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Posts Tagged: Business Unusual Challenge

AnnouncementsContests and Polls

Boston Children’s Chorus Selected as Challenge Winner

By Karina Mangu-Ward
Dec 18, 2013

The organization will develop a strategy to integrate anti-bias and empathy training into their existing music education.

Contests and Polls

Challenge Crowdsourcing Experiment Complete!

By Kendra Danowski
Jul 29, 2013

The Challenge’s experimental crowdsourcing phase officially ended on July 25. The Finalists will incorporate feedback into their revised final proposals.

Contests and Polls

Crowdsourcing Begins for the Challenge Finalists!

By Karina Mangu-Ward
Jun 19, 2013

From now until July 25, share your ideas and inspirations with the 7 Finalists as they develop strategies to address their adaptive challenge.

Contests and Polls

7 Finalists Officially Move to the Challenge Crowdsourcing Phase!

By Karina Mangu-Ward
Jun 7, 2013

Finalists will gather ideas and inspirations from big thinkers, leaders in the field, and ArtsFwd readers to help them address their adaptive challenge.

Contests and Polls

Challenge Voting Closed! Finalists to Be Officially Announced Friday!

By Karina Mangu-Ward
Jun 3, 2013

Over the next few days, we’ll be auditing the Challenge votes and determining the official results. On June 7th, we’ll announce the official roster of Finalists.

Contests and Polls

Vote to Determine 5 Challenge Finalists!

By Karina Mangu-Ward
May 31, 2013

UPDATE: Voting is now closed (12:00am Eastern, June 1st). Many thanks to all who participated!

Phase 2 of the Business Unusual National Challenge has begun, and public voting is open from now through Friday, May 31.

Contests and Polls

Boston Children’s Chorus – Challenge Semi-Finalist

By Boston Children's Chorus
May 15, 2013

We will approach our work in a community-centric vs. arts-centric way and redefine our relationship with our communities.

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Culturebot – Challenge Semi-Finalist

By Culturebot
May 15, 2013

We will extend our reach beyond the web into live space with events that model nonhierarchical conversations and seamlessly integrate with our online network.

Contests and Polls

Dance Films Association – Challenge Semi-Finalist

By Dance Films Association
May 15, 2013

We will dedicate our time to finding a new archive model that empowers individuals to customize their discovery of dance film.

Contests and Polls

Dance New Amsterdam – Challenge Semi-Finalist

By Dance New Amsterdam
May 15, 2013

We will provide the infrastructure to practitioners in the field to develop and implement entrepreneurial artistic and business practices that will enable sustainability.

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Global Action Project – Challenge Semi-Finalist

By Global Action Project
May 15, 2013

We will design and implement pathways to leadership for and by young people.

Contests and Polls

globalFEST – Challenge Semi-Finalist

By globalFEST
May 15, 2013

We will develop a package of support services for world music artists in the United States.

Contests and Polls

Hampton University Museum – Challenge Semi-Finalist

By Hampton University Museum
May 15, 2013

We will create an open-access, interactive project to develop a pluralistic aesthetic for black people and philosophy of personal beauty.

Contests and Polls

HowlRound – Challenge Semi-Finalist

By HowlRound
May 15, 2013

We will steward a peer-to-peer digital currency that matches artists’ needs to the community’s available resources.

Contests and Polls

Kennedy Heights Arts Center – Challenge Semi-Finalist

By Kennedy Heights Arts Center
May 15, 2013

We will create new, sustainable ways of earning revenue through social enterprise.

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