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ADD-on-GYAN Educational Services Pvt. Ltd is a venture established in order to reduce the many problems present in the Indian Education Sector and bridge the widening gap between theoretical and practical education in India. We began operations as a Start-up Company at Manipal University - Technology Business Incubator on 20th January and registered as a Private Limited company in July, 2011.
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Introduction of mushroom farming aims at decreasing the rate of malnutrition and poverty among 200 small scale farmers who are mainly widow survivors of 1994-Genecide and perpetrators’ wives by enabling them to grow a new adaptive horticultural crop (Mushroom)
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Created on 05/14/2013 by iumahmood
To scale up our nutritional research by providing our village nurses with tablet computers so that they can gather crucial data in identifying risk factors and causes of malnutrition, correlate which diseases run in parallel circles of malnutrition as well as provide nutrition counseling to mothers.
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HOPE Foundation for Women and Children of Bangladesh
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Technology for Nutritional Research Project
Stage
Scaling (the solution has passed the previous stages, and the next step will be growing its impact on a regional or global scale)
This Entry is about (Issues)
Elevator Pitch
To scale up our nutritional research by providing our village nurses with tablet computers so that they can gather crucial data in identifying risk factors and causes of malnutrition, correlate which diseases run in parallel circles of malnutrition as well as provide nutrition counseling to mothers.
Problem
Malnutrition is a huge problem in Bangladesh. The UN World Food Program estimates that 48.6% of Bangladesh's children under the age of 5 are chronically malnourished. These children suffer from such debilitating diseases as rickets, cleft lip/palate, preventable blindness, and brain and body growth retardation. Many are unable to remain in school due to their conditions and failure in school and are forced to drop out.
Solution
To qualitatively identify the main causes and risks of malnutrition in children under the age of 5 by providing our 9 rural village nurses with tablet computers to easily collect and enter valuable data which will be analyzed to develop solid answers. The village nurses will serve 50 families each to begin. Each nurse will provide nutrition counseling as well as teach mothers which nutritious vegetables to grow and how to do so successfully. This will prevent further children in those families from suffering, treat those children who have already succumbed to undernourishment and provide a community with the knowledge on how best to care for their children. HOPE will continue to train 20 more nurses to reach more regions and families.
Example
The Village Nurse enters a home in which one mother has 3 children, all of whom appear underweight and sickly. After examining each child, the nurse determines they are underweight and malnourished. The nurse asks the mothers what the children have eaten in the past 48 hours and enters it into the tablet. The nurse further inquires why the children are not receiving some of the basic food staples. The nurse enters this information and proceeds to provide vitamins and counsel the mother on how to feed her children. She leaves behind information on how to best grow nutritional vegetables and fruits for the kids. The information gathered is sent to HOPE. The nurse returns to follow-up with the family and ensure proper healing and growth.
Impact
Thus far HOPE has worked with 2 international physicians to conduct research at HOPE Hospital to assess the prevalence of undernourishment among children in Ramu. A study was conducted on 160 children aged 12 to 24 months. The child participants were given Vitamin A and Multivitamin syrup, and their parents were educated on nutrition and proper feeding techniques. There is a strong correlation between parents' educational levels and feeding habits. This has provided HOPE with the information to better develop our nutritional program and ensure that parents with lesser education are thoroughly educated. The study prevented 160 children from developing malnutrition-related diseases such as diarrhea, pneumonia, and the ultimate risk of malnutrition, mortality. Scaling up this project will help us reach 900 children given average family size of 4.4 to collect more data, educate, and prevent.
Marketplace
BRAC is addressing nutrition in Bangladesh through its "Sprinkles" Program by selling micronutrient powder (Pushtikona) through its community health workers as well as providing it for free to ultra-poor families. Their approach is mainly targeted at reducing anemia. HOPE's project is different in that we are teaching mothers proper feeding through crops that grow locally, and that any family can plant. We're also targeting very rural populations where only HOPE has access to. The main difference in our projects is that we are conducting research in parallel to treatment.
Sustainability Plan
Our village health nurses will charge .25 cents to the families they visit. This is a nominal price for the detailed examination, treatment and education they receive. The nurses become self-sufficient through their compensation, therefore HOPE does not need to to support them financially. When HOPE trains more nurses we will ensure funding from our donors. This project is completely self-sustaining.
Founding Story
Dr. Mahmood always recognized the lack of health care accessibility for the poor in Bangladesh and very soon after he began practicing, he set up HOPE Foundation. HOPE tirelessly raised money in order to build the 40-bed hospital that stands today. The hospital began as a rented 9-bed facility. Since the beginning, Dr. Mahmood has added specialized care services to the established maternal, child, and general health care. Whenever Dr. Mahmood identifies a treatable condition, he promptly develops a plan for addressing it and does not stop until he sees the project implemented and thriving. Recognizing the role this project could play in reducing child mortality and providing economic stability to nurses, he knew it would be successful.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhere do you ensure the availability of nutrients?
Full nourishment foods, Human wellness and vitality.
If you had greater capacity, which additional sectors would you like your solution to target - either through expansion, partnership, or thought exchange?
Nutrient-rich farming.
How specifically would this added capacity help you improve the quality, efficiency, or sustainability of your existing product or service?
If HOPE had the added capacity to include nutrient-rich farming, we would implement community gardens in the villages we serve in order to ensure a surplus of healthy foods for our families. The goal of this program would be to include the children in maintaining the gardens, so that they become wholly aware of the foods that they should be eating. In the long-run, these children will have these concrete notions towards healthy foods embedded in them, and will serve their children the correct, nutritious foods. We want to interrupt the trend of malnutrition on a higher level.
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People need appropriate nutrients to grow, learn, and fight off disease. How do you measure, track, or make use of information about nutrient levels in your own work?
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Considering the flow of nutrients from ecosystems to soil to farms to food to communities, what are the barriers to achieving vitality for people and the planet?
Other barriers you have identified
In your view, what developments need to happen in order to help overcome those barriers and produce a more nutrient rich and vital public and planet?
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What do you consider the most promising trends or evidence that indicates that the developments you described are emerging? Please elaborate.
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To scale up our nutritional research by providing our village nurses with tablet computers so that they can gather crucial data in identifying risk factors and causes of malnutrition, correlate which diseases run in parallel circles of malnutrition as well as provide nutrition counseling to mothers.
Created on 05/13/2013 by abilfield
The Cookbook Project is an international non-profit organization dedicated to reversing the global rise in chronic disease by using food culture and cooking to teach youth about the impact their food choices have on health, community, and the environment.
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United States, MA, Sudbury
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
2012 Health Leadership Award from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition
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Growth (the pilot has already launched and is starting to expand)
This Entry is about (Issues)
Elevator Pitch
The Cookbook Project is an international non-profit organization dedicated to reversing the global rise in chronic disease by using food culture and cooking to teach youth about the impact their food choices have on health, community, and the environment.
Problem
Currently, 60% of mortalities worldwide are due to chronic diseases such as diabetes, obesity, and heart disease. The World Health Organization has categorized this trend as a 'global epidemic of chronic disease'. Young people worldwide are especially at risk for these chronic lifestyle-related diseases as they are inheriting the negative lifestyle habits of their parents.
Solution
In order to reduce this global epidemic of chronic lifestyle-related diseases The Cookbook Project has developed an effective experiential education curriculum that uses food culture and cooking to teach young people about the connection between nutrition, health, and sustainability. In order to reach the most at-risk youth in both the developed and developing world, The Cookbook Project has created the Local Leaders Training Program which trains community leaders through online and on-site programs to implement The Cookbook Project's unique curriculum.
Example
The Cookbook Project curriculum teaches young people about the connection between their food choices, and the health of themselves, their communities, and the environment. This unique education model not only teaches young participants to make healthy food choices, read labels, and write recipes, but to also plan menus, budget meals, and prepare delicious, healthy, locally sourced and culturally relevant dishes. By empowering young people to make healthy choices at an early age and becoming ambassadors for health in the kitchen, The Cookbook Project's curriculum makes a difference at the local level that will impact the trend of chronic disease at the global level.
Impact
To date, The Cookbook Project has trained over 300 Local Leaders to work in their communities through online and on-site training programs, reaching an estimated 4,000 at-risk youth. We have partnered with 22 organizations worldwide, in 18 different countries. These Local Leaders are currently working with The Cookbook Project to collect behavior change data for a Curriculum Impact Study, which will span over a two year period. Moving forward, The Cookbook Project plans to train 150 Local Leaders each year through online and on-site programs.
Qualitative reviews of the training program have been overwhelmingly positive:
Tschepo Ramutumbu, from a training in Soweto, South Africa, noted that “This program has taught us a lot about the health challenges facing our own community, and how we can start to change our habits and to use our own food cultures to become healthier."
Marketplace
There are many organizations today that are trying to educate young people about making healthy lifestyle decisions. Cooking Matters, H.E.N.R.Y. and USAID Healthy Strides are just a few of the key players. However, none of these organizations use an experiential education model that puts the youth participant at the center of the learning experience in the same way that The Cookbook Project's curriculum does, nor do they use food culture as the starting point for learning. The Cookbook Project also works at the grassroots level internationally to train Local Leaders in their own communities.
Sustainability Plan
The Cookbook Project plans to become financially sustainable through consistent private fundraising, grant writing, and program related fees. More specifically, the organization is working towards sustaining its foundational Local Leaders Training Program through program-related fees for non-scholarship participants. Over the next two years, the goal is raise funds through the program fees to cover the costs of running this central program.
Founding Story
Alissa and Adam are the co-founders of The Cookbook Project. As a public schoolteacher in the USA, Adam saw the negative impact that cheap processed foods were having on his students in the Boston Public Schools. Meanwhile, Alissa was working in environmental policy and saw that the solution to both environmental and health issues globally was the same -- better decision making on behalf of consumers to support sustainable and health-enhancing foods. Together, they observed the negative consumption trends happening globally. As a solution, they have developed an experiential curriculum for The Cookbook Project, to effectively engage youth by teaching them how to and makesustainable food choices, through the vehicle of food culture.
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Healthy environments., Nutrient-rich farming, Full nourishment foods, Human wellness and vitality.
If you had greater capacity, which additional sectors would you like your solution to target - either through expansion, partnership, or thought exchange?
Healthy environments, Nutrient-rich farming, Full nourishment foods, Human wellness and vitality.
How specifically would this added capacity help you improve the quality, efficiency, or sustainability of your existing product or service?
Although we currently ensure the availability of nutrients in all of these areas through our curriculum, which spans topics that touch on each of these areas, additional capacity would help us to provide more resources to the leaders that we train who are working in the field to implement The Cookbook Project Programs. With added capacity, we can offer more extensive scholarships and grants to these Local Leaders, who are serving their communities through The Cookbook Project's Curriculum in the areas of environment, farming, nourishing foods, and human wellness.
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People need appropriate nutrients to grow, learn, and fight off disease. How do you measure, track, or make use of information about nutrient levels in your own work?
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Considering the flow of nutrients from ecosystems to soil to farms to food to communities, what are the barriers to achieving vitality for people and the planet?
Other barriers you have identified
In your view, what developments need to happen in order to help overcome those barriers and produce a more nutrient rich and vital public and planet?
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What do you consider the most promising trends or evidence that indicates that the developments you described are emerging? Please elaborate.
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With a dilapidated educational system in a world that will soon move toward human capital as the basis of the global economy, Liberia faces an uncertain future unless tougher reforms are created and funding is increased in the education sector to empower young people fill its human resource needs.
Every child should have access to fresh, nutritious, and delicious food at school to support healthy eating habits AND healthy food systems. The Food Family Farming Foundation provides the tools and resources to help schools nourish children's bodies, minds and futures.
YTH youth + tech + health (formerly ISIS) proposes Game+, a disruptive innovation addressing medication adherence for adolescents with HIV. Game+ is a mobile game medication adherence module that will be attached to popular mobile game and provided free of charge to adolescent health providers.
This project also has a Changeshop where you can read more about its latest progress.
Go to Changeshop: PLANT A FRUIT.
Created on 05/7/2013 by PLANT A FRUIT
Plant-a-fruit is a self-help non-profit org equipped with members who have taken initiative to protect our environment. We encourage practical, bottom-up, and participatory solutions to environmental issues. Our model is aimed at mitigating global warming and directly increasing food security.
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Start-Up (a pilot that has just started operating)
This Entry is about (Issues)
Elevator Pitch
Plant-a-fruit is a self-help non-profit org equipped with members who have taken initiative to protect our environment. We encourage practical, bottom-up, and participatory solutions to environmental issues. Our model is aimed at mitigating global warming and directly increasing food security.
Problem
Climate change is one of the greatest global challenge, the impacts of climate change are increasingly evident. One disturbing factor is that climate change leads to increased risks for food production potentially leading to higher malnutrition rates. Kenya is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change, most of the population’s livelihoods and economic activities are reliant on climate-sensitive natural resources.
Solution
This project aims to address climate change and enhance food security. There is no better way that this can be realised than partnering with schools. Young pupils are the real change agents for they have the potential of converting small ideas into mass movements. Most schools in Kenya have idle land. Our aim is to help them create fruit orchards and grow food, this will improve the school feeding program .We have been piloting this project in 3 schools . We have seen how pupils love outdoor learning activities and how the pupils can be a great resource when it comes to planting and looking after the fruit trees as they develop other skills. We have seen measurable success and we now seek to expand this project to other schools.
Example
We encourage schools to engage in climate-smart agroforestry by implementing a school gardening program where students will be encouraged to plant fruit trees and grow locally available nutritious food crops .We have teamed up with Kariobangi pri. school to create a fruit and food garden . We have planted 103 fruit trees of different varieties that include mangoes,guava,avacado,sapote,tree tomato,banana and indigeneous vegetables . This is the pilot project that served as an example to be replicated elsewhere.Students were very excited to be part of this activity and many enrolled to the environment club established. Students take care of the garden and very soon they will be able to eat fresh farm produce planted by themselves.
Impact
To date, more than 300 pupils,teachers & non-teaching staff have directly participated in our fruit planting and food growing events where they get to learn more about environment conservation and horticulture. Necessary training will be given to them to develop the skills and approaches they need to grow food and plant trees in their school, and embed growing across their whole school and neighbourhoods.Idle land has been reclaimed and put into proper use. Many schools have pieces of idle land , we have turned such land into fruit orchards/gardens. This takes the home grown school feeding program a step further by making schools eat what they grow. Schools will be in a better position to interact with the local farmers exchanging products and ideas in the process. Within a short period of time schools we have partnered with will start harvesting high quality fruits and food crops.
Marketplace
Our strategy is unique for we have specialized in grafted fruit trees and we work with students who we recruit as our ambassadors. Lack of environmental literacy is a major factor that leads to environmental degradation. We intend to inculcate environmental literacy and food growing skills,we will practically engage the students in fruit planting & food growing and offer them training on grafting and fruit tree nursery development. We intend to set up an incubator that will help the youth transform their ventures into business models that are sustainable and will help in wealth creation.
Sustainability Plan
We act as a social enterprise, operating under strong business principles, generating our own revenues through the sale of grafted fruit seedling and providing specialized extension services but with the sole purpose of effecting social change. We have great potential to team up with various organizations’ that are willing to give us in-kind support and resources to support fruit tree planting and food growing in schools.
Founding Story
Plant-a-fruit is a self-help not-for-profit organization equipped with members who have taken initiative to protect our environment. We started as a self-help group in 2009 called TAF initiative with a mission to protect and clean our environment.
The fact that climate change affects food production and news of people going without food made us rethink our strategy. No one should go hungry because of lack of food, all of us cannot drive cars, that's acceptable but one to go without food is unacceptable. This gave birth to plantafruit.org that will enable us expand our activities and realise our vision of a fruit tree/garden in every kenyan home and institution.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhere do you ensure the availability of nutrients?
Nutrient-rich farming.
If you had greater capacity, which additional sectors would you like your solution to target - either through expansion, partnership, or thought exchange?
Healthy environments.
How specifically would this added capacity help you improve the quality, efficiency, or sustainability of your existing product or service?
This added capacity will enable us build local human capacity required to support the youth to engage in climate smart agro forestry initiatives and ensure the environment is well protected and cleaned.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すHow is your product or service connected to vitality for the people and planet?
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People need appropriate nutrients to grow, learn, and fight off disease. How do you measure, track, or make use of information about nutrient levels in your own work?
Approximately 100 words left (800 characters).
Considering the flow of nutrients from ecosystems to soil to farms to food to communities, what are the barriers to achieving vitality for people and the planet?
Other barriers you have identified
In your view, what developments need to happen in order to help overcome those barriers and produce a more nutrient rich and vital public and planet?
Approximately 125 words left (1000 characters).
What do you consider the most promising trends or evidence that indicates that the developments you described are emerging? Please elaborate.
Approximately 100 words left (800 characters).
Plant-a-fruit is a self-help non-profit org equipped with members who have taken initiative to protect our environment. We encourage practical, bottom-up, and participatory solutions to environmental issues. Our model is aimed at mitigating global warming and directly increasing food security.
Created on 05/2/2013 by mona tanjuang
1. Create creative person who can invented their own "path" based on their knowledge and life value.
2. Change the young people perspective about their own culture and tradition.As something valuable in life.
もっと読む ↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すHas the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
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Empower Youth Life by Empowering Culture
Stage
Start-Up (a pilot that has just started operating)
This Entry is about (Issues)
Elevator Pitch
1. Create creative person who can invented their own "path" based on their knowledge and life value.
2. Change the young people perspective about their own culture and tradition.As something valuable in life.
Problem
-Many young people cant continue their study not only because bad economic situation, but also because lack of motivation too pursue education.
-Low quality education in West Sumatera which create unmotivated and creative student
-The cultural value and tradition started to vanish among young people
- Lack of skill & entrepreneur spirit among young people, increase number of unskilled job seeker.
Solution
The solution that we offer here are, we will create activity that combine all those need, education, life value and skill based on our culture. All this skill will be develop based on the youngsters interest.
Like we will teach youngster to cook, for who likes to cook. But all the food will be cooked will be traditional food, with traditional way. And during the those cooking time we will give them introduction about the history of the food and how the used this food in the old time.
We also will teach them traditional performance such as singing and dancing, if they have interest in art.
All those skilled we will completed by giving them, simple and basic management lesson to empower their skilled to increase their economic situation
Example
The form of this festival mostly will held in a competition format. First we will show them how to do it, next they have to do it by them self in certain among of time.
Like our reading event, we targeted to do it in 4 orphanage and after finish with all orphanage, we finalized those event with reading competition for all participants. And after we show them how to develop this folklore knowledge into more wider area, to our traditional theater activity. And then they can build a small theater group.
Its work the same to traditional cooking class, and other class that we planned to open soon.
Impact
Like our reading event : impacted 200 teenager in 4 orphanage. As a final result we hope, from that orphanage we can created 1 theater group (contain of 20 kids) that can be hired for festival or art event.
We hope this number keep growing as we wider our activity, to cooking and other traditional skill.
In the future, the number of beneficiaries will be unlimited. Depend how much we can provide the resources and how hard we working on it. We will openly working with other culture also, and allow our work and pattern to be replicated by others in their own area.
Marketplace
Our targeted is low income young people from West Sumatera.
But so far, in West Sumatera area we have not yet found the same program has been done by others.
Sustainability Plan
So far we still using our own resources to financing or activity. but in the future we planned for sustainability by commercialized some of our activity. Beside give free lesson for low income young people, ( like what we did now) we will open commercial course for regular young people. All income that we get from this activity is using to support all activity for our regular activity. We hope we will open this course in the next 6 month.
Founding Story
We decided to established the foundation was all because our concern to our cultural lost, that effected by our own people. Its happen when we have small accident, where my mom have an accident. She bumped to young girl, and then when she say sorry, the girl really upset and react inappropriately to my mother. No more respect to elderly among young people, like we used to have and teach in our culture.
