Fun for A Change
I have officially launched a new social innovation competition both online as well as at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada.
Fun for A Change is a design competition that encourages youth to come up with fun ways to create positive change. It’s about getting people to “do the right thing” and change behavior by using fun and game-like motivations. It’s about learning and applying game mechanics without necessarily creating a game. It’s about thinking outside the box and rethinking how we can change the world.
As youth go through the challenge, they will learn about game mechanics, why they are powerful and why they are being adopted by entrepreneurs as well as social entrepreneurs. Participants may even win funding (up to US$500) to implement their ideas and share their results with the world.
To take part in the 2011 Online Challenge, youth simply join the 2011 Online group at funforachange.org and they will receive instructions on how to proceed to the next step.
