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The document summarizes a Social Tech Seed funding program from Nominet Trust that provides up to £50k to help demonstrate the potential of early-stage ideas that use digital technology to address social challenges. The funding can be used to develop and test prototypes, and recipients will receive support through professional development programs and networking opportunities. Eligible projects should have an aspiration to create social change through technology, a tested prototype, and a commitment to evaluating their approach within a year. The goal is to help innovative ideas prove their value and potentially receive further funding to expand their work.

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Grab a cuppa and we’ll aim to start when everyone is online at 10am Thanks for joining us...
www.nominettrust.org.uk Social Tech Seed funding programme Dan Sutch dan.sutch@nominettrust.org.uk @dansutch @nominettrust http://www.slideshare.net/Dannno/pre-app-pres-spring-2015
We believe that the use of digital technology can transform the way we address big social challenges, so we bring together, invest in and support people and organisations to do this. • Social investments and grants of c£3m 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) to scale the social and economic impact • Foundation charity of Nominet – the .UK domain registry (10m+ .uk websites) • Direct relationship with Nominet’s public purpose & strength of their membership Our mission
Research and Insight
Partnerships
Supporting 1 million young people to develop digital skills and entrepreneurial skills Providing mentoring, funding, opportunities and support iDEA
www.socialtech.org.uk
Investment
To discover, to help demonstrate and test the potential of a new approach that uses digital technology to address a persistent social challenge. Social Tech Seed Discover by bfishadow ccFlickr
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?
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...) The use of digital technology provides remarkable opportunities to redesign how we address persistent social challenges It’s not just a lack of space suits...
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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
Accelerator, boot strapped, R&D, UnLTd Innovate UK,, Wayra, Healthbox , School for Social Entrepreneurs etc £50k grant, investment support ‘Social Tech Seed’ – demonstrate potential £100-150k grant – Social Tech Growth fund – evidence and prove values £250k plus Impact Investing
‘Triple Helix’ of social tech innovation Over 50% of our ventures are at ‘demonstrate’ stage - have a digital prototype and are beginning to evidence social, financial and user value to demonstrate potential
Put simply, this funding programme has been developed to help demonstrate the potential of a new approach that uses digital technology to address a persistent social challenge. The fund aims to help develop and test these early-stage ideas. Social Tech Seed
What we’re offering  Up to £50k investment – budget based on need  Support to develop, test and demonstrate your work  Personal/professional development links through our Funder+ activities (£5k discretionary fund)  Links to our network of social-tech innovators  Potential further support and development if the approach tests well (further investment, links etc)  An opportunity to build experience and a case for your idea that can be presented for further development  NT won’t take any IP or equity in your work
What do you need?  Strong team with good experience of developing digital products/services  Previous seed funding - a tested prototype  An aspiration to address a social challenge through the use of digital technology beyond this funding  Commitment to testing and developing your approach  An understanding of how this approach is different from existing ways of addressing the social challenge  A way of developing the product/activity within a year
Useful links  Social Tech, Social Change programme: http://www.nominettrust.org.uk/how-to-apply/our-investment- programmes-0  This presentation: http://www.slideshare.net/Dannno/pre-app-pres-spring-2015  Open for applications 17th March 2015 Short application form More detailed form Skype call with NT team; 3 min video Infographic and plans
dan.sutch@nominettrust.org.uk @dansutch @nominettrust
Hope it was useful – more info at www.nominettrust.org.uk Thanks for joining us...

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Pre-app presentation spring 2015

  • 1. Grab a cuppa and we’ll aim to start when everyone is online at 10am Thanks for joining us...
  • 2. www.nominettrust.org.uk Social Tech Seed funding programme Dan Sutch dan.sutch@nominettrust.org.uk @dansutch @nominettrust http://www.slideshare.net/Dannno/pre-app-pres-spring-2015
  • 3. We believe that the use of digital technology can transform the way we address big social challenges, so we bring together, invest in and support people and organisations to do this. • Social investments and grants of c£3m 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) to scale the social and economic impact • Foundation charity of Nominet – the .UK domain registry (10m+ .uk websites) • Direct relationship with Nominet’s public purpose & strength of their membership Our mission
  • 6. Supporting 1 million young people to develop digital skills and entrepreneurial skills Providing mentoring, funding, opportunities and support iDEA
  • 9. To discover, to help demonstrate and test the potential of a new approach that uses digital technology to address a persistent social challenge. Social Tech Seed Discover by bfishadow ccFlickr
  • 10. 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?
  • 11. 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...) The use of digital technology provides remarkable opportunities to redesign how we address persistent social challenges It’s not just a lack of space suits...
  • 16. 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
  • 17. Accelerator, boot strapped, R&D, UnLTd Innovate UK,, Wayra, Healthbox , School for Social Entrepreneurs etc £50k grant, investment support ‘Social Tech Seed’ – demonstrate potential £100-150k grant – Social Tech Growth fund – evidence and prove values £250k plus Impact Investing
  • 18. ‘Triple Helix’ of social tech innovation Over 50% of our ventures are at ‘demonstrate’ stage - have a digital prototype and are beginning to evidence social, financial and user value to demonstrate potential
  • 19. Put simply, this funding programme has been developed to help demonstrate the potential of a new approach that uses digital technology to address a persistent social challenge. The fund aims to help develop and test these early-stage ideas. Social Tech Seed
  • 20. What we’re offering  Up to £50k investment – budget based on need  Support to develop, test and demonstrate your work  Personal/professional development links through our Funder+ activities (£5k discretionary fund)  Links to our network of social-tech innovators  Potential further support and development if the approach tests well (further investment, links etc)  An opportunity to build experience and a case for your idea that can be presented for further development  NT won’t take any IP or equity in your work
  • 21. What do you need?  Strong team with good experience of developing digital products/services  Previous seed funding - a tested prototype  An aspiration to address a social challenge through the use of digital technology beyond this funding  Commitment to testing and developing your approach  An understanding of how this approach is different from existing ways of addressing the social challenge  A way of developing the product/activity within a year
  • 22. Useful links  Social Tech, Social Change programme: http://www.nominettrust.org.uk/how-to-apply/our-investment- programmes-0  This presentation: http://www.slideshare.net/Dannno/pre-app-pres-spring-2015  Open for applications 17th March 2015 Short application form More detailed form Skype call with NT team; 3 min video Infographic and plans
  • 24. Hope it was useful – more info at www.nominettrust.org.uk Thanks for joining us...

Editor's Notes

  1. Sound Check;
  2. Share what we’re trying to – purpose of funding and criteria. Quick over of NT; specific criteria for the fund and then Q&A using text. On call from NT are... Kathy, Ed, Daniel, Charlotte... Link to this presentation at bottom of screen, also recording for others – and will update FAQ on our site.
  3. Part of this is commissioning relevant research, documents and publications that can inform us, partners, future applicants and others working toward similar aims Working in partnership Developing programmes of funding/investment
  4. Over 300 organisations
  5. Discovery stage
  6. 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 etc Potential 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
  7. .. . But this isn’t easy.
  8. What links all of these different approaches is where they start – the centre of this venn diagram Properties of technology – ways in which they can be used...