April 4 , 2008
News Release
Rave Reviews for “imagine it!” Documentary Film
Inspiring Documentary about the 2007 Global “Creativity Challenge” premiered on February 22, 2008 at Stanford University.
Los Angeles, January 3, 2008...A sold-out crowd of 1,000 people at Memorial Auditorium on the campus of Stanford University watched the world premiere of imagine it!. The film has since been released worldwide.
Here is what people are saying about imagine it!:
“I love imagine it! You did a fabulous job. It's an honor to be part of it.
--Debra Dunn, Advisor to Social Venture Networks
“I have very much enjoyed watching the movie, which is a great introduction and eye-opener on entrepreneurship.”
--Soren Nedergaard, Technology and Research Attache, Innovation Center Denmark
“Congratulations on such a successful premiere! And what an AMAZING project!
--Coral Clark, Director of Education RAFT (Resource Area for Teaching), San Jose, CA
"...the faculty are really quite excited about this film as a teaching tool, and demonstrating a fresh perspectives."
--Christopher Witt, Director Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, University of New South Wales.
“I'm not too old to say it --- imagine it rocks!!”
--Norris Kruger, Idaho Rural Partnership's new Entrepreneurship Task Force
“I was at the premiere. Fabulous. I love Imagine It. Terrific work.”
--Randy Komisar, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
“It's very rewarding to see how the challenge and the film bring a sparkle in our students eyes a passion to their hearts. I am sure this is going to grow bigger and bigger.”
-Guido Caiedo, Director Centro de Desarrollo de Emprendedores, ESPOL, Quayquill, Ecuador
"Imagine it! is packed with inspiration...It is highly informative, a fun and upbeat film with loads of educational learning potential."
--Bee Leng Chua, Ph.D, Hawaii Pacific University
"The film is fantastic! It captures the whole experience so well."
--Peter Bryant, Professor, Macquarie University, Australia
"Loved it...the film is fantastic."
-Joshua A. Chamot, Media Officer for Engineering, National Science Foundation
"The film is absolutely first class and exciting. It represents the spirit of entrepreneurship around the world."
-Jonathan Ortmans, President, Global Entrepreneurship Week
"I thought it was very empowering...it was awesome."
-Lyba Wolf, Challenge Participant, Team Elementary Entrepreneurs
"I just finished watching imagine it! for the second time and am blown away! It's terrific!!! I can "imagine" it being shown in so many different places and inspiring people all over the world."
-Tina Seelig, Executive Director, Stanford Technology Ventures Program
About Infinite Loop Media
Infinite Loop Media produces new smart media. Our mantra is ‘promote creative thinking.’ The company produces the “imagine it!” creativity challenges and educational media (www.imagineitproject.com). The company has created a global online learning social network called The Loop (www.iloop.tv).
About Stanford Technology Ventures Program
Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) is part of the entrepreneurship center at Stanford University. STVP is dedicated to accelerating high-technology entrepreneurship education and creating scholarly research on technology-based firms that, in turn, provides new insights for students, scholars, and business leaders.
January 3, 2008
News Release
imagine it! Documentary World Premier
The inspiring documentary about the 2007 Global Challenge premiers February 22, 2008 at Stanford University.
Los Angeles, January 3, 2008…What if you gave students around the world a common household object and asked them to innovate? What would they do? What would they create? That is the premise of a global innovation “Challenge” and the imagine it! documentary film series.
In February 2007 during Entrepreneurship Week USA Stanford University invited
hundreds of universities and thousands of students from around the world to participate in a global innovation challenge.
The challenge? Add value to a pack of Post-it® Notes...in six days!
The results were amazing. Using just a pack of Post-it® Notes the students lifted spirits, opened minds, raised awareness, raised money, donated to charity, educated kids, promoted health, talked politics and created music.
With exotic backdrops from countries including Thailand, Australia, India, Ecuador and the USA, imagine it! documents the global innovation “Challenge” which was held February 24 - March 3, 2007 as part of EntrepreneurshipWeek USA.
