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Journey Institute

Take ideas off of the couch and putt them into action nationwide.Journey Institute

COMPETED FOR

$250K
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Competed in
March, 2010

Goals

  • Help people nationwide solve community problems
  • 4 yearly solution building summits in Denver
  • Develop tailored solution building toolkit for each solution maker
  • Follow solution makers on camera to inspire others

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Overview

The 50 in 52 Journey project brought awareness of people across America who have taken an idea to solve a problem or build community and turned it into reality. The Journey Institute will now seek to help those who have an idea for solving a community problem or in some way building community, but have no idea how to take the idea off the couch and into the community.  The Journey Institute will bring together like minded problem solvers with a similar goal for their communities, along with experts garnered from the network of inspirational people gleaned from the 50 in 52 Journey to a quarterly summit in Colorado. Deliverables:  During the summittsParticipants design a business plan to suit their community needsParticipants build a network of nationwide and local supportersProvide grants to launch their solutionShare their progress through online video to inspire others 

How will the 250K be Used?

Budget Notes: 1. Airfare, food and lodging, per participant, per summit 2. Teacher/speaker honorarium (2 per summit) 3. Seed money to help launch solution into each participants community. (4K ea, 10 participants per conf). 4. Aid in expense of cost of putting on conference (space, materials, audio/visual etc...)
$ 44,000 Bring participants to Institute conferences
$ 8,000 Conference 'Teachers\Speakers' fees
$ 160,000 Grants to participants to launch ideas
$ 38,000 Conference Administrative costs
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