Strategies that One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) implemented

1. HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD OF A CHILD THE OLPC WAY

2. “When people tell you that something is impossible, they usually have a vested interest in it not coming true” PROF. NICHOLAS NEGROPONTE Founder of MIT Media Labs Co-Creator of “Wired” Magazine One of the pioneer speakers at TED in 1984 Announced during World Economic Forum 2005

3. BEAUTY OF THE VISION IS IN ITS SIMPLICITY LAPTOP PER CHILD ONE

4. WHEN I AMNOT A PROFIT MAKING GIANTHOW DO I STRATEGIZE

5. LESSON NO.1 LAY DOWN A BEAUTIFUL MISSION To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children By providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop With content and software designed for Collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning

6. BUT IT’S NOT ABOUT THE LAPTOP IT’S ABOUT EDUCATION HOW LETS SEE

8. LESSON NO.2DIFFERENTIATE

9. IN THE PRODUCT YOU MAKE… DO NOT DE-FEATURIZE TO REDUCE COST GROUNDS UP APPROACH WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THE XO-1 LOW POWER FULLY RECYCLABLE SEAMLESS CONNECTIVITY IN HALF MILE RADIUS FULLY WIRELESS CRANK SHAFT FOR POWER GENERATION RUGGED – NO HDD (FLASH MEMORY) “EPEAT” GOLD LEVEL RATING FULLY OPEN SOURCE

10. LESSON NO.3SET AN AUDACIOUS PRICE GOAL ACTION PRICING RULE OF THE FIFTH LOW COST ISNOT SYNONYMOUS TO CHEAP $100 LAPTOP SCALE, SCALE, SCALE

11. WHEN YOU CREATE A BLUE OCEAN.. Others will rope in but..

12. Bill Gates said “Geez get a real computer” Michael Dell said “$100 laptop is impossible” Craig Barrett, then Intel Chairman called it a “gadget” SudeepBanerjee, Education Minister(2006) turned down the proposal “THEY” WILL ALSO PULL YOU DOWN

13. BUT YOU DO NOT BUDGE

14. LESSON NO.3YOU MAKE SOME FRIENDS

15. SPONSORING PARTNERS

16. DISTRIBUTION PARTNERS

17. LESSON NO. 4STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH GOVERNMENTS OF DEVELOPING NATIONS LAPTOPS IN ACTION – 900,000 31 - NATIONS PARTICIPATING LANGUAGES AVAILABLE - 19 MORE TO COME – 260,000

18. AND LET PEOPLE DONATE ONE TOO….AND BUY ONE TOO… GiVe1GeT1 program (2007) – 83,500 BUT REPETITON DID NOT WORK IN 2008

19. AND WHEN INDIAN GOVERNMENT DID NOT COOPERATE YOU TAP THE BIGGEST TELECOMMUNICATIONS GIANT IN INDIA ANIL AMBANI’S “DIGITAL BRIDGE FOUNDATION” SUPPORTED OLPC IN INDIA PILOT PROJECT IN “KHAIRAT” SCHOOL, RAIGAD

20. AND TO COMBAT THE RECESSION… OUTSOURCE OPERATIONS/SUGAR LABS NEW XO-2 PAKISTAN, AFGANISTAN AND MIDDLE EAST REDUCED MINIMUM PURCHASE NUMBER

21. ALL THIS GENERATE SMILES THIS THIS THIS too

22. AND TONS OF THANKS

24. SO WHAT IS THE BIGGEST STRATEGY OF THEM ALL?

25. THINK DIGITAL ACT ANALOG

26. AND AT LASTFOR ALL THE NON-CONFORMISTSNON CONVENTIONALSAMONGST US

27. WHO DO NOT BELIEVE INRULESHERE’S A MESSAGE

29. THANK YOU!!ONE RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS CAN CHANGE THE WORLDPLEASE GO TO LAPTOPGIVING.ORG TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE