WHEN:
Monday, November 5
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. – FEAST
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. – PITCH
9:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. – PARTY
WHERE:
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1203 19th Street NW, 3rd Floor
Washington, D.C. 20036
OVERVIEW:
On November 5, 2012, we organized a Pitch Night to give benevolent media creators a chance to showcase their pitches and proposals in captivating 3-minute presentations, for a chance to win cash prizes to make their idea a reality.
About 100 people joined us for a night of sharing about how to make the world a better place through storytelling and design.
A distinguished panel of judges voted on the Grand Prize winner ($2,000.)
The rest of the audience also got to cast their vote on what project to fund with a People’s Choice Award, using a portion of the money pooled from the price of admission ($5 from each person’s ticket.)
This event was held during Digital Capital Week, a weeklong festival in Washington, D.C. focused on bringing together designers, developers, entrepreneurs and social innovators of all kinds.
LEARN MORE:
Read the press release announcing the winners: http://www.benevolentmedia.org/2012/11/08/press-release-winners-announced-for-benevolent-media-pitch-night/
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.
MEET THE FINALISTS:
Abigail Baxendale, Grief Sucks
Twitter | Facebook
Arianne Neigh, The Global Archive Project
Brian R. Weinberg, GAMECHANGERS (powered by blendedprofit.com)
Twitter | Facebook | Website
Cheyenne Glenn, Expanding Access: The Mental Health Crisis in Chicago
Chithra Jeyaram, 1001 Breast Cancer Nights
Twitter | Facebook
Daniel Bradley, Dreams Work Inc presents #ourVIEW
Twitter | Facebook
Eddie B. Ellis, Jr., Kool Kids Digital Story Telling Project
Facebook | Website
Elizabeth Belfer & Lea Faminiano, Guardians of the City
Twitter | Facebook
Ericha Gudmastad & Mark Gudmastad, Countering Myths about Albinism in Tanzania
Gregg Deal, The Romantic Nationalism Project
Twitter | Facebook | Website
Jack Gordon, Faith in Action DC
Twitter | Facebook | Website
Linda Ann Walters, The Messenger Bag Project
Twitter | Facebook
Michael Owen, Baltimore Love Project
Twitter | Facebook | Website
Rylan Peery, Stories for Peace
Twitter | Facebook
Shannon Carroll, A Civil Remedy
Facebook
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PRODUCING SPONSORS:
MEET OUR JUDGES:
- Raj Aggarwal, President, Provoc
- Kristen Argenio, Principal, Ideal Design
- William (Bill) Colgrove, Chief Creative Officer, Threespot
- Angelica Das, Associate Director, Center for Social Media, American University
- Michaela Hackner, Project Director, Forum One Communications
- Amy Hartzler, Studio Director, Free Range
- Austen Levihn-Coon, Senior Strategist, Fission Strategy
- Brandon Schmittling, Director of Experience Design, Weber Shandwick
ENJOY OUR FEAST:
Complimentary beer, wine and specialty cocktails. Plus, sweet and savory treats generously provided by:
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