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The document discusses how digital technology can be used to address social challenges through social innovation. It provides examples of projects funded by Nominet Trust that use digital solutions such as apps, websites and online tools to help groups like caregivers, older adults, and disadvantaged youth. The speaker advocates for considering how the affordances of digital technology, social entrepreneurship values, and redesigning approaches could generate new ideas to solve persistent social issues.

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www.nominettrust.org.uk Supporting Social Innovation through Digital Technology National Assembly for Wales, June 2013 Dan Sutch dan.sutch@nominettrust.org.uk @dansutch @nominettrust
To seek out, galvanise and support new, effective and widely adopted solutions that transform how we address big social challenges through the use of digital technology. • Social investments and grants of c£5m per year • Aim to demonstrate how digital technology can be used to redesign the way we address persistent social challenges •Aim to support (in addition to funding) scaling the social and economic impact •Direct relationship with Nominet’s public purpose & strength of their membership Our mission
Research and Insight
Grant making and social investment
The successful application of new ideas generated at the intersection of insight and invention, which leads to the creation of social or economic value Insight understanding the context, histories and work of others Invention finding and developing the best ideas Application putting ideas into practice Value capturing outcomes, impact and learning Social Innovation
Redesigning our approach to social innovation Affordances of digital Tech Social Entrepreneurship Designing from ‘first principles’ Consider together, the: Affordances of digital technology The values & energy of social entrepreneurship and social business Look again at the challenges and redesign approaches
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Transistor_Count_and_Moore%27s_Law_-_2011.svg Many examples of significant tech-driven/tech-enabled changes – where for social-tech?
The use of digital technology provides remarkable opportunities to redesign how we address persistent social challenges This requires: • Creativity and imagination for how else we might address these issues • Risk taking and testing of these new approaches • Entrepreneurship and willingness • Aspiration, persistence and tenacity • Openness, collaboration... • Advocates to help find social-tech entrepreneurs In addition to the technology
What does social-tech innovation look like?
Podnosh ‘Recording Real Lives’ Capturing voices of disconnected people for social policy makers Futuregov ‘Patchwork’ Supporting and improving communication between key local authority workers around the family UK Online Centres ‘Outreach programme’ Helping people get online in environments where they’re already comfortable (local pub, laundrette, cafes, churches etc) ‘Memory Box’ Collecting digital memories for recollection activities for people suffering from dementia ‘Discoverables’ Helping young people discover, develop and demonstrate skills for employability Carers UK ‘Jointly’ Supporting time-poor carers to manage caring responsibilities with busy lives
History Pin ÂŁ209k investment Global intergenerational site 40,000 contributors, 600,000 app users eg Peoria Hist Soc 1.4m hits, $14,000 sales
Make Things Do Stuff
Make Things Do Stuff : "Make Things Do Stuff, a collaborative effort led by Nesta, Nominet Trust, and Mozilla, marks another important step in our ambition to become the most digitally capable nation in the world. We want to inspire young people to become creators and not just consumers of digital technologies“ George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Trailed in 2003, the Technocamps project was set up in response to the continuing decline in Computer Science Education. In September 2011 Technocamps secured £3.9 M ESF funding to deliver a programme led by Swansea University in partnership with Aberystwyth, Bangor and South Wales Universities for 11-19 year olds in Wales. To date over 4,500 young people have attended one or more day-long workshop introducing them to CS principles from a catalogue of projects. Technocamps is also working with the LIFE programme in the City and County of Swansea in conjunction with BOX UK, S4C and Tinopolis, running the weekly CS Talent Academy for disadvantaged young people in Swansea. Technocamps recently secured Digital Maker funding – 3000 Primary children will be undertaking CS driven digital making activities. Stuart Toomey, project manager
Community ownership and management of Digital Network Assets Exploring cooperative model for sharing internet access from Merthyr Valley homes to (in pilot) provide low cost access and support to tenants for 100 homes in Gellideg Merthyr Valleys Homes and Creative Co-ops (Gellideg Foundation; Welsh Government; MTCBC; Coed Y Dderwen School IT dept) Mike Owen, CEO, Merthyr Valley Homes Get IT Together in Rhondda Cynon Taf Supporting 1200 older people to get online for the first time Supporting 50 young people to develop employability skills Citizens Online and BT Wales Nominet Trust funding of ÂŁ30,000 with ÂŁ70,000 investment from BT Wales and ÂŁ20,000 from RCT council
Current opportunities for Welsh social-tech entrepreneurs
Nominet Trust introduction to National Assembly of Wales
How digital technology can be used to support people through transitions across the lifecourse Transitions
To discover, to help demonstrate and test the potential of a new approach that uses digital technology to address a persistent social challenge. Nominet Trust Open Innovation Funding Discover by bfishadow ccFlickr
Dan Sutch dan.sutch@nominettrust.org.uk
Open Innovation description http://www.nominettrust.org.uk/how-to-apply/areas-investment/open- innovation How to apply http://www.nominettrust.org.uk/how-to-apply/areas-investment/open- innovation Application deadlines http://www.nominettrust.org.uk/how-to-apply/application-deadlines Useful links More descriptions of our Open Innovation programme, links to ‘how to apply’ and some further background info.

