{"id":685,"date":"2016-11-04T08:14:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T12:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/?p=685"},"modified":"2024-06-21T10:28:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T14:28:13","slug":"ecosystem-mapping-october-innovation-hours-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/ecosystem-mapping-october-innovation-hours-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecosystem Mapping: October Innovation Hours Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/files\/2016\/08\/Alexandra-Rodney.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-361\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/files\/2016\/08\/Alexandra-Rodney-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of smiling woman with curly blonde hair in blue dress\" width=\"139\" height=\"139\" \/><\/a>By Alexandra Rodney, Student Innovation Leader,\u00a0Operations Team<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the October Innovation Hours we asked students, staff and faculty to help us create a map of the University of Toronto ecosystem as it relates to our <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/about\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">five domains of innovation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nonprofitnotes.com\/ecosystem\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ecosystem mapping<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is an exercise designed to discover all of the resources an organization has at their disposal including people, programs, services, members and their relation to each other in both digital and physical realms. An <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ssir.org\/articles\/entry\/cultivate_your_ecosystem\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ecosystems framework<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is borrowed from biologists who study the relationships between organizations and their environment, especially the impact that they have on each other. <\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the Innovation Hour we aimed to learn more about the University of Toronto ecosystem by creating posters for each of the domains (Access for Every Student, Fostering Connectedness, Future-Ready Student, Integrated Learning and Whole Student Development) and asked attendees the following questions: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What comes to mind when you hear\u2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What already exists at U of T that supports\u2026<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Attendees wrote their ideas on post-it notes and added them to the posters. The goal was to brainstorm as many ideas, programs and services as possible in order to learn about how the U of T ecosystem is functioning. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/files\/2016\/10\/unnamed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-686 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/files\/2016\/10\/unnamed-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Left: chart paper with sticky notes on it, Right: people sitting on chairs and talking with each other\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/files\/2016\/10\/unnamed-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/files\/2016\/10\/unnamed-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/files\/2016\/10\/unnamed-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/files\/2016\/10\/unnamed.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the Innovation Hours I saw attendees working independently at times, but discussing programs and services with others too. I also saw these U of T community members meeting new people and re-connecting with others they don\u2019t necessarily interact with on a daily basis. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When reading the posters, aside from learning about a wide variety of programs and services at U of T related to the five domains, I was struck by the number of unfamiliar acronyms that I came across. CCP? FLC? FITA? ASC? I wondered how new students navigate these acronyms, not to mention trying to decipher how they could benefit from the variety of programs and services on offer. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The results of the ecosystem mapping have been organized into one <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1aUly23lbshn5dkd735o50qn66YY4u1bGGR1MTZJP05g\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ecosystem map<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (that looks more like a list at present). Next steps for the ecosystem map include drawing out connections between people, programs and services as well as evaluating strengths and gaps in the organization. Do you have anything to add to the ecosystem map? Are you interested in helping the Innovation Hub further develop the ecosystem map? We\u2019d love to hear from you! Email <\/span><a href=\"mailto:innovationhub@utoronto.ca\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">innovationhub@utoronto.ca<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or comment on our Facebook thread to join the conversation! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Innovation Hour is a great opportunity to come together with like-minded students, staff, faculty and community members who wish to create a more seamless student experience at University of Toronto. Each month\u2019s Innovation Hours are organized around a different activity designed to encourage learning, collaboration and networking with U of T community members. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please join us for our November Innovation Hours that will be hosted in the Baldwin Room, main floor of the Cumberland House (33 St. George St.). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mark your calendar for the upcoming Innovation Hours:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thursday November 10th from 10:00am \u2013 11:00am<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tuesday November 15th from 9:00am \u2013 10:00am<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/files\/2016\/08\/Alexandra-Rodney.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-361\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/files\/2016\/08\/Alexandra-Rodney-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of smiling woman with curly blonde hair in blue dress\" width=\"139\" height=\"139\" \/><\/a>By Alexandra Rodney, Student Innovation Leader,\u00a0Operations Team<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the October Innovation Hours we asked students, staff and faculty to help us create a map of the University of Toronto ecosystem as it relates to our <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/about\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">five domains of innovation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nonprofitnotes.com\/ecosystem\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ecosystem mapping<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is an exercise designed to discover all of the resources an organization has at their disposal including people, programs, services, members and their relation to each other in both digital and physical realms. An <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ssir.org\/articles\/entry\/cultivate_your_ecosystem\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ecosystems framework<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is borrowed from biologists who study the relationships between organizations and their environment, especially the impact that they have on each other. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/ecosystem-mapping-october-innovation-hours-recap\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Ecosystem Mapping: October Innovation Hours Recap&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":306,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[10878,19002],"tags":[34739],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/306"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1839,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685\/revisions\/1839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}