caravan studios update, tsg staff
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This update was prepared in December, 2013 for TechSoup Global staff. Exact proposal amounts and potential partnership removed.TRANSCRIPT
CARAVAN STUDIOSPrepared for TSG Opportunity Mtg
December 18, 2013
1. Methodology
2. Products
3. Knowledge Areas
4. Fundraising
METHODOLOGY
Generators
• 9 completed• 58 opportunities for
technology adoption presented
Opportunities:• Provide training to
run and facilitate Generators
• Survey the field based on Generators
Design• Create prototypes
for quick feedback
Opportunities:• Structured event
with youth-serving organizations and skilled mentors
Select
• Choose the tools with the largest potential impact.
• Build in partnership with community organizations
Opportunities:• Connect to larger
Net2 and TechSoup community, as well as corporate social responsibility efforts
Build• Support selected
projects with funding, pro bono corporate efforts, and volunteerism
Opportunity: • Develop a portfolio
of supported products
• Determine standard sustainability mechanism for individual products
Use
• Make products available on TechSoup.org
Opportunity:• Extend the
TechSoup platform to other solutions providers
• Contribute data to the field
PRODUCTS
KNOWLEDGE AREAS
Resilient Cities
Emergency Shelter and
Services
Civic Engagement
Resilient Cities• 4 Bells• Canoe
Emergency Shelter and Services• SafeNight• Range
Civic Engagement• Range• Canoe
Resilient Cities• 4 Bells• Canoe
Emergency Shelter and Services• SafeNight• Range
Civic Engagement• Range• Canoe
Privacy Filter
FUNDRAISING
So far, we’ve gotten a lot of
“No.”
We’ve gotten told No by:• Verizon Foundation (but please come back next year)• The Case Foundation (but please come back next year)• The Knight Foundation• Ycombinator• California Endowment• Bank of America
We’ve learned from the No.• People care about methodology or product, probably not
both.• We can do Generators in a more strategic fashion,
aligning ourselves with organizations who can introduce us to new funders.
• Generators aren’t necessarily fundable by themselves, but they are an efficient way of us getting smart, getting to know a lot of people and getting introductions.
• We need to develop more relationships with people who are closely connected to funding.
• We need to better match the opportunity to who we are (as Caravan Studios and as TechSoup Global).
We think there are two kinds of asks
we can make:
1. Methodology2. Product
Using that, we haveover $1M
under consideration.
Name Duration Type Decision
IMLS 2 years Methodology March, 2014
Reimagine: Opportunity
2 years Product/SafeNight
March, 2014
Solutions for Good, Microsoft
1 year Product/4Bells January, 2014
Blue Shield of CA Foundation
1 year Product/SafeNight
May, 2014
IN CLOSING
Caravan Studios is a division of TechSoup Global, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
We hope you will connect with us at:
@caravanstudios http://www.caravanstudios.org
and
@techsouphttp://www.techsoupglobal.org