Many tradition has been vanished from young people life, in the name of modernization. And one of the most important thing that start to vanished from young people in West Sumatera are, traditional value. And its give us an idea to build institution to preserve this cultural value and also bring along real answer to problem in our area.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhere do you ensure the availability of nutrients?
Human wellness and vitality.
If you had greater capacity, which additional sectors would you like your solution to target - either through expansion, partnership, or thought exchange?
Healthy environments, Nutrient-rich farming, Full nourishment foods.
How specifically would this added capacity help you improve the quality, efficiency, or sustainability of your existing product or service?
All this activity are the element of our culture. So, when we build all those element, means we build full construction house, as we now only working in one basic element. Build these element will create a healthy human being that can establish a healthy life.
Healthy environment, can create nutrient rich farming, which can produce full nourishment foods, which will build strong healthy body. Strong healthy body always belong to active and full motivated person, who will willing to improve their life for the better.
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People need appropriate nutrients to grow, learn, and fight off disease. How do you measure, track, or make use of information about nutrient levels in your own work?
Approximately 100 words left (800 characters).
Considering the flow of nutrients from ecosystems to soil to farms to food to communities, what are the barriers to achieving vitality for people and the planet?
Other barriers you have identified
In your view, what developments need to happen in order to help overcome those barriers and produce a more nutrient rich and vital public and planet?
Approximately 125 words left (1000 characters).
What do you consider the most promising trends or evidence that indicates that the developments you described are emerging? Please elaborate.
Approximately 100 words left (800 characters).
This project also has a Changeshop where you can read more about its latest progress.
Go to Changeshop: Benevolence Inn.
Created on 04/28/2013 by rv4life
A key component attracting guests to Benevolence Inn will be our giving to youth development programs. Imagine being able to benefit charity by staying at a hotel that is very comparable to already existing national brands.
Organization: Livingston County Youth Bureau
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United States, NY, Geneseo, Livingston County
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Existing project (scaling)
This Entry is about (Issues)
Summary: What specific issue or problem does your Venture address?
Over the past several years, we have witnessed drastic budget reductions at the local and state level. Everything from environmental agencies to transportation departments have been dramatically cut. Youth Bureaus in New York State are county agencies that fund youth summer employment, youth development programs and services in their respective counties. The bureaus fund programs that many youth depend on to survive and thrive. In addition to a funding role, Youth Bureaus provide a one stop referral resource for youth and adults seeking services for teens and young adults.
Although Youth Bureaus are county operated, a high percentage of funding is provided by New York State. This reliance has created serious budget shortages over the past five years. From 2008 to 2009, Youth Development and Delinquency Prevention Program (YDDP) funding, which is distributed to Youth Bureaus statewide, fell from $29.5 million to $20.0 million.1 By 2011, that funding stream fell to $15.9 million. It is currently projected that Youth Bureau funding will decrease again by 33% for the upcoming budget year. This funding drop has and will continue to have dramatic consequences.
In my rural county of 65,000 people, the services provided by the youth bureau are the only support available. We must fight to support these programs and I plan on doing just that.
Misson Statement: What will your venture do?
Welcome to Benevolence Inn. This social enterprise, family oriented lodging chain will be so that after expenses are paid, 50% of the profit from the hotel will benefit non-profit youth development programs. When a person travels to and stays in a community, they are benefiting that communities’ youth. When a Benevolence Inn is located in that same individual's community, those communities’ youth programs will benefit from travelers and tourism. The hotels will be a win-win for travelers and communities alike. Several college and industry experts are currently researching the concept. Some have told me the concept will not work but that is just like what people originally said about my youth center idea. Sometimes miracles happen. Some experts have been very supportive of the idea and have said it can work with the right team and startup funding. My current plan calls for an initial 60 room hotel in the Western New York area. Over 75% of entry level jobs at the hotels will be fulfilled by youth. I plan for the organization to grow into a national brand in the future.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
Suppose an individual donates one million dollars to a youth program. The program has a $100,000 budget annually. In ten years, this donated money will be gone. When programs are provided funding from Benevolence Inn, they be feel confident that funds will be available for decades to come. Instead of funds being exhausted, youth development programs can receive Benevolence Inn funding for the programs life period with the understanding that funding will fluctuate over time and is dependent on the hotels’ profitability. We will always recommend that youth programs continue to seek out traditional methods of funding and use Benevolence Inn funds as a reserve so that when other sources cease, programs will not be affected.
The Community: Define the community that you work on behalf of. What population is affected? Are there other organizations working in this space?
For the opportunity to help local youth, guests will feel special knowing they are making a difference while they sleep. According to a recent survey, respondents stated that when similar rates, services, and qualities are offered, respondents would prefer to stay at a hotel that benefits youth programs over a national brand.
The services for children, teens, and families that will be offered for free at our brand are not offered complimentary at other national brand. Although these are major advantages, challenges will persist when in comparison to our competitors. These corporations are nationally recognized and have national support teams. Our brand will be independently run and not yet hold the recognition of a large chain. We will also lack the financial credibility often held by large hotel chains. Although these are significant challenges, we are currently receiving feedback from national experts who say that these issues can be overcome and that Benevolence Inn will work!
Founding Story: What inspired your venture? Why?
Throughout my young life I have been very different. I have been diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome, a condition that causes me to have unmanageable motor and physical “tics” since third grade. I also was diagnosed with Dysgraphia, a condition that causes very poor handwriting. There have been benefits to being “different.” I have never followed the crowd and have always done my own thing. Over the past several years, I just thought and thought about things. I developed ideas that were unique and innovative. One day I decided to share one of those dreams and I hope I can share it with you.
Being a youth who does not participate in sports and has unique interests, I found it extremely difficult to find interesting activities in my small school. In early 2009, I approached my school with the idea of expanding clubs and activities. Due to the economic meltdown, the school did not see it feasible to create new activities. I then looked at what could be done in the community. I thought of the idea of a youth center. There had been attempts to open such centers in the past but all efforts failed. I began to research what our community could use and benefit from. It became aware to me that the small size of our village could pose problems for the youth center and the number of youth who would attend. I thought of a countywide model. If an activity attracted ten youths from one community, think of how better it would be if ten kids came from seventeen different towns and communities throughout a county. You could have a very sustainable program. You see, this project really awakened me and gave me a purpose in life. I then decided I needed a plan and help with the project. When applying for a summer job, I learned about a group run through the county youth bureau called EDIFY, which stands for Educating and Directing Influential Forces with Youth. This is a group of teens from around the county who meet monthly to discuss issues revolving around youth. I approached this group with my youth center idea and we have worked together ever since. I then determined that I needed further education on how to run a nonprofit and manage a project. I joined a year long program called The Young Entrepreneurs Academy at SUNY Geneseo. This ten month program teaches students how to start and effectively operate a business or non-profit organization. This program was instrumental in helping to plan for the youth center’s success. After the ten month program ended in June 2010, the youth center project began to even further develop, having formed a committee, been awarded eight hundred dollars in investor funding, and most remarkably, having partnered with the not-for-profit ABVI-Goodwill. ABVI-Goodwill was opening a store and community center in Geneseo, the community I reside in. ABVI approached our group when they heard about the youth center and how it needed a home. Both groups then joined projects together. The youth center opened in November of 2010 at the ABVI-Goodwill Community Center and will serve the youth of Livingston County, hopefully for many years to come.
Define your Venture in 1-2 short sentences
A key component attracting guests to Benevolence Inn will be our giving to youth development programs. Imagine being able to benefit charity by staying at a hotel that is very comparable to already existing national brands.
In eight to ten years, three hotels will be operational. The two new hotels will be very similar to the first model and will be located in tourist and necessity travel concentrated areas that face a lack of youth development programs or services. Feasibility studies will be completed to determine whether a location and model would be practical for a new build. These hotels will be built from earned capital at the initial Benevolence Inn and from social investors. Investment can be difficult for a social enterprise but can be achieved by proving to investors that our brand is established and sustainable.
Youth Programs across the United States have such an impact on today’s youth. From recreation programs, mentoring, and business programs, youth have been positively impacted by these programs for generations. In many communities, these programs have suffered from a lack of funding. Funding becomes less available as each year passes. In many smaller communities, these programs do not even exist. Benevolence In will fill these gaps and ensure our youth have a bright future.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat do you want to accomplish in your first year?
In our first year, we will actively seek a partner to launch the Benevolence Inn brand. While this is ongoing, we will continue to refine our business plan while also enhancing the hotel concept model.
Set your first goal or milestone for your Venture Team in the next 6 months that will bring you to your vision
Find a partner to launch the Benevolence Inn brand
タスク 1:
Reach hotel management companies with concept
タスク 2:
Attend conferences related to hotel management
タスク 3:
Create a more presentable business plan
Set a second goal or milestone for your Venture Team in the next 6 months that will bring you to your vision
Improve our business plan
タスク 1:
Consult with business plan experts
タスク 2:
Adapt the plan to better suited markets to launch the brand
タスク 3:
Obtain better budget projections
Set a third goal or milestone for your Venture Team in the next 6 months that will bring you to your vision
Enhance the hotel concept model
タスク 1:
Provide more marketable, unique features
タスク 2:
Create a hotel model that serves as a destination
タスク 3:
Create a character or motto that attracts children
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すHow will your Venture define success in the short term (1-12 months)?
We will define our success in the short term as having obtained a financial and developmental partner to launch the Benevolence Inn brand.
In the long-term (1-3 years)?
In the long-term, Benevolence Inn will be considered successful with the planning and creation of our first family oriented hotel that actively funds youth development programs.
How will you measure success?
Our success with be measured through the quality of the youth programs we fund and the satisfaction of our guests.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すHow will you recruit new members for your venture?
New members for our team will be actively sought. We are currently contacting hotel management and ownership companies to find a partner. Currently, several companies are interested in the brand.
How will you appoint new leaders and transfer leadership when the founding members want to leave the team?
Promotion from within will always be a consideration and we desire to lift our team members to new heights.
How will you continue your project in 6-months time or once you have spent all of its initial capital?
Once a financial partner has been obtained, we will have the seed capital necessary to launch the brand.
Created on 04/27/2013 by jmgladstar
Gladstar gifted and talented educational centre is an online and offline resource centre that will provide learning materials/access which will empower young people to develop their creative skills and help them live responsibly by taking charge of their health, family and well-being .
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Gladstar Gifted and Talented Educational Centre
団体名
Gladstar gifted and talented educational centre, a member of Nigeria Network of Non-Governmental organisations
This Entry is about (Issues)
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すThe Need: What problem are you trying to solve?
There is need for education that will enhance sustainable development of the individuals and their immediate community, make them creators of jobs from their college level instead of being job seekers and help them to demonstrate skills that are compatible with the 21st century drive for creativity and innovation. There is need for education which will help young people mindful of how they take care of their body so that they will longer.
The Solution: What is your solution? Be specific!
1.. Provision of interactive educational system facilities and materials that will enhance development of creative and critical skills of each child and person under our care so that they will be objective learners of their environment..
2. Provision of tested trusted and efficient facilitators /mentors /teachers who will ensure all round development of each person under our care physically, emotionally and cognitively.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
Our online resource centre @ http://www.gladstar.org is interactive educational facillity which has been useful to parents and even young people in educating people around them on dieting, development of creative and critical skills, technology and money making.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others also working to address the needs you are and what differentiates you from them. What challenges could these players pose to your success or growth?
Instructional Design and Research
John Griffin
Development & Prosperity >> Stillwater, OK
Partnership in development using education and research tools.
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HIV Education & Medication Adherence Application
Health & Fitness >> New York, NY
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Created on 04/25/2013 by joantownsend
Retrak offers street children in Africa a permanent alternative to life on the streets. Tudabujja, Retrak's halfway farm in Uganda, teaches 90 children valuable agricultural skills that enable them to make sustainable contributions to their own and their family’s wellbeing.
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Tudabujja: Teaching Farming Skills to Street Children in Uganda
Stage
Established (the solution has passed the previous stages, and has demonstrated success)
This Entry is about (Issues)
Elevator Pitch
Retrak offers street children in Africa a permanent alternative to life on the streets. Tudabujja, Retrak's halfway farm in Uganda, teaches 90 children valuable agricultural skills that enable them to make sustainable contributions to their own and their family’s wellbeing.
Problem
For the estimated 4,000 children living full-time on the streets of Kampala, Uganda, life is characterized by a lack of basic needs, vulnerability to being abused, ill health and stigmatization as criminals. Even finding food is a major daily challenge, and many have to resort to rummaging through garbage dumps for anything to eat. Such an existence leads to malnutrition, the spread of disease and susceptibility to other illnesses.
Solution
Tudabujja provides children the chance to learn agricultural skills. It gives them space to adjust from street life to family life and teaches them the basic skills required for farming in their home environment. Children receive theory lessons and actively participate in working the farm, which includes a wide range of livestock and crops. Providing children with this period away from the streets in a family environment helps them to work through psychological trauma, develop a positive outlook for the future and learn valuable skills on the farm and in the classroom, ensuring that when they return to family and community life, they will adapt and settle more easily.
Example
Ali was 13 years old and had been on his own for 3 years. Before coming to the streets, he lived with his father, whose job took him away from home for days and sometimes weeks at a time. There was often no food at his home, so Ali and a friend decided to leave their village and come to Kampala in hopes of a better life. They scrounged for food in rubbish pits and slept on discarded boxes on the ground, until a friend told them about Retrak.
Today, Ali is in Tudabujja where he’s being prepared to return home by living in a family setting with 7 other boys and a “house parent” and learning agricultural skills. He’ll take what he’s learned at Tudabujja to his village and use these skills to help feed and support himself and his father.
Impact
Tudabujja reaches about 90 children each year (36 children at a time for an average 3-4 month stay). Impacts include:
• Agricultural education gives children the skills to secure food, income or employment;
• Through one-on-one counseling, children overcome past trauma;
• Children learn about HIV/AIDS, helping to reduce their chance of infection;
• Children receive education, some learning to read and write for the first time, and others catching up in order to join school again when they are resettled;
• Children play, keep fit, and build confidence and trusting friendships;
• Children gain better health by visiting the clinic and being treated for infected wounds and diseases;
• Through being reintegrated at home or with a foster family, children gain the care and protection of a family;
• Children are in a secure environment where they can forget the struggle of street life.
Marketplace
Retrak differentiates itself from the many organizations that work with orphans and vulnerable children in Africa by providing support primarily to full time street children, who live and work on the streets and are most at risk from malnutrition, exploitation, abuse and poor health. Standard programs, such as feeding or learning programs, are unable to reach these highly marginalized children, who are very mobile and live in the shadows. Retrak tailors its programs to meet the needs of the individual child who may fall through the cracks of these larger mainstream programs.
Sustainability Plan
Retrak’s approach to ensuring sustainability is two-fold. First we ensure that children move on to sustainable independent family and community life with no ongoing reliance on Retrak, and second we are building our capacity to raise support through sustainable long-term local and international partnerships. For almost 20 years, Retrak has grown by increasing and diversifying its funding sources, ensuring long-term financial sustainability.
Founding Story
Retrak began in 1994 (under the name “Tigers Club”) by two expats, Paul Joynson-Hicks and Matt Winn, in response to the large number of street boys who were playing an informal weekly soccer game in Kampala. They saw that sport provided the ideal, non-threatening vehicle by which the boys could rebuild their trust in adults and, with professional help, be given a chance to move away from the streets. Backed by public donations, they gained the trust of the street children and the respect of the Ugandan authorities for their professional approach to the work. Since then they have gone from strength to strength, becoming formally known as Retrak when it expanded to Ethiopia in 2003. We also now work with local partners in Kenya and Tanzania.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhere do you ensure the availability of nutrients?
Nutrient-rich farming, Full nourishment foods, Human wellness and vitality.
If you had greater capacity, which additional sectors would you like your solution to target - either through expansion, partnership, or thought exchange?
Healthy environments.
How specifically would this added capacity help you improve the quality, efficiency, or sustainability of your existing product or service?
Added capacity through support from Changemakers would allow Retrak to expand our program to include girls. We aim to open a cottage for girls at Tudabujja so that they too can benefit from living in a family setting and learning agricultural skills that they can take home with them when they’re reintegrated. Our overall goal is to work with more children, families and communities, as well as do more preventative work.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すHow is your product or service connected to vitality for the people and planet?
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People need appropriate nutrients to grow, learn, and fight off disease. How do you measure, track, or make use of information about nutrient levels in your own work?
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Considering the flow of nutrients from ecosystems to soil to farms to food to communities, what are the barriers to achieving vitality for people and the planet?
Other barriers you have identified
In your view, what developments need to happen in order to help overcome those barriers and produce a more nutrient rich and vital public and planet?
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What do you consider the most promising trends or evidence that indicates that the developments you described are emerging? Please elaborate.
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Created on 04/17/2013 by caioleao
Dentists for Good: a network of volunteer dentists that provide free services to young people who cannot afford to pay for appointments. Once in the program, the beneficiary is provided with the necessary care until age 18.
Operating in 12 countries, with more than 16 thousand dentists and 31 thousand youths already served, we are the largest specialized volunteer network in the world.
もっと読む ↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すOrganization's Country of Operation
Type of Organization
Non‐profit/NGO
Year of launch of the organization
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
In 2006, the president of TdB, Dr. Fábio Bibancos, was recognized by the Schwab Foundation as the Social Entrepreneur of the Year because he created the project Dentists for Good. This award is conferred in Brazil, in partnership with the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo. In 2007, Ashoka named Dr. Fábio Bibancos as a fellow for his work completed, highlighting the project along with social entrepreneurs from all around the world.
We want to hear about your “Aha!” moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution’s potential to change the world.
While giving lectures about prevention in public schools, Dr. Fábio Bibancos noticed that, for many young people, prevention just wasn't working anymore—so he teamed up with some colleagues and together, they began to take on pro bono cases in their practices. Thus, the idea for what would become the largest network of specialized volunteers was born: Dentists for Good.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すExplain what the "innovation" is about, e.g., is it the idea and/or the model you use to accomplish the idea, or your understanding of the target population, etc.?
The innovation in the project Dentists for Good lies in its management model: we manage a network of volunteer dentists who see the project's beneficiaries in their own offices. Which is to say, the beneficiary is treated by his Dentist for Good as if he were a normal, private patient. Besides that, the volunteer dentist can choose how many patients he wants to take on depending on his schedule and availability.
Because of this, the project does not have limits to its growth, and it is highly replicable: the project can take place in any city or region that has dentists—or any practicing clinical dentist can become a Dentist for Good.
Describe how your innovation model is distinct from any other organization in your field?
Normally, social organizations that offer treatments and health solutions do so at their headquarters or at a specific address, and they quickly reach monthly limits determined by their ability and availability—not to mention the enormous waiting list for those in need.
The project Dentists for Good is characterized by offering a network of volunteer dentists that has not stopped growing precisely because it has not limited its service in its offices.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
1 - The project is internally seen as a map of growth facilitated by its chief actors and factors: coordinators, dentists, beneficiaries, open positions, and waiting list. In addition, the team has an active call center, which is where we conduct daily follow-ups with beneficiaries, treatment status, dentists, and newly-referred individuals. This creates a dynamic system: the opening of new spots (after the conclusion of treatment, for example) and the referral of new beneficiaries.
2 – The horizontal hierarchy of the organization also sustains the project, in light of all the team managers who are directly responsible for the systematic increase in numbers of volunteers and beneficiaries.
How do you make sure you constantly innovate in light of (potential) external challenges, or your growth plan?