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Nominet Trust introduction to National Assembly of Wales

  • 1. www.nominettrust.org.uk Supporting Social Innovation through Digital Technology National Assembly for Wales, June 2013 Dan Sutch dan.sutch@nominettrust.org.uk @dansutch @nominettrust
  • 2. To seek out, galvanise and support new, effective and widely adopted solutions that transform how we address big social challenges through the use of digital technology. • Social investments and grants of cÂŁ5m per year • Aim to demonstrate how digital technology can be used to redesign the way we address persistent social challenges •Aim to support (in addition to funding) scaling the social and economic impact •Direct relationship with Nominet’s public purpose & strength of their membership Our mission
  • 4. Grant making and social investment
  • 5. The successful application of new ideas generated at the intersection of insight and invention, which leads to the creation of social or economic value Insight understanding the context, histories and work of others Invention finding and developing the best ideas Application putting ideas into practice Value capturing outcomes, impact and learning Social Innovation
  • 6. Redesigning our approach to social innovation Affordances of digital Tech Social Entrepreneurship Designing from ‘first principles’ Consider together, the: Affordances of digital technology The values & energy of social entrepreneurship and social business Look again at the challenges and redesign approaches
  • 7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Transistor_Count_and_Moore%27s_Law_-_2011.svg Many examples of significant tech-driven/tech-enabled changes – where for social-tech?
  • 8. The use of digital technology provides remarkable opportunities to redesign how we address persistent social challenges This requires: • Creativity and imagination for how else we might address these issues • Risk taking and testing of these new approaches • Entrepreneurship and willingness • Aspiration, persistence and tenacity • Openness, collaboration... • Advocates to help find social-tech entrepreneurs In addition to the technology
  • 9. What does social-tech innovation look like?
  • 10. Podnosh ‘Recording Real Lives’ Capturing voices of disconnected people for social policy makers Futuregov ‘Patchwork’ Supporting and improving communication between key local authority workers around the family UK Online Centres ‘Outreach programme’ Helping people get online in environments where they’re already comfortable (local pub, laundrette, cafes, churches etc) ‘Memory Box’ Collecting digital memories for recollection activities for people suffering from dementia ‘Discoverables’ Helping young people discover, develop and demonstrate skills for employability Carers UK ‘Jointly’ Supporting time-poor carers to manage caring responsibilities with busy lives
  • 11. History Pin ÂŁ209k investment Global intergenerational site 40,000 contributors, 600,000 app users eg Peoria Hist Soc 1.4m hits, $14,000 sales
  • 12. Make Things Do Stuff
  • 13. Make Things Do Stuff : "Make Things Do Stuff, a collaborative effort led by Nesta, Nominet Trust, and Mozilla, marks another important step in our ambition to become the most digitally capable nation in the world. We want to inspire young people to become creators and not just consumers of digital technologies“ George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • 14. Trailed in 2003, the Technocamps project was set up in response to the continuing decline in Computer Science Education. In September 2011 Technocamps secured ÂŁ3.9 M ESF funding to deliver a programme led by Swansea University in partnership with Aberystwyth, Bangor and South Wales Universities for 11-19 year olds in Wales. To date over 4,500 young people have attended one or more day-long workshop introducing them to CS principles from a catalogue of projects. Technocamps is also working with the LIFE programme in the City and County of Swansea in conjunction with BOX UK, S4C and Tinopolis, running the weekly CS Talent Academy for disadvantaged young people in Swansea. Technocamps recently secured Digital Maker funding – 3000 Primary children will be undertaking CS driven digital making activities. Stuart Toomey, project manager
  • 15. Community ownership and management of Digital Network Assets Exploring cooperative model for sharing internet access from Merthyr Valley homes to (in pilot) provide low cost access and support to tenants for 100 homes in Gellideg Merthyr Valleys Homes and Creative Co-ops (Gellideg Foundation; Welsh Government; MTCBC; Coed Y Dderwen School IT dept) Mike Owen, CEO, Merthyr Valley Homes Get IT Together in Rhondda Cynon Taf Supporting 1200 older people to get online for the first time Supporting 50 young people to develop employability skills Citizens Online and BT Wales Nominet Trust funding of ÂŁ30,000 with ÂŁ70,000 investment from BT Wales and ÂŁ20,000 from RCT council
  • 16. Current opportunities for Welsh social-tech entrepreneurs
  • 18. How digital technology can be used to support people through transitions across the lifecourse Transitions
  • 19. To discover, to help demonstrate and test the potential of a new approach that uses digital technology to address a persistent social challenge. Nominet Trust Open Innovation Funding Discover by bfishadow ccFlickr
  • 21. Open Innovation description http://www.nominettrust.org.uk/how-to-apply/areas-investment/open- innovation How to apply http://www.nominettrust.org.uk/how-to-apply/areas-investment/open- innovation Application deadlines http://www.nominettrust.org.uk/how-to-apply/application-deadlines Useful links More descriptions of our Open Innovation programme, links to ‘how to apply’ and some further background info.

