A discussion document introducing the British

Council’s planned Global Innovation Lab

to the Ubuntu Community

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My name is Andrew Missingham. I am an independent creative consultant, working with the British Council to plan a component of their Global Innovation Lab.

This document is a collection of my personal proposals to you, the Ubuntu community, regarding how it might interact with the British Council’s planned Global Innovation Lab.

About this presentation

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The British Council is the UK’s agency for cultural relations.

It has offices in over 100 countries. It exists to create opportunities to learn, share and connect worldwide.

What is the British Council?

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The Global Innovation Lab is a planned British Council project to:

Focus on addressing global challenges (based upon the Millennium Project’s challenges)

•Sustainable Living•Lifelong Health and wellbeing•Global security in a changing world•The Digital World

What is the Global Innovation Lab

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The Global Innovation Lab is a planned British Council project to:

Work across disciplines and sectors: Focussing on researchers and entrepreneurs in the early stages of their careers - academic and non-academic

Combine global and regional approaches

What is the Global Innovation Lab

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This will happen as physical meetings, conferences and an online space:

The Global Forum

What is the Global Innovation Lab

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1) A means of connecting people remotely

2) A showcase for the work of the network

3) To amplify physical events

The Global Forum

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ToolsThe site will incorporate:

1.      Networking. An embedded online social network.

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ToolsThe site will incorporate:

1.      Networking. An embedded online social network.

2.      Collaboration.  This will incorporate an office suite of programmes, a whiteboard, a diary/meeting setting function and a forum

Andrew Missingham admv.missingham@virgin.netPresentation to Ubuntu Developers’ Summit

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ToolsThe site will incorporate:

1.      Networking. An embedded online social network.

2.      Collaboration.  This will incorporate an office suite of programmes, a whiteboard, a diary/meeting setting function and a forum

3.      An information store. This is both as a public face of what the network is creating (e.g. YouTube uploads, photos, links to other BC activity etc.) and also as a learning resource which is of use to the network.

Andrew Missingham admv.missingham@virgin.netPresentation to Ubuntu Developers’ Summit

11.05.10

ToolsThe site will incorporate:

1.      Networking. An embedded online social network.

2.      Collaboration.  This will incorporate an office suite of programmes, a whiteboard, a diary/meeting setting function and a forum and a survey function

3.      An information store. This is both as a public face of what the network is creating (e.g. YouTube uploads, photos, links to other BC activity etc.) and also as a learning resource which is of use to the network.

4.      A resource for participants. This includes either a place for CVs, or links to where participants have their CVs (e.g. LinkedIn), databases of funding bodies, wiki definitions and discussions

Andrew Missingham admv.missingham@virgin.netPresentation to Ubuntu Developers’ Summit

11.05.10

ToolsThe site will incorporate:

1.      Networking. An embedded online social network.

2.      Collaboration.  This will incorporate an office suite of programmes, a whiteboard, a diary/meeting setting function and a forum

3.      An information store. This is both as a public face of what the network is creating (e.g. YouTube uploads, photos, links to other BC activity etc.) and also as a learning resource which is of use to the network.

4.      A resource for participants. This includes either a place for CVs, or links to where participants have their CVs (e.g. LinkedIn), databases of funding bodies, wiki definitions and discussions

5.      Training materials. These will to facilitate use of the Global Forum, especially links to existing BC resources (e.g. English language teaching) and introductions to the Global Forum’s preferred platforms.

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Encouraging use (and reuse)

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Encouraging use (and reuse)

We need to start from where people are already comfortable online

Where do they upload, network and collaborate. Give them “badges” that can identify what team they already support.

Andrew Missingham admv.missingham@virgin.netPresentation to Ubuntu Developers’ Summit

11.05.10

Encouraging use (and reuse)

We need to start from where people are already comfortable online

Where do they upload, network and collaborate. Give them “badges” that can identify what team they already support.

We need to welcome people using tools that they are familiar with

Andrew Missingham admv.missingham@virgin.netPresentation to Ubuntu Developers’ Summit

11.05.10

Encouraging use (and reuse)

We need to start from where people are already comfortable online

Where do they upload, network and collaborate. Give them “badges” that can identify what team they already support.

We need to welcome people using tools that they are familiar with

We need to incorporate training into the face to face events

Andrew Missingham admv.missingham@virgin.netPresentation to Ubuntu Developers’ Summit

11.05.10

Encouraging use (and reuse)

We need to start from where people are already comfortable online

Where do they upload, network and collaborate. Give them “badges” that can identify what team they already support.

We need to welcome people using tools that they are familiar with

We need to incorporate training into the face to face events

We need to roll out online tools as and when they are appropriate Andrew Missingham admv.missingham@virgin.net

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Upload Presence

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Upload Presence Social Networks

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