Robert R. Taylor Network XStudio 2012 Final Presentation www.rrtn.org, www.rrtn.net, www.adias.org

Version 1.0 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. ET, August 16, 2012 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. ET August 23, 2012

MIT SA+P, Room 9-450 A&B105 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge MA 02139

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Special Thank You

ORGANIZATIONS

MIT SA+P MIT DUSP IS&T [find out

name] MIT Legatum Center IBM Brainshark Socrato

PEOPLE

Dean Adele Naude Santos Associate Dean Mark

Jarzombek Diane McLaughlin Kirsten Greco Duncan Kincaid

Key points to address in final presentation

[Automated slideshow in ppt of intern profiles running before presentation begins]

[Printout of resumes career aspirations] [Project interdependence map] [Business plan + BHS ISP Proposal= Node Site

specific model] [Address resource development, business

plan, partnerships, legal and organizational structure and past performance at the end]

RRTN Board of Directors & Advisors Board of Directors

Darian Hendricks, Chairman & CEO Eric Sheppard, Treasurer Mark Jarzombek, MIT Kenneth Manning, MIT Sandra Martin Seals, Reliance Housing

Corporation Luke Ouko, Verve K.O. Cardinal Warde, MIT

Advisors Shawn Harris, A Smarter Retailer / Nyopoly Sheldon Fischer, Boston Learning Center Jay Stewart, Brocton City Council Lloyd Lamarre, Brockton High School Mary Waldron, Brockton 21st Century Tyrone Taborn, Career Communications

Group Dan Sheridan, Dorset Institute Siisi Adu-Gyamfi, Eaton Corp Frederic Bertley, The Franklin Institute Margaret Daniels Tyler, Gates Foundations

Advisors Steven Lerman, George Washington University Bob Picciano, IBM Sean Poulley, IBM Antony Satyadas, IBM Sean McLean, IBM Michael Schmedlin, Lenovo Sam Morris, Lenovo Thaddeus Miles, Mass Impact Geoff Seyon, Medullan Joseph Mugisha Mushoka, Microsoft Oliver Thomas, MIT Jonathon Reed, MIT Cecilia d’Oliviera, MIT Jocelyn Lee-Young, NiHERST Maureen Manchouck, NiHERST Jason Mayden, Nike Brian Omwenga, Nokia Research Group Raju Gupta, OmniSharp Technology Paul Chu, Retiree Lester Gimpelson, Retiree Claude Grunitzky, True Agency Yolanda Hinton, US Army Wayne Kennard, WilmerHale Wendell Taylor, WilmerHale

Partners & Sponsors

Business Partners (Registered with)

Amazon Associates IBM Intuit Lenovo

Sponsors Brainshark Career Communications Group

(BEYA) Government of Senegal Graham Foundation Harvard Cooperative Society IBM MASS Impact MIT NE University Transportation

Center at MIT WilmerHale, LLP

XStudio 2012 Advisors & Interns

Darian Hendricks

Mark Jarzombek

Cardinal Warde

Advisors/Instructors

Romi Alexandre Hamzah Dweik Judith Foos

Deborah Salami

Zain Khawaja Alex Johnson

Condrea Zhuang

Adriel Mingo

Lloyd Lamarre

2012 Interns

Presentation Objectives

Present new business concepts and solicit input Share the accomplishments of the XStudio 2012

Interns this summer related to:▪ Research and marketing▪ Technology development ▪ New venture creation▪ Resource development

Share what we learned Get your support and backing Get general feedback

Agenda

RRTN Mission RRTN History XStudio RRTN Business- 5 programs –

L.A.I.V.N Leadership

Marketing ▪ Digital Newsroom▪ Website ▪ Newsletters ▪ RSS Feeds ▪ Social Community▪ CRM

Resource Development ▪ Proposals

Archive ADIAS

▪ Timeline ▪ Digital Archive ▪ Wiki ▪ DSPACE App ▪ Metamedia

Institute XStudio-In-A-Box XLabs Open Course Exchange (OCX)

Ventures Student founded businesses - Ascent Health Business partnerships -True Africa

Network Node sites – Brockton, Haiti, Kenya, South Africa,

Trinidad RRTN.net Technology platform

What we learned Feedback and questions

RRTN Mission Statement What is RRTN? What does RRTN hope to accomplish?How does RRTN hope to accomplish this?

