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OpenREALISATION

Boucing off of Vincent's "Taking Realization Phase to the Next Level", OpenREALISATION is a new structured realisation page allowing Sponsors, OpenIDEO and especially OpenIDEATORS to share their individual/collective implementation efforts. (UPDATED!)

This new structured page (cf. page prototype above) includes different features:

1. Add your realisation button

Purpose: share your personal story. Individual stories such as how OpenIDEO helped Nathan’s kid eat healthily or how Ashley registered to donate Bone Marrow are perfect examples for this feature.

Realisation entries would be submitted as a threaded type of entry (i.e. one original entry with the possibility of adding ongoing updates -distinct from the original post yet attached to it). Each update would appear in the updates feed as a stand-alone contribution, but it would always have the original post above once you click on it.

One way to "control" the contributions would be to limit the possibility of adding something new to that original post to the users that belong to the project's virtual team for example (cf. discussion with Haiyan below).

2. Impact map

When sharing a realisation story, the form should prompt a "location" feature for OpenIDEATORS to indicate where those stories are taking place. This could help visualize where the causes have spread worldwide.

A mock-up of what this map could look like is attached as a pdf, courtesy of Paul Reader.

3. Ongoing projects

These are team-based projects that OpenIDEATORS can initiate, self-organize and ask each other for help in order to make them happen. Anyone could initiate a project, and ask for fellow OpenIDEATORS to help him/her:

Give it a shout-out: Give the project more visibility via social media networks, vote for the project in a competition, etc.
Give it a try: Individual actions start here. If we all make small efforts on our own, we can try to replicate impact in our daily lives, via our jobs, at our local stores, in the nearest schools, etc. This could be interviewing your neighbor or trying to grow your own cherry tomatoes by your window.
Build a team, with certain skills: Translation, business modeling, visualizing, rapid prototyping, etc. Let's make the best out of the community's diverse skill sets!
Find funding: Taking the idea to the next level by building a compelling business case and sharing it via other platforms (Kickstarter for example).

There will be a sortable list of projects below this, similar to the other stages, potentially with a search function (cf. conversation with Vincent below). Sorting items could be: location, needs, type of project, and of course how far did the project go.

DQ implementation points could be added through these contributions to each OpenIDEATORS.

What's the added value of this page?

For OpenIDEO: a better way to document / visualize impact.
For the community: stronger ties + inspiring each other.
For the rest: a better world :)

What kind of social impact does this concept achieve?

Better community collaboration, better impact visualization and broader recognition of implementation efforts.

What skills are required to take this concept forward?

Some planning, UI design and developing.

How do you envision this concept being supported financially?

Mostly supported by IDEO as part of the OpenIDEO team members KPIs and salaries.

Virtual Team:

Vincent Cheng, Mike Hatrick, Paul Reader, Haiyan Zhang

19 Evaluations so far

Does this concept increase social impact?

Absolutely! This idea will drive social change
It’s a good start – some impact is likely to be achieved
No – increasing impact is not the main focus of this idea

Does this idea inspire you to take action?

Sure does – I’m itching to get started turning this idea into impact
Possibly – I’d need to know more to make a decision about how to get involved
No thanks – it’s an interesting idea, but it would be best taken forward by someone else

Does this concept help the OpenIDEO community connect and collaborate together?

Yes – it does a brilliant job of enhancing our community connections and might even reach out to external partners
Maybe – it may drive increased collaboration but the concept would need to be further developed first
No – it doesn’t help our community connect or collaborate better

How easy would it be to try prototyping or experimenting with this idea?

Easy – I could have an early prototype running in a few hours
There’s potential but it would take some planning and coordination to make it work
Not really easy – this idea would take considerable resources and planning to get it off the ground

Does this concept clearly outline how it will be funded?

Yes, this idea clearly explains funding sources
Sort of – we’d probably still need to think more about how this idea would get funded
No, this idea doesn’t really explain where funding for implementation would come from

Does this concept increase social impact?

Absolutely! This idea will drive social change It’s a good start – some impact is likely to be achieved No – increasing impact is not the main focus of this idea

Does this idea inspire you to take action?

Sure does – I’m itching to get started turning this idea into impact Possibly – I’d need to know more to make a decision about how to get involved No thanks – it’s an interesting idea, but it would be best taken forward by someone else

Does this concept help the OpenIDEO community connect and collaborate together?

Yes – it does a brilliant job of enhancing our community connections and might even reach out to external partners Maybe – it may drive increased collaboration but the concept would need to be further developed first No – it doesn’t help our community connect or collaborate better

How easy would it be to try prototyping or experimenting with this idea?

Easy – I could have an early prototype running in a few hours There’s potential but it would take some planning and coordination to make it work Not really easy – this idea would take considerable resources and planning to get it off the ground

Does this concept clearly outline how it will be funded?

Yes, this idea clearly explains funding sources Sort of – we’d probably still need to think more about how this idea would get funded No, this idea doesn’t really explain where funding for implementation would come from

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Meena Kadri

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September 08, 2011, 11:43PM

http://bit.ly/oi_rock_on

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Ankita Dewan

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September 05, 2011, 09:32PM

I like :)
Will give a big platform to listen, understand everyone experiences, people publishing could gather more suggestions, can get a great change.
Thanks for sharing an amazing idea
All The Best :)

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Sarah Fathallah

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September 06, 2011, 01:49AM

`Thank you Ankita!

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Paul Reader

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September 05, 2011, 01:15PM

Since I have yet to participate in a challenge from start to finish I have left 'realisation' concepts towards the end of my evaluation efforts. I can see the value in Ideators contributing to realisation/implementation where/when it is relevant to local communities. Furthermore, in sharing stories of that involvement is inspiring and may lead to others feeling they are capable to contribute in a similar way.
In the concept for geolocation I suggested I would prefer an opt-in option for location information on a personal account. This has been one reason for my circumspect use of social media like Facebook. While I am happy to share that I am in Australia (something you could surmise from the time of day most of my posts appear) - I would prefer to see further details of my location remain confidential (if I choose) even if I have included them in my account.
I have mentioned this simply because I agree with the concept of mapping realisations/implementations on a broad scale.
In my mock-up for geolocator functionality http://www.4shared.com/document/T0UVO5-o/OIGeolocater.html I proposed the possibility of 'short' messages to other ideators (either individually or as a group) for meet-ups, requests for help etc. which could be routed through OpenIDEO to recipients mobile (SMS) or email address, according to recipients choice. Mobile numbers and email addresses would form part of the confidential component of Ideator accounts.
Barring security problems I know these are technically possible.

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Sarah Fathallah

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September 05, 2011, 03:40PM

Hi Paul! Great thoughts. The privacy issues you're raising are certainly important, and could simply be solved by asking the users to enter their location themselves, and not being tracked by their IP adresses or something. And users who choose not to mention their location should be free to do so.
I really like your mock-up and the idea of making it more social (short messages, SMS, emails). Great great ideas! I'll include the pdf directly in the concept so that it's easier to download, and of course you're now part of the participating virtual team :)

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Paul Reader

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September 05, 2011, 05:07PM

Thanks for this feedback Sarah and thanks for incorporating my mock-up pdf. With just over a week since I joined the community I have yet to learn many things about the community, the platform and the interface.

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