stage Focus Stage 1 Preparation of a virtual meeting Stage 2 Virtual meeting (Target w1) Stage 3 Preparation of F2F meeting Stage 4 F2F Village Innovation Summit (target February 2012)

The following process focuses on preparing village leaders for project implementation and to meet funding requirements.

Stage 1 – Preparation of a virtual meeting to identify areas of innovation for rural development and identify and recruit practitioners from these areas

 • Identify objectives/needs/interest of observers
 • Set discussion topics agenda for the first virtual meeting
 • Start identifying key practitioners/experts/advisors
 • Identify tools and models
   if we decide we want to test or use one at this stage

 • Identify key areas of innovation (see attachment for suggestions)
 • Identify participants for F2F (and/or set criteria for participation)
 • Identify /suggest experts/advisors
 • Agree format of meeting (Village sustainability Jam)
 • Quick review of suitable tools and processes

 • Planning and organization for F2F Meeting
 • Dependent of outcome of Stage 1 and 2 but 
   covering the agenda agreed at the virtual meeting

 • Focus on a core set of innovation areas and actors from this space
 • Demonstrate concrete actionable advice based on real life projects
 that can be leveraged for others that are interested
 • Focus on work sessions, jam like, to have lots of interactive Q&As
 that lead to outlining the projects for the newbies
 • Get newbies to apply content and knowledge to their local area and
 present a draft action plan that is meaningful to them, the 
 practioners to comment and add value to it
 • Produce meaningful documentation of the summit that can be shared
 with others (video, photos, interviews, action plans, addresses, 
 contact names etc)