Robert R. Taylor Network XStudio 2012 Final Presentation www.rrtn.org , www.rrtn.net , www.adias.org

1. Version 1.0 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. ET, August 16, 2012 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. ET August 23, 2012 MIT SA+P, Room 9-450 A&B 105 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge MA 02139 Robert R. Taylor Network XStudio 2012 Final Presentation www.rrtn.org, www.rrtn.net, www.adias.org [insert web conferencing information]

2. Special Thank You Organizations People Dean Adele Naude Santos Associate Dean Mark Jarzombek Diane McLaughlin Kirsten Greco Duncan Kincaid • MIT SA+P • MIT DUSP IS&T [find out name] • MIT Legatum Center • IBM • Brainshark • Socrato

3. Key points to address in final presentation • [Automated slideshow in ppt of intern profiles running before presentation begins] • [Printout of resumes career aspirations] • [Project interdependence map] • [Business plan + BHS ISP Proposal= Node Site specific model] • [Address resource development, business plan, partnerships, legal and organizational structure and past performance at the end]

4. RRTN Board of Directors & Advisors • Board of Directors • Darian Hendricks, Chairman & CEO • Eric Sheppard, Treasurer • Mark Jarzombek, MIT • Kenneth Manning, MIT • Sandra Martin Seals, Reliance Housing Corporation • Luke Ouko, Verve K.O. • Cardinal Warde, MIT • Advisors • Shawn Harris, A Smarter Retailer / Nyopoly • Sheldon Fischer, Boston Learning Center • Jay Stewart, Brocton City Council • Lloyd Lamarre, Brockton High School • Mary Waldron, Brockton 21st Century • Tyrone Taborn, Career Communications Group • Dan Sheridan, Dorset Institute • SiisiAdu-Gyamfi, Eaton Corp • Frederic Bertley, The Franklin Institute • Margaret Daniels Tyler, Gates Foundations • Advisors • Steven Lerman, George Washington University • Bob Picciano, IBM • Sean Poulley, IBM • Antony Satyadas, IBM • Sean McLean, IBM • Michael Schmedlin, Lenovo • Sam Morris, Lenovo • Thaddeus Miles, Mass Impact • Geoff Seyon, Medullan • Joseph MugishaMushoka, Microsoft • Oliver Thomas, MIT • Jonathon Reed, MIT • Cecilia d’Oliviera, MIT • Jocelyn Lee-Young, NiHERST • Maureen Manchouck, NiHERST • Jason Mayden, Nike • Brian Omwenga, Nokia Research Group • Raju Gupta, OmniSharp Technology • Paul Chu, Retiree • Lester Gimpelson, Retiree • Claude Grunitzky, True Agency • Yolanda Hinton, US Army • Wayne Kennard, WilmerHale • Wendell Taylor, WilmerHale

5. Partners & Sponsors • Business Partners (Registered with) • Amazon Associates • IBM • Intuit • Lenovo • Sponsors • Brainshark • Career Communications Group (BEYA) • Government of Senegal • Graham Foundation • Harvard Cooperative Society • IBM • MASS Impact • MIT • NE University Transportation Center at MIT • WilmerHale, LLP

6. XStudio 2012 Advisors & Interns Advisors/Instructors 2012 Interns Mark Jarzombek Judith Foos RomiAlexandre Deborah Salami Darian Hendricks ZainKhawaja Hamzah Dweik Adriel Mingo Cardinal Warde Lloyd Lamarre Alex Johnson CondreaZhuang

7. Presentation Objectives • Present new business concepts and solicit input • Share the accomplishments of the XStudio 2012 Interns this summer related to: • Research and marketing • Technology development • New venture creation • Resource development • Share what we learned • Get your support and backing • Get general feedback

