We are a social enterprise and digital media platform at the intersection of sustainable development and communications, offering specialised services across various sectors. We bring together the private sector, government, utilities, NGOs and universities to advance innovation for sustainability and prosperity in islands worldwide.
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This occasional newsletter highlights events and stories about innovation in sustainable development for rural, remote and island regions. We want to change the discourse to demonstrate how islandness can be a driver for innovation.
We produce and promote high-level publications for any audience from whitepapers and market research to blogs and podcasts. A lot of work goes into producing high-quality content, whether this is a thoroughly researched report, market research that stands up to scrutiny, in-depth blog posts packed with theories, thoughts and practical advice based on factually based sources rather than surface-level opinions or simple anecdotes and podcasts which grab the listeners attention as well as inspire their imagination.
We can take the stress and time out of creating this kind of content for your company. All we need is a consultation call and a brief description of what you’re looking for and we will be able to produce high-quality content that you’re company will be proud to promote on its website, email newsletters and social media channels.
We leverage our international network and expertise to help clients understand island markets and their opportunities and challenges. Reports, market research, analysis, introductions to our network.
We help organisations to track and measure their environmental impact and find new strategies to build their sustainability. As we assist with shifting your business to becoming more sustainable by making choices that positively impact the earth and all who live on it, this will simultaneously save you money.
This will involve evaluating the impact your company is having on the environment (for example, their carbon footprint), and then minimising that impact or planning the use of limited resources. We are able to analyse data related to your brand and produce reports to demonstrate these findings and present our findings to your team. We can provide advice about how you, as our client, can meet regulations laid out in environmental law. We can help recommend technologies and explain the most cost-effective and beneficial routes to sustainability. This could involve switching to alternative energy sources to lower energy costs, smarter water usage, reducing waste and lowering carbon emissions.
We provide communications and marketing planning and operations, specialising in sustainable development, energy and islands. This encompasses all areas of digital marketing including copywriting, web design, social media strategy and management, video and photo editing, creation of Google Business Pages and more.
We can provide training and consultation for your team to help maximize the success of your brand communications and/or digital marketing strategy, as well as creating clear actionable guidelines for how to successfully grow the reach and engagement of your website, social media profiles and other online media such as YouTube channel. Additionally, you can hire the Island Innovation team to take over your brand’s strategic communications and digital marketing, thus freeing up your time for other areas of your business.
We provide ongoing strategic advice and support for teams developing projects to stimulate entrepreneurship and innovation. We can tailor this experience according to the needs of the project. Such projects that we offer consultation work for include how to set-up and run a successful virtual event, how to make your business or institution more sustainable, how to successfully market your sustainable organisation using digital marketing techniques such as social media, email marketing, videos, podcasts and more.
One of our team can play the role of an additional team member in your organisation, bringing a new and distinct perspective of development projects. We work with companies as an advisor for long-term programs, providing feedback, brainstorming and planning advice.
To begin with, we will get to know your business or team as well as possible through virtual meetings via video conferencing software, phone calls and emails. Once this understanding of your particular business or unique project is in place, we will summarise our findings and thoughts and then layout an in-depth framework or detailed plan for solving the problem you face. After our analysis is complete, we will discuss our findings at length with all relevant personnel within your team and can reconnect at a later date to provide follow-up feedback and advice.
We work to deepen an audience’s understanding of innovation and entrepreneurship in the world’s most isolated regions. Through customized speaking engagements we change the narrative on rural, remote and island regions by demonstrating how they can become centres of innovations and create world-changing solutions.
This is based on our wide-ranging experience in international politics, academic, nonprofits, government and the private sector. We will hold a preliminary call to determine key themes, audience and length of engagement, with a follow-up call to review a draft presentation and discuss feedback. This allows for the engagement to be tailored to local needs and meet the requirements of the client.
Please note, if you decide to select Island Innovation to offer this particular service for your event or organisation, then in most cases you will be booking James Ellsmoor, our Founder and Managing Director.
We understand sustainable development and communications. You understand your region. Workshops are an opportunity to share our knowledge and create actionable solutions and new directions. In a one-day workshop, we can discuss case studies and programs designed to encourage entrepreneurship in peripheral regions and opportunities for implementation.
We will generate a report of opportunities and key insights to be referred to as a future resource. Organisations can then implement these ideas according to the discussed timelines and suggested partners. We can continue to offer connections to specific partners following the workshop.
