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What Changes Would You Like to See Made to Project14?

tariq.ahmad

Its been a long time since we've made any kind of changes to the format of Project14 but its due for an upgrade.   Its natural for programs to evolve overtime and things can't stay the same forever. We've experimented with different things with the program and some have been received more enthusiastically than others.   I'm starting this thread to see what kind of changes you would like to see us to make with this program.  What shouldn't be touched,  what would make things more exciting, and how do we grow the program without turning it into something different?  Should it be something different?   Where does Project14 fit in with the larger community?  Before getting this conversation underway, I would like to stress that the goal is to improve not diminish the program.  My managers have been very supportive from the beginning of this program and I want to reward their confidence.   Some of these changes are workload related.  Others are business related.  I'm open to all ideas and suggestions.

 

Topics on the Table:

 

- Launch Themes Every Other Month or Keep them Monthly?

- Shorter Contests or Longer Contests?

- If we have fewer contests Is there Stuff We Can Do In-Between?

- How Can We Make It Easier For More People to Participate?

- Should We have Bigger Prizes?

- Should we have a giveaway before we launch every contest?

- Most Importantly How Do We Make These More Fun?

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  • Maybe we could differentiate between some formats on Project14 with different names and these formats would help inspire participation? Currently we work with a theme to make something that is loosely related but we could also have theme agnostic months. For instance, different formats could consist of the following, although we have sort of done some of these just without the additional format branding:

     

    Project14 - Our Choice (as voted in a previous poll). This is the current format and anyone is free to participate along the selected theme name as we currently do.

     

    Project14 - Lucky Bag (as I mentioned above). Those that apply get sent a low-cost bag of pre-selected parts to build what they can from. We move away from a set theme so anything could be built using those parts.

     

    Project14 - Two Up. Again no theme but the project is built in collaboration between two or more members. May need a way for prospective participants to sign up and list skills or project ideas as Jive isn't great for linking up to people initially.

     

    Project14 - Mentor. No theme but would suit an intake of students who could be paired up with a mentor. The student builds the project but with guidance from the mentor. Would also need some way for each to list skills and willingness to participate.

     

    That's just a few to explain the idea how formats could make the existing scheme continue whilst being different. With some stylist graphics each format could really stand out and depending on uptake you'd know which were popular and which to never repeat image

  • in reply to 14rhb

    Hello I'd like to hire you as event-namer-in-chief

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