The Global Human Media Network
JANERA curates global conversations. We plan to hold events on pressing global issues in different cities in the same time-frame, while streaming all the conversations online.
We innovate by engaging high-profile speakers in dialogue with regular citizens, combining online social media with offline communities, being content-centric and action-driven.
About You
Section 1: About You
First Name
Janera
Last Name
Soerel
Website
Organization
JANERA
Country
Netherlands Antilles
Section 2: About Your Organization
Organization Name
The Global Human Media Network
Organization Website
Organization Phone
917 573 9488
Organization Address
42 Grove Street #5C, New York, NY 10014
Organization Country
United States
Your idea
Name Your Project
The Global Human Media Network
What is your idea? What makes it innovative? Why is it important?
JANERA curates global conversations. We plan to hold events on pressing global issues in different cities in the same time-frame, while streaming all the conversations online.
We innovate by engaging high-profile speakers in dialogue with regular citizens, combining online social media with offline communities, being content-centric and action-driven.
Will you launch your idea as a business or non-profit?
Business
Country your work focuses on
What will be the impact of your idea?
Through dialogue we make abstract global issues resonate emotionally with the audience, hence creating deeper awareness, understanding, and engagement. Our impact is to create a tight-knit action-oriented global human media network.
We will measure our outcome with connections made, events hosted, and actions taken by the members.
Our community is currently about 4,000, which will grow to 10,000 in 2010 and 500,000 in year five (2014). Simulcasting will scale the reach to thousands of viewers. In 2010 the total audience should be 900,000 and 7,500,000 by 2014.
To scale, we create tool-kits for local leaders to do-it-themselves, like a Tupperware party for global issues.
To measure impact, members will create an “activist” account where they can log their actions, e.g.:
- hosting an event = 500pts
- donating $100 = 100pts
- connecting to unknown community members = 80pts
We will give prizes to the most active members.
Who will help you develop your idea? Why are you the one to make this happen?
I will need local partners in the different cities with whom to organize events. I will also need an editor, event-planner, community manager, and tech officer.
I am from Curaçao, a culturally and racially diverse island where all the world’s different ethnic and religious groups co-exist peacefully (and have for centuries). I am multi-cultural, -racial, -lingual, and can fit in anywhere. I’m endlessly curious about other cultures.
I started college at Georgetown in DC, transferred to the London School of Economics to obtain a Bachelor’s in Economic Development, and obtained a Masters in Monetary Economics at Erasmus University in Rotterdam.
I worked in finance in Amsterdam and Milan on cross-border M&A deals. In 2002, I attended Columbia University where I obtained a Masters in International Affairs and an MBA.
I have organized 20 events since I launched JANERA in 2007, and have a community of about 4,000 people. I’ve been bootstrapping, can allocate resources most efficiently and effectively, and am flexible, iterative, opportunistic, and tenacious.
For our 2009 overview click here http://janera.com/2009/12/01/photos-from-our-events/
How much will it cost to launch your idea? (This can be an estimate)
We plan to generate revenue through fees: event attendance, membership, and sponsorship. With a growing membership base, we will be able to charge higher sponsorship fees.
In 2010 we project $369,200 in revenue, and in 2011 $1,250,000. A detailed financial model is available. We need start-up capital and funding for our 2010 operating budget. By 2011 we will be fully revenue supported.
Budget
Start-up Capital
Web platform 80,000
Mobile Application 40,000
Branding (create Identity) 20,000
Legal expenses 20,000
Total Start-up budget 160,000
2010 Estimated Operating costs
Executive Director 90,000
Content Director 60,000
Event Planner 40,000
Community Director 40,000
Chief Tech Officer 80,000
Conferences 40,000
(incl TED, WEF, PopTech, CGI)
Marketing 30,000
Legal/Admin 6,000
Office Rent 24,000
Travel 40,000
(5-8 trips @ $5,000 per trip)
Site Maintenance 24,000
Total 474,000
Total Costs 634,000
Total 2010 Revenues 369,200
Total to raise $264,800
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