8. Agenda Archive ADIAS Timeline Digital Archive Wiki DSPACE App Metamedia Institute XStudio-In-A-Box XLabs Open Course Exchange (OCX) Ventures Student founded businesses - Ascent Health Business partnerships -True Africa Network Node sites – Brockton, Haiti, Kenya, South Africa, Trinidad RRTN.net Technology platform What we learned Feedback and questions • RRTN Mission • RRTN History • XStudio • RRTN Business- 5 programs – L.A.I.V.N • Leadership • Marketing • Digital Newsroom • Website • Newsletters • RSS Feeds • Social Community • CRM • Resource Development • Proposals

9. RRTN Mission Statement What is RRTN? What does RRTN hope to accomplish? How does RRTN hope to accomplish this?

10. RRTN Mission The Robert Robinson Taylor Network (RRTN), named after the first black graduate of MIT (1892), is a 501(c)3 non-profit educational foundation comprised of a global network of partners connecting youth and professionals to a cultural legacy of achievement in architecture, science, technology, engineering and math (ASTEM). The goal is to create cultural and economic impact through innovation, invention and entrepreneurship. RRTN's mission is to increase the number of underrepresented populations in architecture, science, technology, and engineering fields, while specifically increasing the number of technology entrepreneurs and companies founded by these individuals.

11. RRTN’s History Who was Robert R. Taylor? Why is he important? How are we preserving his legacy?

12. Robert R. Taylor • [insert slide from 2009 presentation on Robert Taylor]

13. RRTN Timeline • [ Get timeline from Debby]

14. Market Research The need

15. Societal Problems • Large drop-out rate of minority students in high school • Not enough minorities in college and advanced programs • Not enough women & minorities in leadership positions in ASTEM fields • Not enough minorities starting successful technology-based companies

16. Black Youth Dropout Rates • Dropoutrate for African American females is 41 %, but for African American males it's 53 % • Each year, more than half of the 1.2 million students who fail to graduate from high school are Black and Latino • 58 % of all Black fourth graders in the nation are functionally illiterate; 85 % are reading below grade level • A Black boy born in 2001 has a 33 % chance of going to prison in his lifetime • A million Black males are in prison; Nearly two and a half million Black children have an incarcerated parent • Murder is the number one cause of death among young black men

17. Students Enrolled in Degree-Seeking Institutions, By Race

18. Black Professional Trends, By Race

19. Black-Owned Firms, By Industry-Type •  From 2002 to 2007, the number of black-owned businesses` increased by 60.5% to 1.9 million, more than triple the national rate of 18.0% • Over the same period, receipts generated by black-owned businesses increased 55.1% to $137.5 billion 

20. RRTN Solution

21. RRTN Programs • 5 Program Areas • Leadership • Archive • Institute • Ventures • Network • Core Programs • ADIAS – Digital media publication on black contributions to ASTEM • Digital Newsroom – Media publishing project to advocate black culture in science and technology • XStudio – Summer/academic year internship program in innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology • XStudio-in-a-Box – A distributed network of innovation labs, developed around an open source hybrid bundle of powerful computing cloud services and on-site hardware and software to replicate the XStudio experience in Africa, the Caribbean, and the US, especially in underserved and technology poor communities • XLabs- Virtual & hands-on science & engineering labs by and for high school students • Open Course Exchange – A market place of courses related to ASTEM, entrepreneurship, and black cultural history in sciences • Venture Startups – Working with startup technology enterprises

22. XStudio (Extreme Studio) What is XStudio? How does it engage youth and immerse them in a professional setting? Leadership Archive Institute Ventures Networking

23. XStudio at MIT

24. XStudio Mission (shorten) An intensive, “learn-by-doing”, R&D educational program for youth with professionals engaged in the end-to-end process of innovation, invention and entrepreneurship. The program immerses students in the professional world from the perspective of executives and the start-up experience of a technology-oriented business. Students learn the “business of science and technology” from a practical, hands-on experience where they are given real-world problems to solve with the expectation of delivery of a real-world solution. Students grow rapidly in their communication, business, technical, and professional skills as well as conduct and confidence. Students walk away with a portfolio of accomplished and delivered products to the real world and to executives, faculty, peers, and business partners from around the world. Students are well-positioned for advancement in their own personal academic and pre-professional pursuits as well as stronger resumes for application to college, scholarships, and other intense internships.