RRTN Mission

The Robert Robinson Taylor Network (RRTN), named after the first black

graduate of MIT (1892), is a 501(c)3 non-profit educational foundation comprised

of a global network of partners connecting youth and professionals to a cultural

legacy of achievement in architecture, science, technology, engineering and math

(ASTEM). The goal is to create cultural and economic impact through innovation,

invention and entrepreneurship. RRTN's mission is to increase the number of

underrepresented populations in architecture, science, technology, and

engineering fields, while specifically increasing the number of technology

entrepreneurs and companies founded by these individuals.

RRTN’s HistoryWho was Robert R. Taylor?Why is he important? How are we preserving his legacy?

Robert R. Taylor

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RRTN Timeline

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The need

Market Research

Societal Problems

Large drop-out rate of minority students in high school

Not enough minorities in college and advanced programs

Not enough women & minorities in leadership positions in ASTEM fields

Not enough minorities starting successful technology-based companies

Black Youth Dropout Rates

Dropout rate for African American females is 41 %, but for African American males it's 53 %

Each year, more than half of the 1.2 million students who fail to graduate from high school are Black and Latino

58 % of all Black fourth graders in the nation are functionally illiterate; 85 % are reading below grade level

A Black boy born in 2001 has a 33 % chance of going to prison in his lifetime

A million Black males are in prison; Nearly two and a half million Black children have an incarcerated parent

Murder is the number one cause of death among young black men

Students Enrolled in Degree-Seeking Institutions, By Race

Black Professional Trends, By Race

Occupation Total Employed‘000

Black or African American‘000

Asian‘000

Hispanic or Latino‘000

CEOGeneral & Operations ManagementComputer and Information systems managersEducation AdministratorsEngineering ManagersMedical and Health Services ManagersNatural Sciences Managers

1,65598547582910956115

375337101157<5

65424822924<5

66612563541<5

Black-Owned Firms, By Industry-Type

From 2002 to 2007, the number of black-owned businesses` increased by 60.5% to 1.9 million, more than triple the national rate of 18.0% Over the same period, receipts

generated by black-owned businesses increased 55.1% to $137.5 billion

RRTN Solution

RRTN Programs

5 Program Areas Leadership Archive Institute Ventures Network

Core Programs ADIAS – Digital media publication on black contributions to ASTEM Digital Newsroom – Media publishing project to advocate black

culture in science and technology XStudio – Summer/academic year internship program in innovation,

entrepreneurship, and technology XStudio-in-a-Box – A distributed network of innovation labs,

developed around an open source hybrid bundle of powerful computing cloud services and on-site hardware and software to replicate the XStudio experience in Africa, the Caribbean, and the US, especially in underserved and technology poor communities

XLabs- Virtual & hands-on science & engineering labs by and for high school students

Open Course Exchange – A market place of courses related to ASTEM, entrepreneurship, and black cultural history in sciences

Venture Startups – Working with startup technology enterprises

XStudio (Extreme Studio) What is XStudio? How does it engage youth and immerse them in a professional setting?Leadership ArchiveInstitute Ventures Networking

XStudio at MIT

XStudio Mission (shorten)

An intensive, “learn-by-doing”, R&D educational program for youth with professionals engaged

in the end-to-end process of innovation, invention and entrepreneurship. The program immerses

students in the professional world from the perspective of executives and the start-up

experience of a technology-oriented business. Students learn the “business of science and

technology” from a practical, hands-on experience where they are given real-world problems to

solve with the expectation of delivery of a real-world solution. Students grow rapidly in their

communication, business, technical, and professional skills as well as conduct and confidence.

Students walk away with a portfolio of accomplished and delivered products to the real world

and to executives, faculty, peers, and business partners from around the world. Students are

well-positioned for advancement in their own personal academic and pre-professional pursuits

as well as stronger resumes for application to college, scholarships, and other intense

internships.

