The document provides an overview of the Venture For ClimateTech 2023 program, which will take place over three phases from May to November 2023. It outlines the program's values and guiding norms, funding amounts for each phase, and deliverables and activities expected of the 20 participating startup teams. The first phase will focus on customer discovery, mentorship, and pitches to advance 10 teams to the second phase on investor readiness and demo day. The third phase will focus on differentiated learning, pilots, and understanding next steps to commercialization.
LCN2013 Global Gathering - Plenary Slidesnisreenhaj
This document summarizes the agenda and goals for the 2013 Global Gathering of the Leading Change Network. It introduces the leadership team and describes five new collaborative learning opportunities being launched: Organizing 2.0, the Research Initiative, the Network Resource Center, the Teaching Initiative, and the Global Learning Circle. The agenda includes sessions on relationship building, the network projects, learning rooms on various organizing topics, and a call to action for participants to get involved in projects through the end of 2013.
TechSoup Connect Texas: Go From Zero to Hero with GrantsTechSoup
Hosted by TechSoup Connect Texas on January 3, 2021
https://events.techsoup.org/events/details/techsoup-techsoup-connect-texas-chapter-presents-go-from-zero-to-hero-with-grants/
During this program with Will Yang of Instrumentl, we will discuss what about grants make them such a powerful source of funding, as well as what we can all do with our nonprofits to ready ourselves for grant success in 2022.
By the end of this program, you'll be able to understand:
Why grants are so powerful, especially in 2022?
What is prospect research and why is it important?
5 clear steps you can take to prepare your nonprofit for grant success.
Will works with Instrumentl. Backed by years of personal and professional experience in the nonprofit and academic arenas, the founding team came together to create the most comprehensive source of grant and funder data in the world, and designed it around the needs of our community.
Founded in 2014, Instrumentl was built to help fundraisers make the best use of their valuable time and energy. We make the grant process faster, easier, and more efficient, so you can do what you do best: make a positive impact.
About Will
Will Yang leads growth at Instrumentl, the online institutional fundraising platform for bringing grant prospecting, tracking, and management to one place. Instrumentl helps over 1,400+ nonprofits save time in finding and applying for more grants, with customers increasing their grant application output by 78% after a year of using the software while saving three hours per team member every week.
Will oversees community partnerships and can often be found hosting Instrumentl's bi-weekly partner workshops which feature top thought-leaders in the grant writing space. Hundreds of grant professionals tune in to these events to learn openly and collaborate with one another. These workshops featuring many of the few Grant Professional Association Approved Trainers and Amazon Best Selling educators allow Will to have a deep understanding of some of the many challenges nonprofits seeking grants face.
The document provides guidelines for a mentorship program involving VPs and new recruits. It outlines 5 mentorship meetings over 5 days with objectives of assessing competencies, promoting opportunities, and setting personal goals. Meeting 1 involves roleplays to evaluate proactive learning and entrepreneurial skills. Meeting 2 is virtual to onboard new recruits to online platforms. Meeting 3 uses roleplays to evaluate global mindset, emotional intelligence, and social responsibility. VPs assess recruits after each meeting and guide personal goal setting. The program aims to develop talents and allocate roles within the organization.
SG50KITAx is a series of programs that amalgamates passionate and energetic young Singaporeans. Together we play a role in Singapore's growth within the next 50 years. The 4-month long program, aims to collectively and curatively develop long term actionable programs (and processes) addressing today's challenges and future needs. Through that process, we hope to discover new startups, social organisations or movements that could have a larger and effective impact in the world.
The document provides an overview of the Venture For ClimateTech 2023 program, which will take place over three phases from May to November 2023. It outlines the program's values and guiding norms, funding amounts for each phase, and deliverables and activities expected of the 20 participating startup teams. The first phase will focus on customer discovery, mentorship, and pitches to advance 10 teams to the second phase on investor readiness and demo day. The third phase will focus on differentiated learning, pilots, and understanding next steps to commercialization.
LCN2013 Global Gathering - Plenary Slidesnisreenhaj
This document summarizes the agenda and goals for the 2013 Global Gathering of the Leading Change Network. It introduces the leadership team and describes five new collaborative learning opportunities being launched: Organizing 2.0, the Research Initiative, the Network Resource Center, the Teaching Initiative, and the Global Learning Circle. The agenda includes sessions on relationship building, the network projects, learning rooms on various organizing topics, and a call to action for participants to get involved in projects through the end of 2013.
TechSoup Connect Texas: Go From Zero to Hero with GrantsTechSoup
Hosted by TechSoup Connect Texas on January 3, 2021
https://events.techsoup.org/events/details/techsoup-techsoup-connect-texas-chapter-presents-go-from-zero-to-hero-with-grants/
During this program with Will Yang of Instrumentl, we will discuss what about grants make them such a powerful source of funding, as well as what we can all do with our nonprofits to ready ourselves for grant success in 2022.
By the end of this program, you'll be able to understand:
Why grants are so powerful, especially in 2022?
