Innovation SeriesFinal Report

What is the Innovation Series?

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GOAL: To create a space to learn, share and collaborate across departments and disciplines

How did we do this?

1 hour 30 min. 24/7

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PROJECT MODELGoogle “Tech Talks”

SESSION FORMATOutside Speakers

Session Recaps

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Lily LiuCEO,

PublicStuff

Langdon Morris

Innovation Director, PwC

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Lisa Bodell

CEO, futurethink

David SibbetCEO, The Grove Consultants

Charles Maynard

Former Executive Director, Friends of the Smokies

Expert Storyteller

Online Component

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Remember this?

1 hour 30 min. 24/7

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Online Components

Discussion boards

Articles Toolkits

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Online Components

TwitterBlogs

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Videos

Outcomes

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Measuring Outcomes

41 Average survey response rate

Total Reach

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Total number of unique attendees

Approx. percentage of NPCA reached

Attendees by Department3%

12%

14%

9%

13%

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7%2%

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8%1%

28%

AccountingCommunicationsCPMCPRDevelopmentExecutiveGov't Affairs HRITMembershipOperationsReg Ops

Attendees by Job Level

Attendees by Session

Brainstorm

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Session 2

Session 3

Session 4

Session 5

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Attendees at SessionsCharles Maynard

Lisa Bodell

Langdon Morris

Lily Liu

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Brainstorm Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Session 6

Distribution of Attendees by Job Level

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How likely are you to use any of the concepts, tips or tools from this session in yourwork?

72%Very likely to likely

How useful to your job was the information presented?

75%Very likely to likely

How effective was the speaker in delivering the presentation?

80%Effective to very effective

Did the speaker adequately answer all of your questions?

94%Yes

Please rate the length of the presentation component to this session.

60%Just right

Please rate the length of the brainstorming/discussion component to this session.

52%Want more time for group engagement!29%Just right

Words from Staff“Thanks for pushing forth with this effort. I thought something like this would keep me away from my work, but as I approached my desk with new drive after the session, I realized the session fed me brain activity and inspired me to look at the "problem" I faced differently.” 

Main Compliments

Outside speakersgrateful for outside perspective

 

Main Compliments

Engagement having a time & space to brainstorm | talking to people from different department

 

Main Compliments

More open to change, new ideas, new ways of thinking

 

Moving Forward

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Lessons Learned

Use tech to connectbe extra attentive to folks in the field | separate facilitator | detailed instructions

 

Lessons Learned

Get physical!Make people work | have markers, flip charts, objects to inspire creativity

 

Liz wisdom: props aren’t just for creepy magicians

Leverage Points

Know your techSummon your inner geek or find a geek to help you (Sara was our geek)

 

Leverage Points

Use videoWe bought, let’s use it cool projects | summits employee engagement |media | do a training

 

Leverage Points

Use our siteExpand it to be NPCA’s innovation hub | put staff videos & presentations on the YouTube site

 

New Project Ideas Parcel out & stack series concepts to create new projects 

Innovation Series on ParkPoint & YouTube +

ExpandCurrent

continue to update & send emails (i.e. “biz library”) | populate with videos of “cool projects” etc. from annual & reg. meetings innovation staff awards w/ profiles | push out on npca website

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HacksLunch

bring your problem and your lunch | the innovation team will help you brainstorm through your conundrum | 1 x month

Quarterly Workshops new project team surveys organization to find a “problem”

attendees workshop problem to find “solution” – rapid prototyping facilitated by a hot shot | uses framework from innovation series

Innovation Trainings go deep on an specific aspect of innovation | special session for e-team only 1 or 2 per year (1 @ annual retreat) | use a past speaker as trainer

Our big, crazy idea….

NONPROFIT “TED” partner w/other nonprofits to bring in big speakers | 1 x year focus on applying innovative concepts in the nonprofit space | doubles as a marketing campaign & ally development venture