Sci-Net Project

Skills for Collaboration

Why Are You Here?

• You will learn about collaboration• Understand why you should collaborate• Learn about a real life, world class example of

collaboration from your own back yard• Learn to use cutting-edge tools

The days ahead – day 1

Registration/coffeeIntroductionModule 1: Successful collaborationsModule 2:How to make collaboration work for you

LunchModule 3: Managing a collaboration Module 3: Case study

The days ahead – day 2

Module 4: Tools which can support effective collaboration

Lunch

Module 4: More tools

Downloading Tools

Open questions and answers

Introduction to Collaboration

Introduction

Lone wolves starve! Loneliness corrodes confidence, ambition and perspectiveNo one has all the answersCollaboration is an effective response to competition: ‘Coopetition’Peter Rice; Dundalk, Belfast, Parishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Rice

Module 1 Successful collaborations

Companies are doing this!

Module 1 Successful collaborations

• ARUP Coopetition• Toyota, Peugeot, Citroen• Aer Lingus/Virgin

From the World of BusinessARUP

ARUP thought leaders

FROM THE WORLD OF BUSINESSAer Lingus/Virgin

FROM THE WORLD OF BUSINESSAer Lingus/Virgin

Module 1 Successful collaborations

Examples from Ireland, UK and France

http://platoebr.com

http://tangibleireland.com

CO-WORKING SPACE

Transnational Collaboration:

http://suport-project.eu

Module 2 How to make collaboration work for you.....

Examples – Stephane Riot, Nova Terra, http://bit.ly/ScinetriotRoan Julius Indra, http://bit.ly/ScinetroanAnne Pascual, http://bit.ly/Scinetanne

Module 3 Managing a collaboration

Module 3

Managing a collaboration

• Draw up a formal agreement: who does what for what return

• Agree targets• Recording work activity; measuring progress against

targets• Agreed timetable for regular communication• Involve a mutually trusted third party to act as

mentor/buddy/ honest broker as required

Module 3

Case study

Noel JoyceBringing a world class product to the world

(Noel Joyce, Design Hub – innovative designers http://designhub.ie)

Module 4

Tools for effective collaboration

Module 4

Tools for effective collaboration

Cutting edge example of tools to facilitate collaboration

20 Important Tools….

Our focus is on tools to facilitate COLLABORATION ...

... using IT-based applications.

Photo Credit: hshanehsazzadeh via Compfight cc

There is no « magic bullet » …

... so no “one-size-fits-all”.

The Collaboration Process

Tools can be two-sided

.

FLY up in the sky... ... or HIT the wall!

Take it safely, a step at a time…

2. DEMO

1. OVERVIEW

3. DISCUSS

Step 1: Situation analysis

Step 2: Partnership formation and project design

Step 3: Consensus building (allocating roles and responsibilities)

Step 4: Implementation and Harnessing the resources available

Ensuring successful collaboration

Ensuring successful collaboration

Step 1: Situation analysis

Step 2: Partnership formation and project design

Step 3: Consensus building ( roles/responsibilities)

Step 4: Implementation

Module 4

Ensuring successful collaboration

Step 1: Situation analysis

Step 1: Situation analysisCollaboration tool: PearlTrees

Step 1: Situation analysisCollaboration tool: PearlTrees

Step 1: Situation analysisCollaboration tool: PearlTrees

Step 1: Situation analysisCollaboration tool: PearlTrees

Step 1: Situation analysisCollaboration tool: PearlTrees

www.pearltrees.com/mindshare2000

Module 4

Ensuring successful collaboration

Step 2: Partnership formation and project design

Step 2: Partnership formation and project designCollaboration tool: Popplet

Step 2: Partnership formation and project designCollaboration tool: Popplet

POPPLET O’VIEW

Step 2: Partnership formation and project designCollaboration tool: Popplet

http://popplet.com/app/index.php#/1092770

Step 2: Partnership formation and project designCollaboration tool: Popplet

http://popplet.com/app/index.php#/1093430

OR

http://bit.ly/whypopplet

Step 2: Partnership formation and project designCollaboration tool: Google Docs

Step 2: Partnership formation and project designCollaboration tool: Google Docs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_hJ3R8jEZM

Step 2: Partnership formation and project designCollaboration tool: Google Docs

https://drive.google.com/#my-drive

Module 4

Ensuring successful collaboration

Step 3: Consensus building(allocating roles and responsibilities)

Step 3: Consensus building(allocating roles and responsibilities)

Collaboration tool: Skype

Step 3: Consensus building (allocating roles and responsibilities)

Collaboration tool: PiratePad

Step 3: Consensus building (allocating roles and responsibilities)

Collaboration tool: PiratePad

http://bit.ly/Scinetpiratepad

Step 3: Consensus building (allocating roles and responsibilities)

Collaboration tool: PiratePad

Let’s create a Pad from scratch … and share it!

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Ensuring successful collaboration

Step 4: Implementation

Step 4: ImplementationCollaboration tool: Google Calendar

Exercise

What type of collaborator are you?

http://bit.ly/Scinet9types

Module 4Harnessing the resources available

http://www.ted.com/talks/tags/collaboration

Notability

Open questions and answers

Downloading Tools