This update was prepared in December, 2013 for TechSoup Global staff. Exact proposal amounts and potential partnership removed.

1. CARAVAN STUDIOS
Prepared for TSG Opportunity Mtg
December 18, 2013

2. 1. Methodology
2. Products
3. Knowledge Areas
4. Fundraising

3. METHODOLOGY

4. Generators
•
•
9 completed
58 opportunities for
technology adoption
presented
Opportunities:
•
Provide training to
run and facilitate
Generators
•
Survey the field
based on Generators

5. Design
•
Create prototypes for
quick feedback
Opportunities:
•
Structured event with
youth-serving
organizations and
skilled mentors

6. Select
•
•
Choose the tools
with the largest
potential impact.
Build in partnership
with community
organizations
Opportunities:
•
Connect to larger
Net2 and TechSoup
community, as well
as corporate social
responsibility efforts

7. Build
•
Support selected
projects with
funding, pro bono
corporate
efforts, and
volunteerism
Opportunity:
•
Develop a portfolio
of supported
products
•
Determine standard
sustainability
mechanism for
individual products

8. Use
•
Make products
available on
TechSoup.org
Opportunity:
•
Extend the
TechSoup platform
to other solutions
providers
•
Contribute data to
the field

9. PRODUCTS

12. KNOWLEDGE AREAS

13. Resilient Cities
Civic
Engagement
Emergency
Shelter and
Services

14. Resilient Cities
• 4 Bells
• Canoe
Civic
Engagement
• Range
• Canoe
Emergency
Shelter and
Services
• SafeNight
• Range

15. Resilient Cities
• 4 Bells
• Canoe
Civic
Engagement
• Range
• Canoe
Emergency
Shelter and
Services
• SafeNight
• Range
Privacy Filter

16. FUNDRAISING

17. So far, we’ve
gotten a lot of
“No.”

18. We’ve gotten told No by:
• Verizon Foundation (but please come back next year)
• The Case Foundation (but please come back next year)
• The Knight Foundation
• Ycombinator
• California Endowment
• Bank of America

19. We’ve learned from the No.
• People care about methodology or product, probably not
•
•
•
•
both.
We can do Generators in a more strategic
fashion, aligning ourselves with organizations who can
introduce us to new funders.
Generators aren’t necessarily fundable by
themselves, but they are an efficient way of us getting
smart, getting to know a lot of people and getting
introductions.
We need to develop more relationships with people who
are closely connected to funding.
We need to better match the opportunity to who we are
(as Caravan Studios and as TechSoup Global).

20. We think there are
two kinds of asks
we can make:

21. 1. Methodology
2. Product

22. Using that, we have
over $1M
under consideration.

23. Name
Duration
Type
Decision
IMLS
2 years
Methodology
March, 2014
Reimagine:
Opportunity
2 years
Product/SafeN March, 2014
ight
Solutions for
Good,
Microsoft
1 year
Product/4Bells
Blue Shield of 1 year
CA Foundation
January, 2014
Product/SafeN May, 2014
ight

24. IN CLOSING

25. Caravan Studios is a division of
TechSoup Global, a 501(c)3 nonprofit
organization.

26. We hope you will connect with us at:
@caravanstudios
http://www.caravanstudios.org
and
@techsoup
http://www.techsoupglobal.org