My coach group met today and had a really great conversation regarding the Uganda Event our Madison LC hosted this last Thursday...From our meeting, we decided that our @ network can do more, lots more, to spread awareness. We have a huge tool, a network to 91 different countries, with passionate, motivated students interested in bettering the global future. The question is, how can we utilitze it?
We started brainstorming and came up with an idea I'm dedicated to making a reality. How can we educate people, Aiesecers, not just within the US, but throughout all the @ countries on this issue? How can we have a direct impact and spread awareness worldwide??
Here's the idea:
We have members traveling to different LCs all over the world. If we can somehow purchase a massive amount of Invisible Children videos (which in itself is a fundraiser for Uganda awareness by the makers of the documentary) and send them with willing exchange participants so they can host Uganda events in the @ countries they will be visiting, we will potentially be spreading awareness of this under reported crisis on a large scale level, to people just as passionate and motivated as ourselves.
This is just the tentative idea. We need to work out the kinks, figure out fund raising ideas to purchase a massive supply of these documentaries. Anyone interested in getting this going with me, comment away.
I'd like to get this rolling before the semester ends. i plan on taking a documentary to the Hong Kong @ers and setting up an event just like ours on that end of the world.
How many people can we impact?
7 comments:
This is an AMAZING idea!
Thanks Jenna! I'm so pumped. I've been scribbling away all day with ideas, and our LC is really responsive, new members included! Next semester we already have 3 people ready to take videos with them abroad, and that's 3 different continents. AWESOME. I am working on some fundraising events, but we'll still need to figure out creative ways to go about this. Perhaps applying for grants is an option. I'm also thinking a Uganda Impact blog on nomadlife needs to be started, and everytime an @er holds an event in a different country, they blog about it. Ahhh the possibilities. Ok I'm getting carried away, but I'll keep you posted fo sho!
Definitely, you should get this posted on the nomadlife page...I don't know how to do that though. hm.
Sara
You are my queen. Let's get it done.
This is what you need to do if you want to get it done next week.
1. AIESEC will be the biggest distribution channel for their movie ever. Usually companies pays big bucks for that.
Instead of buying the DVD at 20 dollars a piece, negotiate a content distribution rights that grant AIESEC to distribute the movie to its membership. I'd pay for example 200 bucks for this non exclusive distribution rights. Then you just get a copy of their DVD and duplicate it yourself. Inside the DVD, have somebody with video editing to insert a snippet that this is blah blah blah deal between aiesec and the movie maker and check out their website and donate, etc, etc.
then send these DVDs aruond the world and encourage the AIESECers to make tons duplicates for their own members.
This way you can reach 30,000 students in a matter of months. And this is an indie moviemaker's wet dream.
2. Once you negotiate the distribution rights and got it, put up a paypal account and we'll fundraise it directly on nomadlife.
You'll get a fast turn around from idea to reality in about 10 days.
and this will be done before your first pack of cigarettes finishes
Jenna V: It's on the main page now yeaaaaahhh.
Dody G: Awesome, thanks for the idea...I'll get on that.
Adam: Let's work on this today
Mixmaster: exactly...
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