Do you have an idea on how to improve your public services?

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Do you want to win the chance of getting people to turn your idea into reality?

Purpose of the Competition

• We’re organising a competition to stimulate collaboration between public services, entrepreneurs and communities to develop innovative ways of using technology to improve their neighbourhoods

Phases of the Competition

People will be able to submit and rate ideas online on how technology could help improve their neighbourhoods

16 September-16 October

Groups will discuss and refine the highest rated ideas at “ideas workshops”

17 October-24 October

Digital entrepreneurs will be able to submit and rate prototypes they want to develop that build on the top ideas on specific challenges (open data/CRM/etc)

25 October-24 November

Digital entrepreneurs will develop their prototypes at a “hackday” with others to try and win the competition

25 November

Why sponsor/partner with us?• Associate your brand with a pioneering way of

crowdsourcing ideas and prototyping innovations to meet practical local challenges

• Engage with some of the county’s best innovators - community groups & social enterprises, service providers, students & universities, entrepreneurs & digital agencies

• Promote your company at an event designed to stimulate digital innovation with the community

• Network with the people responsible for ICT – our partners have a combined annual ICT budget exceeding £60m per year

Partners/Sponsors

Partner/Sponsor the competition Partner/Sponsor an ideas workshop

Partner/Sponsor a challenge & prize Partner/Sponsor the hackday

What can you sponsor?Travel Bursary for an entrepreneur to travel to the event to develop their prototype

£100

Lunch to keep the participants creative juices flowing

£500

A Prize awarding the best prototype on the theme of your choice

£1000

Partners/Sponsors• You would have the opportunity to nominate a representative

from your organisation to be a judge for the competition• You would be able to define the Challenge you wanted to

sponsor or you could choose to sponsor our existing challenges (“Making use of open data” & “Reporting issues”)We would add your logo and organisation details in print and online literature of the event as well as in announcements on the day

• As well as raising your profile at the event itself, your organisation will benefit from a range of pre- and post- event promotional activities:o Dedicated online presenceo Briefings at various network meetingso Press releases and activitieso Post event material

Supporters

Invite your members/staff to take part in the competition

Host a workshop on one of the challenges

Host a workshop to get your users to test the prototypes

Blog about the competition

Volunteer to help organise the event

Supporters

• We would add your logo and organisation details in print and online literature of the event as well as in announcements on the day

• How else could we promote your organisation?

Contact

Noel Hatchnoel.hatch2@kent.gov.uk