Our flagship event is the Virtual Island Summit, an entirely online event designed to connect islands to share their common experiences through a digital platform, with 10,000+ attendees from around the world expected at our Virtual Island Summit 2020! We can help you to deliver your own tailored successful virtual events and webinars.
To create a successful virtual event can be a difficult endeavour if you decide to try and do everything inhouse, especially if you are new to these types of events and/or have only organised offline versions. There are many different components to consider which we will be able to assist you and your team with every step of the way.
After analysing your event and discussing your requirements and objectives, some of the elements we can help you with include: filling additional roles that you may not have already in your team, such as graphic designers, web designers or copywriters, assisting in securing your speakers, setting up the tech for your event including video, registration and email platform and integrating each of these together, helping to market your event through the creation of graphics, text and videos and by using promotional tools like social media platforms, email and others. We can also reach out to media outlets to promote your event, create groups and automated posts on social media and much more. Our support and work will be completely tailored to your requirements such as the type and size of event you are planning.
Register now to attend the various online events taking place 7-13th September 2020.
Registration is FREE, but spaces are limited, so reserve your spot now!
Can’t make the live event dates? No worries! Register for the event, and we’ll send you the replay link after the event. If you can attend live, you will be given the opportunity to ask questions to speakers and interact with other guests.
Please complete your registration today to ensure you get the latest updates, access to the live sessions and copies of the recordings!
Registration is FREE, but spaces are limited, so reserve your spot now!
Can’t make the live event dates? No worries! Register for the event, and we’ll send you the replay link after the event. If you can attend live, you will be given the opportunity to ask questions to speakers and interact with other guests.
Please complete your registration today to ensure you get the latest updates, access to the live sessions and copies of the recordings!
Isabel Godoy is a Public Administrator and Political Scientist from the University of San Sebastián, Chile. She was a university student leader and participated with different international youth organizations related to the UN and SDG. She was a Pacific Alliance Fellow at the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo in Mexico and Erasmus student at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration in Romania.
Experience managing and planning projects. Highly proactive and creative, awarded multiple times by universities of three countries for researching and working on projects for international relationships and sustainable development. Easily adapts to change, looking for challenges, and delivering high-quality results in every task.
She lived her childhood on Navarino Island (Puerto Williams), the southernmost city in the world, there she learned to adapt to adverse and extreme conditions, be creative with limited resources, appreciate the meaning of living in community, which has led to her love of the outdoors and passion for environmental protection, which drew her to link with Island Innovation.
Taylor is a marketing strategist who helps entrepreneurs monetize their personal stories, skills, and experiences so they can impact others and create freedom for themselves. She is a multilingual graduate of The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She has professional experience in Latin America, Europe, the U.S., and Asia producing sales and marketing campaigns for a range of clients–from small organizations to hypergrowth tech and Fortune 500 companies.Taylor is a full-time traveling entrepreneur, born and raised in Los Angeles. She’s lived in 8 cities on 4 continents and speaks English, Spanish, and Portuguese. She loves exploring languages & cultures, discovering new perspectives, and building meaningful relationships.
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We work with and promote companies which provide affordable, renewable energy technology and connect them with island governments and policymakers.
We help islanders discuss and develop the best ways to transition their local economies towards providing more sustainable forms of employment.
Cutting edge sustainability innovations are our principal focus. Our network brings together stakeholders from all over the world to share best practice and new ideas.
We work with renewable energy and sustainable transport technology companies and connect them with island governments and policymakers.
Our virtual events connect thousands of attendees worldwide and are an innovative and sustainable alternative to in-person conferences, eliminating the need to travel.
Our partnerships with sustainable businesses, academic institutions and governments across the world continue to grow and are the reason we developed the four pillar approach.
Need advice on how to successfully market and launch your sustainable organisation? We consult on digital marketing tactics such as social media, email marketing, videos and podcasts to help our client’s initiatives get off the ground.
If your project is already underway we can advise you on how to accelerate its success and should your initiative require crowdfunding or crowd investment, we are able to help you develop and execute this.
Island Innovation helps organisations track and measure their environmental impact and find new strategies to improve its sustainability. We evaluate the impact your organisation is having on the environment, and developing strategies to minimise it. Data related to your current sustainability levels is analysed and reporting demonstrates these findings in an accessible format for your team.