25. XStudio2012 Projects ADIAS Cultural Heritage Archive and Travelling Exhibit This project aims to build an invaluable and accessible online and offline resource / repository, archive, library, museum and educational media productions based on the lives, workings and research, by and about blacks in the ASTEM fields. This includes a multimedia travelling exhibit and related products for sale. ADIAS Technology Platform Working with institutions like IBM, Lenovo, and Brainshark, to develop a world class open source communications and social networking platform with content connecting distributed innovation labs (XStudios) in Africa, the Caribbean, and the USA. Digital Newsroom and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Working with journalists and technologists to develop and implement a digital newsroom to document and advocate black culture in science and technology. This includes websites, TV and radio shows, social media platforms, and RSS Feeds. Students are learning how to use applications such as Constant Contact, Word Press, MediaWiki, IBM SmartCloud, IBM Mashup, and RSS feeds. CRM is a project of RRTN's Digital Newsroom. The purpose is to centralize all contacts of RRTN into a single master contact database using MySQL, a desktop application, and cloud services. The goal is to integrate contact information from at least 15 locations such as personal business cards, distribution lists (such as MIT LISTSERV), DYMO Cardscan, ScanBizCards.com, Gmail, Constant Contact, Intuit QuickBooks Online, IBM SmartCloud (formerly LotusLive), ADIAS Dipity Timelines, Microsoft Excel, Social Communities (Caribbean Access, Facebook, LinkedIn, RRTN.net, and Twitter) and mobile devices. This project includes writing APIs and scripts; and creating an open-source database. The goal is to manage currently 3,000+ contacts with an annually growth rate of 19%.

26. XStudio2012 Projects Open Course Exchange A unique virtual marketplace of multimedia courses related to ASTEM, entrepreneurship, and black cultural history, created by youth, educators, and professionals from around the world. RRTN is partnering with Apple, Brainshark, IBM Lotus, MIT and Socrato to create the platform on which these courses will be delivered. Resource Development and Finance Creating executive presentations, proposals, grants, and financial reports for Board of Directors, Executive Leadership, and sponsors. Cultivating new sponsors. Technology Venture Start-ups Working with new venture start-ups to develop and design new technology- oriented businesses, products, and services, includes business plan development, prototyping, partner relations, and market research. X Labs This is RRTN-initiated virtual hands-on science and engineering-based labs around the world. With the MIT Center for Educational Computing Initiatives‘ (CECI) iLabs program, XLabs will allow high-school and college students to generate optics and holography-based labs at universities and high schools around the world. The concept of having students leading the design and construction of the labs is applied as a way to allow them to experience ASTEM (architecture, science, technology, engineering and math) through a “learn by doing” model. XStudio-in-a-Box A distributed network of innovation labs, developed around an open source hybrid bundle of powerful computing cloud services and on-site hardware and software to replicate the XStudio experience in Africa, the Caribbean, and the US, especially in underserved and technology poor communities

27. RRTN Virtual OfficePowered by IBM Smart Cloud IBM Smart Cloud Activities ScanBizCards

28. Marketing How is RRTN marketing itself? News letters Website RSS Feeds Social Community

29. Digital Newsroom

30. RRTN WebsitesRRTN.org & RRTN.net

31. ADIAS Timeline Digital Archive DSPACE APP Wikimedia

32. ADIAS: Arc of Discovery, Innovation, Architecture, and Science

33. RRTN Vision: Distributed, Interconnected Global Network of Innovation Labs & Academies “XStudio-in-a-Box” linked to a cloud based community

34. Node Sites What is a node site? How are node sites helping RRTN expand? How will people in other countries benefit from Node sites?

