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!<big>[[#Right Problems|<span style="color:#ffffff">Choose your problem</span>]]</big>
 
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== '''<big>CSPS Digital Accelerator</big>''' ==
 
== '''<big>CSPS Digital Accelerator</big>''' ==
 
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<h1 style="color:#3f2a56"><strong>Welcome</strong></h1><big>The CSPS Digital Accelerator provides an opportunity for established teams to learn about and practice collaborative, open, human-centered, and iterative ways to define problems and develop solutions. Through a mix of online self-paced and facilitated workshops offered virtually, participants will address a real business problem facing their organization and work together to develop a concrete solution to resolve it.</big> <br>
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<h1 style="color:#3f2a56"><strong>Welcome</strong></h1><big>The CSPS Digital Accelerator provides an opportunity for established teams to learn about and practice collaborative, open, human-centered, and iterative ways to define problems and develop solutions. Through a mix of online self-paced and facilitated workshops offered virtually, participants will address a business problem facing their organization and work together to explore and prototype a user-centred solution to resolve it.</big> <br>
 
<h1 style="color:#3f2a56"><div id="Overview"><strong>Overview of the program</strong></div></h1>
 
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=='''An updated version of the CSPS Digital Accelerator is currently in development. Registration for new courses and workshops is expected to open in early 2023.'''==
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=='''An updated version of the Digital Accelerator is currently in progress with a pilot cohort from September 2023 to April 2024. Reach out if you are interested in collaborating, participating in our learning program or to signing up for early access to our learning products!'''==
 
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===<big>Goals</big>===
 
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|<big>'''''Breaking boundaries'''''</big><br><big>We aim to break down boundaries - in the way we work, collaborate, learn, and innovate. The Accelerator is constantly exploring, producing, and trying out different tools, resources, workshops, and activities in order to help create more digitally capable teams in the public service.</big>
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|<big>'''''Breaking boundaries'''''</big><br><big>We aim to break down boundaries - in the way we work, collaborate, learn, and innovate. The Digital Accelerator team is constantly exploring, producing, and trying out different tools, resources, workshops, and activities in order to help create more digitally capable teams in the public service.</big>
 
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|<big>'''''Collaborating to succeed'''''</big><br><big>Collaboration is key to successfully finding and prototyping solutions during the Accelerator. We are always exploring and testing different tools, activities, and workshops that to help facilitate collaboration.</big><br><br>
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|<big>'''''Collaborating to succeed'''''</big><br><big>Collaboration is key to successfully finding and prototyping solutions during the Digital Accelerator. We are always exploring and testing different tools, activities, and workshops that to help facilitate collaboration.</big><br><br>
 
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====='''''<big>Designing an empowering experience</big>'''''=====
 
====='''''<big>Designing an empowering experience</big>'''''=====
<big>Great products and services are human-centred and designed for and with users. This applies to the Accelerator too. We design experiences with our participants in mind and support them every step of the way with coaching and mentoring, so they can have an enriching, empowering experience. We give teams the skills and tools they need to help them shift in the way they work, create, and share.</big>
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<big>Great products and services are human-centred and designed for and with users. This applies to the Digital Accelerator too. We design experiences with our participants in mind and support them every step of the way with coaching and mentoring, so they can have an enriching, empowering experience. We give teams the skills and tools they need to help them shift in the way they work, create, and share.</big>
 
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| style="width:100%" |<div class="btn">'''<big><big>[https://www.csps-efpc.gc.ca/digital-academy/index-eng.aspx <span style="color:#3f2a56">Learn more about the CSPS Digital Academy</span>]</big></big>'''<br>
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| style="width:100%" |<div class="btn"><big><big>[https://gcxgce.sharepoint.com/teams/1000585/SitePages/Homepage.aspx <span style="color:#3f2a56">'''Learn more about the CSPS Digital Academy''']</span></big></big><br>
 
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<h1 style="color:#3f2a56"><div id="Team"><strong>How to build your accelerator team</strong></div></h1>
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===<big>Product Team</big>===
 
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*<big>Diverse & multidisciplinary</big>
 
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*<big>Executive champion who participates in accelerator activities and fully supports the work of the product team</big>
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*<big>Executive champion who fully supports the work of the product team</big>
 
*<big>Other executive supporters who form a governance body and help support the work of the team through: approvals, guidance, unblocking, feedback, upward briefing, and funding.</big>
 
*<big>Other executive supporters who form a governance body and help support the work of the team through: approvals, guidance, unblocking, feedback, upward briefing, and funding.</big>
 
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*<big>Could include: corporate services, security, legal, policy, communications or other forms of expertise</big>
 
