As i See IT

Chippin Support Local Designers & Artist

// April 20th, 2009 // Video, Web 2.0, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, funding and Financing, input form

video management, video solution, video streaming

We’ve set up a chippin so that we can raise funds needed to help local desifgners and artist market.

At the end of the runway we sell.

A simple statement that defines what sets our program apart. All Artist and Designers participating in projects are financially responsible for there costs incurred, as well as actively participate in marketing. For the past four years, we have offered support in the form of free training and workshops. we have explored the applications of many theories in the “real” world.

This season we are exploring crowd sourcing and crowdfunding and their suitability and adaptability as business models within communities.

Each artist has committed to improving and expanding their product range and price structure. They also each commit to passing on the knowledge through workshops, seminars and taking on apprentices.

Community Businesses support these local creatives by provideing their services at a highly reduced rate. In turn they all have access to the same rates from other participants.

Young Women and men in the community participate as product models. As they move onto college, they now are faced with tuition isues. We are expanding this program providing sales and technology training which can better help them compete in the job market.

Each season we focus on a particular issue faced by these businesses and tackle them head on testeing theory through Practice. As such we are focusing on expanded marketing and exploration funding and financing.

An effective marketing campaign will cost above and beyond the measures we have put in place! We invite you to Chippin to a worthy cause.

There is also the option of becoming an official VIP a Vested interest Patron. As a VIP you are Given an opportunity to join our exploration of Crowdfunding and Crowdsourcing. You will get access to behind the scene coverage of the design and entrepreneurial process.