Through monthly strategy revisions based on an analysis of the project map (dentists vs. beneficiaries). Besides that, we hold training events for coordinators: the project's principal volunteer is the regional volunteer coordinator. He is the person responsible for implementing the project in his city—screening and registering new volunteers. The project offers a 4-day training session for its coordinators, implementing goals and teaching the organization's new strategies. With knowledgeable and motivated coordinators, the training session guarantees the success of next year's goals due to the coordinator's personal oversight for the rest of the year. Right now we are studying the viability of holding mini-trainings for new coordinators throughout the year.
This Entry is about (Issues)
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すThe systemic challenge you are trying to overcome (select one)
Bring accessible healthcare to communities in emerging markets
Health area (target market) where the need is [select only one]
Other specialty care
Categories along the health continuum you are covering [select all that apply]
Prevention, Detection, Intervention, Follow-up, Long-term care, Social integration.
Please describe in more detail: what problem are you trying to solve in the organization's specific context?
Brazil is a country of toothless individuals. Research indicates that half of the Brazilian population does not have a mouth full of teeth, and a third of adolescents in public schools have never been to the dentist. In the rest of the world, the problem is not much different. To make things worse, the general population's access to dental kits (toothbrush, toothpaste, and dental floss), which is the only tool that prevents oral damage, is very limited (the absence of these items in public health clinics and in the “basic food basket” is proof of this). Beyond that, society still does not view access to oral health as a medical right, but rather as a luxury. On the other hand, the government does not offer any sort of viable program, and the dentists in general do not see themselves as agents of health and social transformation.
Stage that best applies to your solution [select only one]
Scaling (growing impact on a regional or global scale)
Core strategies of your business model [select all that apply]
Approaches to behavioral change at the individual level, New/redefined roles for healthcare service provision, New approaches to distribution of health products and services.
Most relevant tools you are using to implement the strategies outlined above [select only two]
Technology, New skills.
Please describe your solution in more detail
The project Dentists for Good manages a network of volunteer dentists who provide services to youth in need from ages 11 to 17 who have serious dental conditions. All of the treatment support and followup—selection, referral, monitoring of monthly treatments, and conclusion—is done at the project's office. The project has three main base groups: volunteer dentists (who see one or more youths in their own offices, at their own discretion); beneficiaries (who are treated by the dentists and selected through screenings in public schools and institutions); and lastly, regional coordinators. These are also volunteers and dentists, but their mission is to stimulate the project in their cities by hosting screenings and recruiting new volunteer dentists.
What are your vision and overall objectives?
Our vision is to help create a world where everyone can smile, and our mission is to change society's perception of both oral health and the dental profession in relation to its socio-environmental impact. Our goal is to offer solutions for accessing dental care while stressing healing, prevention, and education. Our proposals:
For society: to promote solutions for access to dental care
For the dental profession: To empower and mobilize dental professionals to adopt new socio-environmental conduct.
For the business sector: To discuss ethical practices in dentistry. To incentivize low-cost products and services in order to promote access. To inspire responsible conduct in other sectors.
For government: To influence and change policies.
What is your value proposition?
Through the recovery of oral health, we seek the following for our patients:
-Increase in quality of life
-Ease of entry into the job market, given that companies either discriminate against or do not hire those without teeth. And, consequently, an increase in monthly household income.
-Rescue of social and family life, due to the fact that almost all new beneficiaries have suffered bullying and social discrimination at school and in their social circles.
Who is your customer(s)?
Young people from 11 to 17 years old who attend public school or use public institutions, who are in need, and who present with serious oral conditions. The choice of this public is because the social impact of serious dental damage is much larger in adolescents than in adults (social environment, employability, bullying, etc.), and also because dentition is already formed (in comparison to children).
What approaches to you use to reach your customers?
Screenings in public schools and social institutions. The volunteer coordinator, along with a director or social worker, reserves a time for screening registered students. The volunteer coordinator conducts a visual, non-invasive exam of all the youths and fills out a record form called IHC. This record also shows the social condition of the screened individual. Next, the coordinator sends all of the IHC records to the organization headquarters, where candidates are selected based on 3 criteria: the oldest (who are the closest to employment), the poorest, and those who have the worst oral damage.
What are your primary activities?
Through its network of volunteers, Dentists for Good offers free dental treatment to youths from 11 years old on until they reach 18. Or rather, once in the project, youths only exit once they have reached the age of legal majority and received all of the necessary treatment, including orthodontic.
Smiles for Good – a training seminar for volunteer coordinators, an 4-day event that, in addition to training new coordinators, is geared towards motivating, aligning, and training existing network coordinators. In 2012, the event hosted 400 coordinators from 12 countries.
Smiles for Good Awards: an awards event, open to the public, which has the goal of recognizing the work of the best volunteers in our network. In 2012, the awards event hosted 1800 guests in the Abril Theater.
Who are your peers and competitors? What problems could these players pose to your success or growth?
The Abrinq Foundation runs the Adotei um Sorriso (Adopt a Smile) project, but in contrast to Dentists for Good, this project has no criteria for selecting beneficiaries. In general, dentists and clinics end up providing some kind of free or voluntary service on some level to those in need. The problem is that the people, including dental professionals, who participate in these one-off events believe that the dental and social problems have been solved, which is far from true. Another problem is that oftentimes, because of these services, public schools close their doors to our volunteer coordinators; the school's directors, who have the final say, do not let our project come to the school because they believe that there is no longer a problem in their area.
What other challenges - individual, organizational, or environmental – are you currently facing or might hinder future success of your business, and how do you plan to overcome those?
Right now the project is 90% funded by supporters (companies). In the medium term, the project relies on a strategy that reverses this percentage and comes to depend less on private social investment. One of the strategies is the creation of a reserve fund by selling dental products, whose returns will be reverted back to the project. Another challenge will be bringing the project to rural regions that do not have dentists. Right now, the Dentists for Good model is essentially urban. Therefore, we have been studying implementation and have designed a few projects in areas that are far from urban centers, in Brazil as well as on the African continent.
Briefly describe your growth strategy going forward
To increase the number of volunteers, beneficiaries, and regions and countries where the project operates. Diversification of donations and of the organization's resources. Project implementation in rural, distant areas where there are no dentists, such as the African continent.
What dimensions for growth are you currently targeting for your innovation [select all that apply]
New regions(s), New market(s)/country(ies).
What makes your business "ready" for growth?
The project's strategic design and solid organization. A team of highly capable employees. The implementation of new strategies this year: screening megaevents open to the entire Brazilian public, the sale of products whose financial yields are used for the project, and mini training sessions for new coordinators.
What are your key growth objectives?
An increase in volunteers and beneficiaries and expansion into new regions and countries. Moreover, the diversification of donations and partnerships.
What is your timeframe for growth, in the short and mid-term? What are the growth milestones and key activities going forward?
The project has an annual beneficiaries goal. By 2015 we want to have sixty-five thousand patients and thirty thousand dentists.
In order to reach this goal, we need to implement the weekend training events throughout the year, bringing on new coordinators.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat has been the impact of your solution to date?
Around 31 thousand youths in 12 countries have benefited from the project—creating a network of specialized volunteers that is the largest in the world today. The model of the volunteer in his own office revolutionizes healthcare access wherever the project goes, forming a network of health and support where there was none before. The social perception of the volunteers also changes: dentists change their visions as healthcare professionals and turn into a transformative element in their cities, proposing changes in public policy, in local emergency clinics, and in schools. By recovering oral health, we enable the beneficiaries to return to their social lives and save their self esteem, and they are given a real chance to integrate into the economically active population. Furthermore, the project has a social return: when added up, each beneficiary costs just R$50 on average—whereas if each beneficiary had to pay for his treatment, it would cost an average of R$12,000.
What methods for quantification of social impact are you applying (if at all)?
Our project uses a CRM software and with it, we manage every stage of treatment in each of the project's cities, and every minute we update patient numbers, dentists, availabilities, and waiting list, all organized by region, city, state, and country. In addition, we conduct research among patients and the best dentists in the network.
Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?
Yes, in practically any place in the world where there is a dentist, due to the model in which the dentist sees the beneficiary in the comfort of his own practice. In regions where there are no dentists, which are quite remote, it may be viable to install a network and a mobile structure that have been previously evaluated in certain regions of the world.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
In 2013, 45 thousand total beneficiaries.
In 2014, 55 thousand;
and in 2015, 65 thousand beneficiaries.
As for volunteer dentists, in 2013, there will be 16 thousand, followed by around 20 thousand in 2014 and, in 2015, about 30 thousand volunteer dentists in total.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すElaborate on your current financing strategy
Right now, TbD (the NGO in charge of Dentists for Good) works with eight collaborators, six in Brazil and two in Portugal. These are companies or foundations that collaborate with OSCIP. Apart from that, we are putting into effect a strategy to diversify project's sources of funding. One of those is the Friends for Good campaign, which works with the network of Dentists for Good coordinators. In this campaign, the coordinator asks his friends for help in increasing not just funding, but also the network of collaborators and friends of the project. Our goal for this first year is to raise R$100,000 by the end of the year. Another strategy is the sale of products whose profits revert back into the project. With the help of collaborators in the dental product industry, a part of the returns will be donated to the project. The amount will be proportional to the number of products sold to the Dentists for Good, who will receive progressive discounts according to the number of patients served. We have also contracted a consultant who specializes in events, partnerships, and product releases to help us to develop new revenue sources together with other companies and initiatives.
Share of revenue generation in total income of organization (in percent)
Insignificant (less than 1%)
Direct sales to patients or other beneficiaries (in percent)
Of the possible sources of these sales listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Friends and family, 個人.
Licensing fees, e.g., for technology/franchise model (in percent)
Of the possible sources of these licensing opportunities listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Service contract with organizations, e.g., government, NGOs (in percent)
Of the possible sources of the service contracts listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Explain your revenue generation strategy in more detail
Currently, in order to generate its own revenue, the project only relies on bazaars and shops selling the project's products. The proposal to revert revenue generated from the sale of dental products by project collaborators started this year. This will increase investment in the project (beyond the minimum amount necessary to qualify as a collaborator) in proportion to sales of products to the Dentists for Good.
Share of philanthropy in total income of organization (in percent)
Philanthrophy strategies you are using
Diversified strategy.
Explain your philanthropic approach in more detail
Partnerships with businesses and foundations, in return normally guaranteeing the activation of the project in their areas of interest. An awareness campaign carried out by the volunteer network; events; launching products whose revenue reverts back to the project.
Expand on your selections; explain how you will sustain funding over the next 1-3 years.
With our collaborators: ensuring satisfaction and respective contributions, the project hopes to renew its 3-year contracts.
Diversifying sources: the generation of a reserve fund through special projects and reverted funds (its own, new products).
Created on 04/17/2013 by jmgladstar
Gladstar gifted and talented educational centre is an online and offline resource centre that will provide learning materials/access which will empower young people to develop their creative skills and help them live responsibly by taking charge of their health, family and well-being .
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Gladstar gifted and talented educational centre, a member of Nigeria Network of Non-Governmental organisations
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すName your entry
Gladstar Gifted and Talented Educational Centre
Stage
Start-Up (a pilot that has just started operating)
This Entry is about (Issues)
Elevator Pitch
Gladstar gifted and talented educational centre is an online and offline resource centre that will provide learning materials/access which will empower young people to develop their creative skills and help them live responsibly by taking charge of their health, family and well-being .
Problem
There is need for education that will enhance sustainable development of the individuals and their immediate community, make them creators of jobs from their college level instead of being job seekers and help them to demonstrate skills that are compatible with the 21st century drive for creativity and innovation. There is need for education which will help young people mindful of how they take care of their body so that they will longer.
Solution
1.. Provision of interactive educational system facilities and materials that will enhance development of creative and critical skills of each child and person under our care so that they will be objective learners of their environment..
2. Provision of tested trusted and efficient facilitators /mentors /teachers who will ensure all round development of each person under our care physically, emotionally and cognitively.
Example
Our online resource centre @ http://www.gladstar.org is interactive educational facillity which has been useful to parents and even young people in educating people around them on dieting, development of creative and critical skills, technology and money making.
Impact
1. Growing numbers of users on our website and social media sites including facebook.com/GGTEC from 3 in 2009 to 16 now , facebook.com/moshood.joseph from 500 in 2008 to 3490, twitter.com/GGiftedEducate from 20 in 2010 to 300 now, twitter.com/jmgladstar from 20 in 2009 to 500 now and others.
2. Positive feedbacks from users of our websites. 70% and above of our members are satisfied with the articles and resources. Check the stat on our site.
3. Improvement of the health , learning abilities and family interactions of our friends and family members who put into action what they learn from our resources.
Marketplace
Instructional Design and Research
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Partnership in development using education and research tools.
, Funding support for development.
HIV Education & Medication Adherence Application
Health & Fitness >> New York, NY
Sustainability Plan
The online resource centre is supported through donation from members of our Non profit organization but the offline version of the project will be started through donations raised from our friends online and will be supported through payment of at least $2 weekly by each member of the centre.
Founding Story
Gladstar gifted and talented educational centre was founded in the year 2006 and commence operation in December 2008 to stir up the creative and critical skills of parents and teachers so that they will become effective mentors and guide to children around them thereby transforming our educational system. We want our children to be develop their creativity, excellent study skills and godly charisma so that the world will be a better place when they become transformers of tomorrow through our assistance.
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Human wellness and vitality.
If you had greater capacity, which additional sectors would you like your solution to target - either through expansion, partnership, or thought exchange?
Healthy environments, Nutrient-rich farming, Human wellness and vitality.
How specifically would this added capacity help you improve the quality, efficiency, or sustainability of your existing product or service?
Through this added capacity, we will be able
1. to create a resource centre that will enlighten youth and leading personalities in our community ( online and offline) on how to take care of the environment to ensure healthy living, how to engage in nutrient rich farming and how to take of themselves and others around them to enhance human wellness and vitality.
2. to provide financial support for young farmers or aspiring ones and link them with relevant consultants. They are to pay back 20% of the profit realized to the organization so that we can continually support other young farmers.
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People need appropriate nutrients to grow, learn, and fight off disease. How do you measure, track, or make use of information about nutrient levels in your own work?
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Considering the flow of nutrients from ecosystems to soil to farms to food to communities, what are the barriers to achieving vitality for people and the planet?
Other barriers you have identified
In your view, what developments need to happen in order to help overcome those barriers and produce a more nutrient rich and vital public and planet?
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Created on 04/8/2013 by duyguguner
Our program "Online Health" aims at providing an online platform between young people and health sector actors. We want to provide young people a space where they can ask questions related to health and get answers from specialists. Also we want to create an area for youngsters where they can bring to life their projects about health and search for financing.
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Toplum Gönüllüleri Vakfı (TOG) / Community Volunteers Foundation (CVF)
Organization's Country of Operation
Type of Organization
Non‐profit/NGO
Year of launch of the organization
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
19th Istanbul Technic University, Endustrial Engeneering Students' Sempozium: "Civil Society Organization of the Year Prize", 2012.
Turkish Corporate Social Responbility Association: Civil Society Transparency Prize, 2011.
TOG ATAK Youth in Social Sensitivity, Youth Studies Best Practices Prize, UNDP/BRITISH COUNCIL
Health Lİteracy, Social Responsibility Project Prize- Platin Magazines 2012
We want to hear about your “Aha!” moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution’s potential to change the world.
In 2005,young volunteers in CVF/TOG came to us with a bunch of questions and issues concerning their health.They couldn't find the place to find true answers.Peer trainings were one of the suggestions they brought to talk.This was our "Aha!" moment when we realized youngsters can provide the trainings and informations in the field of health in the most effective way.
プロフィール情報（興味、団体情報、ウェブサイトなど）に空欄がある場合、ここで入力した情報が該当の欄にコピーされます。連絡先情報が公開されることはありません。情報をコピーしたくない場合は、このチェックボックスをオフにしてください。.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すExplain what the "innovation" is about, e.g., is it the idea and/or the model you use to accomplish the idea, or your understanding of the target population, etc.?
The innovation is the creation of an interactive website where health professionals, relative NGOs, young people who had a formation about general health issues provide consultancy service to youth. In Turkey, young people constitutes 25% of whole population. This group is not provided with health education at schools and the health literacy among young people is low. At the same time, social media are very popular among young people and can be used in an effective way to raise awerness and provide information related to general health issues. Avalaible health services are not youth friendly, and young people have difficulties to reach health information. That's why, it is important to create a tool which encourage them to take care of their health, especially in reproductive health.
Created website will also provide a network of different stakeholders such as NGOs, health sector companies, internet press about health, health professionals and Ministery of Health and young people. Also, there will be a space dedicated to young people's ideas: they will be able to present their ideas and look for mentors and sponsors.
Describe how your innovation model is distinct from any other organization in your field?
Community Volunteer Foundation is a foundation that contributes to the personal development of young people through encouraging them to participate to the social responsibility projects as volunteers. Every year the Foundation supports the realization of over 980 projects and activities implemented by about 40,000 young people in over 120 university clubs. İn Turkey other NGOs working on health issues have limited access to young people, so when they want to reach youngsters we serve as contact point. With the help of youth friendly website, all these stakeholders will reach young people directly. There is no online platform that allows young people to match their projects ideas with mentors and sponsors.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
Community Volunteers Foundation has been working last ten years engaging young people and helping them to develop social responsibility projects. Numerous volunteers working in the field, experience gained while implementing health literacy project and delivering trainings taught us what the young people' s needs are in the field of health. We are also knowledgeable and committed to working with young people. On the other hand, all health sector will have a chance to be an actor of this platform.
How do you make sure you constantly innovate in light of (potential) external challenges, or your growth plan?
CVF/TOG was founded by young people for young people. All activities, programs are developed in the answer to the young people needs.We are open to innovation and ready to adapt to changing demands, needs and other external factors. As young people will have a significant role in creating the content and activities, we think they will provide innovative solution and make the model attractive for this target group.
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もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すThe systemic challenge you are trying to overcome (select one)
Realign the incentives in the public healthcare system in mature markets, or
Health area (target market) where the need is [select only one]
Primary healthcare services
Categories along the health continuum you are covering [select all that apply]
Prevention, Social integration.
Please describe in more detail: what problem are you trying to solve in the organization's specific context?
In our organization, we are organizing peer to peer health literacy trainings to young people (university and high school students) all over Turkey. We observed that young people have no chance to reach information related to health issues. On the other hand information and services available are not youth friendly and do not cover topics requested by young people. The website and the network will aim at providing these informations.
Stage that best applies to your solution [select only one]
Idea (poised to launch)
Core strategies of your business model [select all that apply]
Approaches to behavioral change at the individual level, Patient-centered design, New/redefined roles for healthcare service provision, Unconventional partnerships (between traditional healthcare players and players outside healthcare), その他.
If other, specify here:
alternative model for health education
Most relevant tools you are using to implement the strategies outlined above [select only two]
Technology, Education/training.
Please describe your solution in more detail
The website will be designed for young people.There will be a part where visitors can ask any question about health. Doctors and peer to peer health literacy trainers will answer their question via website.Their answers will be youth friendly and will seek to inform and orient them to the relevant health area. Also news,informations about different health compaigns and experts' presentations like short video,presentation,will be posted.Especially topics which are the most interesting and useful for young people will be explained by using various media tools.Training will be another services provided by the program.Existing peer trainers pool will be sustained and empowered to deliver health literacy trainings.Experts trainings will be developed and offered to adults for a remuneration.
What are your vision and overall objectives?
Vision: Young people getting suitable and right knowledge in a field of health which results in healthier life and wellness of whole society.
What is your value proposition?
Creation of youth friendly website abouth health will be attractive for health sector. Companies working in this sector will support the website. Income from advertisements and received donation will be collected in a money-box and the amount will be visible on website. Coordination and control of the website will be covered by received this money. Peer' trainings or seminars for adults will base on self-support system.
Who is your customer(s)?
