This first Gel Challenge had the theme of "listening." The task was to create some new experience that improves listening - in any context, big or small - to have the chance of being featured on-stage at Gel 2010.
Kelly Dobson at Gel 2008
Voting: Registered attendees of Gel 2010 voted in March 2010 - the winner was Gel Voice, by Jacqueline Corbelli and Jim Anderson, who then presented their entry on-stage at Gel 2010.
See also the public comments on all four finalist entries.
The finalists below were announced in November 2009.
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Dear Driver, by Erik Fabian and Josh Weinstein from Double Happiness Summary: a project to improve the understanding between cyclists and motorists. More Info |
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Gel Voice, by Jacqueline Corbelli and Jim Anderson Summary: proposal to enable children to truly shape their future through listening - using technology and problem-solving. More Info |
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MeWe, by Rahul Pramanik Summary: proposal for experiential tools to improve listening, and relationships, within couples. More Info |
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Camera, by Jennifer Konig Summary: exploration of the act of listening, as captured in photographs. More Info |
Who should win? Gel 2010 attendees should log in here to cast their vote by March 26, 2010, for which entry should win the Challenge. (See also: all Gel 2010 info.)
Entries were due by the deadline of October 27, 2009.
The guidelines stated that entries should be...
• submitted by entry deadline of Tuesday, October 27. The best entries, as judged by the Gel team, will be posted on the Gel website - and one or two top entries will be shown from the stage at the Gel 2010 conference.
• submitted by anyone. There's no need to have attended a Gel conference in the past, though it may help to watch some Gel Videos to get the flavor of the event and community.
• original for the Gel Challenge. Each entry belongs to the submitter, who can use the entry in any way - just that the entry should have been created originally for the purpose of being a Gel Challenge entry
• have something to do with "listening." With that said, entries can be a new product - or service - or video - or website - or Web app - or art installation - or game - or nonprofit - or training program - or experience of some sort... or if not the thing itself, then a sketch, or design, or blueprint, or proposal of what could be done if the resources were available.
• created in any context - online or offline, art, technology, business, nonprofit, school, hospital, or elsewhere... show us your take on the theme of listening, however you interpret that.
• preferably accompanied by something that we could share, in some form, online - i.e. if it's an offline project, something with video, photos, or audio that would describe the project
Questions? Email challenge@gelconference.com