Shifting your organisation to become more sustainable will positively impact society, save you money, as well as improve your public image. Working with our team assures that your project succeeds, thus substantially increasing the respectability of your organisation whilst saving you considerable time, as well as money by reducing the risk of failure. By utilising our network of relevant connections your project will become communicated to the relevant people to maximise its success.
Are you looking for long term support to develop and promote your in-house project? We provide ongoing strategic advice and support for teams and can tailor this experience according to the needs of the project.
One of our team can temporarily join your organisation, bringing a new and distinct perspective of development projects. They would work as an advisor for long-term programs, providing feedback, brainstorming and planning advice. This service is tailored for any organisation whether a for-profit company, academic institution, government body or social enterprise, that requires longer-term support for project development and promotion.
Enhanced levels of support over a longer period of time, maximising the chances of your project becoming a success. Switching to sustainable practices is not something that can always be achieved quickly. Through our help, your team is supported every step of the way.
Being unsure of how to turn vision into a reality or being confronted by an administrative bottleneck are common challenges. We can help you through leveraging our international network and using our expertise to get your initiative to where it needs to be.
Our team produces high-quality reports, detailed market research, in-depth analysis. Another benefit is that we can offer introductions to key stakeholders relevant to your project.
This area of our consultancy service is perfect for organisations that need assistance in the exact steps needed to launch their idea. The Island Innovation team helps you to enter the market as we bring a huge international skill set and access to our extensive network which includes policymakers and a variety of significant global organisations.
We produce and promote high-level publications for any audience from whitepapers and market research to blogs. Considerable work goes into producing our high-quality content. Whether this is a thoroughly researched report, market research that stands up to scrutiny, in-depth blog posts packed with theories, thoughts and practical advice based on factually based sources rather than surface-level opinions or simple anecdotes.
This service is right for organisations, whether they are a company, academic institution, governmental department or social enterprise. All we need is a consultation call and a brief description of what you’re looking for.
By working with us, you save your team both time and stress. Also, your research will stand up to scrutiny and be of a standard your organisation will be proud of.
We help you successfully market and launch your virtual event through the creation of graphics, text and videos and by using social media platforms, email marketing and PR. If your virtual event has already started we can advise you on how to accelerate its success or how to convert your event into evergreen content.
This service is for companies, academic institutions or government bodies who have a virtual event or webinar series and are looking at ways to maximise its impact as well as gaining increased awareness and attendance.
Working with the Island Innovation team assures that your virtual event succeeds. Thus, increasing the respectability of your organisation whilst saving you considerable time, as well as money by reducing the risk of failure.
Are you aiming to design and launch your virtual event, but are unsure of where to start? We can provide advice about all aspects of how to plan a virtual event including how to successfully reach out to prospective speakers, which technology to use, how to gain maximum exposure to as large an audience as possible using social media and email, and many other aspects.
Island Innovation will deliver the core elements of event planning including:
Creating an online event can be challenging when you are doing it for the first time. Our clients benefit from our considerable experience in developing, promoting and hosting virtual events and webinars. We will be with you every step of the way when it comes to making your event a success.
If you want all the exposure of the event without the organisation, why not sponsor an Island Innovation event? We run two annual events, the Virtual Island Summit and the Island Finance Forum, as well as webinars throughout the year.
Our online events are well attended, covered in the press internationally, and attract phenomenal speakers. More importantly, they deliver incredible content to the participants through sharing good practices and showcasing innovative case studies and solutions and allowing participants to learn from each other.
Sponsoring the Island Finance Forum, for example, is the perfect way to connect and engage with your audience. Partner with us and get exposure across the world to over 500+ islands, a community of 70,000 members including finance and insurance leaders, local and national governments, private sector and utilities, research institutions and NGO’s.
There are several different ways you can sponsor an event including keynote and satellite event opportunities.
Is your organisation planning to run a virtual event, but you need someone to help train your team in how to do this? Our team has extensive experience in setting up, promoting and running virtual events, and we will fully train your team in every aspect of how to successfully do this themselves.
This includes all the core aspects including:
This service is ideal for companies, academic institutions or government bodies who want to ensure their team is fully trained in how to plan, set-up and run a successful virtual event and has the right tools at their disposal. This sets you up for future success as they will be able to continually deliver engaging virtual events that reach the right audiences and successfully deliver the results you are aiming for.