The DO School’s Future of Audio Entertainment Challange! Deadline: 31 May 2017

The DO School’s Future of Audio Entertainment Challange!

Deadline: 31 May 2017

Are you driven by a meaningful vision ? Are you brimming with bright ideas ? Do you want to make a real difference, perhaps with a business that benefits the community, or a project in the cultural sector, or with a technology that addresses a specific problem in your home country. What are you waiting for? Let’s turn your ideas into action.

The DO School of  Innovation  is seeking applications for its Entrepreneurship for good program that is a one year funded fellowship, that empowers bright young minds from all over the globe to build their venture at the same time as solving real life challenges.

The call is for the latest edition of the program that is concerned with “The Future of Audio Entertainment”: six major German radio stations, Axel Springer and The DO School challenges applicants on developing and beta-testing an online format or platform that will catapult audio entertainment forward so that it can fulfill its mission of providing quality editorial information and entertainment in new and innovative ways.

Program Structure

• Incubation Phase: The first Phase of the Program lasts 10 weeks and takes place in Berlin. The applicant along with 19 other Fellows from all over the globe will attend the following courses:
  • Challenge Lab: Applicants will be co-creating a hands-on result for the Future of Audio Entertainment Challenge while learning and applying the DO School Method.
  • Venture Lab: Using the DO School Method, applicants will refine their venture idea and get it ready for implementation.
  • Media Lab: Applicants will learn storytelling skills to generate support and publicity for their idea.
• Implementation Phase: Over the course of the next 10 months, applicants will be implementing their venture in their home country – using the skills they learnt in the Incubation Phase. Thanks to the DO School’s online platform, they will be able to get advice and feedback from your mentors, the DO School program team and their peers. In addition, they can pick up and share new skills along the way.

Benefits

• All programs are built around the DO School Method, which takes applicants from ideation to implementation in four concrete steps. Each one of the four phases encompasses a relevant set of skills and tools, endowing them with the resources to conceive, test, and refine an idea and – most importantly – to turn it into action.
• No matter how big or small applicants project, the DO School Method is scalable and can be applied in any strategic or stakeholder context. Whether they are working on their start-up venture or just looking to redesign their boardroom, with the DO School Method they are guaranteed a hands-on result.

Eligibility Criteria

• The DO School is seeking highly motivated and talented emerging social entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs with skills in the following areas: Developing and/or providing content for new formats (e.g. podcasts, apps, online platforms), radio programming/journalism, storytelling, sound design, music, psychology, marketing, sales.
• Applicants should be able to demonstrate a track record of being passionate about addressing social issues and creating and spreading innovative social change.
• The school welcomes applications from people with all educational and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Successful applicants are determined and willing to use our program to start new, or grow existing ventures, or implement a new initiative within a larger organization.
• The DO School program is ideal for outstanding mission-driven people who are looking for the tools, skills, and mentoring to launch a social start-up.

How to Apply

Interested applicants can apply online via given website.

For more information, please visit Future of Audio Entertainment Challange.