There 2 main groups of customers. The first one is young people, who will be able to have trustable and easy to understand informations, and propose their ideas to interested partners. The second is health sectors companıes, that can reach a young public.
What approaches to you use to reach your customers?
The online strategy is: an easy to use and contiously updated website, integrated with a successfull Facebook page and Twitter account, all linked with CVF's website. Offline, we can use our network of volunteers.
What are your primary activities?
Our primary activities are to build a website, contact with stakeholders, provide truthfull informations to people who don't have access to them and help young people to bring their ideas to life.
Who are your peers and competitors? What problems could these players pose to your success or growth?
There is an UNFPA platform dedicated to young people, but it covers only reproductive health issues. There is Uzman Tv website about general health, but it's not dedicated to youngsters.
What other challenges - individual, organizational, or environmental – are you currently facing or might hinder future success of your business, and how do you plan to overcome those?
To convince health sector companies to support us. The solution is to search other funders, like Ministry of Health, and national and international NGOs.
Briefly describe your growth strategy going forward
To reach the highest possible number of young people. To get more support to enrich the website.
What dimensions for growth are you currently targeting for your innovation [select all that apply]
New customer group(s).
What makes your business "ready" for growth?
A solid organization behind it. A big network of young volunteers all over Turkey. A long experience in conveying informations to a young public using social media.
What are your key growth objectives?
To reach the as many youngsters as possible.
To create a comprehensive data mine about health issues.
What is your timeframe for growth, in the short and mid-term? What are the growth milestones and key activities going forward?
2 months to create the website, Facebook page and Twitter, basing them on the book created for trainers of our health literacy program.
6 months to expand the website, grow a public of followers, fundraise among health sector companies and NGOs, create a stable partnership with health experts.
1 year to see if the website is viable and can financially sustain itself and provide financial resources for health initiatives and projects submitted by young people as well as for training activities.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat has been the impact of your solution to date?
Under Health Literacy Project we have delivered 141 trainings reaching 2600 youngsters all around Turkey. As a result of peer trainings, participants raised their awarness on health issues ang gained a knowledge that allows them to live their life in a healthier way.
What methods for quantification of social impact are you applying (if at all)?
We would like to develop evaluation and methods for quantification of social impact. The social impact of the website and trainings will be evaluated by the expert. The results will be published on the website showing the impact of all activities to the stakeholders and sponsors.
Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?
Yes, our solution can be applied in other geographies and regions because it is universal model and serves as meeting point for young people and health sector.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
In the fist 3 years, we are aiming at reaching 1000 young people with trainings. Moreover we are aiming at reaching 10.000 people via our website.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すElaborate on your current financing strategy
Donation income of TOG mainly comprises of monetary and in-kind donations made by individuals and institutions, conditional donations subject to TOG’s purposes, sponsorship incomes and income gained by the collaborations with the commercial firms. Until now health literacy program was financed from the grant received. Currently, we are working on developing sustainable financing strategy.
Share of revenue generation in total income of organization (in percent)
As CVF/TOG has not any revenue generating activities currently, we depend on private donation.
Direct sales to patients or other beneficiaries (in percent)
%70 of the revenue from trainings and advertisements
Of the possible sources of these sales listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
個人, Patients, Private businesses, Other beneficiaries.
Licensing fees, e.g., for technology/franchise model (in percent)
Of the possible sources of these licensing opportunities listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Private businesses.
Service contract with organizations, e.g., government, NGOs (in percent)
Of the possible sources of the service contracts listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
財団, NGO, Private businesses, Regional government, 国家.
Explain your revenue generation strategy in more detail
Our financial plan has different components:
-Revenue generated from website like advertisements and sales of training activities
-Donation from different stakeholders and organisations.
Share of philanthropy in total income of organization (in percent)
Philanthrophy strategies you are using
Diversified strategy.
Explain your philanthropic approach in more detail
In accordance with the amendment made in the Community Volunteers Indenture by the decision of Board of Trustees dated May 4, 2005, it was decided that, maximum 1/3 (33%) of the annual income of the Foundation can be allocated and expended for the management and management support costs and investments for raising the capital reserves and foundation assets and remaining 2/3 (67%) of them for the realization of Foundation’s purposes and services. Within 2012, total income is amounting to TRY 8.588.745 (2011- TRY 6.486.622) (including interest income after deduction of transfers and funds were) corresponds to expenditures amounting to TRY 7.528.379 (2011- TRY 5.571.059 ).
Expand on your selections; explain how you will sustain funding over the next 1-3 years.
The first year of the project will be used to develop the website and revenue generating activities, advertisements, sales and trainings, later on incomes from these activities will sustain the financing of the website. At the same time fund raising activities will be carry on to provide further development of "Online Health" and to reach more young people with trainings.
Youth Advocates for Mental Health wants to provide an opportunity for youth to connect with other around common issues and concerns through stories of resiliency, blog discussions for youth, polls on important topics, youth discussion live chats, youth stories, and youth art.
Created on 04/3/2013 by associazionedynamocamp
We are the first and only Recreational Therapy Camp in Italy, specifically designed for children suffering from serious or chronic illnesses
It is completely free of charge for 6-17 years old children and families
First class medical assistance guaranteed 24hrs/day.All activities are centered on fun and regaining self confidence.Camp location is in a wonderful WWF affiliated reserve in Tuscany
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Associazione Dynamo Camp onlus- below Dynamo Camp
Organization's Country of Operation
Italy, PT, San Marcello Pistoiese
Type of Organization
Non‐profit/NGO
Year of launch of the organization
Has the organization received awards or honors? Please tell us about them
Associazione Dynamo Camp Onlus began the process for obtaining two prestigious certifications from SeriousFun: HITW Criteria, these are the quality criteria applied for all the 13 Camps which include high standards on a wide range of elements such as organisation, management, medical treatment, project management, hospitality, quality of the food, quality of the facilities and quality of the service. - ACA American Camping Association, these are the standards established by the prestigious American association which is a point of reference for all children's camps. The audits were carried out during the summer of 2009 and confirmed in 2012 and both were successful. Dynamo Camp is the only Recreational Therapeutic Camp estabilished in Italy which has a focus on the total well being of children (physiological, psychological). For this reason the Camp has several conventions with 40 main Italian pediatric Hospitals and 65 associations, They send the children to the camps and collaborate to the recruiting process of Dynamo Staff. With Tuscany Region, University of Florece and Meyer Hospital Dynamo Camp has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on medical assistance and train doctors as volunteers at the camp. Dynamo has won in 2009 the Kresge Capital Challenge grant which has a social and economic relevance and show the strategic capacity of the project in terms of efficacy and effectiveness. Dynamo is part of AIEOP network in Italy- Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology Oncology and this membership represents a validation of the Benfits produced by the Recreational Therapy. In 2010 It has won a special mention from the Department for family policies of the Italian government. In 2011 it was awarded the Presidential Medal of accession for the activities.
We want to hear about your “Aha!” moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution’s potential to change the world.
Dynamo Camp hosts 1000 children from 6-17 years and 200 families each year free of charge. Children suffer from onco-emathological diseases . Dynamo is part of SeriousFun net founded by Paul Newman in 1988. Enzo Manes a social entrepreneur of venture capital wanted to improve venture philanthropy in Italy and realized Dynamo Foundation after he met a mother of a child hosted in Newman's camp .
プロフィール情報（興味、団体情報、ウェブサイトなど）に空欄がある場合、ここで入力した情報が該当の欄にコピーされます。連絡先情報が公開されることはありません。情報をコピーしたくない場合は、このチェックボックスをオフにしてください。.
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At Dynamo Camp laughter is the best medicine
Explain what the "innovation" is about, e.g., is it the idea and/or the model you use to accomplish the idea, or your understanding of the target population, etc.?
Therapeutic Recreation is the scientific basis that inspires Dynamo Camp's activities carried out in a safe environment together with a high qualitative medical assistance to the children hosted at the Camp. The Therapeutic Recreation programme encourages these children to challenge themselves and to build their self esteem . The experience focuses on the discovery of unknown potentialities and of new ability to learn. Each activity at Dynamo Camp can be seen as a constructive and non-competitive personal challenge supported by the group, at Dynamo Camp play involves a balance between more demanding activities and individual or group work, allowing the children to have fun but also to relax and enjoy the experience.
Children' safety is of paramount importance at Dynamo Camp. Staff is carefully selected and trained and the team share all aspects of the camp experience with the youngsters providing constant supervision and support. The Camp has a fully equipped infirmary where routine procedures are directly provided by doctors and nurses specialised in paediatric oncohematology who guarantee continual medical care 24 hours a day. Dynamo Camp’s philosophy is to make sure the necessary medical assistance ready to react quickly, but also discreetly. This philosophy is a total innovation in the health care service because it focuses on the total well being of children not only on the medical aspect, neither on the care needs, but children as total person, who need primary to play, lo laugh, to hope, to gain their joy to be a child, this is a unique consideration of child
Describe how your innovation model is distinct from any other organization in your field?
Dynamo Camp is the only camp in Italy which combines the Therapeutic Recreation in a safe environment together with a high qualitative and full time medical assistance, carried out in a cheerful and brightly coloured environment which ensures the children to have a special experience in complete safety without feeling like they are in hospital. For our campers, Therapeutic Recreation means participating in an exciting adventure, sharing unforgettable experiences with peers and gaining confidence, with the serenity to move and act in a safe environment.The families of sicked children are not used to let children play. This is the new message of Dynamo Camp. It's an holistic approach that families share each other and become a new culture a new way to consider illness and disability.
What type of operating environment and internal organizational factors make your innovation successful?
Dynamo Camp operates to the highest possible standards of excellence; design and construction of the camp, selection and training of staff and volunteers, medical assistance and partnerships with hospitals, organisation and management of every aspect of the camp's programme and work, safety and supervision of the youngsters, maintenance and operation of the structure.
In particular, the staff is selected and trained and the team share all aspects of the camp experience with the youngsters providing constant supervision and support. The Medical Centre guarantees first class care both in terms of routine treatment and emergency intervention. This gives children the freedom to let go and enjoy themselves in a physically and emotionally secure environment and to show their deep mood.
How do you make sure you constantly innovate in light of (potential) external challenges, or your growth plan?
Each year Dynamo answers to new needs, new pathologies, and new families who ask to come and take part to this wonderful adventure. Dynamo has incresed during the years the number of children hosted, the pathologies, and the number of sessions. During the start up Dynamo was opened only during summer and Eastern and Christmas, now the calendar of sessions covers the whole year. Dynamo in these years has also implemented new services and new projects to better answer to children, families and stakeholder's needs. It has develloped two outreach projects from the camp to reach hospitals and association, to animate children who cant't reach the camp. because they are too ill. Radio Dynamo, Dynamo Art Factory are the two projects that are successfull in the field of music and arts.
This Entry is about (Issues)
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すThe systemic challenge you are trying to overcome (select one)
Realign the incentives in the public healthcare system in mature markets, or
Health area (target market) where the need is [select only one]
Care for rare diseases
Categories along the health continuum you are covering [select all that apply]
Social integration.
Please describe in more detail: what problem are you trying to solve in the organization's specific context?
The two main goals which Dynamo Camp is aimed to achieve is to gain children's self-esteem and socializations. Often children with disabling illnesses lack confidence in their abilities and have no opportunities to socialize with other children. Dynamo Camp gives them both the opportunity to build their self esteem by helping the children to succeed with fun in whatever activity they choose and to socialize with other children by finding themselves, outside of the hospital environment, in close contact with others who share their difficulties, by sharing their courage and outlook with those who can fully understand how they feel. It gives them a valuable opportunity to get to know many children and young people from other towns and backgrounds. For families is the opportunity for hope.
Stage that best applies to your solution [select only one]
Established (past the previous stages and has demonstrated success)
Core strategies of your business model [select all that apply]
Approaches to behavioral change at the individual level, Patient-centered design, Unconventional partnerships (between traditional healthcare players and players outside healthcare), その他.
If other, specify here:
promote a model of social service in healthcare innovative because it's focused on the entire well being of the hosted children
Most relevant tools you are using to implement the strategies outlined above [select only two]
Education/training, Others.
If other, specify here:
a new social culture in dealing with sick children as children first of all and after as patients
Please describe your solution in more detail
Recreational Therapeutic Camp can improve through their methodology the global well being of children. The 80% of children have hope to survive to their sickness. Thanks to these Camps they can grow as children and not only as survivors. If they cant't play, do sports, stay with peers, they will grow as depressed adults and with important behavioural deseases. In Italy there is only Dynamo Camp as a Recreational Therapeutic Camp, with this special approach which works with 40 hospitals, 65 associations to support children and families in their difficult path. The solution is to improve Dynamo sustainability so that the Camp could host more children in the next years and the Camp could answer to the need in a more significant way. Dynamo Camp is as good sucessfull solution for children
What are your vision and overall objectives?
Scope of Dynamo is to offer hundreds of youngsters each year, free of charge, the chance to “be children” and their parents and families a psychological and practical support to cope with the problems of caring for a sick child and help them to feel "alive". In order to meet these objectives, Dynamo offers (i) the fullest possible experience of childhood regardless of the effects of the disease; (ii) tries and normalises the experience of coping with serious or chronic sickness in childhood; (iii) provides for a safe physical environment; (iv) offers an emotional experience of fun and play, support and challenges; (v) encourages open, supportive, non-judgmental relationships between the children themselves and with staff and to foster friendship; (vi) strengthens, renews and raises hope.
What is your value proposition?
Dynamo Camp's values are: EXCELLENCE (it operates to the highest possible standards of excellence in terms of structure, staff, organization), SUCCESS (it helps the children to succeed in whatever activity they choose), SOCIALIZATION (it helps children who are subjected to intensive hospitalization lifes to socialize with other children who are able to understand each other), STAFF AND ASSISTANCE SUPPORT (staff are carefully selected and trained in order to guarantee full children's safety at the Camp and the medical centre guarantees first class care both in terms of routine treatement and emergency intervention), PLAY (children have the chance to learn new things and to overcome what they see as their limits by simply having fun, relaxing and enjoying the experience to the full).
Who is your customer(s)?
The project directly reaches 1.067 children aged 6 to 17 suffering from serious or chronic illnesses under treatment or in remission for not more than four years and 200 families, coming from Italy (83,5%); Germany (6,5%); Middle east (8,8%); and other foreign countries (1,2%). 200 families of the children hosted have been positively affected from the opportunity offered to their children. After the session of Dynamo Camp some families meet and create informal networks that involve information, comparing experiences, and support in practical situations. The siblings also learn to cope with their brother or sister's sickness. In addition when the brother or sister is at the Camp, they can spend bonding time with parents that is not often available.
Families feels huge psicological support
What approaches to you use to reach your customers?
The camp receives medical and scientific support through the partnership with the Meyer Hospital in Florence, which is the specialistic children's hospital closest to the Camp. Dynamo Camp cooperates with 40 Italian and 14 foreign hospitals and health centres which send children to Dynamo Camp in through 2007 to 2012 to Dynamo Camp and with 65 associations which help Dynamo recruiting staff to select children. Families tell their positive experience when they come back home, and other families want to come and live the same experience. During the sms campaign Dynamo has the possibility to let several people know its experience and this communication reach new customers and potential stakeholders that could be new Dynamo's friends and supporters or volunteers.
What are your primary activities?
The range of activities includes: Horseback Riding/Minifarm and Nature (allows contact with nature), Photography and Video and Arts and Crafts (express creativity and imagination), Music (explore of sounds and rhythm), Archery (allow personal accomplishments), Adventure/Climbing Courses and Low Exercises (confidence building exercises), Theatre (express children personality), Recreational Therapy in Water (specifically suited for children with motor difficulties and duly heated for children with particular diseases, such as sickle-cell anaemia), walks and overnight at Dynamo's Oasis, Radio Dynamo (which reaches all the national children hospitals) and Dynamo Arts Factory (express kid's potentialility by working with artists asked to launch creative challenges or realize a work of art).
Who are your peers and competitors? What problems could these players pose to your success or growth?
Sometimes hospitals due to burocracy or lack of communication don't communicate the opportunity for the children hosted in their structures, to go to Dynamo Camp, even if it's free of charge. It's a big opportunity but some hospitals have internal associations which are competitors, even if they don't have a camp like Dynamo Camp. In these case the process of recruiting is very hard for Dynamo as there isn't sometimes a real attitude to cooperate and to realize an effective network of services in the Third Sector. The non profit sector could be more effective and efficient, by supporting a global strategy of raising funds for special needs and choosing serious partner and reliable instead of acting in a self attitude and style.
What other challenges - individual, organizational, or environmental – are you currently facing or might hinder future success of your business, and how do you plan to overcome those?
Since Dynamo tries to achieve each year the budget in order to support the projects and to host all the children free of charge, a challenge could be raising money during the global economic and productive crisis of these years. Dynamo, however, is confident to being able to find ways, ideas and opportunities to raise money for the well being of their children. In particular, Dynamo works to raise money in the different sectors: Corporation, Individuals, big events, sms campaigns, Foundation and Public funds. In the last 6 years of activities this fund raising strategy producted always its effect and reached the expected results, which are reflected in Dynamo's financial statements. A new challenge is to find new countries interested in sending their sicked children to Dynamo Camp.
Briefly describe your growth strategy going forward
The main goal for Dynamo Camp is to make the Camp sustainable through a diversified fund raising campaign. For this reason Dynamo intends to support the Academy (the social enterprise) to reach new stakeholder (corporations, agencies) offer different service, that produce business and the income will be distributed to the association.
What dimensions for growth are you currently targeting for your innovation [select all that apply]
New market(s)/country(ies).
What makes your business "ready" for growth?
Dynamo has already dimostrated its strong and effective business plan and economic model. From the beginning it has developed its offer in activities, number of children hosted and diseases treated at the Camp. At the end of 2012 the Camp hosted 1.067 children (on 2007 they were just 60) with specific onco-emathological diseases and 200 families (in 2007 there were none), througout 16 sessions.
What are your key growth objectives?
To host new children, new pathologies, realizing new buildings to have more space. Dynamo has several ideas to implement its services: realize a new gym to let children try sports with bad weather in an interior space equipped. To offer activities related to cinema and movies to complete the range of activities: sports, arts, nature, animals, theatre. To host more families of disabled children.
What is your timeframe for growth, in the short and mid-term? What are the growth milestones and key activities going forward?
On a strategic point of view, Dynamo wants to host more children, more pathologies and families in the next years, to improve its impact on new people so that the Recreational Therapy will be diffused. New services and actvities offered in the Camp will let it more interesting and suitable for all. The association will also reach children hospitalized that can't reach the Camp or association of parents of disables children. In this case the Recreational Therapy, through the outreach program, can supports more families and needs. On a financial point of view Dynamo has to let the camp sustainable in different economic ways: by the fundraising activity of the Association, with the emerging activity of the Social Enterprise and through the new developmental projects of Merchaindising and Food
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat has been the impact of your solution to date?
Each year in Italy more than 10,000 children are affected by serious or chronic illnesses. They must undergo invasive therapies that oblige them to spend long periods of time in hospital. The disease not only forces them to deal with fear, fatigue and often side effects, but also restricts their social life with children their own age and threatens to compromise the peace of mind, confidence and sense of fun so typical during childhood. The program is needed in the community because as of 2012, it is the only camp in Italy that offers its free program directly to 1.067 children (and indirectly to their families at home) and to about 200 families (Numberr of hosted children and families have stedily grown over the years from 2007, the first year of Dynamo's activity). The camp gives the children and families the opportunity to enjoy a period of recreation in a safe, protected environment. This environment guarantees first class medical attention and the constant supervision of qualified staff who encourage the growth of a child's self-esteem. The program is beneficial to the community since there are no other structures in Italy granting the same opportunities to sick children and their families. Other solutions for sick children are mainly focused on the medical aspects of treatment. At Dynamo Camp children are provided with recreational opportunities. Dynamo Camp is also beneficial to its local community and area: 80% of its suppliers are local ones.