XStudio 2012 ProjectsADIAS Cultural Heritage Archive and Travelling Exhibit

This project aims to build an invaluable and accessible online and offline resource / repository, archive, library, museum and educational media

productions based on the lives, workings and research, by and about blacks in the ASTEM fields. This includes a multimedia travelling exhibit

and related products for sale.

ADIAS Technology Platform

Working with institutions like IBM, Lenovo, and Brainshark, to develop a world class open source communications and social networking

platform with content connecting distributed innovation labs (XStudios) in Africa, the Caribbean, and the USA.

Digital Newsroom and Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Working with journalists and technologists to develop and implement a digital newsroom to document and advocate black culture in science

and technology. This includes websites, TV and radio shows, social media platforms, and RSS Feeds. Students are learning how to use

applications such as Constant Contact, Word Press, MediaWiki, IBM SmartCloud, IBM Mashup, and RSS feeds. CRM is a project of RRTN's Digital

Newsroom. The purpose is to centralize all contacts of RRTN into a single master contact database using MySQL, a desktop application, and

cloud services. The goal is to integrate contact information from at least 15 locations such as personal business cards, distribution lists (such as

MIT LISTSERV), DYMO Cardscan, ScanBizCards.com, Gmail, Constant Contact, Intuit QuickBooks Online, IBM SmartCloud (formerly LotusLive),

ADIAS Dipity Timelines, Microsoft Excel, Social Communities (Caribbean Access, Facebook, LinkedIn, RRTN.net, and Twitter) and mobile devices.

This project includes writing APIs and scripts; and creating an open-source database. The goal is to manage currently 3,000+ contacts with an

annually growth rate of 19%.

XStudio 2012 Projects

Open Course Exchange

A unique virtual marketplace of multimedia courses related to ASTEM, entrepreneurship, and black cultural history, created by youth, educators, and

professionals from around the world. RRTN is partnering with Apple, Brainshark, IBM Lotus, MIT and Socrato to create the platform on which these

courses will be delivered.

Resource Development and Finance

Creating executive presentations, proposals, grants, and financial reports for Board of Directors, Executive Leadership, and sponsors. Cultivating new

sponsors.

Technology Venture Start-ups

Working with new venture start-ups to develop and design new technology- oriented businesses, products, and services, includes business plan

development, prototyping, partner relations, and market research.

X Labs

This is RRTN-initiated virtual hands-on science and engineering-based labs around the world. With the MIT Center for Educational Computing

Initiatives‘ (CECI) iLabs program, XLabs will allow high-school and college students to generate optics and holography-based labs at universities and

high schools around the world. The concept of having students leading the design and construction of the labs is applied as a way to allow them to

experience ASTEM (architecture, science, technology, engineering and math) through a “learn by doing” model.

XStudio-in-a-Box

A distributed network of innovation labs, developed around an open source hybrid bundle of powerful computing cloud services and on-site hardware

and software to replicate the XStudio experience in Africa, the Caribbean, and the US, especially in underserved and technology poor communities

RRTN Virtual OfficePowered by IBM Smart Cloud

IBM Smart Cloud Activities

ScanBizCards

Marketing How is RRTN marketing itself? -News letters -Website-RSS Feeds-Social Community

Digital Newsroom

RRTN WebsitesRRTN.org & RRTN.net

ADIAS Timeline Digital ArchiveDSPACE APP Wikimedia

ADIAS: Arc of Discovery, Innovation, Architecture, and Science

RRTN Vision: Distributed, Interconnected Global Network of Innovation Labs & Academies“XStudio-in-a-Box” linked to a cloud based community

Node Sites What is a node site?How are node sites helping RRTN expand?How will people in other countries benefit from Node sites?

Africa

GTUC;Makerere University;Lycee de BafouTshwane University

Caribbean

Hope Valley Experimental School;Ivor Walter primary School

United States

Brockton HighMITHampton U.Tuskegee U.Howard U.