What is prospect research and why is it important?
5 clear steps you can take to prepare your nonprofit for grant success.
Will works with Instrumentl. Backed by years of personal and professional experience in the nonprofit and academic arenas, the founding team came together to create the most comprehensive source of grant and funder data in the world, and designed it around the needs of our community.
Founded in 2014, Instrumentl was built to help fundraisers make the best use of their valuable time and energy. We make the grant process faster, easier, and more efficient, so you can do what you do best: make a positive impact.
About Will
Will Yang leads growth at Instrumentl, the online institutional fundraising platform for bringing grant prospecting, tracking, and management to one place. Instrumentl helps over 1,400+ nonprofits save time in finding and applying for more grants, with customers increasing their grant application output by 78% after a year of using the software while saving three hours per team member every week.
Will oversees community partnerships and can often be found hosting Instrumentl's bi-weekly partner workshops which feature top thought-leaders in the grant writing space. Hundreds of grant professionals tune in to these events to learn openly and collaborate with one another. These workshops featuring many of the few Grant Professional Association Approved Trainers and Amazon Best Selling educators allow Will to have a deep understanding of some of the many challenges nonprofits seeking grants face.
The document provides guidelines for a mentorship program involving VPs and new recruits. It outlines 5 mentorship meetings over 5 days with objectives of assessing competencies, promoting opportunities, and setting personal goals. Meeting 1 involves roleplays to evaluate proactive learning and entrepreneurial skills. Meeting 2 is virtual to onboard new recruits to online platforms. Meeting 3 uses roleplays to evaluate global mindset, emotional intelligence, and social responsibility. VPs assess recruits after each meeting and guide personal goal setting. The program aims to develop talents and allocate roles within the organization.
SG50KITAx is a series of programs that amalgamates passionate and energetic young Singaporeans. Together we play a role in Singapore's growth within the next 50 years. The 4-month long program, aims to collectively and curatively develop long term actionable programs (and processes) addressing today's challenges and future needs. Through that process, we hope to discover new startups, social organisations or movements that could have a larger and effective impact in the world.
Train with Red-Ribbon Feng Shui Professionals, Steve Kodad of the Feng Shui Cure and Lisa Alban of Cloud 9 Feng Shui!
Not only learn the foundations, learn how to become successful and bring joy and success to your life and others!
Silicon Halton Meetup 42 - post event deckSilicon Halton
The document summarizes Meetup 42 hosted by Silicon Halton. It began with welcome and announcements, including that membership is targeted to reach 2,500 in 2013. The meetup focused on the future of Silicon Halton, with working sessions to discuss building a sustainable organization, expanding the community, and creating an economic engine to help members network and do business. Ideas from the working sessions would be shared with the group. The meetup also included an open session for members to introduce themselves. Upcoming events were announced, including Meetup 43 on podcasting and a sales workshop in May.
The document provides an agenda for a learning collaborative session on developing post-graduate nurse practitioner and clinical psychology residency programs. The session will cover topics like leadership support, finances, communications, accreditation, goals and objectives. It encourages participants to turn on their webcams, mute themselves during presentations, and ask questions using the Q&A button. A checklist is also provided for participants to track their progress on assignments like developing presentations for leadership, budgets, and communications timelines. The next session date is noted and participants are thanked.
This document provides guidance for organizing a Slideluck event in a new city. It discusses establishing a team with roles for a director, producer, submissions coordinator, artist coordinator, press manager, and sponsorship manager. The first team meeting should establish goals, responsibilities, and communication plans. Global will provide cities with a Slideluck handbook, email address, and templates to help with submissions, press releases, and other materials. The document outlines next steps and deadlines for setting up the event.
This document provides instructions for a group presentation assignment. Students will form groups to present on one of four labor market case studies. Each group will have 20 minutes to present their analysis and recommendations, followed by 10 minutes for questions. The presentations should respond to the terms of reference, make use of economic reasoning, address implementation issues, and use the background information and additional research. Students are encouraged to ask the World Bank team questions. The presentations will be evaluated based on addressing the terms of reference, justifying recommendations, using data and background reports, applying course content, and providing practical recommendations presented clearly.
This document contains the agenda and notes for a monthly meeting. The agenda includes a sharing circle, announcements of upcoming events and webinars, information on a grant for language teams, reminders of action items and deadlines, and page view statistics from the previous month. The goal is to provide updates on recent accomplishments and future plans, recognize member contributions, and encourage collaboration across the organization.
Leading Effective Meetings a Model for Student Engagement Bonner Foundation
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Genius Baby On Board (GBOB) offers a playgroup licensing program for entrepreneurs to start their own early childhood education business. The program provides a complete curriculum from infant to 4 years old divided into levels, as well as business support, training, and materials. Licensees can choose between package options at different price points and levels to start their playgroup. The business model allows licensees to generate monthly profits from student enrollment fees while benefitting from GBOB's expertise and reputation in early childhood education.
