iSPARX™
“changing the way we interact with the world”
Tena koe,
We are pleased to provide our application for funding under the Te Urungi - Innovating Aotearoa programme.
We appreciate the opportunity to present our credentials and our vision for innovation and action in the culture and heritage sector. We believe this is directly suited to the very mission of our iSPARX business and aligns perfectly with our personal goals and aspirations.
We are warmly appreciative of the collaborative and supporting process including the workshops that have been provided to facilitate this application and strongly support its goals.
For your consideration we are submitting a presentation deck and supporting appendices, which include detailed information about our business, our projects, and our use of the funds we are applying for.
iSPARX has been working in this sector for a number of years and we have both Māori ownership and collaborate intensively with Māori artists practitioners on kaupapa Māori projects.
Below is a dropbox link to our application deck (in addition to the attached one), and supporting appendices.
Additionally we will have these available on the website link >>
We look forward to hearing back from you as our application is processed.
We are also available for additional questions, should you have any.
Yours Faithfully,
Finn Beattie, CEO
iSPARX.group
iSPARX™
“changing the way we interact with the world”
Kia ora iSPARX
Thanks for registering for Te Urungi: Innovating Aotearoa - Online event for developed projects.
We’re looking forward to seeing you next week! Please join us from 8.45am on Wednesday 12 May.
This email has an agenda for the day, information about the Lean Canvas tool we will be using, how to access live audio captions and information on Crowdcast and Slack, the platforms we will be using to connect with each other.
Agenda for day one
8:45 AM : Waiting room
9:00 AM : Start | Mihi
9:30 AM : Kaupapa & Introduction
10:15 AM : Break
10:30 AM : Q&A
10:40 AM : Hubs | Whanaungatanga
11:10 AM : Session #1 | Lean Canvas
1:10 PM : Lunch
1:40 PM : Session #2 | Information Session
2:10 PM : Session #3 | Hubs, Drop-in Centre, Expert Meetings
3:30 PM : Break
4:00 PM : Session #3 | Hubs, Drop-in Centre, Expert Meetings continues
4:30 PM : Wrap Up & Next Steps
4:40 PM : Poroporoaki
5:00 PM : End
Te Urungi Lean Canvas
Your event workbook has a tool called a Te Urungi Lean Canvas. You can also access this editable Word version. This is a plan on a page that you will be introduced to on Wednesday.
Using Crowdcast
We will use Crowdcast to connect with each other virtually. Through Crowdcast, you will be able to see and hear our presenters.
Please join this Crowdcast link from 8:45am on Wednesday 12 May. When you follow this link, you will be asked to enter your email address and provide a password. The password for this event is Innovation. This will take you to the landing page that will go live on Wednesday.
You can find out more about Crowdcast in the Crowdcast Quick Reference Guide.
Joining our Slack community
Slack is the messaging platform we will use to communicate with each other during the online event. For example, it will allow you to jump between virtual meetings. You will learn more about how to navigate Slack at our event.
Please use this link to join the Slack channel for Te Urungi: Innovating Aotearoa Online Event. Follow the link and create a Slack profile to join the slack workspace, you can do this on your computer or on your mobile phone.
If you are new to slack, some useful guides are:
Top 5 tips for getting started in Slack
Adding audio captions
If you would like to add live audio captions for your viewing of the event, you can add audio caption functionality to your computer using Google Chrome Live Caption.
This requires you to use the Google Chrome web browser (read information about downloading Chrome), and adjust your Chrome settings to enable Live Caption.
If you’re no longer able to attend this event, please let us know as soon as possible. We'll then be able to allocate the spot to someone on the waitlist.
If you have any other questions, please email support.culture@mch.govt.nz.
We look forward to meeting you at Te Urungi.
Ngā mihi nui
The Innovation Fund Team