Transcript The AECF Grantee Network - The AECF Conference 2014

Using an online environment to
encourage B2B engagement
What is the AECF Grantee Network?
A website or online portal, facilitating
Business to Business connections between
Grantees, and providing a channel for AECF
and grantees to interact and do business.
A business-oriented ‘Facebook’ for AECF Grantees
How will grantees access the Network?
over the internet from a direct path or from
the AECF website
– Only through a private login (username) and
password provided by AECF
What kind of functionality can be provided in
the Grantee Network?
Private Log in
Mobile phone / Tablet
Access
Filters/ Search
Public and Private Sections
Ability to follow Grantees
Access to Whitepapers
Blogs
Discussion Forums
Access to Expert Knowledge
Email and web forms
Social media sharing
Image Upload
Event calendar/signups
Livechat
Video Upload
Network News
Notifications
Direct Messaging
Grantee News
Public Message Boards
Webinar functionality
Vote / Like
Survey
Marketplace - E-Commerce?
What will you be able to do on the
grantee network? (1)
Log in, change passwords
Keep and update a summary profile of your company, your
project, your contact details
Upload ‘status updates’ on your project and its progress
Directly request certain types of news from AECF
Browse for the ‘public’ profiles of other AECF grantees
Find (by relevant search and recommendation) grantees in your
space
Engage fellow Grantees either through an AECF web form or
directly through email
What will you be able to do on the
grantee network? (2)
Vote – for example for the best project of the year
View and post events in your grantee calendar
Invite grantees to join webinars
Participate in discussion forums
View and upload photos
Share videos
Share content on your social media, linkedin, etc
Upload documents to share with the network
Access and download best practice research papers, case
studies, newsletters, etc
What will AECF be able to do? (1)
Control who can log in
Upload ‘status updates’ on the AECF portfolio and its progress
Share AECF news
Select groups of grantees by sector, theme or region to engage
Communicate with a grantee privately either through an AECF web
form or through system email to the grantee directly
Post competition information
Use LiveChat to answer queries
View and post events or meetings in all or some grantee calendars
Generate statistical reports on most popular areas for future
planning
What will AECF be able to do? (2)
Invite grantees to join AECF led webinars
Post topics and administrate discussion Forums
View and upload photos
Share videos
Share content on social media, linked in etc
Provide best practice research papers , case studies,
Download information that grantees upload
Sample Wireframes
The AECF Grantee Network (AGN)
Log in Screen
‘Public’ Grantee
Page
The AECF Grantee Network
Initial prototype screens
The Development Path
Project Scoping
Information Architecture
Creative Visualisations
Screen Designs
Software selection / CMS Integration/
custom build
Active Test environment
Implementation: Phase 1
Initial functionality to be agreed e.g. calendars, blogs, etc
Content generation
Reporting/tracking systems
Implementation: Phase 2
Next phase functionality to be agreed e.g. webinar
capabilities
Implementation: Phase 3
Final phase functionality to be agreed e.g. e-commerce
engine
What AECF needs from Grantees
Buy-in!
Feedback - ideas and priorities on what you
think needs to be contained in the portal for it
to be useful to you – (survey)
A few volunteer grantees willing to form a
little pilot group during our testing phase
Content – images, videos, cases, up to date
profiles, etc when it comes to it
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