Innovative young people are being encouraged to apply to have their ideas put into action.
The Innovative Ideas Competition for Young People is open to high school, TAFE and University students living on the North Coast of NSW. This competition is part of the 2011 North Coast Innovation Festival and is aimed at demonstrating how innovative ideas can impact on and improve everyday lives.
Peter Tregilgas, Executive Officer from Regional Development Australia – Mid North Coast, is encouraging locals to enter.
“I was checking out the competition website and noticed that most of the ideas had come from the Mid North Coast. We’ve been told that the Northern Rivers is a creative industries mecca. So come on Northern Rivers, give us a run for our money and let’s see who has the most innovative ideas!
“If I was under 25 I’d be in this competition for sure. $1,000 bucks up for grabs… fully sic mate!”
The ideas for this competition can be serious or crazy – they just need to be new and original and fall into one of three separate categories including:
Innovation at Home, School, Work, Play: What device can you invent that could make our lives easier at home, school or work? What will appliances at home and work look like in 2020?
Innovation Green Technology: What green innovative ideas would you want to see used by 2020?
Crazy Idea: If you’ve got an idea that seems a bit crazy, don’t hold back, we want to hear all about it!
The Innovative Ideas Competition encourages young people to be as creative as possible. Although, serious contenders will think to place emphasis on the actual real potential of their idea in terms of marketing the idea as an actual product or concept.
As long as the ideas are original, the young people can enter as many times as they like. The students can also enter as part of a team for the school, so get cracking!
To enter an idea and find out more about the competition go to the IDEAS Factory website at www.innovativeideascompetition.com.au
The winning idea is determined by the most votes – ‘likes’ – on the website. So, after a young person enters an idea their friends, classmates, family and teachers can vote for them. Anyone can vote for an idea but only young people can enter an idea.
The competition closes on 30 May… Time is already ticking away so please distribute to students/young people so they can start entering and voting for their ideas now! There is a $1,000 cash prize for the innovative idea with the most votes.
