pollinators inc 2014 prospectus (april)

POLLINATORS PARTNERSHIP PROSPECTUS

Pollinators Inc.

You

Prepared:

Because what we do, together, matters

A partnership

proposal between February 2014

Growing innovations and entrepreneurs as a means to creating healthy, resilient communities

Our Mission:

Grow innovations and entrepreneurs as a means to creating healthy,

resilient communities

Our Values:

- Welcoming - Creative - Innovative - Honest -

- Connected - Always Learning - Generative -

Legal:

� Non-profit Incorporated Association

� Established in December 2010

� “Social enterprise” meaning we operate as a business, earning

revenue through sales,and reinvesting profit in our social purpose.

Objectives:

� Raising awareness about social innovation and entrepreneurship

� Providing practical support for innovators and entrepreneurs

� Research and share cases, tools and knowledge

� Enable collaboration within and across sectors

� Partner with individuals and organisations with aligned objectives

People:

� Board: Brendon Davies (Chair), Christian Watters (Treasurer),

Natasha Colliver (Secretary), Paul Dyer, Jen Hanrahan, Alex Godley,

Melissa Hadley-Barrett

� Team: Andrew Outhwaite (Executive Officer & Membership), Alison

Hilton (Space), Heather Fox (Digital), Jo Blayney (Learning).

Financial:

2012:

� $57k earned revenue

� $42k grant funding

2013:



2014 (budgeted):



Numbers:

About Pollinators

633 Participants at 35 events in 2013

145 Individual and Organisational Members

30 Graduates of ‘Catalyst’ Program in 2012/13

848 Weekly newsletter subscribers

Pollinators Partnership Prospectus CityHive at Swansea House

184 Marine Tce

Geraldton, WA, 6530

pollinators.org.au

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Onwards, upwards, together...

We’re pretty proud of what we’ve achieved as an organisation.

We even more proud of the networks and relationships we’ve grown and the member’s

ventures that have thrived as a result.

Some highlights:

� An independent evaluation report showed that more than 80% of 133 stakeholders

thought we had achieved significant outcomes in our community including increasing

vibrancy, connecting a community of members, supporting small enterprises.

encouraging entrepreneurship and innovation, and changing the culture of Geraldton.

� Opening Western Australia’s first coworking space in 2011 then renovating and

relocating to an iconic building on Marine Terrace in 2013.

� Supporting 30 entrepreneurs through Catalyst, regional Australia’s first accelerator

program for social ventures.

� Attracting investment in member’s ventures, through philanthropic funding, commercial

investment and mentoring and pro bono support.

� Operating as a social enterprise! Very few non-profit, 3 year-old organisations earn half

their income through sales and are financially resilient.

� Livening up the laneways and empty spaces of Geraldton. Creating urban art, markets

and pop-up shops in collaboration with artists, government and business.

� Sharing our members stories. Our members and ventures have been featured in local

and national media, conferences and awards.

� Receiving two awards for innovation and entrepreneurship at the inaugural

Sustainability and Innovation Awards in 2012.

� Creating meaningful work - as a volunteer-run organisation to now employing and

developing two full-time and two part-time staff.

Achievements


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Image Upper Left

Graduates of our inaugural Catalyst program

in 2012. Post-program evaluations showed

participants had significantly progressed their

ventures.

Image Lower Left

Plan view of the upper floor of CityHive at

Swansea House showing private offices,

meeting rooms, board room and coworking

space.

Image Upper Right

Collage of member photos featuring media

entrepreneurs, writers, designers, energy

raters, ethical financial advisers, community

development professionals, artists and

superheroes.

Image Lower Right

Two members having a laugh in a ‘laneway’

space freshly painted by local artists.


184 Marine Tce

Geraldton, WA, 6530

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We believe in the human and economic potential of our region’s innovators and

entrepreneurs. Pollinators community, services and projects create the best possible

conditions for new and existing ventures to grow. A greater number of more successful

ventures will mean healthier, more resilient communities now, and for the future.

What we do, how and why

We offer a range of services and projects to meet the needs of people and organisations

in diverse sectors and different stages of development. We charge for premium services so

we can offer the basics for free. Whether it’s in space, learning or digital, this enables our

members and customers can choose how much support they want, how often, at what cost.

We work collaboratively on projects, ventures and solutions that result in a ‘win’ for

everyone — the individual, their venture, for Pollinators, for our partners, for the wider

community, and for future generations. We focus on (and measure our success) based on

outcomes, impact and feedback from members, partners and the wider community.

We appreciate the support and collboration of individual members, local sponsors, and

national partners. We share and celebrate the successes and learnings from across our

networks. There’s no doubt that our organisation, this region and our member’s ventures

success will depend on our ability to work together and learn from each other.

SPACES

Spaces to work, collaborate and innovate

Cowork in a supportive and creative office

Pop-up in our creative urban spaces

Connect in our meeting rooms or at an event

COMMUNITY

A vibrant community of entrepreneurs.

Grow with new friends, peers and mentors.