What methods for quantification of social impact are you applying (if at all)?
Children, Families,volunteers are asked to fill in different questionnaires at the end of each session to tell about their experience. Feedbacks are then evaluated by DC's staff. Th evidence is that every camper/family wants to come back to the Camp, because the Camp's experience is life changing as for social effects, approach to sickness,medical care, self esteem. A recent Yale University-SeriousFun research (all camps have worked together) confirms the positive impact on children of the Recreational Therapy.
An other side effect is that some families begin to help and to support each other, once back home. The children hosted at Dynamo Camp come from all over Italy (north, centre and south) Germany, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Latvia, Bielorussia and Serbia.
Could your solution work in other geographies or regions? If so, where?
Dynamo Camp is part of SeriousFun Children's Network (former "a Hole in the Wall Camp Association") founded by Paul Newman, the Hole in the Wall Camps were created in 1988 with the opening of the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Connecticut. Currently there are 16 camps fully operational worldwide (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Ireland, Hungary, France, United Kingdom, Israel, Japan, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Sout Africa, Washington) and others in the process of realisation. Many provisional camps, locally designed, with culturally applicable program are temporarily opened in many parts of the world Cambodia, Chennai, Ethiopia, Haiti, Hanoi, Ho Chi Min city , Lesotho, Malawi, Mysore, Paraguay, Swaziland, Uganda.
What is your projected impact over the next 1-3 years?
Our aim for the close future is not only to maintain the number of hosted children, but also to increase it; to increase the number of children from different countries that have no access to SeriousFun Children's Network camps; to increse the number of pathologies hosted at the Camp;to increase the variety of activities and services offered at the Camp to render it more accessible and suitable for all. To make the Camp more and more self sustainable and more balanced as for funding sources. The other project is to reach through outreach programs more associations, for example for disable children, in order to bring them hope and support, even if they can'T reach the camp and live this wonderful experience. To make a better communciation, to let more people know the Camp and get involved
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すElaborate on your current financing strategy
We are committed to implement and keep on developing a balance among funding sources: Philantropic and revenue generation approach are exploited together.
-As for philanthropy: our activity has been historically financed via donations from: (2012 figures)
Individuals 46%
Corporates 27%
Private Associations/organizations/foundations 25%
Government 2%
Over the years we have successfully worked to change the weight of sources: at the beginning of our activity funding from corporations was preponderant and funding from individuals was residual (84% vs 7%), now individuals have a central role in our fundraising strategy and we intend to further move towards crowd funding.
-As for revenue generation:
We’ve decided to make our business model more sustainable and less dependent on donations:
1) Starting from the beginning of its activity Dynamo Camp has developed a merchandising department, to trade branded outdoor gear.
2) in 2010 we’ve set up Dynamo Academy srl Impresa Sociale, a social business whose mission is to cover some of Dynamo Camp’s facility, maintenance and structure-related costs;
3) in 2013 we have set up Alimentare Dynamo, whose mission is to trade specialty food products in Italian supermarkets and to convey 100% of profits from its activity to Dynamo Camp’s project. We have signed a multi-year trading agreement with IperCoop Firenze, top Italian player in the large scale retail arena, that guarantees to AD discounted trading conditions, top visibility in its point of sale, organizational/logistic support.
Share of revenue generation in total income of organization (in percent)
Direct sales to patients or other beneficiaries (in percent)
the institutional activity is free of charge, the address of our social businesses is the stakeholders' market. 100%
Of the possible sources of these sales listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Friends and family, 個人, Caregivers, Private businesses.
Licensing fees, e.g., for technology/franchise model (in percent)
Of the possible sources of these licensing opportunities listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Service contract with organizations, e.g., government, NGOs (in percent)
Of the possible sources of the service contracts listed below, check all that apply to your current strategy
Explain your revenue generation strategy in more detail
Merchandising: product sold in shop or on site to stakeholder
Dynamo Academy(DA): social business that manages the Camp’s facilities when it doesn’t host sick children to cover part of Dynamo fixed costs. Organizations, corporates, individuals can hold meetings in an exclusive setting, while exploiting the Camp’s outdoor and indoor structures for training/teambuilding purposes, community service, employee volunteering programs.
DA intends to become a role model for training on Social Business-Corporate Philanthropy dedicated to high-school and master students, at the Camp
Alimentare Dynamo (AD): following Newman’s Own business model, we have set up a juridical entity to trade specialty food products to the big public and allocate 100% of the profit from this activity to DC
Share of philanthropy in total income of organization (in percent)
Philanthrophy strategies you are using
Diversified strategy.
Explain your philanthropic approach in more detail
Individuals: different approaches are used: SMS campaign, 5X1000 (Italian Government gives the option to citizens to choose a charity to which designate the 5X1000 of their tax debt), Ambassadors (individuals commit to raise among friends the minimum cost of hosting a sick child for 1 session by organizing different events. Christmas gifts and letters, Events: Dynamo Bike Challenge (individual fund raising approach)
Corporate: multi-year agreements including different kinds of support: money, in-kind and skill donation, employee volunteering programs, Private grant-making foundations in major gift area: big grants focused on special projects . Government: our strategy is not to rely on Government support on a long standing basis, but we sign specific agreements on defined projects.
Expand on your selections; explain how you will sustain funding over the next 1-3 years.
As for the philanthropic approach:
In the future we intend to keep on balancing our funding sources, moving towards a crowd funding model, still maintaining a strong grip on multi-year agreements with financially sound corporations and private foundations. We are also organizing for the year 2014 the Dynamo Adventure Challenge: a unique experience and event in nature (in the wondeful oasis affiliated with wwf) that engages participants in a challenging outdoor treasure hunt, raising funds for Dynamo Camp in a powerful and life-challenging adventure.
We also intend to work on our cost structure, having our partners bear part of our operating costs via in-kind donations (both physical goods and professional skills)
GENERATING INCOME
As for the income generating part of our funding strategy:
We intend to further tap the huge potential of Alimentare Dynamo, the food social business, by expanding into new, diverse products and into more points of sale across all of Italy, following Newman’s Own approach: Newman’s Own every year distributes about 30mn dollars of net profits to different non profit organizations across the world.
We intend to set up a separate business for our merchandising department, with a dedicated apparel/outdoor gear branded line and new sale channels.
Dynamo Academy: we want to further develop the corporate business (foreign companies) and further expand into education with agreements with primary Italian and international partners like we are already doing with Bocconi University. Dynamo wants to improve the culture of social entrepreneur.
Created on 04/2/2013 by danielchristopheryoung
The main goal of this is to allow people in the community to contribute in helping children with Autism, a disorder that affects children all around the world.
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United States, FL, Delray Beach, Palm Beach County
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United States, FL, United States, Palm Beach County
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Established (past the previous stages and has demonstrated success)
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Summary: What specific issue or problem does your Venture address?
My Venture addresses the issue of Autism Spectrum Disorder, which disables children all around the world. The way this problem will be addressed is through many different methods, such as fundraisers and volunteering at schools for children with Autism. Raising money towards Autism research helps, and so does helping individual children with autism. A way to help children with Autism, as I have found, is to use music as therapy for these children. I have played my instrument for children at a school, and it allows them to calm down or even to focus. My efforts have gone further than this, and I have donated iPods which are used for music and for audio clips used for learning. In the future, I look forward to gaining more technological devices to donate such as iPads and other devices.
Misson Statement: What will your venture do?
My venture is geared to help children with Autism in any way possible. It will raise money towards Autism Research, the building of schools, and the supplying of school materials. As well as this, my venture stresses an importance on volunteer work, and it is crucial that I gain volunteers that are willing to help a child with Autism. The musical aspect of my venture will also be important, as I will continue to search for others who are musically inclined to volunteer at schools. As well as volunteering at schools, I will make it a goal to host benefit concerts, and to play at charity events for Autism. Although music is an important part of my venture, it is not the only part, and I also see an importance in allowing children with Autism to receive the best education that they can possibly achieve. I will do this through using raised money to buy supplies, help renovate and build schools, and create the opportunity for new technological advances at this school.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
Ways that my venture will make a difference have a larger scale of impact, and a smaller, more concise scale of impact. What I believe to be the larger scale is the raising of money towards Autism research and the raising of money to benefit schools for children with Autism. These two ideas will be important, for once I raise enough money, I will be able to donate this money to more and more locations, therefore spreading my venture. On a smaller scale, volunteer work will also be one of the activities in my venture. Although volunteering at a school for children with Autism will not raise money to find a cure, it will positively affect the life of the child, who needs as much help as he or she can get when it comes to an education. As I have previously addressed, music will also be an important part of my venture. Whether it is through volunteering musicians visiting nearby schools, or benefit concerts, music is a crucial part of my venture. It allows for the raising of money, but also allows children with Autism to experience music while they are being educated. It is said that music is therapeutic to these children, and it allows them to focus, therefore helping them learn.
The Community: Define your community, local or international, that you will work on behalf of. What population is affected? Are there other organizations working in this space?
Initially, my goal will be to work on behalf of the area around me, and let my venture grow from there. The entire population should be aware of Autism, and by raising money for the cause, I will also be able to spread the world to communities around mine. As these communities become more aware, I am hoping that they will spread their knowledge to others. As this knowledge is spread, my venture will also be spread further, until it has reached a nationwide level. This may be wishful thinking, but I believe that with the help of difference makers around the country, I will be able to accomplish this, especially considering that Autism is an important topic that should be known about by anyone.
Founding Story: What inspired your venture? Why?
The way I first heard about Autism was through a video that was sent to my email. This video affected me, and I thought that with my musical ability and willingness to help, I could make an impact somehow in the community. As I began raising money by playing violin at events, I discovered that there were other ways that I could still help the cause. I began donating the money I had raised to a nearby school, and after speaking with the school, they believed that I should go to the school to play for the children there. Going class to class, I would play music for the children, and I could see how it positively affected them. From that point on I have continued to find other methods of benefitting Autism research, and the education of children with Autism
What is your long-term vision for your Venture?
The long term vision of my Venture is to eventually see my venture spread outside of my community to around the nation. This way, people around the nation will raise awareness for Autism, donate money, and volunteer at schools in their areas. As my Venture spreads, I would also like any others to pitch in with their own ideas for ways to help children with Autism. This way, we will be able to find more and more ways to raise money, volunteer, or do any other activities that may benefit the cause.
Define your company, program, service, or product in 1-2 short sentences
The main goal of this is to allow people in the community to contribute in helping children with Autism, a disorder that affects children all around the world.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat do you want to accomplish in your first year?
The goal I wish to accomplish in my first year is to raise awareness in my community and hold many fundraisers to gain money for local schools. Another thing I wish to do is to host benefit concerts for Autism. While spreading the word, I also would like to search the community for others who are willing to volunteer at local schools. I don't wish to spread my venture too wide the first year, and I would rather establish a large amount of success locally before venturing out further.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
My milestone will be to raise over 10,000 dollars in fundraising
タスク 1:
Improve the supplies, classrooms, and technology of local schools for children with Autism
タスク 2:
Gain a wide population of volunteers
タスク 3:
Find other difference makers in the community who are willing to advertise my venture.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Spread my venture outside of my area into other regions of Florida
タスク 1:
Find major music personalities that are willing to help in a benefit concert
タスク 2:
Assist in the building of a new school for children with Autism
タスク 3:
Prepare to spread my venture nationally
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すHow will your Venture define success in the short term (1-12 months)?
By spreading the word of my venture throughout the State in order to prepare for a longer more difficult phase in which I will expand my venture nationally
In the long-term (1 year?)
By gaining recognition on a national level as an organization that positively effects communities around the nation
How will you measure success?
I will measure success not by the amount of money I raise towards my cause, but by the amount of people which my venture affects. Although it is only aimed towards helping children with Autism, I believe that my venture will allow communities around the nation to come together in order to fight for a common cause.
Why?
I believe that money is important, but should not be the critical point of whether something is successful or not.
Girls with Heart will be group of dedicated girls who are struggling emotionally, phscially, and mentally. We will work together to maintain healthy hearts!
This project also has a Changeshop where you can read more about its latest progress.
Go to Changeshop: Move This World.
Created on 03/31/2013 by Ouida Maedel
Move This World (MTW) is a global nonprofit using creative movement as a vehicle to transform conflict, violence and bullying in communities. MTW focuses on empowering individuals with skills to identify emotions within themselves, to be empathetic in their interactions with others, and to act as change agents in their communities. Our hallmark program is an evidence-based curriculum engaging students Pre-K-12 in movement-based activities promoting empathy, diversity appreciation, anger management, and conflict transformation.
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United States, VA, Alexandria, Fairfax County
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What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Move This World (MTW) is a global nonprofit using creative movement as a vehicle to transform conflict, violence and bullying in communities. MTW focuses on empowering individuals with skills to identify emotions within themselves, to be empathetic in their interactions with others, and to act as change agents in their communities. Our hallmark program is an evidence-based curriculum engaging students Pre-K-12 in movement-based activities promoting empathy, diversity appreciation, anger management, and conflict transformation. Using MTW's holistic approach, we engage students, families, educators, administrators, and communities with targeted programs that promote social change through the art of movement. MTW has worked with over 9,000 individuals across 22 cities on four continents.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
In the next year, Move This World's top priority is to hire two full-time leadership positions to help to lead programmatic growth and operational strategy. These full-time positions will provide current staff with the support, resources, and expertise for Move This World to scale and enter new markets. Our second priority is to grow the number of classrooms we have in current program hubs. Thirdly, Move This World would like to pilot its special needs curriculum and identify potential new product lines in the next year.
Need #1
Message & Brand Strategy
Need #2
Peer Benchmarking Analysis
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
In February of 2013 Move This World underwent a re-brand to become the organization it is today. Formerly known as Dance 4 Peace, Move This World leadership decided to pursue a re-branding process to find a name that truly articulated our use of innovative practice using creative movement for empathy education. We also wanted to find a name that embodied our growth potential, vision, and mission more fully. While we feel confident that we have found that name in Move This World, we are working to embody the new brand across the organization and realize our growth potential not only through our current curriculum and training programs, but also through new product lines to distinguish ourselves from peers and become the standard among organizations offering innovative empathy education programs.
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Move This World prioritizes flexibility and responsiveness to the needs of partners, customizing programs and arrangements.
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Move This World prioritizes open communication between partners and MTW staff, ensuring we are available to partners.
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Move This World prioritizes cultural awareness, ensuring our programs are appropriate for diverse contexts.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Support from American Express will be focused on Move This World as an organization overall in order to maximize the impact of the support. In order to work on our strategic positioning as an organization, we must pursue processes that foster cohesive branding and messaging strategies, and help us situate ourselves in the civil society space in relationship to peer organizations.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
Move This World has worked with outside consultants before, including with consultants who advised us throughout the re-brand process. We have also worked with consultants to evaluate the efficacy and growth potential of Move This World's programs in certain markets. While individual staff members have dedicate some time to considering branding and messaging and a part-time Communications and Strategy Specialist is a crucial member of our team, outside facilitation will prioritize branding and messaging for all staff to ensure consistency and confidence.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
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To empower all Move This World staff to speak and write confidently and consistently about the new Move This World brand.
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To be internationally recognized as the standard provider of empathy education programs.
3.
To identify and strategize about potential distinct product lines for development under the Move This World umbrella.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
The MTW curriculum transcends countries, socioeconomic differences, languages and cultures; it is being adapted and implemented in diverse communities worldwide. In the fall of 2011, aggregate data MTW collected indicated an 80% increase in student positive empathetic reactions to seeing an isolated peer after exposure to a semester of our programming. When given a situation involving bullying, there was a 48% decrease in violent responses. Survey questions to MTW students testing for appreciation of diversity showed a 15% increase in listening to others, 30% increase in liking group work, and 25% increase in likelihood to try new things. Suspension data in one school declined from 53 incidents to 16, after one semester of Move This World programming in several classrooms.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
Based upon our strategic scaling model and business plan, Move This World will have an annual budget of $1.7 million in five years and will have worked with 55,000 youth and educators. Move This World has already shown success at scaling from one classroom in Bogota, Colombia to serving over 9,000 individuals in 22 cities on four continents. Support from American Express will enable Move This World to take the next step in becoming the standard bearer in innovative empathy education practice. Our programs are already sought after by a diversity of partners, and undergoing a peer benchmarking analysis will empower us to identify growth areas and customize product lines based upon the market need and feedback from partners.
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Created on 03/31/2013 by Magical Voice
Most people’s lives are limited by their thinking.
The Magic of Think™ helps children overcome self-limiting thoughts by teaching and reinforcing the core values of inner strength before bad habits become entrenched. Strong children create strong adults.
The world of “Think” incorporates award-winning songs, fun stories, animated characters, games, lessons and activities dealing with some of life’s most difficult problems.
Activity & Audio Books with Music CDs in a 7 book series based on social and emotional learning. Progressing to multiple platforms.
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The Magic of Think: Everything begins with a thought. We help children improve their thinking.
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What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Most people’s lives are limited by their thinking.
The Magic of Think™ helps children overcome self-limiting thoughts by teaching and reinforcing the core values of inner strength before bad habits become entrenched. Strong children create strong adults.
The world of “Think” incorporates award-winning songs, fun stories, animated characters, games, lessons and activities dealing with some of life’s most difficult problems.
Activity & Audio Books with Music CDs in a 7 book series based on social and emotional learning. Progressing to multiple platforms.
Creates meaningful discussions between a mentor (teacher, parent, grandparent, guardian, friend) and child benefiting both.
Like a nursery rhyme, our messages are remembered for a lifetime becoming a positive anchor in times of need.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1. Help children worldwide
2. Find a partner or sponsor to help expand the program to reach more children
3. Generate sales to continue our work
Need #1
Message & Brand Strategy
Need #2
Consumer/Audience Acquisition
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
We need your help in increasing brand awareness and generating sales.
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A passionate and sincere long-term desire to help children worldwide
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A partner that is comfortable being instrumental in bringing change to the way children learn
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A partner that sees the power of brands like Harry Potter, Club Penguin, Hello Kitty, etc. and uses that platform to educate
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Support from American Express will be focused on our organization overall. We need help progressing to the next stage.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
The University of BC liked the project and helped with the curriculum. We also received help from an outside contractor with our Facebook page.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
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Identify the strongest segment of my market and brand
2.
Establish a long-term partnership
3.
Increase sales and distribution
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
We won Best Song at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards, received a fantastic review from Billboard Discoveries, and were chosen to be in the Grammy and Oscar gifts to the nominees. The University of BC Education Department helped us develop lessons and activities for our series of books (K to Grade 3.) We test marketed The Magic of Think™ with teachers, homeschooling mothers, and grandparents. The testimonials have been phenomenal. The children in both public and private schools have been captivated by the stories performed “in character.” The children love the music and listen to it day and night. We have also been receiving enthusiastic reviews from parents with Special Needs and Gifted children. Children open up on issues that have not been discussed before. Eg. being bullied.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
Receiving support from American Express would greatly assist us in achieving our goal of reaching and helping every child in the world. Rich or poor, regardless of color or nationality. Long term, stronger children become stronger adults, who will be more equipped to make the world a better place.
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Created on 03/29/2013 by qlovi
Qlovi is committed to boosting the low levels of student reading proficiency in the US. 75% of US students lack full literacy proficiency—low income and student of color communities are disproportionately affected. Literacy instruction presents challenges and opportunities unmet by existing instruction and education technology. As literacy lags, achievement and competitiveness suffer.Qlovi is a literacy-instruction platform that fosters literacy achievement using interactive features, eReading, and fun assessments.
