Sponsors of Awesome:
Columbia Tower Club
Awesome Seattle
Ventures
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Hold an Iron Chef party that breaks even or better.
Get like a dozen folks together, organize 'em into two teams of cooks, and have 'em do a cook-off centered around a mystery ingredient of the MC's choice. Hustle and promote to sell tickets for folks to participate (including a few extra for judges) and cover the cost of ingredients and the space to do it in.
Know some one in the restaurant business who could hook you up with space on an off day? Even better!
A Princeton study found that, in our government, the opinions of 90% of Americans have essentially no impact at all--only monied interests do.
This project is to spread awareness of the US's corruption problem, because awareness alone goes a long way towards causing people to speak up and engage. This video illustrates the issue as do, others like it.
How might you show off these and get the conversation started? Playing on a loop in a public area with high foot traffic? A school assembly about democracy in America? Get it featured on a popular local show? With the right connections, a team could have a big impact.
Asylum is a film by a Seattle native which looks at the connection between mental illness and domestic violence. It has a compelling trailer (see it here and needs to raise about $16,000 to film.
The project is to get this local film closer to fruition: organize an event to feature one of the mini documentaries that was created through the pitch video, and get the word out to organizations & businesses within the King Co. area as a means to promote the event.
Awesome Projects
We're putting together a project grab bag.
We're all of us talented and motivated folks, but coming up with an enticing 3-week project with a group of strangers in just an hour or two might still be a tall order. So there'll be a grab bag of projects for teams to choose from/be inspired by in case creating one from scratch isn't immediately obvious.
What kind of projects? Try a few of these sample ideas on for size:
Iron Chef Mini Business
Hold an Iron Chef party that breaks even or better.Get like a dozen folks together, organize 'em into two teams of cooks, and have 'em do a cook-off centered around a mystery ingredient of the MC's choice. Hustle and promote to sell tickets for folks to participate (including a few extra for judges) and cover the cost of ingredients and the space to do it in.
Know some one in the restaurant business who could hook you up with space on an off day? Even better!
Corruption is Legal in America
A Princeton study found that, in our government, the opinions of 90% of Americans have essentially no impact at all--only monied interests do.This project is to spread awareness of the US's corruption problem, because awareness alone goes a long way towards causing people to speak up and engage. This video illustrates the issue as do, others like it.
How might you show off these and get the conversation started? Playing on a loop in a public area with high foot traffic? A school assembly about democracy in America? Get it featured on a popular local show? With the right connections, a team could have a big impact.
Asylum Short Film
Champion: Melinda Raebyne
Asylum is a film by a Seattle native which looks at the connection between mental illness and domestic violence. It has a compelling trailer (see it here and needs to raise about $16,000 to film.The project is to get this local film closer to fruition: organize an event to feature one of the mini documentaries that was created through the pitch video, and get the word out to organizations & businesses within the King Co. area as a means to promote the event.
Tiny House Village
Champion: Mercedes Elizalde