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July 21, 2010
Students Wanted: Students Speak Out Web Design Challenge
Today's blog post comes from Lindsey Alexander, who works on our Students Speak Out project.
We're looking for student opinions! We need your help to spread the word to young people about an opportunity to advise the Citizens League on what might motivate teens to get involved with public policy issues that matter to them -- we'll even throw in pizza and a $50 Best Buy gift card for participants!
Many of you have likely heard of the success of the Citizens League's Students Speak Out project. Students Speak Out creates opportunities for students to participate authentically and constructively in policy conversations. The face of the project is a social networking site (think Facebook, MySpace, Ning, etc.), but behind the site is a set of processes and tools that create empowering opportunities for young people to work on policy issues that matter to them. With funding from Best Buy, Students Speak Out is hosting two Design Challenges, one in Orange County, California (on August 10th) and one in Minnesota (the third week of August), with the goal of learning more about what could motivate teens to get involved with policy issues through a website like www.studentsspeakout.org or www.citizing.org.
We need your help to spread the word to students! As part of the Design Challenge, we're looking for students between the ages of 13-18 who are interested in advising the Citizens League and who have an opinion on what might motivate young people to get involved with public policy issues. Students will work in teams to provide feedback on existing websites and design the basics of an ideal civic engagement website focused on teens. Five to seven students will be selected to participate. Participants will receive a $50 gift card to Best Buy.
Anyone interested in participating should contact Lindsey Alexander at 651-329-1328 or lindsey[at]lindseyalexanderconsulting.com.
Posted by Annie Levenson-Falk at July 21, 2010 12:04 PM