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United States, MI, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County
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United States, MI, Detroit, Wayne County
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What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Qlovi is committed to boosting the low levels of student reading proficiency in the US. 75% of US students lack full literacy proficiency—low income and student of color communities are disproportionately affected. Literacy instruction presents challenges and opportunities unmet by existing instruction and education technology. As literacy lags, achievement and competitiveness suffer.Qlovi is a literacy-instruction platform that fosters literacy achievement using interactive features, eReading, and fun assessments.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1) To create a digital marketing campaign to reach parents and educators concerned with literacy achievement. We wish to develop a targeted campaign that convert impressions into subscriptions for our platform.
2) To expand to school districts nationally
3) To expand our content offering and become a known digital distribution channel for self published or traditionally published titles for kids, YA, and educational communities.
Need #1
Digital Marketing Strategy
Need #2
Consumer/Audience Acquisition
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
We want to start a digital marketing campaign in order to solicit online reading materials from authors. We think that this would be a great way to obtain more engaging content for students but at the same time allow us to reach more authors instead of going through publishing companies.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
We anticipate that support from American Express will be for two focused objectives. Our first objective is parent/teacher customer acquisition. Our second objective is hinged on developing a web/brand identity related to trust and digital distribution. We are looking to expand our operations nationally so that school districts and parents can more easily foster literacy in classrooms or homes.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
We have not since we are wrapping up product development and a study of our initial pilot. We have not worked with outside consultants before.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
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Develop and craft sustainable digital marketing strategy (channels, acquisition cost, pricing by source, etc)
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Hone and sharpen targeted messaging related to marketing campaign objectives
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Imbue American Express skills into our team DNA. Successfully carry out a dedicated partnership.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Our first wave of impact is already underway. 8000 students across the 15 lowest performing schools in Detroit use Qlovi to foster literacy and meet daily reading goals. Students login to Qlovi for an average of 20 minutes per session. And weekly average users are totally at least 2000. The schools we are working with have experienced academic growth larger than existed before Qlovi was in place. A closer dissection of usage and academic achievement is under way.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
With the help of American Express, our team will seamlessly incorporate digital marketing skills across our organization. We admire the dedicated example and digital track record of American Express and think of no better partner for this very focused exercise. Reaching more parents/students with good marketing will directly translate into higher literacy outcomes across high-need and targeted communities. We are ready for the challenge and partnership to begin.
This Entry is about (Issues)
Created on 03/29/2013 by davidalevine
We are at a crisis point in education today. Many teachers and children are feeling disconnected, stressed out and unmotivated. The pressures brought on by the new mandated instructional practices from both Federal and State Departments of Education are felt by all members of the school community. There is a decrease in pro-social skills and an increase in anti-social behaviors. Most answers to this problem focus on programming. My approach focuses on building a new consciousness within the school community.
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United States, NY, Accord, Ulster County
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United States, NY, New York, New York County
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The School of Belonging Learning Institute
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What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
We are at a crisis point in education today. Many teachers and children are feeling disconnected, stressed out and unmotivated. The pressures brought on by the new mandated instructional practices from both Federal and State Departments of Education are felt by all members of the school community. There is a decrease in pro-social skills and an increase in anti-social behaviors. Most answers to this problem focus on programming. My approach focuses on building a new consciousness within the school community. This consciousness is based on creating an authentic learning environment through open and often vulnerable communication that emphasizes compassion, empathy, collaboration and problem solving. My work focuses on facilitating emotional safety for all members of the school community.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1. Complete, publish and market The School of Belonging Learning Institute's newest resource: The School of Belonging: Empathy in Practice (in process).
2. Implement The School of Belonging Learning Institute with three unique learning communities: New Directions Alternative Secondary School in the Bronx, NY, Hunter College Magnet School (grades k-12), in Manhattan, NY, and with Beacon Secondary School (grades 6-12), in Beacon, NY.
3. Run four School of Belonging Learning Institute training sessions at the Fellowship for Reconciliation training site in Nyack, NY. Schools from New York City and the New York metropolitan area will be invited to take part. This will be followed up with a 5 day School of Belonging Certification Program in the summer, 2014 at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY.
Need #1
Message & Brand Strategy
Need #2
Peer Benchmarking Analysis
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
The School of Belonging Learning Institute (SBLI), has evolved over the past 30 years into a unique and innovative culture building process. Institute creator David A. Levine has created authentic learning experiences which facilitate self-reflection and behavior change through his music, cutting edge books, meaningful dialogue, applied skills, and classroom demonstrations. The SBLI process has consistently created systemic transformational learning which has proven to be life changing for many teachers, leaders, children and parents. David wants SBLI to be a robust process that will make significant social change in our schools and communities. In the past year, he has established relationships with several foundations who are devoted to social and emotional learning and he is currently negotiating with school districts from a variety of socio-economic realms. As creator of SBLI, David needs help in branding his vision and marketing his work in such a way that schools from all over the world, who are in need of creating caring and empathic learning communities, will want to implement The School of Belonging Learning Institute for their teachers and students .
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Open commuication through dialogue and non-judgment.
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A belief in the creative potential of synergizing ideas.
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Regular check-ins, celebration and authentic feedback.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
I would like support in my organization overall. I have been working on my own since 1992. After meeting several colleagues through Ashoka, I realized that I needed to scale up my work to make a greater difference in the world. Creativity, passion and belief do not always equal a sound business plan and that is what I need assistance with. In the past few weeks, I have been approached by three different school districts looking to establish a long-range working relationship with The SBLI process, and I now see the need to refine my focus on marketing, capacity building. and service delivery.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
I have always worked on my own, often thriving with minimal marketing or a strategic plan. Whenever I thought of scaling up, I wasn't sure how to do it as my work was so uniquely connected to my personality and expression. Last October while speaking with the Novo Foundation about social and emotional learning, I was told me how much in alignment they were with me but that I needed to move my work from being "boutiquey" to being "robust". This wasn't exactly a business consultation but it did help change my thinking in terms of what was needed to scale up The School of Belonging process.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
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To create an educational framework devoted to enhancing the uniqueness of student expression to the world.
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To equip young people to be socially conscious as they make their professional mark on the world.
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To establish on-going community of practice teams for educators around the globe focused on authentic SEL initiatives.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Since 1992, David A. Levine has developed and implemented School of Belonging concepts in app. 400 schools, impacting 10,000 teachers and 52,000 youth. He has worked with students, teachers, principals, parents and central administrators, running workshops and teaching classes on building classroom communities, creating emotionally safe schools, ,and working effectively in teams. The greatest successes have been demonstrated by teachers taking David's ideas, modifying them to match their own teaching styles and the unique needs of their students, and integrating School of Belonging practices into their classrooms. David's work has influenced teachers, leaders and policy makers across the United States, in Guam, New Zealand, India, and Canada. Many pre-service programs use David's books.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
The School of Belonging Learning Institute will become a known entity in the United States and beyond, establishing a further reaching voice, influence and impact in creating schools that truly meet the social and emotional learning needs of their students. The changes that will come about from infusing School of Belonging principles into a school's cultural practices, will have a profound effect on the future well-being and life success of our most critical sustainable resource: our children. Over the next three years, in addition to the US, SBLI will have a presence in New Zealand, England, Canada and Australia, helping to make schools places where children learn the life skills of empathy, compassion, problem solving, collaboration, self-reflection, and leadership.
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Created on 03/29/2013 by Linda Katz
Unlike children from more affluent communities, children who live in low-income neighborhoods don't have much access or exposure to a wide variety of professionals. Therefore, they have a limited vision of the careers towards which they can strive. This career day program seeks to change that by helping such children, at an early age, identify what they love to do and explore careers that reflect their passions. Students have an individual interview yearly, during which they tap into their interests, learn about 40-50 careers, and then choose two careers to learn about for Career Day.
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Light My Way ~ Career Day
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United States, NY, New York City, New York County
この団体が社会的なインパクトをもたらす国
United States, NY, Bronx, New York, Bronx County
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Light My Way ~ Career Day
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What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Unlike children from more affluent communities, children who live in low-income neighborhoods don't have much access or exposure to a wide variety of professionals. Therefore, they have a limited vision of the careers towards which they can strive. This career day program seeks to change that by helping such children, at an early age, identify what they love to do and explore careers that reflect their passions. Students have an individual interview yearly, during which they tap into their interests, learn about 40-50 careers, and then choose two careers to learn about for Career Day. By 5th grade, each student has had 7 interviews and met 14 of these role models, experiences which will be invaluable to them as they make choices in their adult lives.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
Business Plan
Creation of Accountability and Evaluation tools
Replication of the program in other schools.
Need #1
Peer Benchmarking Analysis
Need #2
Customer Relationships
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
Need #1. I need to develop tools to evaluate the effectiveness of the program short-term and longitudinally. My research on the web cannot find a single child-centered program geared to the individual elementary school student. Consequently, I have no standard, accepted tools of measurement for comparison. I need to build measurement standards, not just for accountability to funders, but because the feedback will help me to build in a continuous process of improved effectiveness. #2. I have chosen to serve a NYC public school in the poorest Congressional district in the country. The children's education is compromised, as school staff, students and their families feel pressure to test well in order to give the school a good performance grade to avoid being shut down. The pressure to meet immediate testing needs deters administrators from investing their limited time on extra non-academic programs such as mine, that focus on long-term career goals.We need a strategy to become more effective in working within this stressed educational system and in getting administrators and teachers to “buy in” to the notion that our program can be complementary to their mission.
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Empowering individuals through the finding and recognition of their strengths.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
I will need overall help in the following areas but can choose just one to focus on during the internship. I would like help with any one of the following areas: the creation of a business plan, create accountability measures, the replication of our program to another school and with fund raising.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
I have not worked on any of the above areas (except for creating accountability measures) with an objective outside consultant. I met with a researcher for a year the first year we were up and running in 2009, but was not convinced that he had a clear understanding of the programs objectives.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
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Students will have access to community role models who discuss the discovery of and educational path towards their career.
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Students will use the skills they learned from the program to make informed and meaningful career choices as adults.
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Replication of the program in other schools to create a national program.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
1.) A large number of students report in post career day interviews that they can see themselves having the career they learned about on Career Day. Students are overwhelmingly enthusiastic about attending career day and love being interviewed. The Principal said it is their favorite day of the school year. 2.) Children often come to the interview with preconceived notions about the careers they would like to learn about but once they have tapped into their talents and passions and learn about a wide variety of careers, their choices often change. We have not seen the long term effects of the interview process but would like to create a longitudinal measure of the effectiveness of our intervention/interview. 3.) I have not begun working on a solution as of yet.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
I am hoping that the consultations will help me to see if the post career day interview is a good measure of the effectiveness of the program. I am hoping that I can secure an effective strategy to work with very stressed clients, (the NYC public schools) to facilitate a greater collaboration in my present school and in future schools.
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Created on 03/28/2013 by kaitlynchen
Providing healthy meals to students with easy to understand nutrition information and right portion size.
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United States, CT, New Fairfield
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Summary: What specific issue or problem does your Venture address?
Why we have growing childhood obesity rate? Why we have flooded information available and we still unable to tackle the issue? How we can develop a healthy life style at early age? I have a solution!
Eating right in school. Meaning, not only should our school's food not have, for example, Trans fat, but also be of quality; furthermore, students can pick their own portion size that's right to them. As of now, the food served in public school cafeterias have limited selection, few freshly made options, no choice of portion size, and no nutrition information disclosed. We have the desire to be fit and healthy, but do we have the platform?
Misson Statement: What will your venture do?
To let kids understand the right food they should be eating, and the quality and effort that goes into making real, quality, and worth food. To be able to pick portions that support their life style.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
Having a group of kids (early adaptors) to help, and try different catering/food providers that can give my students a healthy and beneficial meal every day. By actually going through, and looking at what these companies are putting into their food; why they are serving it; and where they get it from can make students more conscious about food they are eating. Having students be part of the decision making process in selecting and providing feedback to cafeteria service, they will be advocate of “new” cafeteria food and influence a greater population of students more so than teachers can!
To change the food serving model to give students/teachers choices of foods, portion, and pay for the portion. Having more freshly (less processed) made food, more variety so students can pick their own food combination, and amount they’d like to eat; along with clear nutrient/calorie information so students can make informed decision about what they eat. In the long run, this will help them develop a good habit of eating healthy and right portion.
The Community: Define your community, local or international, that you will work on behalf of. What population is affected? Are there other organizations working in this space?
Definitley a very small town that I live in as a pilot. But, I want to see how far this project goes, and see how and what other schools are eating. Is it better or worse? Expanding it into other districts, regional and national. And maybe launch my own food producing company to provide for kids, all around the world, with healthy food.
Founding Story: What inspired your venture? Why?
End of the day, tired, and hungry, very hungry. My friend and I got to the lunch stand that was seriving up sandwiches, that you could make yourself. YUM, right? So, my friend first, and she asked the lady for some roast beef. Story cut short, she whispers to my friend to not get the roast beef because it's old. YOU ARE KIDDING ME! Old roast beef, and I can bet that my friend wasn't the first one who tried to order roast beef, but was lucky enough to actually get warned.
It really inspired me because when I realize that the food being served in my cafeteria is like this, then I really need to make a change. Just for the students in my school to realize and understand that we can't let hunger change our instincts of what real, hardy food is. In addtion, at this age: we have strong desire to be good and fit, but feel so powerless with what's available. Lastly, more and more kids are from both parents working families, we rely more on school cafeteria.
What is your long-term vision for your Venture?
Going world wide! I think it will take long, but I am excited to maybe have my own food producers in foreign countries to help kids and shelters provide healthy food.
Define your company, program, service, or product in 1-2 short sentences
Providing healthy meals to students with easy to understand nutrition information and right portion size.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat do you want to accomplish in your first year?
Get a group of kids to help me and encourage my venture. Get school support. Help out at local shelters, and see what companies are out there that serve healthy food. And to make a change in my school's cafeteria food, quality, variety, and self-picked portion size.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
タスク 1:
Get a group of helpers (student council, clubs) to encourage my venture.
タスク 2:
Build alliances from school administration, existing providers. Create Pro-forma financial projection.
タスク 3:
Request For Proposal to vet out winners that can provide healthy food at lower cost.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
タスク 1:
Formalize the venture into an organization; create board of directors who can guide us growing the venture.
タスク 2:
Expand the model to other schools.
タスク 3:
Present the model to State Senate to drive a sustained change.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すHow will your Venture define success in the short term (1-12 months)?
Positive feedback within school. Drive for a change in food serving model. Revenue increase, volume increase, and attract more attention on my topic. Attract more people to understand and be involved in my venture.
In the long-term (1 year?)
Promote this venture into other schools(market growth) and being adapted by other places, not only schools.
How will you measure success?
The amount of people interested and involved in my venture shows me that people are aware of my cause and my reasons. And they too, can help me make a change.
Why?
It shows me that people understand and can relate to my feeling and my venture.
Created on 03/28/2013 by GlobalGrassroots
Young people have great potential to become life-long change agents after a single successful experience. Yet many lack the training and tools to get their first idea off the ground. Further, university students, often inspired from travel abroad, long to create meaningful impact in the world around the issues they are most passionate about. So called "Do-It-Yourself" philanthropy is often impulsive, conducted without alignment with a local community's needs or participation, and thus unsustainable.
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United States, NH, Hanover, Grafton County
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uAcademy for Conscious Change
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What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Young people have great potential to become life-long change agents after a single successful experience. Yet many lack the training and tools to get their first idea off the ground. Further, university students, often inspired from travel abroad, long to create meaningful impact in the world around the issues they are most passionate about. So called "Do-It-Yourself" philanthropy is often impulsive, conducted without alignment with a local community's needs or participation, and thus unsustainable. Global Grassroots' uAcademy for Conscious Change integrates mindfulness and conscious leadership practices with social entrepreneurship skills in a 40-hr social venture incubator. The uAcademy catalyzes compassionate and sustainable ventures designed and led by students here or abroad.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
We have piloted our first uAcademy program for 22 students at Dartmouth College in 2012 and will begin a second program at the University of Virginia in May. Our top priority is to scale our uAcademy program as an earned-income strategy for our organization by: (1) building a client-base of 3-5 new schools across the US university market, (2) better packaging, pricing and positioning the uAcademy for greater economies of scale as we establish the infrastructure to support the program long-term, and (3) building visibility and branding around the program and its impact on youth's capacities as empathetic and conscious change agents.
Need #1
Consumer/Audience Acquisition
Need #2
Message & Brand Strategy
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
We need assistance building a client base of university or institutional clients that are willing to partner with us to bring the uAcademy to their campuses. The ideal partnership would (a) deliver revenue for our general operations on a fee-for-service basis, (b) enable us to offer a permanent program annually, such as a 1-2 week social venture incubator over each January term or spring break, (c) collaborate in conducting monitoring and evaluation or academic research on the individual and societal impact of the student ventures and test our metrics for social-emotional learning + conscious change leadership, and (d) raise visibility for and validate our efforts to advance a more conscious approach to international development and social entrepreneurship.
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Alignment of or shared missions to guide the collaboration.
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Willingness to experiment with and then thoroughly evaluate and learn from innovative approaches.
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Authentic communication and desire to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Support from American Express would be focused on the uAcademy, one of several Global Grassroots programs that support grassroots change agents globally. The uAcademy is our primary US-based program, which adapts our proven curriculum that we have been using in Africa for 7 years with undereducated women survivors of war. The uAcdemy was designed to support young people in developing themselves as conscious agents of change, while earning income for our developing country work and bringing greater academic research, visibility and validation of all our programs.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
We have worked in a limited capacity with consultants to help us develop a general fundraising strategy and to identify strategic partnerships. We have also worked with graduate students from MBA programs and PR programs who have offered pro-bono consulting over an academic term. However, due to budgetary limitations, we have never had the opportunity to work with a professional consulting team or firm to help us fully develop these interest areas. Given the uAcademy is a brand new endeavor, we have not yet had the opportunity to pursue a client acquisition, branding or scale strategy.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
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3-5 new university or institutional partners for the uAcademy
2.
program packaging and positioning that will allow us to replicate sustainably
3.
branding strategy that will generate traditional and new media visibility
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Our Academy for Conscious Change in Africa (Rwanda, Uganda and Liberia) has trained over 400 change agents, who are operating or in the process of developing 47 social ventures. Those 25 that are operational serve over 25,000 women and girls every year. Our first uAcademy program at Dartmouth College supported 22 students in designing 12 organizations, including an educational program for the children of migrant workers in Beijing, a venture using theater to fight teen suicide among Inuit youth in Alaska, and a campaign to ensure pregnant students can continue their education. We then took 6 students to Liberia to design a future exchange program in collaboration with our Liberian change agents. We will repeat our program at Dartmouth this fall and pilot a new program at UVA in May.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
If we are able to establish 3-5 new university partnerships, each offering the program to 25 students annually, we would serve a potential 175 students each year. Among these student participants, we would target the launch of 25-50 new social ventures each year that would be designed through our uAcademy incubator. Most of our African ventures go on to benefit 500 - 2500 people annually, so when students follow through on their implementation, their work could potentially reach 12,500 - 125,000 others.
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Created on 03/27/2013 by markhoroszowski
A Global Experteering Network: Inspiring and enabling professionals to donate their expertise to social enterprises around the world.
Think of it like a match.com meets the Peace Corps, where people can get connected directly to social enterprises overseas where then can travel to and donate their expertise (go Experteering) without having to pay.
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United States, WA, Seattle, King County
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A Global Experteering Network
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What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
A Global Experteering Network: Inspiring and enabling professionals to donate their expertise to social enterprises around the world.
Think of it like a match.com meets the Peace Corps, where people can get connected directly to social enterprises overseas where then can travel to and donate their expertise (go Experteering) without having to pay.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1. Develop the Experteering brand to motivate skilled professionals to volunteer their expertise (go Experteering) locally and abroad.
