Thank you!

“Neither people nor food should ever go to waste.”

– Robert Egger, Founder of LA Kitchen

HOW MIGHT WE…

Dramatically reduce waste by transforming our

relationship with food?

• 20,000 Visitors

• 450+ Ideas

• 100+ Events

• 80+ Partner Organizations

• $50,000 Closed Loop funding

Food Waste Challenge

Where are we now?

Project Shares & Feedback Tools & Resources Events

OFFERINGS

111 FOLLOWERS 140 INITIALLY INVITED

124 PARTNERS IN PARTNER NETWORK

66% RETENTION RATE LOGGED IN THE LAST 30 DAYS

60% POSTED CREATED A POST OR COMMENT

14 EVENTS CREATED TO DATE

62% RSVP’s RSVP’d FOR AN EVENT

Healthy retention & engagement

Insights

High ongoing interest

High event engagement

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Metrics

INNOVATORS PARTNERS

Mutually beneficial connections!

Create more opportunities

Concept

Pilot

Startup

Company

NGO

Funder

Corporate

Government

Philip ReGrained

• Chef & Food Scientist

• Joined Alliance Community

• Hired, VP of Product @ ReGrained

• Launching FW Alliance Chapter San Francisco

Bertha RISE

• First funding through Challenge

• Promoted first event in Alliance

• Accepted to Food-X Accelerator

• Launching FW Alliance Chapter NYC

Ross Full Cycle & Fifth Season

• Feedback from around world

• Conversations with Sunbasket

• $50k Closed Loop Funding

• 100x capacity for technology

JOBS & TALENT RESOURCE ACCESS CONNECTIONS

INNOVATOR STORIES

92% have progressed toward goals due to the Alliance

90% have made 1+ valuable connection(s)

Connections = #1 Most valuable for Innovators

(followed by #2 Learnings)

Can we help Innovators progress?

Robert Egger LA Kitchen

• Inspired Innovators on Alliance Call

• Offered to be mentor

• Apprenticing volunteer chef, now planning Salvage Supperclub SF

Meghan Stasz GMA, FWRA

• Presented on Alliance Call

• Mentor

• Pending Pipeline Partnership for FWRA Conference

Jay Bassett USEPA

• Judge for ideas

• Mentor

• 6 connections for Mentor Day

MENTORSHIP RESOURCE ACCESS CONNECTIONS

PARTNER STORIES

Mentor Sessions

100%

“This experience was just as enlightening and helpful for me as a Mentor as I imagine it was for Innovators.”

– Rusty Schwartz, CEO KitchenTown

of Mentors would attend again

There’s a Lack of:

Public awareness

Innovation

Knowledge sharing

System-level collaboration

Through the Alliance, we will:

Public awareness Raise awareness & share learnings about successful solutions

Innovation Identify innovators & equip them to scale their efforts

Knowledge sharing Share insights & identify gaps and areas to invest in

System-level collaboration Connect an ecosystem of diverse stakeholders

HMW

Connect an ecosystem of diverse stakeholders to

accelerate us toward a zero waste future?

INNOVATORS PARTNERS

Jobs & Talent

Access to Resources

Mentorship & Feedback

Local Connections

Global Connections

Knowledge Sharing

What’s next?

HOW MIGHT WE…

SCALE

Future State

Current State

Focus Areas

• Grow Community

• Integrate w/ other initiatives

• Develop Ecosystem

• Scale Impact

GLOBAL LOCAL

Sweet Spot for Community

Nashville

New York

Denver

San Francisco

Detroit

GLOBAL

OpenIDEO

Partner

Nairobi

Partner

Partner

Partner

PartnerPartner

LOCAL

Global & Local Network

• Global network connection through Alliance

• Identify community leaders in cities to launch local Chapters

• Each city to support local Innovators on projects

• Recruit local Partners (city government, NGO’s, food banks, funders

• Offer support to local projects

OpenIDEO

Global Events Toolkits & Resources Global Comms Partnerships & Strategy

Global Leaders

Global Community Management

Manage Local Chapter Leaders

Share tools & announcements from OI

Local Leaders

Local Chapter Online Management

Host Local Events Build local partnerships

(Recruit Community Members)

(Recruit Community Members)

(Connector / Facilitator)

Community-Led

• Recruit community volunteer roles at Global and Local level to manage the community.

• Allow OpenIDEO to move toward community facilitator – involved at higher level (creating tools, comms, strategy, large scale events, thought leadership)

Goal Opportunities

Scale Community

1000+ in thriving Global Community

6 Successful FW Chapters Launched & Continuing

18 local leaders

3 Global Community Leaders

100 projects at a new level

GOAL BY Q1 2018

HOW MIGHT WE…

EQUIP?

Goal Opportunities

Equip Ecosystem

Toolkits & Resources (OpenIDEO & Partner Resources, IDEOU)

Global Make-a-Thon, Mentor Days, Bootcamp & Summit

Monthly Global Calls & Chapter Leader Calls

6 Pipeline Partnerships: 3 Accelerators, 3 Conferences

Thought Leadership pieces, Storytelling, PR

GOAL BY Q1 2018

Neither people nor food go to waste.

MOST IMPORTANTLY…

We need YOU!

What’s next?

March

• Looking back, reflections & insights

• Conversations w/ potential supporters

• Survey Participants

• Finalize portfolio of Stories

April

• Finalize Alliance Goals & strategy for Global Launch

• Finalize supporters

• Pilot Chapters (SF & NY)

• Publish Portfolio of Stories

May• Global Alliance launch! • Invitation for City Launch Events

June • City Launch Events – OpenIDEO host & attend top 4

Thank you!From the bottom of our heart…