This document summarizes job descriptions and application processes for various positions on the organizing committee for the NATCO conference. It outlines:
1. There are multiple positions available on the organizing committee, each with their own specific responsibilities and functions related to areas like finances, external relations, logistics, special events, and more.
2. The application process involves submitting a general questionnaire and a specific questionnaire related to the position by April 4th. Interviews will be held from April 5th-7th.
3. The selection process includes applying by the deadline, interviews, and an announcement of selections on April 7th. Job descriptions provide details on responsibilities, competencies required, and factors for success in each position
The document outlines key aspects that an Executive Board (EB) team should plan, track, and evaluate during their term:
1) The EB should plan goals and strategies for major projects, recruitment, finances, and member education to work as a team towards shared success.
2) Tracking tools like a shared spreadsheet can help each EB member understand colleagues' work and feel accountable for overall team goals.
3) Regular evaluations, such as monthly team days, allow the EB to assess goal progress, identify strengths and areas for improvement, and continue learning and improving as a team.
Light Weight Methods to Drive Your Designs ForwardNicole Capuana
Product teams these days need to be moving quickly and iteratively in delivering great products. At times though, teams can get stuck on how to move the designs forward. Sometimes it’s because of unexpected complexity and other times there are multiple paths to explore.
In this workshop, participants will experience a variety of methods that help teams gain a shared understanding through collaboration with clients, product owners, and key stakeholders. Each of the methods covered are light-weight and can be adopted by teams at any stage in the product design and development. Learn how to:
+ get started with user research,
+ define personas,
+ generate and turn ideas into solid solutions,
+ create low-fidelity mockups that can be tested with users immediately,
+ conduct a usability test,
+ synthesize your findings,
+ and gain focus for the product through games and structured discussion.
Every method covered will focus on designing a mobile app so that participants get the full experience of how each method fits into designing a product.
Don't worry if you don't have any UX background, this workshop will guide you through exercises. And if you're a UX rockstar, come flex your usability prowess with other professionals. Come learn and share tips & tricks! Everyone on a product team can benefit from this hands-on practice.
This document outlines an agenda for a UX Kitchen webinar on designing solutions for COVID-19. It includes sections for team introductions, defining the problem statement, presenting the solution statement, summarizing research findings, demonstrating solution prototypes, describing the target audience and impact, and reviewing implementation plans and timelines. Attendees are encouraged to book pitch mentorship sessions and submit slide decks by the deadline. The webinar will feature 5-minute pitches from teams walking through their problem-solving process and proposed solutions.
This document outlines plans for launching an esports program at IVC. It introduces key leaders and their roles. The goals of the initial launch meeting are to introduce the program, discuss projects and opportunities, facilitate student leadership transition, and fill immediate positions. It also advertises the first club event that evening and allows for Q&A. Details are provided on the esports curriculum and positions needed like department heads for marketing, events, and competitive teams. The importance of interviews for these roles is highlighted, with the application process and timelines explained. A breakout meeting is scheduled to divide students into departments to develop ideas and projects to further the program.
Template for facilitating transformation planning workshop. Incorporates systems thinking, neurolinguistic programming, organisational change management, organizational change management, high level business architecture and clean language techniques.
This webinar provided information on planning and executing large scale library programs. The presenters defined large scale programming as events that take place throughout the library or in a contained space and require staffing beyond a core planning team. They discussed goals of highlighting the library as an active community space and showcasing its resources. Tips included determining the audience, budget, location, timeline and partnerships. Examples of large scale programs included Comic Con events, maker days, fun fairs, and culture festivals. The presenters emphasized that anyone can do this with open-mindedness and a willingness to learn.
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What is strategic session and what purpose team can get from it?
Nord Beaver has handled our first session in the beginning of this year and wants to share our experience and tell why it's important to have such events for the teams.
The document provides guidance on writing successful grant proposals in 3 main phases:
1) The pre-proposal phase involves developing your idea, assessing its feasibility and need, building support, researching similar projects, and developing a plan with goals, objectives, activities, timeline, and budget.
2) The management plan should explain what will happen to achieve the goals, who will be responsible, and when each activity will take place. It also includes an evaluation plan.
3) When writing the proposal, carefully follow all guidelines, recruit others to review it critically, and be prepared to rewrite it multiple times to ensure clarity, conciseness, and no errors.
This presentation focuses on strategies and tips for effective meetings and facilitation. Designed for the New Jersey Campus Compact and Bonner Foundation VISTA Leaders, it especially covers how young professionals in nonprofit settings might plan and lead meetings that contribute to the mission, effectiveness, and impact of their organizations.
Train with Red-Ribbon Feng Shui Professionals, Steve Kodad of the Feng Shui Cure and Lisa Alban of Cloud 9 Feng Shui!
Not only learn the foundations, learn how to become successful and bring joy and success to your life and others!
