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Using the Freerice model

to get back into business.

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The recession is bad.

What sells in a recession?

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Only the needs

Not the wants

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“Do I really need this today?”

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“I love it but I can't afford it.”

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But what can we never do without?

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Food

Clothing

Shelter

Education

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Education is a real need

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All over the world,

People need these four,rightfully.

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Which industries are not dying?

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Don't think of stocks

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Don't think of markets

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That's one big dirty game

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What can you do ...

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To help yourself

and the poor

across the world?

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Write up a few

serious educational games

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Use all the web2.0 tools you can

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Advertize FMCGs

(Fast Moving Consumer Goods)

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Put up a compelling game

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That also helps a kid learn

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Education needs to reach

across borders and continents

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You need revenue from banner ads

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They need education and food

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Freerice helps both

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But Freerice is a charity

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But how do you make money?

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Make a “good game”

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Kids play and learn

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You sell banner ads

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Of a dollar that you earn,

give a quarter to charity.

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Publish the accounts

for all to see.

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What goes around comes around

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There are thousands of games

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But they dont get hits

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Pages are heavy

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Games aren't need-based

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Games are “luxury goods”

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What games are need-based?

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Educational games

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Quizzes

Online exams

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Education is expensive

Exams are tedious

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Primary education is of poor quality

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Because effort is wasted

on mundane exams

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Remove that burden

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Get exams online

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Make exams flexible

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Don't demote the kid,

give him a second chance.

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Let students earn while they study

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Reduce the burden on teachers

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Help teachers reach more kids

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Help them teach across borders

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Make educational games

that help this process

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Sell your site as the one ...

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which gives away

the Charity Quarter

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Use new features in Javascript

and good libraries in Javascript

to bring visualization

to the games you make

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Bring these online:

gCompris

TuxMath

TuxTyping

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Make them interactive:

Encourage kids

to play with equations

to juggle atoms and stars

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New ways of thinking

that kids would love

while you teach them

their subjects at school

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Publish your accounts

to show the world

that the Charity Quarter

is really useful.

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But there's one problem:

your choice of charity

will not interest some users.

So what do you do?

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Simply ask your users about

their preferred charity!

Present a list of 5-10 causes

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The user decides on

one of the many

and you set a cookie

or an account setting.

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At the end of each month,

when you publish your accounts,

you highlight his share

of the money donated.

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And to increase your revenue,

simply ask your user

about which advertisements

he would prefer to see.

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This is a win-win solution

for all the three:

user, developer and advertiser.

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Some great education games:

freerice.com

ixl.com

quizlet.com