Our tagline:
Inclusive and accessible knowledge, networks, opportunities, and work.
Our pitch:
1. What is the problem that you are committed to solving?
Do you have trouble trawling through stuff online to find accurate and reliable information? Are there things decided by government that negatively affect you and your family? Have you ever just missed an opportunity by a day? Do you have people surrounding you who can support you and empower you to develop? Are you able to find appropriate work to provide for the financial needs of you and your family? Do you have the necessary skills to keep you employed into the future?
2. What is the project you are proposing?
The knowX community (knowXco) provides an accessible and inclusive community-created platform and app designed to eliminate barriers to accurate and appropriate knowledge, timely opportunities, inclusive and diverse networks, and financially viable work.
3. How will your project change your community?
This project aims to empower individuals and communities through providing access to education, learning and skills, appropriate networks, and create opportunities for financially viable work.
4. What is the biggest barrier to your project reaching more people?
knowXco needs access to funding to design and develop the platform, expertise and mentorship available starting from the initial indigenous-led design and technical architecture, through to the management of this platform. knowXco also needs media exposure to raise awareness of this platform.
Our solution's stage of development:
PrototypeWhere our project is located:
Sofia, BulgariaWhere our solution team is headquartered or located:
Sofia, BulgariaHow we use technology in our project:
Platform and mobile app
What makes our project innovative:
Community-computer interaction for social well-being and development; a social network focused on connecting people with knowledge, networks, opportunities and work. This platform is designed by the user, for the user, for the future of work and community.
How our project will be accessible and affordable to our community:
A hybrid non-profit and for profit business model.
So far, the platform is in the prototype stage.
There are 2 founders and 8 Board Members.
There is a growing community on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/knowX... and monthly in-person meetups.
Our future project goals:
We just found out about this opportunity today, Sunday March 10th, and will continue completing this information throughout Monday, March 11th.
Almost missing out on this opportunity to apply to the Solve MIT Indigenous Fellowship highlights the need for developing this new type of social network which aims to connect users with exactly this type of opportunity in a timely fashion.
Highlights from our project:
We just found out about this opportunity today, Sunday March 10th, and will continue completing this information throughout Monday, March 11th.
Why we are applying to Solve:
Mentorship, access to funding, media exposure and access to partners.
The organizations we are currently working with:
knowXco is looking to work with a variety of organisations to support community cohesion, accessible work and a recognition of all forms of learning. Please drop her a message at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ar... and https://twitter.com/ARichmondF...
The founder, Angela Richmond-Fuller, has a Bachelor of Education, a Masters in TEFL and over 28 years of experience teaching and managing educational programs.
Organizations we would like to partner with:
We would like to work with a diverse range of organizations related to learning and skills such as MOOC providers, tribal schools, and scholarship providers.
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