Awesome Foundation New Orleans Launch

A quick presentation at the Awesome Foundation New Orleans chapter launch meeting to explain the basics of how the whole thing works.

Transcript

1. All the Secrets of
   Awesome Foundation
   

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2. Tim Hwang
   Reed Sturtevant
   Erhardt Graeff
   Emily Daniels
   David Nunez
   David Fisher
   Evan Burchard Mac Cowell
   Matt Blake
   Jon Pierce
   Keith Hopper
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3. 10 trustees pledge
   $100 per month
   =
   $1000 monthly,
   no-strings-attached
   grant
   

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4. $374,000 granted
   62 chapters
   12 countries
   

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8. “On September 29, 2012, we popped up in an alley off of U
   Street, NW between 14th and 15th for 3-plus hours of doom and
   hilarity. Over the course of the day, around 130 people came to
   join us (and even more to watch).”
   

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9. “The wheelchair icon team spoke to the commissioner on disability in Mayor
   Bloomberg's office. The commissioner loved it, and he wants to partner, distributing
   the icon throughout NYC. This is just the latest in a series of corporate and civic
   teams who continue to approach us and ask what they can do—changing their
   signage and beyond. We continue to be surprised that this small street art project
   is becoming an official, sanctioned social design initiative.”
   

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10. What makes the
    Awesome Foundation
    awesome??
    

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11. Low Barriers to Entry
    (both for givers &
    recipients)
    

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12. Peer-to-peer Giving
    (from one average
    person to another)
    

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13. Constant
    Experimentation
    (impatience can
    be a virtue)
    

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14. FUN!!
    (it’s really really
    frickin’ fun)
    

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17. What does a healthy
    Awesome Foundation
    need?
    

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18. Diversity
    (networks of networks)
    

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19. Local Sovereignty
    (take ownership!)
    

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20. Group cohesion
    (for healthy debates)
    

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21. What are your shared
    values and goals for this
    group?
    

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22. What are the obligations
    of a trustee?
    

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23. How will we recruit and
    raise awareness?
    

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24. Next steps?
    

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