Silicon Halton Meetup 42 - post event deckSilicon Halton
The document summarizes Meetup 42 hosted by Silicon Halton. It began with welcome and announcements, including that membership is targeted to reach 2,500 in 2013. The meetup focused on the future of Silicon Halton, with working sessions to discuss building a sustainable organization, expanding the community, and creating an economic engine to help members network and do business. Ideas from the working sessions would be shared with the group. The meetup also included an open session for members to introduce themselves. Upcoming events were announced, including Meetup 43 on podcasting and a sales workshop in May.
The document provides an agenda for a learning collaborative session on developing post-graduate nurse practitioner and clinical psychology residency programs. The session will cover topics like leadership support, finances, communications, accreditation, goals and objectives. It encourages participants to turn on their webcams, mute themselves during presentations, and ask questions using the Q&A button. A checklist is also provided for participants to track their progress on assignments like developing presentations for leadership, budgets, and communications timelines. The next session date is noted and participants are thanked.
This document provides guidance for organizing a Slideluck event in a new city. It discusses establishing a team with roles for a director, producer, submissions coordinator, artist coordinator, press manager, and sponsorship manager. The first team meeting should establish goals, responsibilities, and communication plans. Global will provide cities with a Slideluck handbook, email address, and templates to help with submissions, press releases, and other materials. The document outlines next steps and deadlines for setting up the event.
This document provides instructions for a group presentation assignment. Students will form groups to present on one of four labor market case studies. Each group will have 20 minutes to present their analysis and recommendations, followed by 10 minutes for questions. The presentations should respond to the terms of reference, make use of economic reasoning, address implementation issues, and use the background information and additional research. Students are encouraged to ask the World Bank team questions. The presentations will be evaluated based on addressing the terms of reference, justifying recommendations, using data and background reports, applying course content, and providing practical recommendations presented clearly.
This document contains the agenda and notes for a monthly meeting. The agenda includes a sharing circle, announcements of upcoming events and webinars, information on a grant for language teams, reminders of action items and deadlines, and page view statistics from the previous month. The goal is to provide updates on recent accomplishments and future plans, recognize member contributions, and encourage collaboration across the organization.
Leading Effective Meetings a Model for Student Engagement Bonner Foundation
A workshop for the 2019 Bonner Summer Leadership Institute at Waynesburg College. The workshop was about how to lead effective meetings while keeping students engaged. It was presented by Kelly Finn (Brown University) and Joshua Rodriguez (Brown University)
Genius Baby On Board (GBOB) offers a playgroup licensing program for entrepreneurs to start their own early childhood education business. The program provides a complete curriculum from infant to 4 years old divided into levels, as well as business support, training, and materials. Licensees can choose between package options at different price points and levels to start their playgroup. The business model allows licensees to generate monthly profits from student enrollment fees while benefitting from GBOB's expertise and reputation in early childhood education.
This document summarizes job descriptions and application processes for various positions on the organizing committee for the NATCO conference. It outlines:
1. There are multiple positions available on the organizing committee, each with their own specific responsibilities and functions related to areas like finances, external relations, logistics, special events, and more.
2. The application process involves submitting a general questionnaire and a specific questionnaire related to the position by April 4th. Interviews will be held from April 5th-7th.
3. The selection process includes applying by the deadline, interviews, and an announcement of selections on April 7th. Job descriptions provide details on responsibilities, competencies required, and factors for success in each position
The document outlines key aspects that an Executive Board (EB) team should plan, track, and evaluate during their term:
1) The EB should plan goals and strategies for major projects, recruitment, finances, and member education to work as a team towards shared success.
2) Tracking tools like a shared spreadsheet can help each EB member understand colleagues' work and feel accountable for overall team goals.
3) Regular evaluations, such as monthly team days, allow the EB to assess goal progress, identify strengths and areas for improvement, and continue learning and improving as a team.
Light Weight Methods to Drive Your Designs ForwardNicole Capuana
Product teams these days need to be moving quickly and iteratively in delivering great products. At times though, teams can get stuck on how to move the designs forward. Sometimes it’s because of unexpected complexity and other times there are multiple paths to explore.
In this workshop, participants will experience a variety of methods that help teams gain a shared understanding through collaboration with clients, product owners, and key stakeholders. Each of the methods covered are light-weight and can be adopted by teams at any stage in the product design and development. Learn how to:
+ get started with user research,
+ define personas,
+ generate and turn ideas into solid solutions,
+ create low-fidelity mockups that can be tested with users immediately,
+ conduct a usability test,
+ synthesize your findings,
+ and gain focus for the product through games and structured discussion.
Every method covered will focus on designing a mobile app so that participants get the full experience of how each method fits into designing a product.
Don't worry if you don't have any UX background, this workshop will guide you through exercises. And if you're a UX rockstar, come flex your usability prowess with other professionals. Come learn and share tips & tricks! Everyone on a product team can benefit from this hands-on practice.
