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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Adam Aberman <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:01 AM Please let me know whether you, or game developers you know, would be interested in developing Youth Venture’s Online Experience. Ashoka’s Youth Venture is looking for the right vendor to design and build an Online Experience that enables an unlimited number of youth to develop a plan for their sustainable community improvement project. The Online Experience is a learning experience in which content is presented in fun/playful/engaging ways. Specifically, Youth Venture will further a previously designed 2008 pilot NYU online initiative in several ways: - Expand the university online initiative (was geared to youth ages 18-20) pilot to additional USA partner universities. - Add new and enhanced elements that further engage and support youth (ages 15-20) in their project development - Design all online functionality (and content) so it can be easily adopted and used by youth and YV staff globally (i.e. beyond the originally intended university audience) The Online Experience will be less like a community website and more like a fun, engaging Online Experience that pushes youth through the process of developing their plan to launch their own social venture. The Online Experience will be focused on self-pacing for individual users. Additionally, the Online Experience must be equally appealing to users who are ready to get down to business and crank out their work, and for the user who needs some inspiration and jumping off points. The Online Experience must be fully operational and launched by the end of 2009. We have up to $100,000 to spend on the design and build. I’ll be on holiday (not checking email or voicemail) from June 18-26. In my absence please direct all questions to James Maynard (cc’d). Ashoka’s Youth Venture inspires and invests in teams of young people to design and launch their own lasting social ventures, enabling them to have this transformative experience of leading positive social change. Started in the US, Youth Venture is now operating in nearly twenty countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. As we invest in Venturers around the world, we are beginning to connect them into a powerful global network. Our Venturers start businesses, civil society organizations and informal programs that address all kinds of social issues, including poverty, health, the elderly, the environment, education, diversity issues, and the arts. Youth Venture helps our Venturers through this process of designing and launching their ventures, providing guidance, how-to’s, and a process for designing and pitching a venture idea. Learn more at www.genv.net. Adam Aberman Director of Global Digital Strategy Ashoka's Youth Venture tel: 310.633.9593 fax: 310.633.9401 [email protected] skype: adamaberman AIM: adamaberman MSN: [email protected] www.genv.net Building a global movement of young changemakers Love Cricket? Check out live scores, photos, video highlights and more. Click here http://cricket.yahoo.com