2. Find thousands more quality organizations that will benefit from donated expertise
3. Further improve a scalable way to connect Experteers to organizations (we have a web platform in alpha).
Need #1
Consumer/Audience Acquisition
Need #2
Digital Marketing Strategy
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
As we are building a marketplace, sourcing skilled professionals and social enterprises around the world is essential so we can hit critical mass.
We need to further refine our professional market (i.e. graduate students, sabbatical ready, etc.), and then improve messaging and sales cycle to best capture this audience. We must do the same for international social enterprises.
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Commitment for the mission - accelerating the impact of social enterprises by connecting them to expertise
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Commitment to the project - finish what is started, with a focus on long-term sustainability.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
The work will be focused on the organization as a whole, working directly with the co-founders.
In addition, some of the work will trickle down directly to support messaging and launch of the core product.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
Only at a high-level. Basic marketing messaging exists, however it is general and does not target specific sub-groups.
We have not worked with any other consultants.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
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Increase brand strength which starts an Experteering movement
2.
Has a measurable impact on filling the marketplace Experteers and social enterprises
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Matches are made throughout the engagement with measurable impact to social enterprises
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
We've currently matched 10 people around the world to volunteer their expertise since 2012. These projects have helped an eco-research facility build new facilities in Panama, provided financial education to small business owners in Ghana, and support startups in Chile.
Our platform, launching soon, will create connections like this at scale, with more quantitative outcomes.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
This has the opportunity to be a major accelerator for MovingWorlds. In addition to press from the opportunity which will help boost uptake at launch, improved branding, and focused on product-market fit to increase customer acquisition and help get more talent donating their expertise sooner.
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Created on 03/26/2013 by Kai Chun
The Student Athlete Progression Program was created to put emphasis on school over sports and to give them a plan for after high school.
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Student Athlete Progression Program
団体の所在国
United States, FL, Lady Lake, Lake County
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United States, FL, Ocala , Marion County
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This Entry is about (Issues)
Summary: What specific issue or problem does your Venture address?
My venture address the issue of student athletes who focus more on being an athlete than a student.
Misson Statement: What will your venture do?
My venture is a free service provided for struggling student athletes. My venture was created for student athletes who are not preparing well for college or just need help raising their grades. The problems are that on average in my school student athletes have the lower grades than just regular students. A large portion of this is because they don’t understand the material and no extra help is offered to them. Another problem is that they don’t have any motivation to do well in school because they don’t have any plans after high school or they assume that they will go pro in whatever sport they play. Today’s solution is just to keep their gpa at a C average so that they will be eligible to play sports. If they are struggling in a class they are just suppose to ask their friends for help. In order to plan what they want to do after high school they are suppose to go to their guidance councilor. (There are only two for my whole high school). The market for my program is for all student
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
A student athlete comes to one of the meetings after and we ask him about his grades and his plans after high school. We see that his grades are struggling and he plans to play basketball in college. We show him the statistics of how many people get a college scholarship for athletics (1.9%) and show him how focusing on raising his grades would be more beneficial in trying to get into college. He raises his grades well above the required 2.3 GPA necessary to play sport at our school and gets into a state college. After attending one of the job fairs that S.A,P.P hosted he knows that he wants to major in health sciences and go on to become a pharmacist.Several years later he comes back to the school and gives a speech about the importance of focusing on school over sports during a school assembly.
The Community: Define your community, local or international, that you will work on behalf of. What population is affected? Are there other organizations working in this space?
I will work in behalf of my venture Students Athlete Progression Program at Trinity Catholic High school as a after school program. It will start at Trinity Catholic High School with Mr. Greathouse as my ally. aI will then later spread out towards public high schools in my surrounding area and eventually statewide. The venture will effect the 55.5% students nationwide who who play high school sports.
Founding Story: What inspired your venture? Why?
Countless times I have seen people in my school put all their effort in sports and not try hard at school only to then fall short of an athletic scholorship and end up not knowing what to do with their life after high school. In my house I was raised that God, family, and school come before everything else and it was so disappointing to see people so close to me waste their educations. I wanted to start something that would have a large influence in my generation in the community.
What is your long-term vision for your Venture?
I see my venture branching out to the public school system and becoming a nationwide club with branches in every high school after schools see the success that comes from the S.A.A.P. method.
Define your company, program, service, or product in 1-2 short sentences
The Student Athlete Progression Program was created to put emphasis on school over sports and to give them a plan for after high school.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat do you want to accomplish in your first year?
In my first year I want to have over 150 students enrolled in my program. With the success of the program I want to be able to spread my program to surrounding other schools. My goal is to have established SAAP in to at least two surrounding schools in my county and have the average GPA raised .5-1.0 points for the student athletes.
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
I plan to have at least 50 athletes enrolled in my program and 25 student tutors by the 6th month mark
タスク 1:
Advertise SAAP throughout the school
タスク 2:
Have the student athletes start to raise their grades
タスク 3:
Have the people enrolled in the program feel welcome and to have helped them plan out their academic future.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Have over 150 students enrolled in the program and two have at least two other chapters in surrounding schools
タスク 1:
Contact guidance councilors and advocate my program for their school
タスク 2:
Have the students enrolled be happy with their progress
タスク 3:
Have a 100% high school graduation rate and college acceptance rate for those enrollled
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すHow will your Venture define success in the short term (1-12 months)?
My Ventures short term success will be that it has have made an impact in my community by helping those who teachers often overlook. My venture is only successful if we help others to succeed. Just helping students plan out their future and raise their grades is what success is to my venture on the short term.
In the long-term (1 year?)
The long term success for my Venture is that it will spread from my surrounding community to across America. It's success will be measured by the lives changed and the progress that is made from the students enrolled in the program. My ventures success in the long-term will be that it will be a household name for where student-athletes go when they're struggling in school or looking for direction in their lives.
How will you measure success?
If when I die I have made this world a better place by my actions than I have succeeded. My venture is not meant to be somthing that is abandoned oncemy entrepreneurship class is over or when I graduate high school but it is meant to be something that will continue to work on and improve throughout my life. I want my programs drive and determination to stand out from other programs and if I succeed this program will build upon itself and last long after I have passed. If all this happens than I will know that the world is a better place than it was when I entered it and than I will know I have succeeded.
Why?
Because of my belief that given the chance individuals will rise to the occasion and succeed against all odds.
Labels are for jars not for people, but if they stick then turn the negative labels and replace them with positive ones like innovator, world changer & dream maker. We will get to where we need to be by following our aspirations, causing a ruckus and never giving up, we are celebrated not tolerated and defy all odds! Experts built the titanic and it sunk, amateurs built the Ark & it floated.
Ayurveda could, if explored in its full potential with wide spread awareness about living healthy principles,contribute to the world of medicine a GREAT CHANGE in its VISION...
This project also has a Changeshop where you can read more about its latest progress.
Go to Changeshop: Women LEAD.
Created on 03/25/2013 by ccharamnac
Women hold only 10% of national decision-making positions in Nepal. An increase in allocated leadership positions, such as a 33% quota for women in state structures, represents new opportunities for women but schools & civil society are failing to equip them with the tools to access these positions.
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United States, DC, Washington, Washington
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What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Women hold only 10% of national decision-making positions in Nepal. An increase in allocated leadership positions, such as a 33% quota for women in state structures, represents new opportunities for women but schools & civil society are failing to equip them with the tools to access these positions.
As the only leadership development organization for young women, led by young women, in Nepal, Women LEAD believes that the solution is long-term leadership development for girls. Since 2011, we’ve empowered over 400 young women to become leaders in their schools & communities. We’re locally owned & youth-led: all of our team are young women under 25. We include boys when appropriate (40% of participants in our Leadership track), as boys need to learn to work with & support female leaders.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1) Train 200 students through the LEAD Program.
2) Establish our Resource Center which will hold events for up to 1000 young women leaders across Kathmandu.
3) Raise our operating budget of $60,000 for 2013-2014.
Need #1
Consumer/Audience Acquisition
Need #2
Peer Benchmarking Analysis
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
We are a young organization with a very small donor base (less than 100 donors), a small email list (around 200) and a growing audience on social media channels (more than 1,500 followers on Facebook and 800 on Twitter). We also have only one staff member dedicated to fundraising (though we are expanding our capacities with our Board and Fundraising Committee in the US). We have opportunities to expand our fundraising within and beyond the US but have not identified and developed the strategies to do so. It would be very helpful for American Express to help us identify the gaps in our current strategy and form new tactics to reach new audiences. We need help in:
1. Effectively managing our social media community to increase conversion rates from “follower” to “donor”;
2. Developing a strategy for international engagement targeting: family foundations, business partners in the Nepali tourism industry, and high-capacity donors;
3. Identifying and cultivating a portfolio of 50 mid-to-high capacity donors (1,000-5,000 annual cash gifts) with the goal of ten major gift solicitations by the end of FY ’13-14.
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Honesty - being open about expectations and disagreements.
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Clarity - being clear about expectations and deliverables from the beginning
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Appreciation - recognizing and being grateful for each other's contribution to the partnership
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Support will be focused on our fundraising strategy. Ideally American Express would study our existing strategy, evaluate its effectiveness, and propose new tactics for the strategy to increase and diversify our donors.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
Half my time as the US Executive Director is focused on fundraising. I created a fundraising strategy for Fiscal Year 2013 (which for us ends in June). Our revenue stream was divided into institutional gifts, individual gifts and events. We worked with a consultant from Accenture for one session who reviewed our existing strategy and proposed new options. Although we did raise the amount needed until the end of the fiscal year, we did not hit some of our other targets, such as recruiting 10 major donors and growing our individual donor base.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
No
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Create a fundraising strategy that reaches new audiences such as the tourism industry and high net worth individuals.
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Identify 50 mid to high capacity donors (1,000-5,000 USD)
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Grow our individual donor base by 100% to 200 donors
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
400 leaders have graduated from our organization. While only 18% of women over 25 have a secondary education or higher in Nepal, 87% of our 2010 graduates are attending university, studying subjects such as dental surgery, biotechnology, architecture & civil engineering. Our participants gain confidence in their abilities & skills, self-identify as leaders, raise their voices to advocate for change, form & work towards their career goals & become more politically aware & active. They’re challenging their community’s treatment of women, writing op-eds on the misrepresentation of women & becoming role models/mentors to younger students. Participants join a peer support network & develop supportive relationships that will help them face the challenges of advocating for a gender equal society.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
With American Express' support, we will be able to create a diverse fundraising strategy, which is a critical part of our sustainability as an organization. It will help us take our fundraising to the next level to ensure that we can invest in operational costs and retain and recruit full-time staff. Investing in our staff will enable us to expand our operations in Nepal (going from impacting 200 young women a year to more than 1,000) and look into replicating our model in other countries. With our current fundraising level, we cannot scale up our model.
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Created on 03/25/2013 by mwolfe2016
The Careers is a website inspiring youth to take an interest in academics through sharing information about industry, careers, and successful professionals.
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United States, FL, Deerfield Beach, Broward County
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This Entry is about (Issues)
Summary: What specific issue or problem does your Venture address?
The Careers addresses the issue of unsatisfactory educational performance, especially in students grades 5-10. It targets the students' side of the issue often called "accountability" through emphasizing inspiration and instilling a sense of purpose in youth. Accountability is the idea of giving schools, districts, and educators the responsibility for student achievement, and my venture aims to improve student accountability through raised awareness and motivation of the relevance of education (hopefully inspiring them along the way). Struggling students often lack a sense of purpose at school, feeling stupid and discouraged which only makes improving even more difficult than doing well in the first place. The Careers targets these students and aims to give them a brighter perspective toward scholastic achievement and a sense of purpose as to why they should put effort into education.
Misson Statement: What will your venture do?
The Careers will provide information about industries and careers, explaining the importance of education in each, with the intention of inspiring students to choose and pursue a goal, thus giving them a personal reason to put more effort into their academic performance. In terms of accountability, schools are responsible for building a solid curriculum, districts deal managing schools and setting standards, teachers are charged with educating, and students with learning. Students are the only branch not receiving an income for the fulfillment of their responsibility, and often lack an explanation to the teacher-hated question "why do I need to know this?" Students receive no universal or standard incentive to even try in school; each is driven by some combination of parent influence, fear of authority, fear of failure, personal goals, or has no drive at all. My venture will offer "proof" as to the relevance of education in relation to careers, and motivation to succeed in school.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include your primary activities
Alex is a freshman at a public high school is South Florida. She has three C's, a D in English and Science, and an F in her low-level math class. Her younger brother also has poor grades and her parents do not push her or punish her. She is uninvolved in activities and spends her time at the mall with friends. Alex doesn't do homework or worry about her bad grades, crediting them to the fact that she is "bad at school, and school is stupid anyway." She loves fashion magazines and idolizes the design team behind Proenza Schouler and the editor in chief of Teen Vogue Amy Astley. While on stumbleupon.com, Alex comes across TheCareers.com and browses around, looking at pictures and reading about jobs that look exciting. She finds the fashion industry page of the site and reads about the job descriptions of designers, magazine editors, stylists, and writers, among others. Interested that many professionals in the industry have gone to universities and design schools, she discovers that Amy Astley has a degree in English Literature and designers behind Proenza Schouler have degrees from Parsons. Alex reads about many other industry successes and finds that they praise the value of knowledge of many disciplines, including art history and fashion history, social sciences and anthropology, and foreign languages. This experience ignites wishes and hope inside Alex, and she begins to take more of an interest in school. She sees that the people she admires, and people like them she didn't even know about, are well educated and have proven the value of knowledge.
The Community: Define your community, local or international, that you will work on behalf of. What population is affected? Are there other organizations working in this space?
Because my Venture, at least the central project, is a website, my community is essentially global, although I can target my efforts in my local community. Access to the website will be free to users, and the user needs only access to the internet. The youth population is mainly affected as I am targeting students in grades 5-10. As with all ventures, my audience will be small and centered around my community upon the initial website launch. By hosting career days or presenting at schools in the three South Florida counties (Miami Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach county), I will be able to spread the word and promote The Careers in my community. Miami-Dade county is the 4th largest district in the country and Broward is the 7th (roughly 350,000 and 260,000 students, respectively), so targeting these areas to work on behalf of will enable me to make a large impact with my voice and venture. There are many career books, a few websites dedicated to describing careers, and organizations targeting youth in terms of education improvement, but there are not organizations trying to improve academic performance through means of "career awareness."
Founding Story: What inspired your venture? Why?
It all started with my best friend. Eden is kind, generous, and a great friend, but I have always been worried about her because she has never seem academic success nor liked school at all. She went to a speech therapist for phonation issues as a child and has gone through three years of tutoring, but her low grades have never improved because she has no drive to put forth effort. In my own school, my friends are frustrated with the amount of work we do, without anyone telling us "why." I have often wondered what sets my good grades and willing attitude apart from Eden's poor academic performance and my friends' skepticism toward the value of our education. I realized that it is the influence of inspiration- I see the connection between knowledge now and acceptance to my "first choice" university and the opportunity to have a "cool" job as an adult. I came up with the idea for this website as a means of enlightening teenagers about cool jobs that exist and how education plays a role.
What is your long-term vision for your Venture?
My long-term vision is that middle and high school students will visit the website based on word-of-mouth, a teacher recommendation, or coming across it on a discovery engine. I intend to create a website that students will find inspiring and entertaining, which will be enhanced in certain communities with career day presentations at schools and community centers. I aspire to explain and convince youth that putting effort into their education is worthwhile while helping them establish a sense of purpose. Eventually spread the message of The Careers through other means of media, possibly as a software application, social media pages, or a television commercial.
Define your company, program, service, or product in 1-2 short sentences
The Careers is a website inspiring youth to take an interest in academics through sharing information about industry, careers, and successful professionals.
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すWhat do you want to accomplish in your first year?
In the BIG PICTURE of the first year, I see four categories of key activities to develop. 1) There is the creation of the website itself which means want to write and organize all of the content for the initial launch of the website, and produce and launch the website itself. 2) There is the promotion of the website- I want to market my venture and figure out how to get the website in the loop of discovery engines like StumbleUpon (over 25 million registered users), SpinSnap, and Pinterest (48.7 million users). Through this accomplishment, I plan to find other means of popularizing the website. 3) Within the first year I would like to look into supplementary website activities- such as blog posts, feature articles, establishing a scholarship program, or creating competitions, among other ideas- and accomplish selected ideas for the website. The boldest and most effective supplementary activity would be running small-scale career days in schools (starting with public middle schools in my area). There is no better way to teach and persuade than in person, with spoken words and live presentations. While the website is more of a passive approach to the issue, career fairs are an aggressive method of ensuring that my message is heard, not to mention gives me and my team a better opportunity to evaluate the influence of our ideas and discuss the status of academic performance in the schools. 4) Funding: I want to find sponsors to contribute to the project.
* The 6 month milestone will not allow me to type more than a line.
My six month milestone is:
Create, launch and promote the website and establish related projects, especially the career days in schools across Broward, Dade, and Palm Beach counties. The careers days are an optimal time to track growth- presenters can have discussions with groups of students and administrators to evaluate the impact of The Careers. The Careers, first and foremost, is meant to serve struggling students; and so we should mainly focus on the percentage of students who moved from below to at or above standard proficiency levels. Academic improvement of students with learning deficiencies should be taken into account, along with students of ethnic minorities, children learning English as a second language, and economically disadvantaged students.
In twelve months, I would have like to accomplished the following:
The website should be completely created structurally, with new pages being added easily each month. Additionally, we should have an established list of schools for which we plan and host annual career days. By the twelve-month mark, I would like to have shifted some focus to activities beside the careers days (such as the idea of offering scholarships or having online competitions of sorts).
Winning entries present a strong plan for how they will achieve and track growth. Identify your six-month milestone for growing your impact
Create, launch and promote the website & establish related projects, especially the career days in schools in my 3 counties.
タスク 1:
Research careers and Interview professionals.
タスク 2:
Establish website layout and design. Write entries and Edit videos (and post them).
タスク 3:
Talk to professionals (asking for volunteer speakers), talk to schools (asking to host a career day), and create a presentation.
Now think bigger! Identify your 12-month impact milestone
Designated promotion tactics, established schedule of career day presentations (2-3 weekly), new understanding on status of edu.
タスク 1:
Get noticed and used by discovery engines.
タスク 2:
Establish scholarships, competitions, and other website activities to attract readers.
タスク 3:
Use academic statistics& federal and state laws (like NCLB act) to redefine academic success to better inspire & educate readers
もっと読む↓↑ 隠す↑ 隠すHow will your Venture define success in the short term (1-12 months)?
In the short term, the first priority is creating the content, which involves research, conducting, interviews, writing, and organizing media on the website. Thus, my Venture defines success as completing this within seven months.
In the long-term (1 year?)
The definition of long term success for this Venture is acquiring readers, inspiring them with goals of fascinating careers, and proving that education has merit and is vital to having one of these dream-inducing careers. Success will also come in the form of keeping certain elements of the website current, possibly including keeping up with a weekly or monthly featured career, posting questions for readers, adding new industries and career entries to the website. Success is being in a state of constant improvement.
How will you measure success?
Initially our success will be whether or not we have a website to launch. Long-term success is mostly a function of how many readers we acquire, how much we influence them, and how much they like the website and its features. I can measure the "how many" with a website hit counter and the subjective measurements will be made by user comments, questions, and concerns from the "Contact Us" page. Additionally, I can post surveys and evaluation questions on the website specifically asking users how (if at all) the website has motivated them to improve their grades and if it has given them previously inaccessible information they wanted. Our goal is to improve proficiency rates through providing students with a source of inspiration and a sense of purpose- evaluating annual proficiency rates based on standardized testing or looking at academic improvement of specific groups of struggling students (students with mental/physical disabilities, ESOL students, economically challenged students, etc.) can potentially measure our impact on our target students.
