Fun for a Change is a social innovation competition that engages youth in coming up with fun and engaging ways to create positive change. Enter the global competition or organize a challenge at your own school.
2. Fun for a Change is a global competition
designed to introduce students to the fun side
of social innovation.
Teams compete in using “fun” as well as “game
dynamics” to bring about positive change.
Along the way, they engage one another in
challenges, learn best practices in social
entrepreneurship and game design, and
innovate new solutions.
3. Imagine getting people to exercise more...
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...by making it fun to take the stairs.
4. Imagine getting people to feed the poor...
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...by making it fun to donate food.
5. Imagine helping women in rural Africa fetch water...
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...by making it fun for others to help out.
7. Why use game dynamics?
1. Games have incredible power to change
human behavior.
2. Behavior change is essential to social
change.
3. Logic and reason are not enough to get
people to “do the right thing.”
4. It’s more fun.
9. How It Works
Fun for a Change consists of an annual
global competition as well as smaller
competitions at participating schools around
the world.
Universities and secondary schools organize
local competitions with unique themes,
timelines and prizes.
Winners from each competition move on to be
part of the global competition.
10. Cycle of Engagement
Pitch
Teams present re ned Celebrate
Start ideas and budgets to Top teams are recognized
Launch competition judges. Top 3 ideas are and move on to global
and announce theme awarded funds. competition.
Design Experiment
Teams brainstorm ways Teams implement ideas
to use fun for change and document results
Learn Share
Teams attend workshop Teams share results of
on game dynamics and experiments through
social innovation short videos.
Scale ->
Teams have opportunities
to scale impact.
11. Benefits of Fun for a Change
It’s easy.
For most students, this is a better introduction to social innovation than social
business plan competitions. You don’t need to start a business or non-pro t.
It’s new.
We are just beginning to understand the power of game dynamics.
This offers a great opportunity to experiment with them.
It completes the picture.
Students gain a more accurate view of how to effect change - through a
combination of products + processes.
It’s fun (for a change).
By making social change fun, we make it more appealing...
and more infectious.
12. Join Fun for a Change
Enter your fun solution!
Top entries are eligible to receive
funding to implement solution or create
a demo. Get help, mentorship and tools
by joining the community.
Organize your own
competition.
Bring Fun for a Change to your school.
Join community and get resources and
multimedia presentations to help you
run your own challenge.
Web: funforachange.org
13. To learn more and to offer Fun for a Change
at your school, please contact us.
Charles Tsai
Executive Director
charles@socialcreatives.org