Editor's Notes

  1. Part of this is commissioning relevant research, documents and publications that can inform us, partners, future applicants and others working toward similar aimsWorking in partnershipDeveloping programmes of funding/investment
  2. 165 funded partnersRiver and Sea Sense, N Wales + TechnoCamps
  3. Realy understanding problem, how can digi tech help redesing how we approach them.
  4. Properties of technology – ways in which they can be used...
  5. Starting point for this is that there are already lots of examples of how digi tech have changed the way we communicate, buy and sell etcPotential of digi tech –if we were to design how you access information now, knowing how much comp power you have in your pocket; design learning interactions; ways of reducing social isolation etc etc, perhaps we would do it differently.Moore’s law – tech to get into space! – with this growth – how would wWhe begin to design what social care, education, addressing poverty, environmental action could look like in 5 years time? What sort of action would you like to see in 5 years time – let’s start testing and developing it now.We can expect Moore’s law to continue – so EXPLORE if you have a super computer in your pocket, sensor devices in your hand and environment how would you address social challenges? OR, another way of looking at this (William Gibson, future’s already here its just not evenly distributed) – if we imagine more people have current smartphones, internet access, tablets etc – how would we design approaches?£500 tablet will cost under £100 in 4 years
  6. .. . But this isn’t easy.
  7. 600 institutionsPeoria History Society (USA) read: "Peoria Hist Soc started from scratch w no images online. Now w historypin they got 1.4 mill hits to website, $14,000 image sales." This is specifically related to the tools developed as part of this project and illustrates an amazing potential impact on partners, their audiences and their sustainability. In 2013, we will examine this impact more thoroughly.