Old 21 st century enlightenment

2. Old 21st century enlightenment New 21st century enlightenment: Enriching society through ideas and action

3. Our global network of 27,000 - a Fellowship that will be 100 years old next year - is more active than ever; in local groupings like our Social Entrepreneurs Network and in a growing number of  Fellow- led initiatives attracting funds from the RSA's Catalyst Fund • 88 million RSA Animates and videos viewed online in the last three years • A growing family of Academy schools committed to high standards and progressive mission • Focussing on the goal of enhancing human potential, we have research and development projects in areas ranging from entrepreneurship and education, to zero waste manufacturing to the concept of spirituality and its application.

4. Our practical work ranging from working with a rural county to design and establish a public service campus in a market town to holding a commission for  a County Council on how to achieve a step change in school results. • A diverse range of substantive partnerships with organisations including Microsoft, Samsung, Lloyds, RBS, the Technology Strategy Board, MIT, NSPCC and several local authorities. • Our international work including a major design initiative in the USA, Malaysia and Scandinavia 

5. Enterprise, design and manufacturing • Understanding and promoting entrepreneurship • Promoting sustainable and innovative forms of design and manufacture • Fostering the next generation of socially responsible designers Public service and communities • Innovation in governance, service design, organisational change and civic engagement • Enabling people to take an active role in solving problems in their own communities Learning and creativity • Realising the potential of all learners by understanding and enhancing human capability • Raising educational attainment through school improvement and creative teaching • Promoting arts and creativity .

6. How we approach our work: • Engaging a diverse network: RSA nurtures and engages a network of Fellows, employees and partners that is proactive, intellectually curious, entrepreneurial and diverse • Tapping into many skills: The breadth of our interests, networks and methods give us a range of competencies including horizon scanning, generating debate, primary and secondary research, civic engagement, practical innovation and enterprise development • Identifying great ideas: The global reach of the RSA, our independence and our broad and multidisciplinary networks means we can identify emerging new challenges and spot and curate powerful new ideas • Testing and growing:Our mission is not merely to communicate or to recommend to others but to develop and rigorously test practical, scalable solutions • Promoting and sharing: Through our unique networks the RSA seeks to make its ideas and innovations available as inspiration, opportunity and resource to all

7. Our ability to fulfil our purpose is dependent on how we work and the culture we create: • Independent and creative • Practical and resourceful • Consistent and demanding • Respectful and philanthropic

8. We just launched an RSA area on crowdfunding platform to further support the most exciting Fellows’ ideas. Visit www.kickstarter.com/rsa

9. Our influence on the assumptions and aspirations of leaders and innovators in all sectors of society • The number and impact of Fellows’ initiatives we are able to help launch and grow • The quality, impact and influence of ideas and initiatives launched by the RSA Action and Research Centre • The quality and reach of our annual events programme, Animate, the Journal and other forms of dissemination • Becoming the type of organisation that the 21st century needs.