The Boston Pledge

TBP Digital: A New Chapter

Building a Robust Digital Platform to Empower Citizens around the Globe

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THE TBP DIGITAL TEAM

Rohit Muralidhar Santanu Sengupta

Xin Shang Minjing LiuIshani Sengupta

1. ENTERPRISING SPRINGBOARD PROGRAM

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2. RURAL EXPERIMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT

3. INNOVATION SEMINARS(ANNUAL CONFERENCES)

4. LEADERSHIP & ACCELERATOR PROGRAMS

THE BOSTON PLEDGE PROGRAMS

Four Key Initiatives

2006 - 2016

Several Initial

Experiments

2001 – 2005

Birth of The Boston Pledge

(2001)TBP Digital

2020s

WE ARE ENTERING A DIFFERENT ERA

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The Boston Pledge Assets: Two Vectors

Value-Creation

Valu

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5Awareness Building

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The Boston Pledge Assets

Awareness Building

Privileged Under

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Value- Creation

Experience

Valu

e

Entrepreneurship

Springboard Program

Leadership

Development

Annual

Conferences

Rural Enterprising

Development

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The Boston Pledge Assets

Awareness Building

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Value- Creation

Experience

Valu

e

Entrepreneurship

Springboard Program

Leadership

Development

Annual

Conferences

Rural Enterprising

Development

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WHAT IS THE COMMON THREAD?

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WE NOW LIVE IN A DATA-DRIVEN,

DIGITAL ECONOMY

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Empowering the Base via a digital platform Empower the underprivileged by

connecting those individuals with digital resources, potential partners, experts, and collaborators to express their ideas, and foster the development of skills and concepts

Foster development of leadership, academic, literary and artistic skills

Foster cross-cultural and cross-channel collaborationConnect the base to their developed counterparts

to enable collaboration and promote innovative solutions to their challenges

A platform for governments, social organizations, educational institutions and community leaders to reach out to those in need, understand and analyze their socioeconomic issues and implement innovative solutions

A platform for scalable and innovative solutionsProvide a scalable enablement platform for

the expansion of ideas, services, and products like the current Boston Pledge Initiatives

Serve as a platform for new and innovative solutions and their champions to work with mentors and successfully execute

TBP Digital: The Goals

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Value at the community

& partner Levels

Research

Analytics

Webinars

Workshops

Commerce

Projects

TBP Digital Platform:

Core ServicesIntegration with Partners

Data Analysis

Users & Account

Services

Communication

& Collaboration

Payment

Services

Digital

Repository

VolunteersGovernments

Social

Organizations

Community

Leaders

Educational

Institutes

TBP Mentors

and Volunteers

Collaborators

and Partners

Corporate &

Commerce

TBP Digital: The Platform

The Boston Pledge

TBP DIGITAL: Development Phases

Prototyping

• About TBP –Goals, Mission, Vision,

• Causes/Events

• Marketing

• Donations

• User Login/ Registration

• Emails/Groups

Onboard Projects

• Create Campaign

• Run events/ competitions

• Upload Documents

• Review Documents

Add Feature

• Communication

• Collaboration

• Multi-tenancy

• Digital Repository

• Workflows

• Workshops

• Sell Merchandise

Scale Up

• Add additional capacity

• Implement Multi-tenancy

• Improve Infrastructure

• Separate out Infrastructure and application layers

Services

• Platform Services (IAM, Data Access, Messaging, Dev Tools etc.)

• Application Services (e-commerce, e-learning, Analytics etc.)

Integration

• Open API

• Integration with Partners (Govt., Industry, other non-profits etc.)

• Monetization

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TBP Digital: Phase I Roadmap

User / Account Management

Digital asset repository, project workflows

Communication and Collaboration tools

(discussion groups, blogs, chats, project

feedback and event management)

Key Platform FeaturesKey Steps

Engage a software developer

who can bring the phase 1 to

fruition

Work with existing TBP

programs and beneficiaries

to hone platform feel and

functionality

Work with volunteers and

TBP members to organize an

internal working committee

and mentorship roles

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THE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND ENABLEMENT

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TBP DIGITAL: Early Stages

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Static Files (html, images,

videos)

Themes/Plug-ins

Applications/

Compiled extensionsApplications

Platform

Web Server

App Components

Email

Web Services

(payments etc.)

