March 31st; The big day! Together with our partner Accenture we organized a 1%Co-Creation Thursday. Already the fifth 1%Co-Creation we organized together!
For six hours long 36 people worked on six cases selected by Accenture and the 1%CLUB. Each of these cases had a different challenge, i.e. an advice on a system and methodology to manage projects and measure progress, a communication strategy and an advice on a suitable legal and organizational form . After a short presentation by the case owners, the six groups held a brainstorm. The best ideas from this brainstorm were presented to the case owner to get feedback to make sure the group was heading the right direction. In the last stage of the 1%Co-Creation the ideas were turned into concrete advices, plans and tools. At the end, all groups presented their results. Everyone was simply amazed by the results.
To give you an idea of what can happen in just six hours: Trudy from Panabokke Foundation asked her team to come up with an advice to best manage the use of Dutch Volunteers in their educational program in Sri Lanka. The team came up with an advice focused on four areas: preparing volunteers, a scorecard for individual students, create a better curriculum and how to deal with different levels. The group also delivered concrete tools: A Facebook page where volunteers can share their experiences, an individual development scorecard for English levels, an open wiki to create teaching materials online and a buddy system to relieve teachers and create extra status for the experienced buddies. Trudy just wrote on her 1%PROJECT page that she already implemented several tools.
In short, the 1%Co-Creation Thursday was –again- a big success! Interesting cases, great people, good vibe and fantastic results! I’m already looking forward to the next one! A special thanks to the Co-Creators for giving their time and expertise, the organizing team of Accenture, photographer Sjoerd Visser and Full-Frame for making an great movie!