“Positioned at the intersection of creativity, culture and competition imagine it! captures a compelling and revealing story about the human spirit,” explained Richard Tavener, executive producer of the film.
By harnessing the power of online collaboration the producers tell the students’ stories as never before by collecting a vast quantity of digital media created by the students themselves. Video clips, powerpoint presentations and photographs recorded on digital cameras were uploaded to the internet then edited and woven together as an integral part of the tapestry of the film.
“Ten years from now we’ll look back at this film as an illustration of the turning point in using collaborative communities to make compelling media,” added Tavener.
Additional perspectives are included in the film through the use of professionally filmed HD interviews with competition officials, university professors, celebrated authors and entrepreneurs from around the world.
“This film reveals unmatched creative potential from a cross-culture competition where
the global playing field is level and everyone has the opportunity to use technology in
new and exciting ways,” explained film director Rudy Poe. “We made the film from the
collective creativity of peer production whereby the students contributions were mixed
with leadership of the production team,” added Poe.
The documentary film imagine it! premiers in the USA and internationally on February 22, 2008 at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. For more information contact Tina Seelig, Stanford University tseelig@stanford.edu.
imagine it! is available to universities, colleges, high schools and organizations around the world for screening and use in classrooms at no cost. For more information about screening the film please contact Richard Tavener richard@iloopmedia.com.
Last year “it” was a pack of Post-it ® Notes. What will “it” be this year?
On February 22, 2008 imagine it! 2.0 begins at the launch of the next global Innovation Tournament.
“Get in The Loop” and join us to produce imagine it! 2.0 visit www.imagineitproject.com.
imagine it! is produced by Infinite Loop Media, LLC, Los Angeles, CA www.iloopmedia.com
February 6 2007
News Release
“Worldwide Creativity Challenge and Documentary Film Launched”
What if you gave students around the world each a pad of Post-it ® Notes and asked them to innovate? What would they do?
Los Angeles, February 6, 2007. What if you gave students around the world a pad of Post-it ® Notes and asked them to innovate? What would they do? That's the premise of an exciting feature documentary film titled imagine it!™.
The film imagine it!™ documents the six days of the international “Creative Challenge” which was held February 24 - March 3, 2007 during Entrepreneurship Week USA.
“Positioned at the intersection of creativity, culture and competition imagine it!™ captures a compelling and revealing story about the human spirit,” explained Richard Tavener, executive producer of the film.
By harnessing the power of the internet the producers tell the emotionally charged stories of success and failure as never before by collecting a vast quantity of digital media created by the students themselves. Thousands of individual video clips, photos, audio and text files recorded on digital cameras, cell phones, voice mails, text messages, emails and blogs are uploaded to the internet then edited and woven together as an integral part of the digital tapestry of the film.
Additional perspectives are included in the film through the use of professionally filmed HD interviews with competition officials, university professors, parents, celebrated authors and well-known entrepreneurs from around the world.
With an exotic backdrop of ten countries (such as Japan, Thailand, Australia, India, Brazil, Spain, Colombia, Ecuador, Hong Kong and the USA) imagine it!™ seeks out and tells the most fascinating competitors' stories as they endure six exhilarating days and nights in their attempt to create the most value from a pad of Post-it ® Notes.
Film director Rudy Poe explained, “This film reveals human potential in an unprecedented combination of cross-culture competition where the playing field is level and everyone has the opportunity to innovate in ways we can't even imagine.” “Essentially that's where the name of the film came from,” added Poe.
imagine it!™ uncovers the power of imagination and illustrates how, when we encourage people to focus on positive outcomes, we can make the world a better place. The film exports the belief that the most important attribute you can have is a creative imagination. There has never been a time in history when the character of the human spirit wasn't important, but imagine it!™ reminds us that it has never been more important than now.
“In the end, this is a story about dreamers in action,” said Tavener.
The feature documentary film imagine it!™ premiers in the US and internationally in February 2008.
imagine it!™ is produced by Infinite Loop Media, LLC., Los Angeles, CA.
