"I love that you've brought this to attention. An extensive database of uncommon but resistant and hardy plants/foods could be developed and organized by climate. Ease of growth and processing should also be taken in to account. I will try to…"
A crash course in changing the world.
I just read the rules...
EDIT: This post is now redundant as the rules have been changed. Hallelujah! And thanks to the PTBs for listening....
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Orignila message reads:
... and discovered that I CANNOT submit an Evokation.
http://www.urgentevoke.com/page/rules-for-playing-evoke
3.1. Conference Fellowship – Young Innovators
3.1.3. ELIGIBILITY: Player must have been born on January 1, 1980 or later.
3.2. Mentorships
3.2.3.3. All players must have been born on January 1, 1975 or later
In order to find this page, I had to click on a link in the "Happy Evokation Day" post that is tucked away on the front page. I only looked for it because I received an email with the fabulously informative content:
Due to the formatting of the page, the rest of the message is hidden.
When I started this project, I was initially put off by the fact that it wasn't clear what I was expected to do, and I subsequently wrote an article about this fact. In my Evoke 1.5 discussion, I also asked about the Terms and Conditions - something I had actually read.
Clicking the About button at the top of the page takes you to a blog which doesn't list these rules, but does have the following messsage at the side. I've highlighted the bit that is misleading:
Thanks for this feedback. Points all well taken. In the spirit of EVOKE
-- we listen, learn, adapt and evolve. EVOKATION prizes now open to all
agents of any age. See blog --
http://blog.urgentevoke.net/2010/05/13/prize-categories-open-to-all...
Good luck with the EVOKATIONS and looking forward to continue to be
inspired by all of you.
agents of any age. See blog --
http://blog.urgentevoke.net/2010/05/13/prize-categories-open-to-all...
Good luck with the EVOKATIONS and looking forward to continue to be
inspired by all of you.
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Orignila message reads:
... and discovered that I CANNOT submit an Evokation.
http://www.urgentevoke.com/page/rules-for-playing-evoke
3.1. Conference Fellowship – Young Innovators
3.1.3. ELIGIBILITY: Player must have been born on January 1, 1980 or later.
3.2. Mentorships
3.2.3.3. All players must have been born on January 1, 1975 or later
In order to find this page, I had to click on a link in the "Happy Evokation Day" post that is tucked away on the front page. I only looked for it because I received an email with the fabulously informative content:
Urgent Evoke
A crash course in changing the world.
A message to all members of Urgent Evoke
A crash course in changing the world.
A message to all members of Urgent Evoke
Due to the formatting of the page, the rest of the message is hidden.
When I started this project, I was initially put off by the fact that it wasn't clear what I was expected to do, and I subsequently wrote an article about this fact. In my Evoke 1.5 discussion, I also asked about the Terms and Conditions - something I had actually read.
Clicking the About button at the top of the page takes you to a blog which doesn't list these rules, but does have the following messsage at the side. I've highlighted the bit that is misleading:
EVOKE is free to play and open to anyone, anywhere.
The game begins on March 3, 2010. Players can join the game at any time.
Players who successfully complete ten game challenges in ten weeks will be able to claim their honors: Certified World Bank Institute Social
Innovator – Class of 2010.
Top players will also earn online mentorships with experienced social innovators and business leaders from around the world, and scholarships
to share their vision for the future at the EVOKE Summit in Washington
DC.
EVOKE was developed by the World Bank Institute, the learning and knowledge arm of the World Bank Group, and directed by alternate reality
game master Jane McGonigal.
Nowehere visible does it say that there are age restrictions. I have made a serious effort to find out what the rules are, but nobody bothered to put them in a place where I could find them. I have tried to be proactive about addressing this issue, but nobody seems to care. I really want to protest the way in which the managers of this site have failed to communicate clearly. It's just not good enough.
EDIT: Jane kindly replied to this very quickly, with a clarification.
At any rate, if you sincerely want mentorship, my advice is to submit your evokation and say exactly which mentor(s) you want to work with and why, and we will ensure that they at least see it.
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Comment by Greg Stevenson on May 13, 2010 at 7:13pm
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@Robert Seems my last comment was somewhat redundant. Yay! I'm not Old anymore! Still would like to look at some mentors bios.
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Comment by A.V.Koshy on May 13, 2010 at 7:16pm
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ok good now i can hand in my evokation and still hope to make it to dc and also get seed funding ill pass on the mentorship thing
like ternura said i got better mentors
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Comment by Jane McGonigal on May 13, 2010 at 7:35pm
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Greg, check out the EVOKATION DAY post, which includes a link to the FAQ and all the mentors. http://blog.urgentevoke.net/2010/05/12/happy-evokation-day/
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not bad jane not bad at all :)
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@Jane Thanks Had already sent my email but have put the mentor I'd like to read my Evokation in the blog entry. http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/kahatika-is-my-evokation I hope you take the time to also have a look at it as you could possibly make a valuable contribution to it.
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Comment by Chris Ke Sihai on May 13, 2010 at 10:56pm
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Robert, thanks a lot. This is great news. I'm glad you were able to do this. Now I feel empowered, I made change at the World Bank! Does that mean I'm a social innovator now?
Hopefully those with a negative point of view about Evoke will take note. The borg responds to the needs of the constituents. This is a good thing.
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you made change at evoke not world bank
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that means you are an innovator yes
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Gratifying to see that the younger players don't seem to be protesting this change. Their generosity and sense of fairness is to be applauded. Well done the younger generation! Since Judges rulings are final there is no mechanism to prove discriminatory practice based on age. It will be interesting to see the ages of those selected. :-)
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