35. RRTN Node Network • Located at: • Colleges • High Schools • Elementary schools • Community centers • Personal offices Africa GTUC; Makerere University; Lycee de Bafou Tshwane University United States Brockton High MIT Hampton U. Tuskegee U. Howard U. Caribbean Hope Valley Experimental School; Ivor Walter primary School

36. Our Future State Caribbean Sites • Each node site will have a set of computers • Units • The Cluster of units make a site • Sites link to a country server. Mobile devices will also link to country servers • The Country severs link sites to regional hubs and the RRTN global network. • Regional Server (Hubs)‏ • All the regional severs from different sites link together. • Cloud network • Nodal Network • Allows users from many sites around the world to connect to each other. HUBS HUBS Lotus Foundation Servers USA Sites HUBS RRTN.net HUBS HUBS HUBS Units Africa Sites

37. RRTN XStudio Innovation Lab Students & Professionals • Project are: • Local or Global • Entrepreneurship • Development-based • Innovative Laboratories Projects

38. Why we need a Network? Removing technology barriers & access

39. How technology labs are built?MIT in a Box! IBM Foundation server MIT in a Box RRTN OCX Development Lab

40. How do sites connect? Online community (www.rrtn.net)

41. Our Current State: Unreplicable Single XStudio at MIT, Loosely Connected to Cloud Services

42. Gap Analysis Current state Future state Leadership Digital Newsroom publishing daily in Africa, the Caribbean, and the USA, about 1 M subscribers An annual conference with about 5,000-10,000 attendees Archive ADIAS: Premier world-wide resource on web on black culture in science and technology in multi-language At least 250,000 hits a day Institute 3 Primary Studios: Africa (South Africa, Kenya) Caribbean (Trinidad) USA (MIT) Multiple Local Studios using XStudio-in-a-Box XLab concept firmly established and put into practice Ventures Incubator Multiple successful start up collaborations Successful student started ventures Network XStudio-in-a-Box model working and in-place in our 3 primary studios and in smaller satellite studios Worldwide network of students collaborating on RRTN.net Strong and active network of partners • Leadership • Digital Newsroom of e-newsletters, profile articles, and about 700 subscribers • Held conference with MIT SA+P • Cited in various newspapers and research reports by Forester and Gardener • Currently executing an independent evaluation of the last 3 years • Archive • ADIAS.org with exhibit, timelines, wiki and e-store • Collection of video and bibliographies • Institute • XStudio, summer and academic program at MIT in a temporary space • XLab concept being prototyped • Open Course Exchange • Ventures • Some start up collaborations • Some student started ventures • Network • XStudio-in-a-Box prototype (not complete) • RRTN.net • A loose federation of partners

43. Approach

44. Resource Development What is RRTN doing in terms of getting funding, developing technology, and acquiring new business partners? Who are our current business partners? Who are our sponsors?

45. What we need to succeed • Sponsorship in $ • Intern Stipends • Transportation costs • Service Fees • Administrative overhead & staffing • Professional fees • Active Partners • Universities • Technology companies • Academic & Professional Accreditation/Certifications • Studio Spaces • MIT • Africa • Caribbean • Talent • More students • More professionals • More locations • More school partnerships • Technology • Servers • Laptops • Professional Printers • Digital Scanners • Software Licenses • Training & Support • Professional mentorship • Development environment

46. What have we learned? • Business plan • Project management • Scoping, planning, budgeting • Business writing • Proposal and grant writing • How to plot • Java Animations • Applications • Gmail ( calendar, folders, group lists, domain management) • Ibm smart cloud • DYMO Cardscan/ ScanBizCards • BrainShark • Wordpress • Dipity • Lotus foundation server • MS Vizio • Diagraming • Vmware • Teamviewer

47. Ventures Ascent Health Business Incubator What is a business incubator? How successful is a business incubator? Why is RRTN’s business incubator better?

48. Questions, Feedback, and Next Steps

49. Appendix

50. RRTN XStudio 2012 Interns