Collaborate with fellow professionals and

volunteers

Celebrate others stories and successes.

LEARNING

Programs and events to enable growth.

Learn at training and workshops

Share your wisdom as a trainer, coach or mentor

Accelerate your venture’s growth

through our programs

DIGITAL

Tools and tricks to make the web work for you.

Network on new platforms to co-create

and exchange value

Train your team to increase their impact

Build your own sites and apps

Programs and projects for 2014

Contribute directly to our ability

to reach new audiences, grow our

impact and maintain the full range of

services and projects.

Spaces Community Learning

Ecosystem

Platforms

CityHive

Laneways

Membership

Goodness

Catalyst

CommunitySpaces

Swarm

Learning

Pollinators

Become a tenant or sponsor a

place for a social entrepreneur in

Geraldton’s most amazing workspace.

Joining as a member is an easy first

step to accessing our network and

services. We’re on track to have 250

members by December 2014.

New for 2014, we’ll launch a new

learning platform for the community

sector, run 26 group training sessions

and mentor 115 organisations.

Support a high-potential entrepreneur

to take their venture to the next level.

Catalyst has 20 places and a further

25 in our new program ‘Flock’.

You can fund one new pop-up shop

or 400m2 of spaces for artists and

creative industries in the Geraldton

CBD.

Sponsor one of 8 category awards

or one of 30 events at regional WA’s

leading festival for social, cultural and

environmental innovators.

Monthly themes guide our events,

online discussions and training.

There’s an event nearly every week.

Help us create massive, lasting, positive change! Through our partnership we can create greater value and have a bigger impact than what either of us could do alone.

We’ve got many existing programs and services to choose from, and are always open to new ideas for collaboration.

There are opportunities to contribute through cash sponsorship, in-kind contributions or partnership in all of these aspects of our work:


184 Marine Tce

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Digital


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Image Upper Left

Local artist Sharhan Jackey shares the story

of the collaborative art in the background.

Image Lower Left

Coworkers in the casual coworking space on

the ground floor of the new CityHive building.

Image Upper Right

Participants in a digital training session in one

of the upstairs CityHive meeting spaces.

Image Lower Right

Catalyst participants refining their business

models and pitches at the “Growing Good”

event in 2013.


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OutcomesAudience Timing

Guide to programs and activities

Swarm 1 month of collaboration and capacity building on

signficant community-scale issues or opportunities

Innovators across business,

government, civil society

This is a guide to the programs and activities for 2014 and beyond. The audience, impact and model for each activity is different and complementary. Some programs and activities are

majority grant-funded for 2014. Our aim is to have most of our programs operating without grant funding, for 2015.

Program

Flock 15 ventures or innovations progressed through peer-

to-peer support and mentoring

Individual innovators and

entrepreneurs

Goodness 3 weeks and 35 events to grow innovations towards

sustainability - Awards, Expo, Symposiums

Whole of community, focused on

sustainability & innnovation

Laneways Exposure for entrepreneurs, tenants for empty

buildings, and a vibrant & attractive CBD

Landlords, retail & creative

ventures, community group

Catalyst 15 ventures grown through a structured program of

expert guests, action-learning and peer support

Early-stage ventures, esp. social,

creative & environmental

Digital

Enterprise

20+ group and 100+ individual training sessions to

improve use of digital tools and technology

Small & medium businesses, Not-

For-Profits, community groups

Format

Learning

Marketplace

An online marketplace for procuring, offering, rating

and requesting training & development

Community groups, NFPs,

training providers

3 groups of 4-8 individuals for 5

sessions


entrepreneurs


entrepreneurs

Whole of community, focused on

sustainability & innnovation

Landlords, retail & creative

ventures, community group

Small & medium businesses, Not-

For-Profits, community groups

Community groups, NFPs,

training providers

Mar to Jun (confirmed)

Annually

Aug to Dec (confirmed)

Annually

Mar (confirmed), Jun, Sept, Dec

Quarterly

August (confirmed)

Annually

March to March (proposed)

Opportunistic

May to Mar 2015 (proposed)

Mar to Dec (confirmed)


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Image Upper Left

Flyer promoting one of our quarterly

‘Swarm’ events, each focusing on a different

theme such as navigating politics, enabling

sustainable energy, measuring social impact

or marketing social causes.

Image Lower Left

Crowd listening to member’s ‘pitches’ at the

opening of the new CityHive location..

Image Upper Right

Sponsors and partners gather for the launch

of the Goodness Festival which had 53 award

nominees and 1100 participants in the events

Image Lower Right

Program outline for Catalyst in 2012

describing the structure, sessions and

invitation to participants.


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ImpactFocus Benefits

Guide to contributions, impact and benefits

$2,000 to

$10,000

An innovation or enterprise gets support from coaches, mentors and

peers through our proven enterprise accelerator program.

Catalyst — support new

ventures through Catalyst.

This is a guide to the range and focus of sponsorship and partnership opportunities available. We have both standard offers (e.g. per Catalyst participant, per Goodness Awards) and custom

packages available for each area. All our agreements are formalised through a written agreement and acquitted with a written final report of a type appropriate to the level of contribution.

