I’m on the train on the way back from meeting with Madhava – we met up to chat about firming up the Development Plan for OnTheUp and it was incredibly useful to start getting some clarity about how to begin making ideas really happen.

Madhava went over the various key processes within the early version of they system we want to get up & running and started to piece together the database requirements and what links with what. This isn’t something I could have done and something I think Grant and Ross desperately want so that they can start looking into th technical development. We think we need to meet up now with Grant & Ross, so hopefully we can find a suitable time and get their input and then start making things actually happen on the technical front.

Things are progressing elsewhere too. On Monday I met up with Rebecca from Antigone and had a really good chat about OnTheUp and where Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve just got back from the Social Innovation Camp where I took along the idea of ‘Personal Development Reports’. The good news is this now has a better name - ‘On The Up!’. The even better news is we have a team of people all keen to get the idea up & running. We’re going to get a blog set up in the near future so I’ll delay getting the detail of what we came up with until thats up & running and I’ll get a copy of the presentation we used in the final ‘pitch’ online too.

The final ‘pitch’ was to a panel of judges for the opportunity to win £2,000 (£1k for the runner-up). We didn’t win (or run-up) and I think its fair to say the judges were distinctly underwhelmed with our effort! Maybe this was because what we’re aiming to achieve is a bit too involved to get across in a 5 minute presentation and that people were hoping to see something that felt more finished - but it was never going to be Read the rest of this entry »