the first column (use stickers for easy updating).
Fill the second column with your motivation to include a particular SDG into your SDG
Profile.
Subgroups - If there are subgroups, this is the moment to merge their results. The facilitator
invites the subgroups to present their findings and starts a plenary discussion to merge them.
The result is a common and shared SDG Planning Board with not more than 4 SDGs (plus
motivation).
Example of SDG Planning Board with column 1 filled with selected SDG cards, column 2 filled with
colored stickers
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4. Plan a better match with your SDG Profile
The purpose of this step is to check (for the SDGs from the SDG Profile) what the official underlying
"targets" are and determine how the fab lab could fit in with its activities.
Subgroups - If there are subgroups, the facilitator can distribute the SDGs from the SDG Profile across
the different subgroups. The subgroups can then work separately from each other. During the last
substep, the subgroups plenarily present their findings and merge them into one consistent set of
adjustments to the Fab Lab's activity program.
Step 4 and its substeps
4.1. For each SDG in your profile: review documentation on SDG and its underlying
targets
The facilitator asks the participants to go into the details of the SDGs belonging to their SDG
Profile. Especially the underlying targets are relevant. They can be retrieved in the background
documentation, e.g. the interactive mindmap.
4.2. Identify how your fab lab could contribute to these targets
The facilitator asks the subgroups to indicate how their fab lab could contribute to the
underlying targets.
4.3. Prepare an update of your fab lab activity program to let it better suit your fab lab's
SDG Profile
The facilitator asks the participants to describe what should be changed in their current
activity program to make the possible contributions happen. The result would be that the
updated fab lab activity program better matches their fab lab's SDG Profile.
4.4. Fill the SDG Planning Board, column 3
The facilitator asks the participants to fill the third column on the SDG Planning Board with
changes to their fab lab's activity program.
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Screenshot: Interactive Mindmap - Click on SDG and see short intro in pane at the right, click on
anchor (at right side of SDG icon) and the targets become visible, click on UN logo (at bottom right of
SDG icon) and the browser opens the related UN SDG webpage - open the interactive mindmap in
browser on laptop, tablet or smartphone via http://bit.ly/fab14-sdgs-mindmap
Example of SDG Planning Board with columns 1-2-3 filled
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5. Identify new opportunities for the Fab Lab Network
The purpose of this step is to indicate what added value the fab lab can have for the Fab Lab
Network (based on its SDG Profile); and vice-versa.
Subgroups - Whether there are subgroups or not, this step can be plenary.
Step 5 and its substeps
5.1. Review your fab lab's SDG Profile and updated activity program
The facilitator follows the SDG Profile of the fab lab and asks for each SDG what the fab lab
wants to do differently from now on.
5.2. Identify which (new) added value your fab lab has to offer to the Fab Lab Network
The facilitator asks the participants to indicate which (new) added value the fab lab has to
offer to the Fab Lab Network? Think also of possible cooperation with fab labs that have the
same SDG Profile.
5.3. Brainstorm which added value the Fab Lab Network could offer to your lab, once fab
labs all fab labs have developed their SDG Profile and updated their activity program
The facilitator asks the participants what added value the Fab Lab Network could have for the
fab lab. Assuming that at one point most of the fab labs have established an SDG Profile and
adjusted their activity program accordingly.
The facilitator checks whether the following points are taken into account:
To reveal hitherto unknown options for cooperation and exchange between fab labs by
having an insight in the "SDG Profiles" of all fab labs;
To expose to the world the potential of the Fab Lab Network, its coverage of topics and
its presence on the ground in almost every country.
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5.4. Fill the SDG Planning Board, column 4
The facilitator asks the participants to fill in their findings in the fourth column of the SDG
Planning Board. This concerns the added value of the fab lab for the network and vice versa.
Example of SDG Planning Board with columns 1-2-3-4 filled
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6. Evaluation and follow-up
The goal of this step is to make arrangements for the follow-up and evaluation of the meeting.
Subgroups - Whether there are subgroups or not, this step can be plenary.
Step 6 and its substeps
6.1. Document your results; make a picture of your SDG Planning Board and share it
The facilitator emphasizes how important it is to properly document (and spread) the results
of the workshop, ie the completed SDG Planning Board. Perhaps the texts only consist of
separate words. In that case it would be very welcome if 1-2 volunteers would like to edit the
texts immediately after the workshop. The facilitator ensures that at least a clear picture of
the planning board is made and agrees with the participants what will happen to the planning
board itself.
6.2. Identify your commitments to fab labs and SDGs in general and your fab lab's SDG
Profile in particular
The facilitator asks some participants for their opinion about fab labs, SDGs and their SDG
Profile. What are they planning to do with the results of this workshop? What commitments
do they want to make?
The facilitator points out that also the fab lab management has a task in consolidating the
results of this workshop. The fab lab management can include the SDG Profile in the overview
of all fablabs on fablabs.io, search for fab labs with an identical SDG Profile, make contact with
them and collaborate.
6.3. Evaluate this workshop by answering three questions on your evaluation sheet
The facilitator asks the participants to evaluate the workshop in writing. All participants
receive a piece of paper (A5 or A6). The facilitator asks them to answer three questions: 1)
what went well? 2) what could be better ?, 3) what suggestions do you have further?
The facilitator receives the completed evaluations and ensures that they are scanned and
distributed among participants and fab lab management.
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D. Consolidate your results
1. Submit your fab lab's SDG Profile to fablabs.io
The fab lab manager can add the SDG Profile to the overview of all fab labs on fablabs.io. For the
time being, this will be done via a separate form and later, if the relevant software has been adapted,
directly into fablabs.io.
The Working Group "Fab Labs and Sustainable Development Goals" receives the completed forms
and records the data in a temporary database.
You can find the empty form on http://bit.ly/fab14-sdgs-form and you can complete and submit it
online.
Screenshot - upper part of Fab Lab SDG Profile Submission Form
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2. Search for matches on fablabs.io
When most of the fab labs have created and published their SDG Profile, you can filter the list of fab
labs for the presence or absence of certain SDGs in the fab lab SDG Profiles. In this way it is possible
to identify the fab labs with exactly the same SDG Profile as yours (your sister fab labs!).
Fictitious example of a fab lab twin and a fab lab triplet (based on identical SDG Profiles); background
image: (c) Contributors of OpenStreetMap
3. Contact your peers and cooperate!
It can be very rewarding to make contact and get to know more about fab labs that have the same
SDG Profile as your own fab lab. There is a lot of usable information, knowledge and experience to
exchange. New relationships offer opportunities for all kinds of cooperation, including common
presentation to the outside world and common projects.
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