The Pitch

Want to change the world? The Pitch is the place to start. Bring your suncream and your conscience for The Pitch, as Streamers battle to create the best solutions to real-world problems. Here’s how it will work…

  1. In the lead up to Stream we will post 4-5 challenges facing our non-for-profit and charity attendees in the region
  2. Pick a problem, form a team (minimum three people), and sign up to pitch by ‘commenting’ on the challenges below
  3. Arrange a team meet-up at Stream. Agree a solution and work your pitch…
  4. Pitch your idea! The pitch will take place on Friday afternoon in front of a full-house audience and a panel led by Stream hosts Sir Martin Sorrell and Yossi Vardi. You have just 2 minutes to convince the panel and the audience yours is the winning solution
  5. The Winners will be announced & prizes given to the winning team of each challenge

Any questions?

  1. What to join another team? Email us and we’ll match you
  2. What to help solve a problem, but don’t have time until you’re at Stream? Don’t worry. We will have a board where you can sign up to form teams on site
  3. Have a real-world challenge that you’d like to suggest? Get in touch. We have a couple of slots left, and can work with you to develop a challenge brief.

Watch this space. The challenges will be posted shortly.


 
Challengers Corner
Name Challenge
Bernise Ang How can we make education a richer, more engaging and fulfilling experience?
In a number of Asian countries, Singapore being a case in point, education is more often about a stressful, achievement-oriented period rather than it is about learning, growth, and frankly, fun. This is not helpful in creating a society that is creative, curious, or authentic. There are several systemic root causes that explain why such an education system is the way it is - standardised testing, perception of teaching as a profession, a society's notions of success (among others). How can we make education go back to its roots of inquiry, growth, and character?

Daryl Arnold How can we use smart phones and tablet computers to benefit a rapidly aging society?

Over the next 30 years the percentage of elderly people is projected to more than double. This shift towards not just an ageing but an old population will have formidable consequences for rich and poor nations alike. The transformation carries with it challenges for families and policymakers, ranging from how to care for older people living alone to how to pay for unprecedented numbers of retirees. Smartphones and tablet computers continue to rapidly advance. They feature a highly accessible touch-based user interface, a broad range of built-in services and dozens of sensors (GPS, microphone, gyroscope, accelerometer) and very soon the smartphone revolution will extend to the elderly community - reducing the digital divide and social exclusion; supporting them to be active in all areas of their lives and to live independently for longer. During the months of March and April, Newton Circus with the support of Ogilvy will pilot of a programme designed to extend the smartphone revolution to the elderly community. Third-generation iPhone's will be donated and updated with applications specifically designed for senior citizens. The applications will include a daily surprise, health reminders and tips, an easy SMS tools for people who are illiterate, and an alert which is triggered when the elderly person falls. Yet these applications represent only the first steps. The challenge is how can we address the needs of elderly people and those who care for them by developing additional smartphone and tablet computer applications?

Simon Li How can older people in China connect to fellow patients?

Patients benefit enormously from communicating with other patients - whether to share the news of a diagnosis, find emotional support and sympathy, or to share lifestyle tips and medical information. Social networks connecting patients to each other are popular globally. But many older people in China (and other markets) are excluded from this world of online sharing because of low computer literacy. This is especially complicated in countries where a character alphabet makes using a keyboard difficult. In China, access to hardware is often not the problem - younger family members have laptops and smartphones in the house. The challenge is to find a way to enable older people to communicate with each other despite their lack of computer literacy.

Aseem Thakur How do we fortify the philanthropic workforce using new media?

If you believe that it is talent that influences what is possible in any field, most non-profits are facing a big challenge which may soon even turn in to a crisis. A majority of non-profit organizations face the problem of talent attraction and retention due to a myriad of reasons like salary inequality compared to for-profit sector, lack of upward mobility, etc. How can non-profits draw in new talent while cultivating their existing talent?

Jonathan Hursh How can we create information and media platforms in migrant slums?

1 in 6 people in the world today live in a migrant slum. The UN says that number will double to 1 in 3 within three decades. The general public, academics, businesses, and governments are not easily able to access information from migrant slums due to their informality, instability, and lack of infrastructure. And there is no media platform for people in migrant slums to share news and tell their stories to the rest of the world. CMC runs a network of community centres in China, soon to expand into Nepal and Bangladesh. These community centres could be used as the hubs for a media and/or information platform. The challenge is to create a system to collect information and content in migrant slums, disseminate it, and ideally monetize it.

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