This document outlines an agenda for a UX Kitchen webinar on designing solutions for COVID-19. It includes sections for team introductions, defining the problem statement, presenting the solution statement, summarizing research findings, demonstrating solution prototypes, describing the target audience and impact, and reviewing implementation plans and timelines. Attendees are encouraged to book pitch mentorship sessions and submit slide decks by the deadline. The webinar will feature 5-minute pitches from teams walking through their problem-solving process and proposed solutions.
This document outlines plans for launching an esports program at IVC. It introduces key leaders and their roles. The goals of the initial launch meeting are to introduce the program, discuss projects and opportunities, facilitate student leadership transition, and fill immediate positions. It also advertises the first club event that evening and allows for Q&A. Details are provided on the esports curriculum and positions needed like department heads for marketing, events, and competitive teams. The importance of interviews for these roles is highlighted, with the application process and timelines explained. A breakout meeting is scheduled to divide students into departments to develop ideas and projects to further the program.
Template for facilitating transformation planning workshop. Incorporates systems thinking, neurolinguistic programming, organisational change management, organizational change management, high level business architecture and clean language techniques.
This webinar provided information on planning and executing large scale library programs. The presenters defined large scale programming as events that take place throughout the library or in a contained space and require staffing beyond a core planning team. They discussed goals of highlighting the library as an active community space and showcasing its resources. Tips included determining the audience, budget, location, timeline and partnerships. Examples of large scale programs included Comic Con events, maker days, fun fairs, and culture festivals. The presenters emphasized that anyone can do this with open-mindedness and a willingness to learn.
Impact of Strategic session. HR culture and trust / Kirill Goncharik (Nord Be...DevGAMM Conference
What is strategic session and what purpose team can get from it?
Nord Beaver has handled our first session in the beginning of this year and wants to share our experience and tell why it's important to have such events for the teams.
The document provides guidance on writing successful grant proposals in 3 main phases:
1) The pre-proposal phase involves developing your idea, assessing its feasibility and need, building support, researching similar projects, and developing a plan with goals, objectives, activities, timeline, and budget.
2) The management plan should explain what will happen to achieve the goals, who will be responsible, and when each activity will take place. It also includes an evaluation plan.
3) When writing the proposal, carefully follow all guidelines, recruit others to review it critically, and be prepared to rewrite it multiple times to ensure clarity, conciseness, and no errors.
This presentation focuses on strategies and tips for effective meetings and facilitation. Designed for the New Jersey Campus Compact and Bonner Foundation VISTA Leaders, it especially covers how young professionals in nonprofit settings might plan and lead meetings that contribute to the mission, effectiveness, and impact of their organizations.
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Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
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Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
AHMR is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed online journal created to encourage and facilitate the study of all aspects (socio-economic, political, legislative and developmental) of Human Mobility in Africa. Through the publication of original research, policy discussions and evidence research papers AHMR provides a comprehensive forum devoted exclusively to the analysis of contemporaneous trends, migration patterns and some of the most important migration-related issues.
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This report explores the significance of border towns and spaces for strengthening responses to young people on the move. In particular it explores the linkages of young people to local service centres with the aim of further developing service, protection, and support strategies for migrant children in border areas across the region. The report is based on a small-scale fieldwork study in the border towns of Chipata and Katete in Zambia conducted in July 2023. Border towns and spaces provide a rich source of information about issues related to the informal or irregular movement of young people across borders, including smuggling and trafficking. They can help build a picture of the nature and scope of the type of movement young migrants undertake and also the forms of protection available to them. Border towns and spaces also provide a lens through which we can better understand the vulnerabilities of young people on the move and, critically, the strategies they use to navigate challenges and access support.
The findings in this report highlight some of the key factors shaping the experiences and vulnerabilities of young people on the move – particularly their proximity to border spaces and how this affects the risks that they face. The report describes strategies that young people on the move employ to remain below the radar of visibility to state and non-state actors due to fear of arrest, detention, and deportation while also trying to keep themselves safe and access support in border towns. These strategies of (in)visibility provide a way to protect themselves yet at the same time also heighten some of the risks young people face as their vulnerabilities are not always recognised by those who could offer support.
In this report we show that the realities and challenges of life and migration in this region and in Zambia need to be better understood for support to be strengthened and tuned to meet the specific needs of young people on the move. This includes understanding the role of state and non-state stakeholders, the impact of laws and policies and, critically, the experiences of the young people themselves. We provide recommendations for immediate action, recommendations for programming to support young people on the move in the two towns that would reduce risk for young people in this area, and recommendations for longer term policy advocacy.
4. Values &
Guiding Norms
● Values
○ Equity Lense
○ Build Co-opetively
○ Radical Candor
● Guiding Norms
○ Acknowledge one another’s
contributions and unique value add
○ Embrace a mindset of curiosity
○ No one knows everything, together
we know a lot
○ Be cognizant of time and space
○ Bring your full self to the
conversation
5. Engagement
Expectations
- Focus: This is your time! Make the most of
it.
- Participate: We know zoom fatigue is real,
but please keep your video on as much as
possible, especially when we have outside
speakers please have your cameras on and
be active listeners.
