Innovate. Solve Problems. Make a Difference. You know you want to.
The Impact Entrepreneurship Group is proud to present the Global Innovation Tournament, organized in partnership with Stanford University and the Kauffman Foundation.
Your challenge is to... MAKE SAVING MONEY FUN!
Create as much value and have as much impact as possible while making it fun to save money. You will convey your results in a short YouTube video of three minutes or less.
For more information about the challenge, check out the Global Innovation Tournament website.
About the Tournament
The 2009 Global Innovation Tournament (GIT) is a fast-paced international competition that will challenge student teams to solve a common, world problem in about eight days, creating as much value as possible.
In the past, teams solved problems involving common everyday objects. They created value from PostIt Notes, rubber bands, and water bottles. This year, it's a global issue. Now what could it be?
Teams must then convey their results in a short video posted to YouTube. The mystery problem will be revealed on November 4 and submissions will be due Nov 13!
Tournament Schedule
Monday, November 2, 2009
Impact hosted Kick-off events at both the University of Waterloo (7-9PM in the SLC Multipurpose Room) and Queen's University (details to follow)
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Competition Begins! The challenge will be announced at approximaptely 5:45PM Pacific Time (GMT -8)
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Impact hosted brainstorming sessions at both Universities (details to follow)
Friday, November 13, 2009
Submissions are due at 9AM Pacific time (GMT -8)
Monday, November 16, 2009
Local organizers receive list of of entries to judge
Monday, November 16, 2009 to Friday, November 20, 2009
Local organizers conduct judging and announce local winners
Friday, November 20, 2009
Local organizers submit winners to Stanford University for global judging
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Global winners announced
2008 Global Innovation Tournament Highlights
2008 Featured Submissions
Last year, the world was asked how to get more value out of a regular plastic bottle. Here's how we all answered.
Rules of the Game
- All participants must register on the Global Innovation Tournament website.
- All participants must sign up to receive e-mail notifications and updates.
- Students are encouranged to form teams. Teams can have a maximum of 15 members.
- All teams must have a YouTube account, at which they will upload their submissions.
- The challenge will be announced at approximaptely 5:45PM Pacific Time (GMT -8).
- Teams must then tackle the challenge assigned, documenting their work and create a video submission that is 3 minutes or less.
- Teams must then submit their videos to the Global Innovation Tournament website by 9AM Pacific Time (GMT -8) on November 13, 2009.
- All videos will be evaluated based on their content and creativity, not on video production quality.
- All vldeos will be viewable by the general public.
In addition, more information is available here.
Register
All competitors must register online at the Global Innovation Tournament website.
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