*<big>Could include: corporate services, security, legal, policy, communications or other forms of expertise</big>
 
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<h1 style="color:#3f2a56"><div id="Right Problems"><strong>The right problems for the Accelerator</strong></div></h1>
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====<big>Information sessions about the Accelerator</big>====
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====<big>Contact us to arrange an information session about the Digital Accelerator for your team</big>====
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<big>[[:File:CSPS Digital Accelerator Cohort Presentation - Présentation de la cohorte de l'Accélérateur du numérique de l'EFPC.pdf|<u>CSPS Digital Accelerator Information Deck (Bilingual)</u>]]</big>
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<big>[https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=aD7D7W7acUCxgc57pGH7rsusfA4mPKBCrgpLEshC8fZUQ1E3RVg4MTI2VFhRSzRNM1lQTDM2T1RNWi4u CSPS Digital Accelerator Team Cohort Experience Intake Form (English)]</big>
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<big><u>[[:File:CSPS Digital Accelerator - Cohort Experience Overview and EX Agreement (2023-2024).pdf|CSPS Digital Accelerator Cohort Experience Overview and Commitment Agreement (English)]]</u></big>
    
<big>[[:File:CSPS Accelerator Info Sessions - Cohort 2 (EN).pdf|<u>Info session deck (English)</u>]]</big>
 
<big>[[:File:CSPS Accelerator Info Sessions - Cohort 2 (EN).pdf|<u>Info session deck (English)</u>]]</big>
    
<big>[[:File:CSPS Accelerator Info Sessions - Cohort 2 (FR).pdf|<u>Info session deck (French)</u>]]</big>
 
<big>[[:File:CSPS Accelerator Info Sessions - Cohort 2 (FR).pdf|<u>Info session deck (French)</u>]]</big>
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=='''An updated version of the CSPS Digital Accelerator is currently in development. Registration for new courses and workshops is expected to open in early 2023.'''==
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<h1 style="color:#3f2a56"><div id="Cohort 1"><strong>Accelerator History</strong></div></h1>
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=='''An updated version of the Digital Accelerator is currently in progress with a pilot cohort from September 2023 to April 2024. Reach out if you are interested in collaborating, participating in our learning program or to signing up for early access to our learning products!'''==
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<big>In Spring 2021, CSPS welcomed its first cohort of Accelerator teams for a 13-week, completely virtual hands-on learning experience. Five teams participated, from four departments:  </big>  
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<big>In Spring 2021, CSPS welcomed its first cohort of Digital Accelerator teams for a 13-week, completely virtual hands-on learning experience. Five teams participated, from four departments:  </big>  
    
*<big>Canada Revenue Agency</big>
 
*<big>Canada Revenue Agency</big>
   
*<big>Department of Fisheries and Oceans</big>
 
*<big>Department of Fisheries and Oceans</big>
 
*<big>Department of National Defence</big>
 
*<big>Department of National Defence</big>
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[[CSPS Digital Academy/CSPS Digital Accelerator/Team 5 - DFO|<big><u>Team DFO – Improving the Onboarding Experience</u></big>]]  <br>
 
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<br><big>'''We recently put together a testimonial video for our first cohort. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKRg1kO2VBE&list=PLNnlBXQ3s_AnimFcImt0b7tiO8P5qrAOF&index=4 <u>Watch it here!</u>]'''</big>
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<br><big>'''Testimonial video from our first cohort. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKRg1kO2VBE&list=PLNnlBXQ3s_AnimFcImt0b7tiO8P5qrAOF&index=4 <u>Watch it here!</u>]'''</big>
 
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<br>In Winter 2022, CSPS had a second cohort of Digital Accelerator teams for an 11-week, completely virtual hands-on learning experience.  
 
<br>In Winter 2022, CSPS had a second cohort of Digital Accelerator teams for an 11-week, completely virtual hands-on learning experience.  
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<big>[https://collaboratevideo.net/csps-efpc/2022-03-23r Watch our 2022 Demo Day Here! *It is important to note that the recording of this session is only available in the language that was used during the event.]</big>  
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<big>[https://collaboratevideo.net/csps-efpc/2022-03-23r Watch the 2022 Demo Day video Here! *It is important to note that the recording of this session is only available in the language that was used during the event.]</big>  
    
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For general inquires contact the [mailto:csps.accelerator-accelerateur.efpc@canada.ca CSPS Digital Accelerator mailbox.]
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For inquires about the Digital Accelerator contact us at [mailto:csps.accelerator-accelerateur.efpc@canada.ca CSPS Digital Accelerator mailbox.]
    
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