- Starting on time: We will always start 1
min after the start time regardless if
you’re here or not!
- Over communicate: If you can’t make a
workshop or submit a deliverable on time
we are super understanding, please
regularly communicate with us so we can
better support you.
6. High Level
Program
Overview
● Phase I (May 20th - August 2nd): Curriculum
including Product/Market Fit, Business
Models, Customer Discovery; Mentor Magic;
and Market Opportunity pitches to advance
to Phase 2.
● Phase 2 (August 6th - September 27th):
Investor Readiness, Storytelling/Pitch
Readiness, Capital Stack, Investor Showcase.
● Phase 3 (October - November ): Focus on
differentiated learning, proof points, building
out teams, and understanding next steps to
bring the product to market and to scale.
7. Funding
Milestones
Refresher
● Phase I: 20 companies get $5k
● Phase II: 10 companies get an additional
$25k (all 20 teams will give market
opportunity pitches to our funder and board,
top 10 are selected for additional $25k)
● All 20 companies are still able to attend
demo day ($2.5k travel reimbursement per
team for this)
● Phase III: Up to $50k in investor matching
funds (from a pool of $250k) (see process
here)
8. Phase 1 Details
(May 20th - August 2nd)
○ Phase I will be focused on proving your product market fit, and GHG impacts, as
well as developing an acceleration plan for what you need to do to go to market,
culminating in a pitch on the market opportunity you’ve identified to gain
additional funding in to phase II.
○ Phase I Highlights
■ Program Guest Speaker: Nina Ali
● 2 Sessions surrounding Market Intelligence & Discovery Interviewing
■ Mentor Magic
■ GHG Impact analysis
■ Market Opportunity Pitch
10. We succeed
when you
succeed!
V4C is a NYSERDA funded program powered
by Nextcorps and SecondMuse. Our
milestones and program funding are directly
connected to your milestones and success.
Some of our key milestones include;
● Startups winning grants
● Startups closing funding
● Startups having initial sales (or paid
pilots)
Because of this, we are strongly aligned with
helping you succeed both during and after the
program!
11. Powered by NYSERDA | Administered by NextCorps and SecondMuse
All Hands
A
Typical
Week
EST PST MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
9:00 AM 6:00 AM 1:1's
9:30 AM 6:30 AM (30 min)
10:00 AM 7:00 AM Workshop Workshop
10:30 AM 7:30 AM (1-2 hrs) (1-2 hrs)
11:00 AM 8:00 AM
11:30 AM 8:30 AM
12:00 PM 9:00 AM
12:30 PM 9:30 AM
1:00 PM 10:00 AM StandupGroup 1
1:30 PM 10:30 AM (1 hr)
2:00 PM 11:00 AM CEO/CTO/CXOGroup 1
2:30 PM 11:30 AM (1 hr) Cohort Fun Time
3:00 PM 12:00 PM StandupGroup 2 (1 hr)
3:30 PM 12:30 PM (1 hr)
4:00 PM 1:00 PM CEO/CTO/CXOGroup 2
4:30 PM 1:30 PM (1 hr)
5:00 PM 2:00 PM
5:30 PM 2:30 PM
6:00 PM 3:00 PM
12. Group 1 Group 2
Adena Power
Arbour Group LLC
Arculus Solutions
BladeX Technologies
Cycleau
Plantaer
REEgen
RETRN Bioworks
SilisiumTech
SpadX Tech
BladeBug
Calectra
CO2L Tech
Freshean Corp
GarboCarbo
HeatPath Solutions
Helix Power
Perseus Materials
Solid State Power
Tereform
13. Weekly 1:1’s
● Purpose: 1:1 time to work through any
current challenges, review current and
next KPIs/OKRs, review deliverables, and
offer support.
● Format: Your team and members of the
V4C program team will meet each week.
○ Week 2 & 3: Longer deep dives (45
minutes) into knowing you each more
personally, then your technologies.
○ Week 4 +, we will shorten to 30
minute weekly 1:1’s.
■ Will alternate between Jack &
Jenny every week
● You can find the scheduling master doc
here to schedule your weekly 1:1’s.
14. CEO/CTO/
CXO
Meetings
● Purpose: Learn from each other, lean on
each other, build your village
● Format:
○ Starting on Week 4
○ Bi-weekly (on even weeks)
○ 1 hour
○ In group 1 and group 2 settings
● We’ll be using the Roster to divide you
into CEO/CTO/CXO
15. Glimpse of
week 1-2
● Week 1
○ Y.O.U.S Session Tomorrow (5/21)
○ KPI/OKR/Do more of the smart
things, part 1 (5/22)
○ Pitch Workshop (5/23)
● Week 2
○ 1:1’s Get To Know You (45 minutes)
○ KPI/OKR/Do more of the smart
things, part 2 (5/28)
○ Lean Business Model Canvas
Workshop (5/30)
17. Mentor
Magic
● Purpose: Match you with outside mentors,
NYSERDA EIRs, give you exposure to how to
run mentor meetings, and have several “lead”
mentors who will meet with you for 30
min/week or 1 hr/bi-weekly through the end
of program.