RRTN Node NetworkLocated at:• Colleges• High Schools• Elementary schools• Community centers• Personal offices

Our Future StateEach node site will have a set of computers

• Units

The Cluster of units make a site

Sites link to a country server. Mobile devices will also link to country servers

The Country severs link sites to regional hubs and the RRTN global network.

• Regional Server (Hubs)

All the regional severs from different sites link together.

• Cloud network

Nodal Network

Allows users from many sites around the world to connect to each other.

Africa Sites

USASites

CaribbeanSites

Units

HUBS

Lotus Foundation Servers

HUBS

HUBS

RRTN.net

HUBS

HUBS

HUBS

RRTN XStudio Innovation Lab

Students & Professionals

LaboratoriesProjects

Project are:• Local or Global• Entrepreneurship• Development-based • Innovative

Why we need a Network?Removing technology barriers & access

•Promotes collaboration & technology developmentIntroduce Advance

computing hardware and software

•24/7 access to technology development projects

Local and online solution

•Freedom to learn and innovate locally

Local access to RRTN resources

How technology labs are built?MIT in a Box!

RRTN OCX

IBM Foundation server

MIT in a Box

Development Lab

How do sites connect?Online community (www.rrtn.net)

Our Current State: Unreplicable Single XStudio at MIT, Loosely Connected to Cloud Services

Gap Analysis

CURRENT STATE Leadership

Digital Newsroom of e-newsletters, profile articles, and about 700 subscribers

Held conference with MIT SA+P Cited in various newspapers and research reports by Forester and

Gardener Currently executing an independent evaluation of the last 3 years

Archive ADIAS.org with exhibit, timelines, wiki and e-store Collection of video and bibliographies

Institute XStudio, summer and academic program at MIT in a temporary

space XLab concept being prototyped Open Course Exchange

Ventures Some start up collaborations Some student started ventures

Network XStudio-in-a-Box prototype (not complete) RRTN.net A loose federation of partners

FUTURE STATE Leadership

Digital Newsroom publishing daily in Africa, the Caribbean, and the USA, about 1 M subscribers

An annual conference with about 5,000-10,000 attendees Archive

ADIAS: Premier world-wide resource on web on black culture in science and technology in multi-language

At least 250,000 hits a day Institute

3 Primary Studios:▪ Africa (South Africa, Kenya)▪ Caribbean (Trinidad)▪ USA (MIT)

Multiple Local Studios using XStudio-in-a-Box XLab concept firmly established and put into practice

Ventures Incubator Multiple successful start up collaborations Successful student started ventures

Network XStudio-in-a-Box model working and in-place in our 3

primary studios and in smaller satellite studios Worldwide network of students collaborating on RRTN.net Strong and active network of partners

ApproachPhases 1 2 3

Goal 1. Working XStudio model

2. Digital Newsroom updates monthly with small subscriber base

3. Developing ADIAS site with growing functionality

1. XStudio model established & applicable

2. Newsroom updates monthly with growing subscriber base

3. ADIAS site developing but has further functionality

1. Complete, Working XStudio Lab in place at MIT

2. Digital Newsroom updates weekly with large subscriber base

3. ADIAS site fully developed and functional

Approach 1. Assemble team to begin experimenting with servers and work on technology solutions

2. Assemble team to write newsletter

3. Assemble team to update site

1. Have working XStudio model

2. Market Newsroom using social media, RRTN’s website, and word of mouth

3. Experiment with and improve functionality of ADIAS site

1. Collect & configure hardware necessary for XStudio lab

2. Recruit more people to work on Newsroom

3. Fix minor bugs and issues on ADIAS site to finalize its design

Technology Requirements 1. Powerful servers2. Cloud dev environment3. Student computers &

laptops

1. Powerful servers2. Student computers &

laptops

1. Powerful servers, software

2. Powerful student computers & laptops

Resource DevelopmentWhat is RRTN doing in terms of getting funding, developing technology, and acquiring new business partners? Who are our current business partners? Who are our sponsors?

