Ideas that Give - Fundraising with a Twist

 

Every community group and charity is competing for attention, profile, impact and donations these days and the ideathon is unique way for your organisation to fund-raise while solving internal problems and societal issues.

Every business is competing to stay ahead of the competition and remain well resourced.

 

Everyone has a big idea. Every organisation has big challenges that need solutions. We've created a unique innovation ourselves, an effective and fail-safe way to identify ways to cut costs, waste, and to improve organizational productivity.

An ideathon is a marathon ideation event with a fundraising aspect. A typical ideathon runs 7-60 days. Ideas are managed via a collaborative online brainstorming platform that allows anyone to submit solutions and collaborate on ideas which may benefit the host organisation and society. Text messaging functionality is optional making it possible to submit ideas from anywhere, any time. Find out what your audience really thinks. An ideathon is a group brainstorm, a community problem solver, a perfect opportunity to connect, create, collaborate and innovate.

Tap into the imagination and wisdom of the crowd and engage them in a fundraising campaign at the same time.

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We provide our clients with innovation environments and creative consulting services. We support our clients with an end to end solution to ensure positive outcomes for all involved. Contact us for a free consultation anytime.

Looking for idea management tools without the fundraising aspect. See our other idea management tools here

The Ideathon is a unique and entertaining way to engage your employees, customers or community and solicit ideas, comments or suggestions at meetings or events. idea days, product development, AGM's, community promotion/development days, business improvement ideas.

Creativity is essential for survival and growth, and for sharpening your competitive edge. This is a unique opportunity for your organisation to harness the talents of your people to combine Team Building with creative problem solving and evaluation. Combines both divergent and convergent thinking. We are all creative.

The difference between those people who consistently make their ideas work and those who say, "Now why didn't I think of that?" is their ability to make creativity happen instead of leaving it to chance. By taking control of your creative ability, you can begin to turn problems into opportunities, develop more options, enhance learning, increase profits, and work together more effectively as a team.

Employees and stakeholders feel they have a sense of ownership, destiny and pride.  There is no better way to empower, engage, and motivate people than to ask for their ideas and solutions. 

 

The Ideathon Process

A.  Preparation

1. Match and partner with a charity or business
2. Define the challenge, frame the question(s), desired outcomes and evaluation criteria
3. Decide on the awards and prizes to be offered
4. Determine participants and potential idea sponsors
5. Form teams of 6-10
6. Set a date and time frame for the ideathon
7. Individuals seek out their sponsors

B.  Ideathon

1. Publish ideathon website, e-kit, invite participants and host instructional webinar
2. ideation, collaboration occurs for approximately 5 days. Teams brainstorm 100 + ideas
3. Ideation closes
4. All ideas are documented and counted prior to evaluation 

C.  Evaluation

1. 1 day of evaluation occurs against the original criteria set out in part A 2
2. Top 10 ideas/solutions are posted to the ideathon website
3. On the final day, ideas/solutions are open to voting via ideathon website

D.  Implementations, Recognition and Prizes

1. Top Innovative ideas and solutions are rewarded 
2. Implementation occurs

 

The Many Positive Aspects of an Ideathon

Part idea generation, part team building, part community building, part fund-raising, part awareness building, the ideathon brings together many perspectives and positive elements to make one great event. Read more 

A Unique Event with Multiple Outcomes

In the spirit of other sponsored marathon events such as MS Readathon, Spellathons and Walkathons, the ideathon enables organisations to engage a wider audience in a fund-raising campaign with a twist. In this case, sponsors support individuals and teams by donating an amount for each evaluated idea which is submitted to the site on behalf of the team. The latest idea generation and creative thinking skills are taught as as part of this enjoyable event and participants learn to work as a team.

The ideathon serves as a tool for your organisation to raise money, aggregate new ideas and build awareness of issues important to the community. The general public can become allies in solving problems, spotting opportunities, and moving the organisation forward, to the benefit of all. Vision, Mission and Benefits

 

Solve problems, raise funds, vote on solutions, offer support, improve society, put your ideas into action!

 

 

To discuss the possibilities and receive a free ideathon demonstration contact Brendan O'Keefe on +61 (0)424 421 078