digitaljump.org - closing digital gap | collaboration, media, education
Digitaljump.org is a social business venture for the purpose of closing the digital gap by improving the media literacy of wide target groups. The organization`s aim is to build up open community media-centers, allowing the participants learn and work with modern IT-solutions and being a space for recreational use of media. Establishing co-working places/offices, providing pedagogical assistance and vocational training, expanding through social franchise priniciples.
About You
About You
First Name
Damian
Last Name
Foik
About Your Organization
Organization Name
digitaljump.org
Organization Website
Organization Phone
+491608010039
Organization Address
Goebenstr.7, 10783 Berlin
Organization Country
Germany, BE
Country where this project is creating social impact
Is your organization a
For‐profit
How long has your organization been operating?
Less than a year
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Innovation
Entry Form title
digitaljump.org - closing digital gap | collaboration, media, education
Describe your project
Digitaljump.org is a social business venture for the purpose of closing the digital gap by improving the media literacy of wide target groups. The organization`s aim is to build up open community media-centers, allowing the participants learn and work with modern IT-solutions and being a space for recreational use of media. Establishing co-working places/offices, providing pedagogical assistance and vocational training, expanding through social franchise priniciples.
What stage is your project in?
Operating for less than a year
What makes your project unique as it relates to the theme of this competition?
digitaljump.org`s aim is to establish community media-centers to make underdeveloped parts of cities more liveable. The DJ MCs are intended to by inclusive venues for working and recreation. We want to close the digital gap (between social milieus & generations) with help of a know-how transfer between "digital natives" and "digital visitors" - media professionals and amateurs. By improving their media literacy, the participants shall be enabled to live independently and self-determined.
Share the story of the founder and what inspired the founder to start this project
The founders`s participation in community management projects and his profession linked together inspired him. The problems of his relatives and friends in using new digital devices and communication tools led to the development of the idea. Creative workers` demand for co-working facilities and exchange were taken into consideration in business model design.
Social Impact
This Entry is about (Issues)
Who or what (i.e. youth, women, environment, etc.) benefits from your project, and why is your project critical?
Many urban areas have a lack of inclusive, modern recreational venues, it´s the aim of digitaljump.org to establish such ones.
The beneficiaries are all who live in "electronic exclusion", can not afford professional media equipment, want to co-create and co-educate, need media literacy guidance.
There are several benefits to local creatives, who want to share their knowledge, use a co-working office and use professional media equipment.
Please describe how your project has been successful and how that success is measured.
The project will be successful by helping to establish community media centers within a social franchise system.
It will be measured by the numer of (franchise) partners, members, participants (improvement of their media literacy skills), fellows, sponsors, co-working users.
How many people have been impacted by your project?
Fewer than 100
How many people could be impacted by your project in the next three years?
More than 10,000
What barriers might hinder the success of your project and how do you plan to overcome them?
Lack of participants, contributing members:
More attractive services and better training offers.
More networking.
How will your project evolve over the next three years?
Digitaljump.org will develop a social business code of conduct for the digitaljump.org community media centers, rules for the co-working, terms of use of the community media equipement, media paedagogical guidelines, erp-software, supporting international partners, members and fellows.
Sustainability
For each selection, please explain the financial and non-financial support from each
- Family and friends help the founders to start the project;
- Individuals will have the opportunity to become members or contributing fellows to support the organisation with their work or by financial means;
- foundations can contribute to the planned digitaljump.org foundation to build up backing assets;
- NGO have already been contacted to cooperate as partners for education activities;
- (local) businesses are welcome to sponsor digitaljump equipment;
- government can support digitaljump.org by funding as educational and social organisation;
- customers will pay digitaljump.org (socially adjusted fees) for co-working office space, media equipment, function rooms, catering, internet service and support...
- the emission of so called "social bonds" is possible; others crowd and social funding models are included into consideration.
How do you plan to grow and/or diversify your base of support in the next three years?
By active PR (on- and offline, local and global), CSR-cooperations, member- and fellowships, social franchise, cooperations.
Collaboration
Please select your areas of intervention in the home improvement market
Technology, Technical assistance, Labor, Income generation, Urban development, Citizen/community participation, Public policy.
Is your innovation addressing barriers in the home improvement/progressive housing market? If so, please describe in detail your mechanisms of intervention
Sharing of working and recreational space is an important social issue in th modern housing market. Educating people in using modern technical solutions and communicaton devices gives them the opportunity to live self-determined an well informed. This is an important point concerning the home improvement for elder or disabled individuals.
Are you currently collaborating with private companies, or have you partnered with private companies in the past? With which companies?
Collaboration and support with and by small businesses (mostly friends, business partners).
Please describe in detail the nature of the partnership(s)
Contributing partners to the project digitaljump.org, by providing hints, help and encouragement.
Select the unit(s) with which the partnership was formed
Foundation of the company.
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 | 121 weeks ago Nils Sautter said: could be the right concept for free media-centers around the world :-) global-web.tv :-) Nils about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 122 weeks ago Damian Foik updated this Competition Entry. |
| 122 weeks ago Damian Foik submitted this idea. |
