Games for Change Overview
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Games for Change is a non-profit that facilitates the creation and distribution of social impact games. Since 2004, they have convened stakeholders, highlighted best practices, incubated games, and helped direct investment into new projects. They host an annual festival attended by over 10,000 people, as well as events at the Game Developers Conference. Their lab has helped invest $8 million into new game projects focused on issues like empowering youth and policymaking. Games for Change also curates a collection of over 135 games, puts on exhibitions, and maintains a repository of expertise reaching over 500,000 practitioners yearly. Major funders include the MacArthur Foundation.
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Games for Change Overview
- 1. OVERVIEW: GAMES FOR CHANGE Michelle Byrd, Asi Burak August 31, 2012
- 2. G4C MISSION STATEMENT MISSION Catalyzing Social Impact Through Digital Games WHAT WE DO Since 2004, Games for Change facilitates the creation and distribution of social impact games that serve as critical tools in humanitarian and educational efforts. To further grow the field, Games for Change convenes multiple stakeholders, highlights best practices, incubates games, and helps create and direct investment into new projects.
- 3. G4C CURATION G4C EVENTS G4C LAB G4C GLOBAL
- 4. G4C CURATION Aggregating the best work from around the world “[In 10 days,] U.S. gamers have helped unlock the structure of an AIDS-related enzyme that the scientific community had been unable to unlock for a decade. The solution represents a significant step forward in the quest to cure retroviral diseases like AIDS.” (Foldit in Time Magazine Sep. 2011)
- 5. G4C CURATION Annual Awards Ceremony, 135 games showcased to date
- 6. G4C CURATION Game Arcade and travelling exhibitions in partnership with museums and libraries
- 7. G4C CURATION A central repository of expertise, reaching over 500,000 practitioners and “cause owners” yearly 101 toolkits, workshops, online and offline mentorship
- 8. G4C EVENTS Annual Festival: total audience of over 10,000 (online and offline) Supreme Court Justice US Chief Technology Officer Vice President Al Gore Sandra Day O’Connor Aneesh Chopra
- 9. G4C EVENTS A new day-long summit @ GDC The Game Developers Conference sees 22,000 attendees annually Connecting the top commercial and independent game makers with the public sector
- 10. G4C EVENTS Demo Spotlight: highlighting ongoing projects with expert jury Frank Lantz (Zynga), Ken Perlin (G4Li), Connie Yowell (MacArthur)
- 11. G4C LAB Guiding the investment of $8 Million into new game projects USAID Half the Sky / Kristof & WuDunn Portfolio of new Games on Facebook and games, re-published mobile devices with Pulitzer games, and development Prize-winning authors kits aimed to empower Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl youth in the Middle East. WuDunn based on their bestselling book. World Bank Institute American Museum of Natural History Strategy games aimed at Refining the Museum’s policy makers in strategy around the developing countries integration of high-end (Asia, Africa and East interactive tools in its Europe). educational and youth programmatic initiatives.
- 12. G4C GLOBAL COMMUNITY Commissioners Experts NGOs Educators Foundations Academia Government Assessment Corporations (CSR) Technology Media Creative Game makers Social Causes Filmmakers Book authors
- 13. Europe (France) South Korea United States (NY) Latin America (Brazil) Australia
- 14. G4C MAJOR FUNDERS Other funders: Microsoft, NoVo, HASTAC, Educational Foundation of America, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- 15. Former Executive Director of IFP (Independent Filmmaker Project) Executive producer of high-quality celebrity attended events, strategic partnerships with corporations, NGOs and government. Michelle Byrd Co-President Co-founder Impact Games, creators of the internationally acclaimed gaming platforms PeaceMaker & Play the News. Veteran game-maker, tech executive and a social entrepreneur. Asi Burak Co-President
- 16. What People Are Saying About Us: Jason Rzepka, VP of public affairs MTV “The Games for Change Festival is the Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times epicenter of the social impact games “By weaving gaming, marketing, and movement. Come to the festival, and social entrepreneurship, a new form you'll leave with a clear understanding of journalism has emerged with the of how to do impact games well - plus power to connect, educate, and have met all of the players doing the activate a mass audience.” most innovative work in the field." David Kirkpatrick, Fortune Magazine “Computer games as liberal arts... are on education's cutting edge. The festival highlighted a dizzying array of games on environmental, political, scientific, human rights, and other topics.”