Dave, The idea of local competitions is a great one. What if the IxDA/IAI created a framework and set of guidelines to help each local run their own? As this thread indicates, we need some way to promote the good behind the idea of a challenge and remove the obstacles, i.e. money and travel, that enable most of us to shy away from it. Plus, to Will's point, why not create some way for all of us to potentially participate in making the world better and making us into better designers rather than just those who can fund or find sponsors for the big challenge?
Don't get me wrong, though, I think there is immense PR value in the NASCAR-type event, especially if its run well and promotes core design values. Someone should be promoting it already to Business Week, Wired, The Economist, etc. Do we have a board member focused on the press? ph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38517 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