● Format: June 17th - June 28th we’ll host two
weeks of “Magic” where you’ll have the
opportunity to meet with a mix of NYSERDA
EIR’s and outside mentors. In these 1:1
sessions both you and the mentors will have
the opportunity to ask each other questions
and explore if there’s a synergy.
● These meetings will be facilitated via
scheduling links, with booking similar to 1:1s
18. Mentor
Magic Action
Items
What We Need From You
1. Fill out CEN EIR program application form
linked here prior to 5:00 PM EST Thursday,
May 23rd (also linked on Babele)
2. Review Scope of Work document from CEN
EIR’s (available in Babele), and start
thinking what would make most sense for
you
3. Review external mentors in airtable here
○ DO NOT reach out to them directly
4. On 5/31 @ noon, we will open up scheduling
link for you to book time with 10 outside
mentors
5. On 6/7 @ noon, we will open up scheduling
link for you to book time with your assigned
19. Phase I
Deliverables
● Purpose: Apply workshop learnings and
exercises directly to your business.
● Weekly activities that are related to
session content . These will generally be
due the following week prior to 1:1’s with
V4C team so team can provide feedback
during meeting
● Each of the deliverables will be building
blocks which will fit into your end of phase
Market Opportunity Pitch
22. What do you hope to get out of
the program experience?
○ How will you show up?
○ How will you support one another?
○ What is the culture we are hoping to
create?
24. Internal Team Y.O.U.S
○ Jack Baron, Managing Director
○ Jenny Leung, Director
○ Devin Sandon: Operations Manager
○ Scott Meyers: Program Manager
○ Sharon Samjitsingh: EIR
○ Chris Carpenter: Head of Marketing
○ Daniel Kriozere: EIR
○ Sarah Woodams: Intern
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All Hands
JACK
● One of 6 kids (#5). Family of mostly teachers.
● Grew up in WNY; travelled in 38 states by age of 5.
● Started playing guitar at age 7; on stage by age 9.
● Science focus from young age; built solar heating systems at age
11 and 12 that won energy competitions.
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All Hands
❖ Family and friend focused- some friends still close since age 6.
❖ Sunday dinner with family every week.
❖ Family focused on giving back: non-profit and charity work for
decades.
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All Hands
❖ Still playing in two bands: Don’t Know Jack (electric & acoustic)
❖ Downhill skier, advanced scuba diver, mediocre but avid golfer
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BG:
● BS (Biochemistry/ Bio/ Neuroscience- UR); MBA (SU)
● Grew 1 company from $0 to $2.3Billion; ran 3 regions (Northeast,
Midwest, West Coast; Northeast from $0 to $100MM in 3 years with
first EBITDA positive nationally)
● Grew 2nd from $12 to $80 MM; 3rd- $2MM to $20MM+
● On 3 boards currently (OSN; DLH; YEA!)
What I can help you with:
● Sales Management, Sales, Business Development
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The nickname my parents gave
me was 樂樂 (le-le) which
means “happy happy” in Chinese
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In Chinese culture, the groom’s
family pays for the wedding…
but my fiance is American and
in American culture, the
bride’s family pays for the
wedding…
STOCK IMAGE
THIS IS NOT US
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U - Something unique about you
I love going fast, like wind in my face fast
- Roller coasters
- Skydiving
- Driving
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S - Superpower
● What I can help you with:
○ All things pitch deck
■ Content, narrative, design, presenting, Q&A prep
○ Operations & Processes
○ Soundboard/Ideating/Connecting the dots
○ Seeing potential risks & figuring out how to address/mitigate them
○ Intro-ing to anyone in my network (I don’t add folks unless I’ve met them)
○ Being your confidant
● BG:
○ Immigrated to US when I was 3 from Hong Kong
○ UCLA MBA (Entrepreneurship, Tech) & BA (Economics, minor Human Complex Systems)
○ Working since 16: VS,
+ 2 startups
36. I was born in New Hampshire, and grew up in Vermont. Aside from a brief stint in DC, I’ve never really
lived outside of the northeast for a prolonged period of time.
My father was an engineer, and my mother was a teacher. I have two brothers, one younger, one older.
I was an athletic nerd growing up. I spent a lot of time with my face buried in a book at sports events
while waiting for my turn to compete. In particular, I read a lot of fantasy.
Y - Something about your younger self
37. Books were a big deal in my family, and a lot of our small family rituals revolved around them.
As an example, on Christmas eve we always gave each other books to read while waiting for
morning, and read a series of Christmas short stories (from dutch and german roots, I couldn’t tell
you why).
It’s probably in part why I ended up being such a voracious reader, and doing some early reads and
feedback cycles with authors.
O - One thing about your culture
38. I’ve had a habit of getting involved in comparatively niche and emerging sports. As an example, in college I got fairly involved with
quidditch both as a player, and as a volunteer, and spent several years serving on the committee which writes the rulebook, as well
as being selected as an alternate for team USA twice.