Amounts

$1,000 to

$5,000

Through surveys, training, online discussion and events we explore a

topic, bring together partners and develop local solutions

Swarm — sponsor a month of

insights, events and discussion.

$2,500 to

$10,000

Help discover, highlight and encourage the innovations and

entrepreneurs that contribute to a healthy, resilient region

Goodness — sponsor the

Festival or an Award

$10,000 to

$50,000

Support Pollinators to offer the full breadth of projects and programs

each year, including space, learning,

Pollinators — sponsor

Pollinators across all services

$2,000 to

$25,000

Sponsor a pop-up space for month, creative workspace for a year, or

whole building for entrepreneurs and innovators.

Laneways — sponsor space for

a month or whole building!

$1,000 to

$5,000

An individual gets support from peers and mentors backed up by

guides, tools and online support for six months.

Flock — sponsor a ‘flock’

themed peer mentoring group.

$5,000 to

$25,000

New programs this year include on online learning marketplace,

‘Startup Weekend’ and ‘CoderDojo’ program for young programmers.

Digital — sponsor a new

learning platform or program.

Benefits of sponsorship vary by amount and focus

of the contribution. Details would be negotiatied

and agreed, and include:

• Positive feelings backed by qualitative and

quantitative data on reach and impact,

• Updates, reports and photos to share your

sponsorship with your stakeholders,

• Free annual membership and/or participation

for staff in all relevant activities e.g. events,

• Your branding online, on posters, on reports

in weekly newsletters and videos,

• Verbal acknowledgement and speaking

opportunities at events,

• Engagement activities with you, your staff,

and the entrepreneurs you’ve supported,

• Branding outside and inside building,

• Featuring of your products, services or

organisations online and in media releases,

• Minor or significant input into the focus or

approach to the activity or program.


184 Marine Tce

Geraldton, WA, 6530

pollinators.org.au

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(08) 9965 5371

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If you like what you’ve read and want to learn more, then let’s talk!

� Andrew Outhwaite, Executive Officer, 0466 694 702

� Brendon Davies, Chairperson, 0407 107 922

Right from the start we employ an approach to partnering that seeks

to maximise opportunities and minimise risk. When engaging in any

new relationship we believe it’s important to be clear on each other’s

values, aspirations, timeframes and capacity. We want to go fast and far

together, but we don’t take shortcuts.

We have a range of documentation you may want to request to

understand more about us, our services and impact, including:

� 2011, 2012 and 2013 Annual Reports,

� Independent evaluation report of our impact and effectiveness,

� Evaluation reports from individual events and programs,

� Referees and contacts of our current sponsors and partners,

� Business plans, operational plans and program plans,

� Details of policies, procedures, insurance and incorporation.

Major grant funders to date have included:

� Lotterywest

� City of Greater Geraldton

� Mid West Development Commission

� Department of Communities and Local Government

Major sponsors and partners to date have included:

� City of Greater Geraldton

� Tranmere Pty Ltd

� Social Innovation in Western Australia / Spacecubed

� Sinosteel Midwest Corporation Limited

� West Coast Sustainability / Peak Consultants

� Western Australian Museum Geraldton

� Williams & Hughes

� Crosslands

� Corporate Express / Staples

Taking the next steps, together

WEBSITE pollinators.org.au

EMAIL [email protected]

PHONE (08) 9965 5371

ADDRESS CityHive at Swansea House

184 Marine Tce

Geraldton, WA, 6530

Some thoughts from members and participants in our events and programs:

“Working in a co-working space made a huge difference to a funding application I submitted for a social innovation project as I was

able to quickly consult with, and pull together a team of different specialties. These included service model design and research,

through to web technology expertise.”

Elizabeth Mackay - ‘Closing the Gap’ project proponent and Million Trees project officer

“The biggest benefit for my business is in the supportive people I meet who think outside the square and want to help me (with no

other motive than that they want to help me). It’s an empowering feeling!”

Lisa Greeve - Greeve and Associates, Ethical Investment Adviser

“There are a lot of things that make it tough to be a tech start up in Geraldton, like isolation. But Pollinators has been a great

starting point to meet people and draw inspiration to execute ideas.”

Jason Smith - Founder of EverythingGeraldton

“People stood up at the end our pitch to say how good the idea was, how strong the research supporting us – and, added to all the

support from Pollinators, co-participants in Catalyst and Andrew himself, this is encouragement of no small order. So, braver, better

connected and soon to be cashed-up, the Imagination Games is on its way.”

Jo Jackson King - Author, and now co-founder of Imagination Games

“Pollinators...is an extremely innovative and quite rapidly growing group of social entrepreneurs based in Geraldton. They are

helping catalyse some of the really interesting things that are going on up there.”

Senator Scott Ludlam - speaking in Parliament after his visit to Geraldton

“If it wasn’t for Pollinators, I don’t think I would be in Geraldton”

Stephanie Burro - designer, youth gallery proponent, Catalyst graduate

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