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AMBITION APPROACH

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Tip: For extra advice and assistance in making your application, we
recommend that you take a look at The AmbITion Approach Online Toolkit to see what is involved.
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The AmbITion Approach fund supports organisations that are relative newcomers to digital technology by providing an external specialist to help them develop a wide-reaching strategy for organisational change. The aim of the AmbITion Approach fund is to help your organisation by:

l Boosting confidence through building digital knowledge and skills l Improving your capability to consider artistic digital developments l Enhancing in-house capacity so that you can start or continue the journey of digital development l Increasing adaptability to market demands and the behavioural trends of audiences and visitors l Increasing operational efficiency by taking a fresh look at digital systems and structures l Improving resilience by interrogating business strategies and building new business models

This fund supports organisations during the early stages of their digital development by providing an external specialist to help them assess and develop a wide-reaching strategy for organisational change.

AmbITion Approach fund

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Whats involved?
The Ambition Approach fund will support your organisation to bring in expertise to evaluate your systems and processes with an objective, strategic eye and help to develop a positive strategy for organisational change across a range of areas. These could include enhancing your teams digital skills, operations and infrastructure, as well as your business model and creative practices. Applicants should be ready to commit time to undertake a digital/technological audit before developing a bespoke business case and critical path for implementation. Before making your application, and during the process of writing it, there are some reflective questions to ask yourself, which can make a real difference to the success of your application. Is my idea totally relevant to this fund? Will your application meet the key aims of the Make:IT:Happen fund? Do I have the resources to take part and make full use of the fund? Are you clear about timescales for your idea and how long you expect your project to take? Have you allocated sufficient staff resources to Make:IT:Happen if you are successful? Have I gathered enough evidence to support my thinking? Good background research helps to make a persuasive case and demonstrates commitment to achieving the results you seek.

Assessment
Applications will be assessed by a selected panel. The panel will be looking for evidence of your commitment to this process across all areas of the company, especially from senior management and Board level. You should demonstrate in your application how and who in your organisation will manage the project from start to finish.

When to apply
Application Deadlines:

2012
Decisions: 30 OCT

2 SEP

Decisions: 31 JAN

2012 2013
2012/13 2013 2013

2013
Decisions: 30 OCT

2 DEC

Decisions: 30 APR

3 MAR

Decisions: 31 JUL

2 JUN

1 SEP

AmbITion Approach fund

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Applicants to the AmbITion Approach fund will be required to submit the following outputs of their digital journey:

Get in touch
If you have any questions about Ambition Scotland or the Make:IT: Happen fund you can contact the AmbITion Scotland team Ashley Smith Hammond AmbITion Scotland Project Manager ashley@getambition.com Ela Zych-Watson AmbITion Scotland Project Administrator ela@culturesparks.co.uk Julie Tait Culture Sparks Director julie@culturesparks.co.uk

1. Results of their digital audit 2. A bespoke business case 3. Critical path for implementation

We will hold a retention until all three elements are delivered.

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