Youth Change Community- A Youth Social Network for Social Change

A social networking website which allows young people to showcase their work in the community and internationally, using various forms of media. Youth will compete to win prizes based on their creative responses to "community call out" competitions that will be designed to bring about social change through small efforts.

About You

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Section 1: About You

First Name

Kisha

Last Name

McPherson

Website

Organization

Youth Change Community

Country

Canada

Section 2: About Your Organization

Organization Name

Youth Change Community

Organization Website

Organization Phone

(416) 829-4640

Organization Address

Pickering, Ontario

Organization Country

Canada

Your idea

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Name Your Project

Youth Change Community- A Youth Social Network for Social Change

What is your idea? What makes it innovative? Why is it important?

A social networking website which allows young people to showcase their work in the community and internationally, using various forms of media. Youth will compete to win prizes based on their creative responses to "community call out" competitions that will be designed to bring about social change through small efforts.

Will you launch your idea as a business or non-profit?

Business

Country your work focuses on

Canada

What will be the impact of your idea? 

Efforts for change must continue to involve youth, this will allow more of an impact in the future. For some youth it will inspire them to begin the work and to think creatively about how to bring about change. They will see the value in social action and that will impact their understanding of the world and what they can do to help. The prizes are only use as motivation to get started however the real reward will be in the social action.

Call outs will take place though blogs and video messages on the site. Example: "How to keep the homeless warm in the winter." Youth will except the challenge and show their actions using various forms of media (video, blogs..)
Many young people are always looking into the future and deciding on careers. If the youth feel good about taking part in social change through small steps, they will work towards continuing these efforts in their professional lives. This ultimately will result in more global efforts for sustainable social change.

The impact will also be felt by the people and communities that the youth will be serving as they respond to each call out. The concept has the ability to impact communities positively around the world.

Who will help you develop your idea? Why are you the one to make this happen?

I have a passion for working with youth and I have an understanding of how to reach them. I am a teacher and I work with students to increase their social action efforts in their community everyday. I have an undergraduate degree in media and communications and a masters degree in education.

Youth will be a key component to the development of this project, their ideas will drive the development of the entire business. It will be based on what youth want to know, use and buy. I will work with a team of professionals in web design and video to bring the site to life. I will also collaborate with other business partners (my team member - MBA) to facilitate the profit earning aspect of the business.

Using a business model will allow the company to donate large portions of the profit to various charities that the youth registered to the site will be involved in selecting each month. Profits will be generated through sponsorship fees and business/corporate member fees.

The website will be a hub of information about social service and positive work for change.

How much will it cost to launch your idea? (This can be an estimate)

We are looking at about $30,000 to start, this will include all of what is needed to get the site up running as well as the promotion of the site.

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122 weeks agoKisha McPherson updated this Competition Entry.
122 weeks agoKisha McPherson updated this Competition Entry.
127 weeks agoa. b said: E=mc²...? Or is it, Environment=media (x) children²©...? Youth is the only way to heal planet Earth. If we focus on healing (ourselves) ... about this Competition Entry. - read more >
127 weeks agoKisha McPherson said: This project allows youth to use the media that they are already using on a daily basis to highlight and showcase their work. Media is ... about this Competition Entry. - read more >
127 weeks agoKisha McPherson updated this Competition Entry.
128 weeks agoa. b said: Please explain why your idea/project, is suited/perfect to using... 'media' ...to bring about A BETTER "WORLD"...the entire planet...? ... about this Competition Entry. - read more >
128 weeks agoKisha McPherson updated this Competition Entry.
128 weeks agoKisha McPherson updated this Competition Entry.
128 weeks agoKisha McPherson updated this Competition Entry.
128 weeks agoKisha McPherson updated this Competition Entry.