Make a Difference Award - Application
Make a Difference Award - Application
MaD Award initiatives can be a for-profit or a non-profit activity, such as:
a business venture
seeking to provide economic, social and/or environmental solutions
a socially responsible business
advocating sustainability in all aspects of its operations
a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
initiative run by any commercial organization
a social venture
operating on commercial principles
a non-profit making organization
with income-generating activities
a charity organization or a student-led activity
funded by sponsorships, donations or grants
Entry Criteria
The MaD Award is a team-based competition, with a maximum of 5 members per team. They could be entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs or students. The founder(s) should launch the ventures/projects at the age of 30 or below, and should be aged 35 or below at the deadline of the Award entry. Applicants should either be based in Asia or they are doing their ventures/projects primarily for Asia. The MaD Award is NOT a business plan competition. Entrants must be able to demonstrate their track records and the impacts of their ventures/projects in quantitative and qualitative terms.
Application Process
- a 5-page description in English or Chinese (please see FAQ no. 10) covering:
- An executive summary of the venture/project
- Vision, mission and values
- The beneficiaries/customer segment(s), offerings and value propositions
- The operating costs and income streams, including financial indicators in the last three years (or less if the venture/project is less than 3 years) and three year projections (e.g. revenue and net income)
- Team members: the background, expertise and roles of founder (s) and core team members
- Board/advisors (if any)
- Partners/collaborators (if any)
- Impacts assessment in quantitative and qualitative terms*:
- Economic (e.g. jobs creation, productivity enhancement, reduced poverty)
- Social (e.g. heritage development, access to information and knowledge, improved health, social harmony, empowerment of underprivileged groups, behavioral change in the society)
- Environment (e.g. reduced carbon footprint, environment conservation)
- a two-minute video summarizing the salient points of the written submission
- a reference
- the nominator (if any)
The submission can be made in either English or Chinese.
* Reference can be made to the Impact Reporting & Investment Standards (http://iris.thegiin.org/), a common framework for describing the social and environmental performance of an organization.
Entries for the 2012 MaD Award should be submitted via the online entry form on or before 3 October (23.59 Hong Kong time). Submissions received after this time will not be considered, so please do not wait until the last minute to upload your entry.
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