Congrats to our www.cheaptickets.com contest winner: Brendan Walsh!
Brendan is artistic genius, who we got to know one day in Jinja, Uganda. (I shouted him out before because of his great ONLINE cd 'Letters and Veins'.)
Brendan, in my eyes, is a perfect example of somebody who uses the internet as a WORLD LEADER! Not waiting for his big-shot-breakthrough - he's just putting on the web what he loves to do! You should follow him too. He's gonna get far! And here is the greatest part: Brendan and his friend Jim are in the preps of starting a non-profit that want to make inspirational video's for ... NGO's! They would love to travel to countries like Ugandan (where i got to know him from in the first place) and shoot video's, edit them, and then give them to the NGO's for their causes! Thats empowerment right there. Most NGO's could never afford to 'hire' a team of profs!
Anyway, his story is too funny to me. To do so, he would have to travel a lot. A whole lot.
Travel is expensive. How great would it be if they could fly for free? Or maybe a start-up budget of ... $50,000?
His girlfriend told him about this competition of www.cheaptickets.com about making a TV-ad. Grand price? $50,000 in FREE airline travel!
That night he dreamed about HOW HE SHOULD DO IT, and --- even funnier to me --- in his dream he saw himself go in his dads garage, to get all the props for the video.
Next day - he goes in his dads garage, and him and his friend Jim (who also won the second price in the competition) made the video at the end of this blog.
LONG story short... he got all their friends to vote for him... AND THEY WON!!!
Lesson to learn: Do what you love to do - and tell somebody. Not only will it inspire that person, but one day you'll reap some great rewards. Brendan did - and so can you.
Fishing Season from Brendan Walsh on Vimeo.
are you BOLD
I took a quiz on a website i had forgotten about: Be Bold
How to accomplish social change with BOLD ideas!
I PASSED! This will be recomended test for EVERY Tjeko leader (no volunteers here!)!
MY RESULT:
How to accomplish social change with BOLD ideas!
I PASSED! This will be recomended test for EVERY Tjeko leader (no volunteers here!)!
MY RESULT:
Quiz Results
Cliff diving
You slice the water in a clean motion. The waves part to make way for you. Actually it only seems that way because your commitment, creativity and never-say-die attitude gets incredible results. You have a natural gift for boldness. Keep on growing—you are the change that you want to be in the world.
1. Tjeko allows kids to be kids.
2. Tjeko is an adventure park.
3. Tjeko allows kids to come and play
4. Tjeko is sports
5. Tjeko allows kids a break from everyday life
6. Tjeko stimulates creativity
7. Tjeko brings amusement to children
8. Tjeko combines social projects with Commercial projects
9. Tjeko facilitates anybody working with kids
10. Tjeko creates jobs
11. Tjeko helps schools
12. Tjeko offers ‘play’ curriculum
13. Tjeko is every childs dream place
14. Tjeko is fun to be with
15. Tjeko looks for the best way to build up children
16. Tjeko is self-sustainable
17. Tjeko has his own academy
18. Tjeko has his own food-program
19. Tjeko has fun activities
20. Tjeko has imaginary places
21. Tjeko is a place kids can come and be themselves
22. Tjeko is for children 2-12
23. Tjeko is for families
24. Tjeko does entertainment
25. Tjeko can be copy-paste
26. Tjeko is for all children – rich and poor
27. Tjeko can be accessable, even for families with no money
28. Tjeko works with those who work with children
29. Tjeko is unique in every way
30. Tjeko is a place where under-privalaged can make a carreer
31. Tjeko is also for handicapt kids
32. Tjeko is an African park
33. Tjeko feeds children
34. Tjeko protects nature
35. Tjeko educates
36. Tjeko works with others
37. Tjeko starts small
38. Tjeko duplicates
39. Tjeko is made with local resources
40. Tjeko is a place to share knowledge.
41. Tjeko is Uganda in a whole new way
42. Tjeko is Jinja in a whole new way
43. Tjeko is
44. Tjeko
45+ Tjeko is the most insane project I've ever worked on!
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