Ashoka Overview.pdf - Youth Economic Opportunities

Ashoka

BUILD COMMUNITYAshoka is the world’s largest working community of 3,000leading social entrepreneurs.PROMOTEWe champion the most important social change ideas andsupport the entrepreneurs behind them.CONNECTWe integrate and connect social and business entrepreneurs inorder to build an “eco-system” of initiatives that supports thefast-growing social needs of the world.

Ashoka envisions anEveryone A Changemaker world:one that responds quickly and effectivelyto social challenges, and where eachindividual has the freedom, confidence andsocietal support to address any socialproblem and drive change.

Ashoka’s YOUTH VENTUREYouth Venture is a movement of young people who arepowerful changemakersYouth Venture has invested in over 5,000 youth teams across 20countries to launch their own social ventures, involving over 60,000young people. YV has partnered with 15 multinational corporations and12 universities that embrace and amplify the importance ofchangemakers, for their own success and for that of society.

Who am I?

Six Points to Consider whenbuilding and investing intechnology:

What is the most important?

1CLEARORGANIZATIONALSTRATEGY

What % of your budget is fortechnology?

2 PRIORITY§ BUILD§ SUSTAIN & UPDATE§ HUMAN SUPPORT

Can you test yourtechnology ideas withoutspending money ontechnology?

MVP?

3 FAIL FORWARD§ BUILD QUICK§ TEST ASSUMPTIONS W/ MVP§ REBUILD

Who likes to play games?

4 GAMIFICATION§ 97% of TEENS (12-17)§ 10,000 HRS. BY 21§ 10,080 HRS. 5 th - 8 th GradeSource: “Teens, Video Games, and Civics” by PEW and MacArthur (2008)

Does your org. have a digitalstrategy?

5 DON’T PLAN, ADAPT!§ CONSTANTLY EVALUATE§ 12-18 MONTH INITIAL PLAN§ UPDATE QUARTERLY

Who has a board ofdirectors?

Who has a board ofadvisors?

Who has a board oftechnology advisors?

6 FEEDBACK IS KEY§ OUTSIDE ADVISORY BOARD§ FOCUS GROUPS§ SURVEY

What works for you?

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