File TransfersDatabase

• Events and Causes

• Communication & Collaboration

• Registration and Donations

User Features

• Site Updates

• Add Cause or Campaign

• Data Maintenance

Administrative Features

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TBP DIGITAL: Infrastructure & Scaling

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Public Subnet

NAT Gateway

Application

Subnet

Data Subnet

DATA

BASE

Auto ScalingApp. Load Balancer

Internet

Gateway

File

Storage

Public Subnet

NAT Gateway

Application

Subnet

Data Subnet

DATA

BASE

PRIVATE CLOUD

DNS Routing

Content

Distribution

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TBP DIGITAL: Services and Future Vision

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Underprivileged

Govt. and Edu.

Institutions

Banking and

Industry

Partners

Cloud Based Infrastructure

Social Workers

and NGOsEntrepreneurs

Communities

Application Platform

Business Services

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ENGAGING YOUTH AROUND THE WORLD

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TBP Digital intends to

actively engage the

youth in various

enrichment activities

and work to develop a

creative mindset and

leadership qualities at

an early age

Leading a community development initiative

Develop an online service to connect medical

specialists with rural healthcare professionals

Develop a digital marketplace to sell home

decoration items made by rural artists

Sample Projects

Creativity

Strategy and Problem Solving

Teamwork

TBP Volunteer programs

will help cultivate:

TBP Digital: Engaging Youth

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S DESIGN TBP Digital Marketplace to help sell home decoration

items made by rural artists or sculptors.

DEVELOP an online service to connect medical specialists with

rural healthcare professionals to help diagnose complex cases.

RUN a series of online workshops for Entrepreneurship

Development.

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CONNECT with a digital buddy to help in career guidance of a

promising rural musician

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It is the on-the-grown initiatives that shape

and shift this constantly evolving strategy.

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Develop team spirit and collaboration skills through Project Roles & Digital competitions

Develop presentation, and Persuasion skills through Events and Fundraising programs

Develop leadership, mentorship skills through Buddy Program and Project Leadership Roles

Develop professional level technical and vocational skills through Project involvement Internship program

Youth: Developing Skillsets for the Future

Communication Collaboration

Professional

DevelopmentLeadership

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SAMPLE PROJECTS WITH GLOBAL REACH

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Raising funds to encourage entrepreneurship, economic growth and innovation in developing economies

Supporting families with education opportunities by leveraging digital resources (i.e introducing online classes)

Introducing series of speaker sessions and teach ins about leadership, business management and innovation (“The Boston Pledge Speaker Series”)

TBP Digital: Sample Projects

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Online Classes: Partnering with universities and online education platforms to introduce online classes, certificate programs to families in developing economies

The Boston Pledge Speaker Series: Inviting industry leaders to give lectures and share advices about leadership skills, how to grow businesses and support economic growth

TBP Digital: Sample Partnerships

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TBP Digital: Governance

Advisory Board

Working Committee

Volunteers and Interns

Coaching and

Mentorship

An exciting way to engage

highschool and college students

who have an interest in a

program or the following areas:

Various functional areas

designed to assist in operating

activities and ensure effective

platform management & growth

A group of TBP Mentors and

future partners working with

platform programs, and TBP

Digital Volunteers and Interns

An advisory board that oversees

the strategic direction at each

stage of the development of TBP

Digital, and alignment of goals

- Program Management

- Marketing

- Platform Dev. and Operations

- Finance and Accounting

- Partnerships and coordination

- IT & Software Development

- Digital Marketing

- Platform Dev. and Operations

- Web Design & Content Dev.

- Strategy and Public Policy

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A MODEL FOR SELF-SUSTAINABILITY?

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• Software Development cost for Phase I

• Hosting and maintenance cost for Year 1

• Network connection cost for Year 1

• Hardware (computers and laptops) for TBP Digital Centers for accessing the platform

Phase I - $15,000. To be used for developing the

Phase I features. Significant additional volunteer time will be

needed.

• Events and Competitions on the TBP Digital Platform and related awards

• Marketing cost for the platform

Phase II – $10,000. To be used for

operationalization and marketing the platform.

TBP Digital: Proposed Budget (Phase 1 & 2)

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Access Fees from Corporate Partners

Fees from vendors and suppliers of projects on the

platform

Transaction Revenue from projects’

outputs (ex: sale of goods)

Advertising

Revenue from data and analytics

Consulting projects leveraging the

platform

TBP Digital: A Self Sustaining Vision

Grants and Donations

Government and other non-profit

funding for social projects

Donations from Individuals

Other Fundraising Activities

The TBP Digital is targeting a paradigm of sustainable social service

vis-à-vis profitable social enterprise

The Goal: a self sustaining platform once fully developed and operational

Traditional Funding

Future Sustainable Paradigm

TBP

Digital

“With egos outside and divine within, possibilities are limitless”

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Partha Ghosh

Chairman, The Boston Pledge