Application for C:F Action Team Project #9; CF Writers!

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Application Deadline: Monday, 6th August 2012, 2200h CEST.

Please check your C:F inbox on Thursday, 9th August 2012 to know your application status and reply to the Action Teams forum thread to confirm your place. Please note that only successful applicants will get this C:F Message.

Everyone regardless of their application status will get 30 Sparks and every successful application will receive an additional 50 sparks. http://challengefuture.org/sparks. You will receive your Sparks in September 2012.

Are you able to twist and curl the creative brains of our C:F Community?

Find out more about the Action Team Project #9: CF Writer -- http://www.challengefuture.org/news/565
Period: August 2012 ~ November 2012 (4 months - 1 article max 500 words per month)

Below we will ask you to fill in FOUR article synopsis with the Title, Summary and one question/tip (TWO Weekly Hot Topics and TWO Tips of the Week) that you would write for each month for FOUR months as a C:F Writer. We also included one optional with our suggested topics. We would love to hear about what you will be writing (4 months - 1 article max 500 words per month) ! Please give it some thought before filling in your proposed FOUR different articles and ONE option article and make us go WOW!

Guidelines on crafting Weekly Hot Topics (WHT):
- Include One though-provoking question
- The subject can evoke debate & discussion
- Write about your passions, your identity, your future, your projects and especially how Fun + Meaning2 they are!
- Yes, we are giving you a glimpse of past WHT, but we would love to hear something NEW and different from you when you fill in the form below: http://www.challengefuture.org/news/cat/24

Guidelines on crafting Tip of the Week (TOW):
- One actionable task - a call for action that is Fun + Meaning2!
- Linked to sustainability, innovation, youths, future
- Do you have a local neighbourhood tip from your country?
- Yes, we are giving you a glimpse of past TOW, but we would love to hear something NEW and different from you when you fill in the form below: http://www.challengefuture.org/news/cat/22

Guidelines on writing:
- Can you write an article that will make the readers go "Wow! That's something I never knew before!"
- Can you make an immediate impact on the reader as if he can say "This is something I can do now to make a different in the future!"
- Can you create and implement ideas that go beyond what is currently established or the standard?
- Are you resourceful and creative to synergise ideas from various sources with minimal help from other?

Guidelines on Application:
1. Search the internet (yes Google) when in doubt ;-)
2. Drop us a note in the helpdesk http://challengefuture.org/us/feedback/ when #1 and #2 do not work out - but we think in 99.9% it will!
3. When in doubt, you may leave any answers below as "NIL" noting that applicants who have attempted to answer all questions will stand a higher chance of being selected.

* C:F Staff will have the final decision on the Action Team members chosen.*

My name *

My Challenge:Future Profile page URL *

http://challengefuture.org/students/xxxxx . Note that the following are NOT correct urls: http://challengefuture.org/profile/ or http://facebook.com. If we can't identify your C:F profile, we will be unable to contact you :(

My personal email contact *

Speak to us! Tag your 5 passions here! *

5 words: 5 tag words for 5 passions separated by commas

Based on ONE of your passion tags above, write an inspiring and thought provoking article with AT LEAST 300 WORDS and one picture at a google docs with public url *

Please only include below the public url for the google document. Why we ask you to share with Google Docs? Because as a Virtual team with cross collaboration across vast geographical boundaries, we want to use a collaboration tool that everyone can edit and view at the same time. Hence, it is important that each member of this Action Team knows how to use a Google Docs. Here's how to create a google document with public url: https://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=180199. Here's an example: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ckO6-Kw_Mt3JdjuobKl9lyzCxOLbGlWNY4QMatIlzlY/edit?hl=en_US.

Share with us! What inspired you to join the Action Team as a C:F Writer? What do you hope to learn and be pleasantly surprised at the end of your Action Team project? *

Less than 100 words

View all the past Weekly Hot Topics here http://challengefuture.org/news/cat/24 and post a comment in any article of your choice. Indicate below the link to this article where you have posted your comment. *

Only include the article link which should be in this format: http://challengefuture.org/news/xxx

1a. Title of Weekly Hot Topic *

Less than 6 words

1b. Summary of your Weekly Hot Topic *

Less than 50 words only

1c. One thought provoking question you will ask the community in your post *

One sentence only. E.g. What are your personal actions towards peace?

2a. Title of Weekly Hot Topic *

Less than 6 words

2b. Summary of your Weekly Hot Topic *

Less than 50 words only

2c. One thought provoking question you will ask the community in your post *

One sentence only. E.g. What are your personal actions towards peace?

3a. Title of Tip of the Week *

Less than 6 words

3b. Summary of your Tip of the Week *

Less than 50 words only

3c. One Actionable/implementable tip you will ask the C:F Community to implement *

One sentence only E.g. Use eco font!

4a. Title of Tip of the Week *

Less than 6 words

4b. Summary of your Tip of the Week *

Less than 50 words only

4c. One Actionable/implementable tip you will ask the C:F Community to implement *

One sentence only. E.g. Use eco font!

5a. Options to choose a Weekly Hot Topic or Tip of the Week *

Choose the topic(s) that you would love to write about.

Weekly Hot Topic: Write an article in review of a fine masterpiece you have read. It could fall within any genre of literature (fiction or non-fiction); it could be a book that informs and inspires the youth, or challenges the society to adopt sustainability. Give valuable insights that would trigger discussions and provoke C:F members to read the book.

Tip of the Week: Why is education important for sustainable development?

Weekly Hot Topic: UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)? With the deadline looming, how can the youth expedite action on the MDGs?

Tip of the Week: Write a poem on the theme “Go Green”.

Required

5b. Summary for each of the Option Topics you have chosen above *

Please provide 50 word summary for each of your chosen topic from question 5a

Is there anything else you want to express and tell us about your ideas/thoughts. We would love to hear from you!

Let your imagination flow!

Welcome C:F Inbox Message on 9th August 2012 *

Yes, I understand that on the 9th of August 2012 I will check my C:F inbox to get the Welcome Message if selected in the Action Team and I will reply to this inbox message and the Action Team forum link to confirm that I have received it. I also note that I will not receive any message if not selected. I will receive 30 Sparks in September 2012 by the C:F Team, because of my application.

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