Hive Barcelona

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Decision Maker - @chrislarry33 Driver/Owner - @simonaramkisson Consulted - @ldecoursy Informed- @mcdermott415

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Etherpad: https://etherpad.mozilla.org/HiveBarcelona

Team: • Marina Wynia: marina.wynia@gmail.com • Cecilia Tham: cecilia.tham@fabcafe.com • Alexander Saladrigas: sajirdalas@gmail.com

May 28 Call with above mentioned team to discuss plan of action. Sent Hive Interest Form and they have the Fundraising Toolkit. We asked that they provide feedback, in follow up e-mail.

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Followed up with team and confirmed with Marina to set up meeting on June 16 at 6:00 AM (ET), 12 PM (Barcelona) to discuss Hive Interest Form and get overview on current/active partnerships and best way to activate partnership, Maker Party and club opportunity.

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Update: Call the week of July 6, 2015 to discuss Hive Interest Form

Hive Barcelona Interest Form:

Main Contact:

Alex Saladrigas (rasaladrigas@gmail.com)

Team Members:

• Marina Wynia (marina.wynia@gmail.com)
• Cecilia Tham (mastermind.mob@gmail.com)
• Cristina Sanchez (cricrisanpa@gmail.com)

Mission Statement: "Hive Learning Community supports connected learning experiences in the Barcelona area.

Established in 2015, it strives to work in collaboration with and to help merge the diverse civic and cultural institutions by providing a network that brings together learners, mentors, innovators, educators & technologists. HiveBCN believes that learner-led, hands-on activities that span across cultures and languages will provide opportunities for Barcelona’s diverse community to better develop a wide range of key 21st century skills."

Social Media Links:

"We have just recently purchased or signed up for the following social media / websites for Hive Barcelona:

Twitter: @HiveBCN Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hivebcn/478913682271682?sk=timeline website: www.hivebcn.org

Stakeholders:

"Partners with whom we have already communicated and agree to partner with: MOB (Makers of Barcelona) FabCafe BTV (Barcelona TV) Ironhack Teamlabs

Partners that we will contact: MACBA (Museu Arte Contemporaneo de Barcelona) Impact Hub Barcelona CCCB (Centre Contemporaneo de Cultura de Barcelona) BCNLab BCNTIC University of Barcelona University of Pompeu Fabra Cisco Barcelona Activa Fundación Telefonica (Think Big) Startup Bootcamp Fundación La Caixa KING American School of Barcelona Barcelona Global Barcelonya Fundación IMAGINE Ateneu Barcelona"

Funding Opportunities: Fundación Telefonica and Fundación La Caixa will be our first two organizations that we will contact to help us with funding. We will search for private sponsors in parallel.

Timeline:

"End of July:
Create a deck for partner outreach.

July - September:
Work on contacting potential partners, alliances and defining an identity as well as locating sponsors.

Mid/end of September:
Press release for official launch of HiveBCN. First community meeting with partners.

Mid/End of October Aim to launch our first popup event

Availability: After 10pm Barcelona time, any day.

[simonaramkisson]

Update: First Hive Barcelona community meeting: September 2015

• Alex has connected with Fundación La Caixa about Hive possibilities and they confirmed interest and attendance for the September 2015 community meeting. • Team is currently working on their SWOT from July 10 call • October was original pitch for community meeting but team already has a robust network amongst the group and have free space available to hold community meeting • Provided community deck and will walk through on August 7 check in at 11 AM EST

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Team had to cancel the August 7th check but through email but they have pushed their community to October 2015.

We will be reviewing SWOT shortly this Friday

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SWOT:

HIVE LEADER SWOT MATRIX - BCN

STRENGTHS: • Barcelona is a city ripe for collaborative projects. A number of projects already exist yet there is still space for a Network like HIVE to develop. We are not over-saturated here in BCN. • Barcelona is becoming more and more international – our team reflects this •We are already collaborating with Maker’s of Barcelona (MOB) – this allows us access to a strong channels of networking.

WEAKNESSES: •Difficulty of getting public funding – Europe and Spain are in the midst of an economic crisis. • Lack of experience. Each of the team members has strengths but also weaknesses with respect to some lack of experience in starting a project (not speaking for Cecilia). • We are one of the first Hives in Europe. Less to draw on as the environment is very different from the US & Canada. • Time!

OPPORTUNITIES:

• We are one of the first Hives in Europe. Exciting! New! •Our team brings forth many skills we feel are essential to the fabric of our Hive. Together, as a team, we have experience in: networking, digital literacy, content re-mixing on the web, education, teaching workshops, internationalism, using digital tools in education, organizing, and collaboration, among many other skills. We recognize the strengths of our team members and that we can all learn from each other. • Not starting from scratch with the connection with MOB.

THREATS: • High level of fragmentation in Barcelona society – often along linguistic lines • Political issues – Independence • Rising Nationalism

Updated Mission Statement:

Hive Learning Community in Barcelona supports connected learning experiences in the Barcelona area. Established in 2015, it strives to work in collaboration with and to help merge the diverse civic and cultural institutions by providing a network that brings together learners, mentors innovators, educators & technologists. HiveBCN believes that learner-led, hands-on activities that span across cultures and languages will provide opportunities for all to better develop a wide range of key 21st century skills.

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Alexander and Cecile will be at Mozfest and will be part of emerging community casual drink.

[simonaramkisson]

Connected with Alexander and Cecile at Mozfest 2015, we actively went through their SWOT and discussed some blockers in the development of their Hive. Current issues have been occuring between English speaking maker spaces and Catalan speaking learning institutions i.e libraries, musuems, community organizations