What we need to succeed

Sponsorship in $ Intern Stipends Transportation costs Service Fees Administrative overhead & staffing Professional fees

Active Partners Universities Technology companies

Academic & Professional Accreditation/Certifications

Studio Spaces MIT Africa Caribbean

Talent More students More professionals More locations More school partnerships

Technology Servers Laptops Professional Printers Digital Scanners Software Licenses Training & Support Professional mentorship Development environment

What have we learned?

Business plan Project management

Scoping, planning, budgeting Business writing Proposal and grant writing How to plot Java Animations

Applications Gmail ( calendar, folders, group lists, domain management) Ibm smart cloud DYMO Cardscan/ ScanBizCards BrainShark Wordpress Dipity Lotus foundation server MS Vizio Diagraming Vmware Teamviewer

Ventures Ascent Health Business Incubator-What is a business incubator? -How successful is a business incubator? -Why is RRTN’s business incubator better?

Questions, Feedback, and Next Steps

Appendix

RRTN XStudio 2012 InternsName / Title E-Mail Phone #Darian Hendricks, CEO, RRTN dhendricks@rrtn.org 617-435-0703

Lloyd Lamarre, Teacher LiaisonBrockton High

llamarre@rrtn.org 774-240-3510

Prof. Mark Jarzombek, MIT mmj4@mit.edu 617-258-8440

Prof. Cardinal Warde, MIT warde@mit.edu 617-253-6858 (o) 617 699 1281 (m)

Romi Alexandre, Intern*¹ (Haiti) ralexandre@rrtn.org 508-818-1738718-568-9008 (Haiti)

Hamzah Dweik, Intern hdweik@rrtn.org 781-552-1072

Judith Foos, Intern jfoos@rrtn.org 508-631-9774

Alex Johnson, Intern*¹ ( MA) ejohnson@rrtn.org 774-257-7823 (m) 508-588-5064 (h)

Zain Khawaja, Intern zkhawaja@rrtn.org 774-360-9323

Adriel Mingo, Intern*¹ (TX) amingo@rrtn.org 281-508-1596

Deborah Salami, Intern* dsalami@rrtn.org 781-708-3598

Condrea Zhuang, Intern¹ (MA) czhuang@rrtn.org 774-444-6475

* 2011 RRTN Intern Alumni; ¹Working remotely/virtually

RRTN XStudio Advisors

Name E-Mail Phone #Loic Assobmo*¹ (Massachusetts) lassobmo@rrtn.org 508-840-2346

Tristen Graves¹ (Virginia) tgraves@rrtn.org 804-543-3305

Kirsten Greco kgreco@rrtn.org 617-253-9403

Tanu Henry¹ (New York) thenry@rrtn.orgtanu.henry@gmail.com

202-903-5811

Anna Omura amomura@mit.edu 617-324-5294 (o) 845-430-7229 (m)

Luke Ouko¹ (Kenya) ouko@media.mit.edu 011-254-721-104-495

* 2011 RRTN Intern Alumni¹ Working remotely/virtually

RRTN Is Modeling The Way By: Using culture to mediate and enhance the architecture, science, technology, engineering and

math (ASTEM) teaching and learning environment for youth and professionals of color, and

ultimately to engage the attention of all

Employing a cloud network and Software as a Service (SaaS) paradigm to connect

communities worldwide, deliver accelerated business value, and create a self-sustaining

business model

Developing a collective intellectual property commons for new venture and product

development

Establishing a replicable framework of opportunity creation that can be adopted and

adapted by other communities

RRTN Values

Excellence “Learn By Doing” Entrepreneurship

Inventive spirit

Passionate and creative self-expression Integrity and social responsibility

Lenovo Specific Request

Visit Lenovo R&D Headquarters in Raleigh, NC Learn how to research and develop technologies Learn how servers & laptops are built Get overview of Lenovo Technologies Meet senior leadership

Get grant of hardware, software, training, support and mentorship – See April 19, 2012 Proposal

Become anchor partner of ADIAS Consortium and RRTN Innovation Centre and Academy (XStudio-in-a-Box)