Interested in winning a prize of $2,500 USD? Submit written text of 750 words or less, a video submission of 5 minutes or less, or an audio submission of 5 minutes or less that captures your work by August 15th. Please see below for more info.
THE INNOVATION MINDSET CHALLENGE
crowd sourcing inspiring stories to promote innovative thinking
THE GOAL
Stories inspire and teach. Think about the work that you do to improve lives and the innovative ways that you identify and address needs, tensions, and possibility in your community. Inspire others by sharing a story that highlights a problem, a solution, or an opportunity involved in your work.
HOW TO TELL YOUR STORY
To enter the Innovation Mindset Challenge, tell a story about the people, places or projects that help you understand and rethink the problems and solutions in your organization and community. Your story may tell about a success or a challenge as long as it demonstrates how you used an innovative mindset as described in the Project Innovation toolkit.
Your story should include the following parts:
- a description of your organization’s work and overall goals
- details about the community your organization serves
- background information about what led you to think deeply about the way things worked and how to rework them
- a summary of what happened when you used an innovation mindset within the organization or community served
PRIZES
All entries that demonstrate use of an innovation mindset will appear on the Project Innovation blog.
2 Semi-Finalists will receive a cash prize of $1,500 USD. Your story and organization will be highlighted as part of the Project Innovation website.
1 Grand Prize Winner will receive a cash prize of $2,500 USD. Your story and organization will also be profiled in a professionally-made short film that will appear on the Project Innovation website and featured in global workshops to generate visibility and recognition for your important work.
Be inspired by a few sample stories on the Project Innovation website: Shining Hope for Communities, Queens Museum, and the NYC Department of Education Office of Innovation
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Your story can be told in many ways. Use the following guidelines to craft your story:
Use text, video, audio, and/or photographs to tell about an innovation success or challenge in your organization
Submit written text of 750 words or less, a video submission of 5 minutes or less, or an audio submission of 5 minutes or less
Photographs may accompany all submissions and are strongly encouraged
Submissions must demonstrate use of the mindset described on Project Innovation
Entries may be submitted in local languages, however, must be accompanied by translated materials (audio narration and/or written text) in English
All entries due by August 15, 2014
For more information about developing an innovation mindset, visit us at Project Innovation. For questions about this competition and about submitting stories, contact a partner organization, email socialinnovationtoolkit@gmail.com or tweet a question to @projectinnov
Also see this document
http://www.socialinnovationtoolkit.com/home.html
