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Innophoria creates a stir in Europe

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Innophoria has continued to make waves in Europe this week since its release at the International Fundraising Conference in Amsterdam.

Participants at the recent International Fundraising meeting at SOS Childrenâ€™s Villages in Innsbruck, Austria, were very pleased with Innophoriaâ€™s promotional material, with the t-shirts going down particularly well.

The website already has several regular followers and stories for the playing cards have been flooding in. Press interest has also been increasing with a recent article published in UK Fundraising.

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Innophoria released to rave reviews

Monday, October 20th, 2008

The first stage of Innophoria was met with enthusiastic responses from representatives from several International NGOs during its launch at the International Fundraising Conference last week.

â€œHave you ever experienced that weird kind of state, that ecstatic bubbling in your veins that happens when youâ€™re on the verge of a creative epiphany, when youâ€™re at the point of discovering an idea that could rock the world?â€ teases the opening page before inviting members of the social sector to take part in the creation of the game itself, due for release in March 2009.

The idea behind the game is to push social organizations out of the rut of outdated policies and campaigning techniques and along the path to innovation.

â€œThe social sector is suffering from a terrible case of IPS, â€œInnovation Panic Syndrome.â€ Itâ€™s a very creative community but itâ€™s hard to transform creative, and sometimes disruptive, ideas into real projects. Rather than write a book, I decided that it would be more helpful to develop an online game. Using an open source innovation model, we are giving every staff member and volunteer from social organizations around the world, the chance to share their experiences of this issue. Innophoria will be launched in March 2009, with input from colleagues from India to the US.â€ (Marcelo Iniarra, TC – Tribe Chief at marceloiniarra.com.)

Innophoria follows the adventures of its social sector protagonists, Lucy and Joe, as they journey along the road to Innophoria, where they discover novel ways to employ innovative ideas into their jobs and try to persuade their colleagues and organizations to become more innovative.

In an attempt to make the game as relevant as possible to all branches of the social sector, visitors are invited to submit their thoughts and experiences of innovation, or lack of it (!) which will be used in playing cards for the game to either help players progress or challenge their innovative spirit.

Participants who submit cards which are selected will be given the option of having their name published in the game credits.

If youâ€™d like to take part, simply fill out the form at www.innophoria.com. Or if you’d like to include information on Innophoria in your newspaper, magazine, website or blog, please send us an email at press@innophoria.com

And donâ€™t forget to come back in March 2009 for the launch of the game itself.

Ashley Baldwin
Press and Communications
Marceloiniarra.com

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Innophoria creates a stir in Europe

Innophoria released to rave reviews

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