My most recent pickups have been disc golf, ultimate, and rock climbing. I’m always keeping busy, because I know if I’m not staying
active I lose focus, and energy.
U - Something unique about you
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● Proofing grants
● Helping out with GHG impact analysis
● Problem/solution & Product/market fit
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Grew up with a single mother and two older brothers. Created a super close
dynamic between the three of us, and had a major influence on my early view
of the world.
My mother remarried and I moved from a suburban world (Greece NY) to a
family farm (Leroy NY). Gained a step brother and step sister (Full House!)
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• My mothers side is from coal country, Pennsylvania (Jeddo… near
Hazelton..Allentown). My great grandfather and his brothers all worked in coal,
along with my grandfathers brothers. He was the first one to break the mold,
moving up to Rochester with my grandmother. Energy generation stayed in the
blood!
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In college I was a total European Union Nerd, and was in a club called The
European Union Simulation Club. My junior year we participated in a
conference in Belgium where we all had alter egos of EU members, and
debated policy surrounding the Syrian Refugee Crisis.
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S - Superpower
- High Emotional IQ, my vulnerability
- My compassion and empathy.. Leads to being a good connector!
- Navigating complex systems with multiple stakeholders
- Great system builder, helped build out departments during time at
Dandelion Energy
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CHRIS
Y - Something about your younger
self
I play guitar, trumpet, and harmonica. Involved in a music
non-profit that hosts a music residency program.
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O - One thing about your culture
● Coffee
○ Wife has always worked at a coffee
shop while we’ve been together the
past 10 years = 10 years free coffee
for me.
○ Parents were emergency responders
working around the clock (with 4
kids) = coffee brewing all the time at
home
○ A lot of my family gatherings are
centered around grabbing coffee and
being in coffee shops
○ Open Mic Night at Ithaca College
○ Not the caffeine but the routine of
coffee and community
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U - Something unique about
you
Worked in TV
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- Background in news and television. I understand what
journalists are looking for and used to help decide what was
“newsworthy”
What I can help with:
- Press releases
- Videos
- Creative content
- Narratives and storytelling
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- Grew up in Trinidad & Tobago, the Southern-most island in the Caribbean
- I have one sibling - a sister 4 years older than me
- I read Black Beauty by Anna Sewell at age 4
- Competed in choir competitions, singing competitions in high school
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- Trinidad & Tobago is very diverse:
- 40% of East Indian Descent
- 40% of African Descent
- The remainder - primarily Chinese, but every ethnicity accounted for
- As a result our food is an interesting melange of the melting pot of all these
cultures
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U - Something unique about you
Along with others like Jane Goodall, Katherine Blurr Blodgett and
Sheryl Sandberg, my name was included in the Names Dress,
(www.namesdress.com), a 3D-printed conceptual art piece that
celebrates and brings awareness to the accomplishments of
women in STEAM fields.
The dress is made up of over 300 names of current and historic
women in STEAM fields and was on display in Florence, Italy at
the Ferragamo Museum’s Sustainable Thinking exhibition from
April 12, 2019 through March 8, 2020.
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S - Superpower
- BG (education, work experience)
- Successfully commercialized 4 technologies - 2 in construction materials, 1
in sustainability (startup), 1 in healthcare (startup that I co-founded)
- Built 2 factories, upgraded 2 more, managed innovation projects across 14
different types of manufacturing facilities
- MS TEAM - University of Rochester; BSc - Chemical & Process Engineering
- I make a mean cheesecake
- What I can help with (superpower):
- Commercialization - Manufacturing
- Confidence - Story telling
- Founder mindset - Pitching
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● Born and raised in Bay Area
● Started playing trumpet in 4th grade (and still play from time to time
today)
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● Community oriented
● Focused on quality relationships
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● I enjoy being active: biking, skiing, ultimate frisbee, basketball, dancing
(west coast swing, bachata, line dancing)
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● BG
○ UC Davis: BS in Chemical Engineering
○ UC Berkeley: MBA Candidate
● What I can help with (superpower):
○ Fundraise and finance strategy
○ Fundraise preparedness (pitch deck, data room)
○ Friendly investor feedback
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Y - Something about your younger self
● Grew up in a Rochester, NY suburb (Pittsford)
● Played a lot of tennis (have now shifted to pickleball for the time
being with my non-tennis friends)
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● Rochester culture: You must eat a garbage plate at least once in your life if you
live here for any extended period of time. I have almost done this.
A non-traditional
garbage plate.
The real deal complete
with a Genesee beer.
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● Ran my college’s newspaper for a year
● Love landscape photography
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● BG
○ B.A. in Environmental Studies and Studio Art from the
University of Rochester
○ Minors in Digital Media Studies and Sustainability
○ Take 5 in Gender, Sexuality, and Society
○ Studied Abroad for a month in Copenhagen, Denmark and
Svalbard, Norway
