WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF HAD $$$$$ TO REACH MORE KIDS?
Ok, made you ‘click!’ We may have gotten your attention with the title, but it’s going to be worth it.
Now let’s give you the big vision: YOUNG LIFE INNOVATION SHARK TANK! In a mission full of ENTREPRENEURS we are hoping to identify The Next Big Thing. It could be a new ministry model, game-changing idea, or training approach that will go viral across the mission. In our- close to 80 years of history as a mission, the list of innovations is impressive: Young Life College, YoungLives, 15 minutes of silence, The Crud War, The Big Cookie, ‘Got milk?’ Club, Capernaum, Oct-a-Ball, YL Connect, Deaf YL, ...and the list just goes on and on.
So, if you have an idea that could be a game-changer as we endeavor to reach more kids than ever, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE! If you can dream it, then we can help you build it! So here are the details:
INNOVATION SHARK TANK - All across the mission, staff are submitting ideas that will help us reach more kids then ever and we will help the most compelling ideas scale across contexts, Regions, and Divisions. We are essentially creating a YL version of SHARK TANK!
GOAL- Identify some the next innovations that could be a game changer in ‘reaching more kids” than ever before.
WHO CAN WIN? Anyone! Just have a well-thought-through model in your local context that can be scaled.
WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO? The first step of the process is a simple email to TANK (kenbtank@gmail.com) and answer the following questions. .
1. Your Name, email, and contact phone #.
2. Division, Region, Area name
3. Brief description of the idea. (2-3 Sentences)
WHAT KIND OF IDEAS DO WE WANT? We want well thought out, compelling, scalable project ideas. We want something that you have been doing locally would be the best. If you win, you will get coaching and design support, as well as possible funding to help scale your project. Some SAMPLE IDEAS that others have suggested are:
A new ministry model
Student leadership initiative
A camping model, tweak, or new design
Volunteer Team Leader training
A contact work initiative
Creative club ministry (lunch, school or community based etc.)
Ministry cohort training for a Region or Division
A volunteer leader recruitment/training or development idea
Contact Work initiative within a Division or Region
Campaigner vision initiative tied to evangelism and discipleship
Creative core ministry/specialized ministry growth initiative
Student Staff Pilot (new model or curriculum)
Teacher/Coach volunteer initiative
You get the idea?
What we know for sure is that...
A good IDEA, can become a MOVEMENT,
MOVEMENTS help design PILOTS,
PILOTS that work, become MODELS and,
MODELS can then become a MINISTRY,
And a good MINISTRY could be THE NEXT BIG THING!
Come with your best, game changing, exponential, leveraged effect idea! Help us reach the next kid through the next big thing and change the world! We will wait for your email!
- Young Life, Global Innovation and Growth Office
(kenbtank@gmail.com)