the yellow boat project
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Presentation I gave during the Singapore Math Learning Festival of the Galileo Enrichment Learning Center last October 8, 2011 at the AIM Conference Center.TRANSCRIPT
“eighty percent of success is
showing up.” —Woody Allen
“There are no
accidents in
life.”
— Master Oogway (from the movie “Kung Fu Panda”)
Why am I here?
Why am I here?
• Partly it is because of Steve Jobs
• His “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish” statement (which was actually from The Whole Earth Catalogue)
• Social Media for Social Change
“The countries that out-teach us today will out-compete us
tomorrow.”
- Pres. Barack Obama
“Unless you are AWESOME, you will
be outsourced…”
- Auren Hoffman, Founder & CEO, Rapleaf
THE YELLOW BOAT PROJECT
Jay JabonetaFire Starter, Philippine Funds for Little Kids
IT IS NOW SO EASY TO BE CONNECTED…
The Yellow Boat ProjectThe Main Ideas
• Community-driven. Crowd-funding. Crowd-sourcing.
• The project as a ‘virus.’
• You can start your own mini-project, right NOW!
"If you think you're too small to have an impact,
try going to bed with a mosquito in the room."
- Anita Roddick, Founder of Body Shop
Show video of the swimming kids in Masbate
ONE goal:
Build a boat.
It all started in October 2010 with a single conversation…
The result in 5 months…
1 yellow boat…
200 school bags with school supplies
1 medical and dental mission
1 organization devoted to Layag-Layag
The result in 10months…
In 10 monthsZamboanga
• 2 yellow boats (motorized; can accommodate 20 kids per ride)
• 400 school bags with school supplies
• 3 medical and dental missions
• 1 plastic bottle light bulbs project
• 2 book donations
• 1 organization devoted to Zamboanga
• 12 college scholars
Masbate
• 25 yellow boats (1 motorized)
• 1 makeshift classroom (4 rooms)
• 300 school bags with school supplies
• 1 medical and dental mission
• 1 book donation
• 1 organization devoted to Masbate
• 1 600-meter water pipe
SOCIAL MEDIA BUILT OUR BRAND
One Facebook status
Friends’ re-posts
Bloggers started writing about it
One blogger celebrated his blog’s anniversary by doing another fund-raising drive
TV, Radio, Print started to notice
How to get there?
• THINK BIG
• FIND A FEW SOULMATES
• DESIGN DIFFERENT
“You have the chance to make the world a better place as a result of what you do.”
Drop a stone in a bucket and the ripples radiate
out.
Will you help
us infect more
people?!?
A personal request:
1) Invite us to share our story to other
organizations and help us spread our story
2) Support our dream to help all kids who swim
to school in 12 months (learn more at
http://yellowboat.tumblr.com)
3) Buy a copy of Readers Digest’s October 2011
issue
4) Vote for us on the Liberal Project - #22 at
http://www.fnf.org.ph/theliberalproject/
Like us on
http://www.facebook.com/philippine.funds
If you want this presentation…
Cell: (63) 916 294 2902
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.jayjaboneta.com
Twitter: twitter.com/jayjaboneta
Facebook: www.facebook.com/jay.michael.jaboneta
Thank You!