Why?
Reading individual testimonies, analyzing trends in academic performance & status of meeting standards will enable us to improve
To make a better world –to make our life blessed –to fulfill oneself, –to make free our society from inhuman activities, –to make conscious about oneself and about our aim of life, we have an excellent – incomparable system of essential education for true & universal development of human beings. All these educations –teachings –knowledge and methods is present in ‘MahaVad’.
This project also has a Changeshop where you can read more about its latest progress.
Go to Changeshop: WINGS Soars!.
Created on 03/22/2013 by adampom
WINGS is working to solve poor long-term outcomes of low-income students with our innovative social and emotional education program. WINGS teaches kids how to behave well, make good decisions, and build healthy relationships by delivering a social and emotional learning curriculum into a fresh and fun after school program. We serve at-risk, low-income kids 3-hours per day, 5-days per week, for the entire school year – more than 500 hours annually.
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United States, SC, Charleston, Charleston County
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United States, SC, Charleston, Charleston County
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What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
WINGS is working to solve poor long-term outcomes of low-income students with our innovative social and emotional education program. WINGS teaches kids how to behave well, make good decisions, and build healthy relationships by delivering a social and emotional learning curriculum into a fresh and fun after school program. We serve at-risk, low-income kids 3-hours per day, 5-days per week, for the entire school year – more than 500 hours annually.
Research shows social and emotional education delivered in the after school setting increases academic achievement, school attendance, and student behavior. Evaluations of our program show WINGS kids make better grades, score higher on standardizes tests, attend school more often, and have better behavior than non-WINGS students.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1) Develop a long-term strategic plan – we are working to identify strategic opportunities for the long-term growth and sustainability of WINGS.
2) Continue with our evaluation efforts – we will be entering the second year of a randomized control trial study on our program effectiveness, the gold standard in program evaluation.
3) Increase the number of students we serve – we are currently in four Charleston, South Carolina schools and two Atlanta, Georgia schools. We are working to increase enrollment in our current schools by more than 25% and add a new school in rural South Carolina.
Need #1
Opportunity Analysis
Need #2
Staffing Capabilities
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
We need to develop and refine our long-term strategic plan through opportunity analysis in order to maximize our impact and to achieve systemic change. Currently we are in an expansion phase, adding new programs each year. We are also in the midst of a randomized control trial study, which we anticipate will definitively document the positive outcomes of WINGS. When we receive our positive evaluation results we need to be prepared for widespread demand.
Our current direct service model is very good at achieving impact, but it is labor intensive and we are only working with a handful of schools. If we were to double our number of schools each year, it would take 14 years for us to reach the nearly 100,000 public elementary schools in the US. Given our current model, that type of growth is unrealistic. In order to achieve real systemic change we need to evaluate the best delivery mechanism of WINGS. Now is the time for us to evaluate the overall marketplace and to identify opportunities where we can achieve the greatest impact, whether it is through our direct service model or another avenue.
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Partners who challenge us in our conventional thinking.
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People are who willing to make a real commitment to working with us, just as we are willing to make when working with them.
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We share common goals of what we want to achieve.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
The only service we currently provide is our direct service after school program, so support will be focused on our overall organization. As a result of the consulting support it may be determined we should pursue an alternative service delivery option, such as a training and curriculum service in order to increase our impact. We are anxious to for the insight the consultants will provide as we go through this evaluation process.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
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Better understand the marketplace in which we operate
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Explore alternative service delivery options to maximize impact
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Initiate the framework to develop a more detailed strategic plan
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
In 2010-11 we partnered with UVA researchers for a preliminary outcome study. The results found executive function skills improved by 21 percentile points and applied problem solving skills improved by 8 percentile points. Increases in these areas are predictors for positive long-term outcomes: improved high school graduation rates, higher income potential, and reduced rates of criminal behavior.
Due to these results, the researchers wrote and received a $2.8 million grant from the US Department of Education for a randomized control trial study on WINGS, the gold standard of program evaluation. Previous evaluations by Yale University demonstrated WINGS kids attained higher math and reading scores and better grades and school attendance than non-WINGS kids.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
We are currently serving 650 kids each day in six low-income elementary schools, and we anticipate expanding our services to more than 900 kids next year. While this is a significant year over year growth rate, we are still falling short of achieving systemic change – we are only hitting a small percentage of all at-risk students. By working with the professionals with American Express we hope to identify a way for us to greatly increase our scale. We realize we will not be able to serve all students in the next year, but we believe this will help us lay the framework for widespread scaling and systemic change.
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Created on 03/20/2013 by gbeyrne
In Buenos Aires we have a public and free University with a six common subjects first year to almost all the careers, called "Ciclo Basico Comun" (C.B.C.) which have 65.000 new students each year and almost a half of them can't make it in one year. S.O.S. Estudiante is a virtual studying center, where students coming from High school can take online courses of the hardest subjects from the first university year. During a Skype call, the professor lectures from a Google docs the topics of the subject the student has chosen and solves doubts and questions.
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S.O.S. Estudiante: Shrinking the gap between High school and University in Buenos Aires
団体の所在国
Argentina, C, Buenos Aires
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Argentina, C, Buenos Aires
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S.O.S. Estudiante: Shrinking the gap between High school and University in Buenos Aires
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What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
In Buenos Aires we have a public and free University with a six common subjects first year to almost all the careers, called "Ciclo Basico Comun" (C.B.C.) which have 65.000 new students each year and almost a half of them can't make it in one year. S.O.S. Estudiante is a virtual studying center, where students coming from High school can take online courses of the hardest subjects from the first university year. During a Skype call, the professor lectures from a Google docs the topics of the subject the student has chosen and solves doubts and questions. After the class has been finished, the student will be part of a Facebook group with all the rest of the students where they will find common exercises to solve it in a collaborative way.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
Our top three priorities in the next year are:
- To get visibility in the students audience and the university environment.
- To increase the number of involved students
- To build an education community
Need #1
Digital Marketing Strategy
Need #2
Consumer/Audience Acquisition
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
We need some help about how to introduce our project in the university world and the students audience. Specially in the first year of University, where students usually need more help. We know that Social media is the key to enter, but we don't know how we should start it. At this time we would like to increase "likers" in our Fan page on Facebook, we think that's a good option to introduce the project, but we don't know how to motivate the students to be in touch with us or how to find potential interested people about us.
At the same time, the positioning of our project on the web (outside social networks) it's a priority, but we would like to do it showing what's different in our idea and what kind of benefits could the students get.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
As a start up project, we need an overall support from American Express.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
At this moment, we are working hard to develop our idea the best way we can.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
1.
More students completing the first year of university in one year.
2.
A big students community, studying through Facebook in a collaborative way.
3.
Fewer students giving up.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Students who have tried S.O.S. Estudiante have acquired a new vision of Skype or Facebook. They have realized that they can use these online tools not just for entertainment or communication, but as a learning tool.
While is too soon to talk about impacts, around 90% of the students who take lessons with S.O.S. Estudiante approve their exam. We believe that without any help, these students could never have completed C.B.C.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
Almost half of the total number of C.B.C. can't finish it in one year, and an important part of it, will give up in the next year. We think that S.O.S. Estudiante could help this critical students portion to complete this first year and keep studying.
We hope to build a community where students could share their doubts and members answer from different points of view. Also they could share their exam results to let the other members know about the final score. Thanks to this community, students would feel they are accompanied with others students during the whole learning process.
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AHA! is committed to eliminating bullying and violence between teens and to improving teens' achievement in school and in life outside of school. We set the stage for adolescents to grow into successful, healthy adults and cultivate character and conscience. We accomplish this through our original curriculum, which teaches listening and communication skills, emotional intelligence and empathy through active games, short teaching segments, circle discussion, creative expression and mentorship with skilled facilitators.
Created on 03/19/2013 by Project_CHEF
Project CHEF is a travelling, experiential, curriculum-based elementary school program that teaches children and families about healthy food: where it comes from, what it tastes like, how to prepare it and how to share it around a table.
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Director and Founder, Project CHEF Education Society
団体名
Project CHEF: Cook Healthy Edible Food
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Established (past the previous stages and has demonstrated success)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Project CHEF is a travelling, experiential, curriculum-based elementary school program that teaches children and families about healthy food: where it comes from, what it tastes like, how to prepare it and how to share it around a table. Designed to immerse the participants in the process of cooking from preparation to clean up, this 5-day outcome-based learning program addresses the obesity epidemic by teaching children, parents and teachers the knowledge and skills necessary to make healthy food choices and encourages the development of healthy attitudes toward food while empowering participants to make nutritious balanced meals for themselves.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
Priority 1: Hire an administrator to tend to the day-to-day running of the program and increase the number of program volunteers to assist with the program operations (correspondence, sourcing ingredients, shopping). Priority 2: Hire/train a second Project CHEF team (chef instructor, two chef assistants) to allow for program expansion. Priority 3: Develop a curriculum package and a training program to be able to expand beyond the Vancouver School District and enable other school districts to implement Project CHEF.
Need #1
Performance Management
Need #2
Consumer/Audience Acquisition
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
To date, administration of the Project CHEF program has been done voluntarily by the program developer/teacher. The program is in high demand with over a 2-year waiting list in Vancouver and requests for the program in over 40 other school districts/independent schools/community organizations. We need to extend our reach and in order to do so, we must hire and train staff and develop a platform to enable program expansion. American Express can assist with developing strategies for appropriate staffing and management. In order to extend our reach to other districts we will need to develop a comprehensive training program and fund raising strategy. Due to budget constraints in the public school system it will be necessary to assist school districts in finding program partners to help fund the delivery of the program. Additionally, we will need to develop the capacity to train staff to implement the program and to monitor program delivery on an ongoing basis. This will necessarily require expanded administrative support and enhanced management capability.
1.
Philosophical alignment with Project CHEF goals.
2.
Commitment to making a societal difference by empowering children to make healthy eating choices.
3.
Action oriented to help educate our children today in order to impact our society tomorrow.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
The support of American Express will be focused on the organization overall. Project CHEF provides an educational program whose effectiveness is proven and can make a dramatic difference. What our organization needs is assistance in developing staffing and management strategies to enable the program to expand and become sustainable. American Express can assist with making the existing program scalable and help extend its reach beyond its current focus in the Vancouver district.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
No, we have not worked with outside consultants before.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
1.
Children will develop the knowledge about healthy, sustainable food that is necessary to lead healthy lives.
2.
Children will develop skill and confidence in making nutritious meals for themselves.
3.
Children will apply principles of safety in the kitchen: food safety and personal & kitchen cleanliness and safety.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Since 2008, we have taught 6300 children. Evaluative data has been collected from all program participants (children, teachers, administrators and parents). Data has been overwhelmingly positive with 100% of teachers/principals rating the program as excellent. The average rating from parent volunteers is 4.94 out of 5 and the average rating from children is 4.74 out of 5. Anecdotal data and post program feedback shows that the Project CHEF program has made a very strong impact on children, noting positive changes in children’s knowledge about food, their skills in creating food for themselves and their families, and attitudes toward food. A school principal succinctly summarized the program, “Project CHEF is the best kind of educational experience: it changes lives.”
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
With the support of American Express, we can build the infrastructure needed to expand the program, thus enabling us to reach more children in BC. If every school-aged child in BC could learn the knowledge and skills needed to feed themselves healthy food choices, we can be assured that our children will lead healthier lives today and they will lead longer, healthier lives as adults.
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Created on 03/16/2013 by seattlekaranja
Popit4aprofit is a resource website that high school students or even any students could go to learn about programs and organizations they should be in. We try to help organizations be resourceful for students, and we link them to internships, college fairs, parties, and programs they should be in.
Patiseria Pa-tí-sera (Bakery for you in Spanish) is a micro-enterprise bakery set up in the El Milagro slum in the city of Trujillo, Peru. Ex-FairMail teenagers and ex-garbage belt dwellers Patricia Quesquen and Betty Wayder (both 19 years old) started a bakery business in this empovered part of town where most inhabitants work on the local garbage belt. With their bakery they hope to create a source of income for themselves and future local employees.
Created on 03/16/2013 by tysonbaker
Reach Clothing has the dedication to stop bullyiing through the power of t-shirts!
The “Konbit pou Konbat échèk” Program facilitates the character development of Haitian youth. Through this program, youth experience personal paradigm shifts through introspective workshops and artwork collaborations. We facilitate workshops that challenge the youth to acknowledge their habits to bring to light the self-restraining behaviors. Through post-workshop discussions we reaffirm to them that they too can be agents of change in their communities, and we use the game of chess to build confidence in their ability to overcome obstacles.
Created on 03/15/2013 by Paige Nelson
Growing up should be healthy, safe, & fun!
MYO ("mee-yo"): Mine. Yours. Ours. focuses on achieving a thriving adolescence for area teens. MYO is about personal development, understanding others, and making the world a better place.
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RYASAP : The Regional Youth/Adult Social Action Project
団体の所在国
United States, CT, Bridgeport
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Established (past the previous stages and has demonstrated success)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
Growing up should be healthy, safe, & fun!
MYO ("mee-yo"): Mine. Yours. Ours. focuses on achieving a thriving adolescence for area teens. MYO is about personal development, understanding others, and making the world a better place.
MYO recognizes the power of youth to make positive change in their lives, the lives of their peers, and in the world. MYO is a network of youth programs, a process of leadership, an online community, and a calendar of engaging events and activities. All MYO programs are facilitated by MYO AmeriCorps Members, who are trained to be excellent youth workers and grow the field of youth dev.
MYO works because it has become a brand that is cool and youth feel brand loyalty. In buying into the brand, teens buy into positive outcomes and healthy norms of behavior.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1. Grow MYO AmeriCorps into the nation's leading youth worker training program and most popular service program for 17-23 year-olds.
2. Develop MYO products for the marketplace.
3. Edit and publish MYO curricula and training materials
Need #1
Message & Brand Strategy
Need #2
Digital Marketing Strategy
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
MYO, as a brand, needs help in maintaining a cohesive message that captures different voices: one that elicits youth involvement and also parent support--specifically, one that positions MYO AmeriCorps as a great opportunity for young adults. An articulated recruitment campaign is necessary to grow and sell the AmeriCorps component.
Support is needed in optimizing different channels and sustaining momentum. Coming from a nonprofit perspective, MYO needs lessons from the for-profit marketplace in how to "sell", maintain customer loyalty, and release products. A blog, www.myospace has been a successful channel and social media (all under "myospace"--fb, twitter, etc) is active; yet, assistance is needed in linking the message across all platforms and creating a customer base that is trackable and reachable. Many points of entry are necessary and training staff to manage is a hurdle that time does not provide for; due to lack of resources, things get neglected and tools to help support the small business aspect of product development would be helpful. Advice on copyrighting, trademarking, accepting funds, etc is wanted. Legal help in protecting the voice of minors would be helpful.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Support would be focused on RYASAP's MYO work, arising from the YouthINC division of the overall organization.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
MYO was developed from a 4 year grant award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, during which support was offered from outside consultants in policy and in communications (Spitfire). Other support from management consultants (KJR) has been used to orient new staff and from marketing consultants (Ruder Finn and Red Poppy) to attract press. The logo itself was developed in partnership with a social media firm, Carrot Creative.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
1.
To create an aligned marketing strategy that launches the brand into the teen market
2.
To articulate a cohesive and cool recruitment campaign for MYO AmeriCorps
3.
To gain knowledge and perspective on how to grow a brand that does good for the world
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
Through the MYO programs, which recognize the power of youth to make positive change in their lives, the lives of their peers and in the world, RYASAP's YouthINC division is making significant impact. YouthINC has expanded MYO AmeriCorps, which fosters the development of high quality youth directors, to 75 Members per year, teaching 860 students the Safe Dates Curriculum in the 2011-2012 school year, working with 7 schools and reaching 954 total youth weekly with additional MYO programming. Small youth groups, “MYO groups”, were implemented after school for older teens and during school for younger teens. In addition to the social media and marketing components, including the websites myospace.org, over 25 activities and events such as the MYOscars and MYOthello (search either on fb)
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
MYO will become a recognized brand in the marketplace that stands for positive outcomes and benefits the teens themselves, through profits and through the intrinsic buy-in of a "cool brand": MYO Pop-Up shops to play games, do homework, and hang out with friends, MYO shirts sold in the mall next to cool brands, MYO shirts being worn by teens doing service projects, MYO arts nights with positive message, MYO games where teens can have fun, be healthy, and play. The logo is secured and the tools to sustain growth are in hand.
Critical to this vision is the growth and prominence of MYO AmeriCorps as a premier service program, widely accepted as a great experience for the college-aged set. With a clear and attractive recruitment campaign, MYO AmeriCorps can expand its reach and impact.
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Created on 03/15/2013 by changemaker2012
The issue that this program is helping to solve is cultural awareness and sensitivity in our school and community. First Nations studies is an exploratory program all grade 6 and 7s take as part of their exploratory rotation. This program is a fun and exciting program that uses a hand-on learning approach to teach students about Aboriginal history and culture. The program creates awareness and respect for Aboriginal people, traditions and activities amongst the students and serves to build bridges between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal learners.
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Canada, BC, Campbell River
この団体が社会的なインパクトをもたらす国
Canada, BC, Campbell River
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First Nations Studies Exploratory
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What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
The issue that this program is helping to solve is cultural awareness and sensitivity in our school and community. First Nations studies is an exploratory program all grade 6 and 7s take as part of their exploratory rotation. This program is a fun and exciting program that uses a hand-on learning approach to teach students about Aboriginal history and culture. The program creates awareness and respect for Aboriginal people, traditions and activities amongst the students and serves to build bridges between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal learners. First Nations Studies is proving to be a very successful tool for increasing the participation of Aboriginal learners, families and communities in the mainstream education system.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
1. Growth of the program to involve all middle school students.
2. To create a website.
3. To grow within the School District, implementing another program like this one within the School District.
Need #1
Digital Marketing Strategy
Need #2
Message & Brand Strategy
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
Specific project needs:
1. Grow the audience through digital marketing such as through a creative innovative website which markets the idea of cultural diversity.
2. Cohesion of content through digital marketing which creates a voice and personality to the website that reflects the program.
3. To create a platform for students to framework their great ideas and projects through digital marketing.
4. To have an understanding of the organically grown content this benefits the social realm through digital marketing.
5. To keep communication open through digital marketing.
6. To showcase the relationships and growth of students through digital marketing.
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
American Express would be focused on helping grow the program through digital marketing which would have a larger positive impact on the school and school district by helping us (First Nations Studies) grow and get the cultural diversity message out through this huge communication tool of digital marketing.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
I have not focused on this area before or worked with any outside consultants before and I realize the importance of growing this area to maintaining positive communication and growth, therefore it is a priority.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Yes
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Yes
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Yes
1.
To learn to create a website that is easy to maintain and use
2.
To use digital marketing in creating a website that will have lesson plans for other educators to access easily.
3.
To use digital marketing to grow the program, offer educational tools and serve as a platform to showcase students learning.
What has been the impact of your solution to date?
The impact of the program has been received by the students, parents/guardians, other educators and school districts positively. I was asked to speak at an educator’s conference and other districts were interested in how to start up a program such as this one and interested in lesson plans which is when I realized the area of opportunity and direction the program needs to focus on. The social impact of the project/program has resulted in creating students who are able to be more culturally sensitive and appreciative of the diversity of Canadian Aboriginals.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
The future impact after receiving the professional support from American Express will be realizing growth within the school by offering a program such as this one to grade 8s, to have a website that serves as a platform to showcase students learning and projects, to have a user friendly website that serves as a communication tool, to have a website that has lesson plans available for other educators, to have a website that has useful links for learning tools such as Kurzweil, to have a teacher who is able to help others with creating their own websites and programs(shared learning). This project would be modern, diverse, fun, hands on, and a great tool for communication.
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