We’re gearing up for IPM
Are you up for
- finding new research partners?
- finding better ways to work?
- cross-fertilizing ideas?
- getting an acronym education?
- finding support for a great idea?
- building a community of research practice?
- having some fun?
That’s what’s happening at ILRI’s IPM* all next week, 11–15 May.
Here’s your invitation to:
MON
REGISTER
For this virtual IPM first thing in the morning (you’ll be emailed easy-to-follow instructions)
MON–WED
TUNE IN AND TURN ON
your colleagues with your listening, comments, questions, links, advice, recommendations, acknowledgements . . .
TURN UP
for face-to-face discussions if that is your thing
COOK UP IDEAS
about new research ideas, partners & win the Idea Competition
PITCH YOUR HEART OUT
and/or help others refine their pitches
THU
VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE IDEAS
and/or add value to them, stitch them together, tear them down and start again . . .
FRI
JOIN THE CROWD
at morning coffee to find out whose ideas got the most votes
who will be experiencing two minutes of fame
who will be sharing the cash prize of $10,000
What’s in it for me?
Putting your ideas forward in the IPM gives you an opportunity to solicit input and prospect for potentially unrecognized collaborations across the institute. By the end of the exercise, a group of ideas will be selected to receive financial support to begin progressing with strategic seed funding, and will gain visibility within the institute. Those ideas that are not among of the final set will also be available to ILRI senior managers—concepts in their back pockets—for pulling out in their ongoing discussions with the heads of donor agencies. Given the number of engagements ILRI managers have with donors and other partners, your idea could well form the basis of the next big ILRI grant, and help people create better livelihoods through livestock.
We recommend you pitch everything that comes to mind, including fragmented ideas and ideas too weird for the ‘research proposal’ format. Pitch them all. We’ll read every one. There’s a good chance someone else will want to work with you on a crazy-sounding idea. And who knows, you just might catch the attention of someone who can make a difference, and help you get your idea going.
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