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PRESS & SPONSORSHIP KIT
JOURNEY TO SANKALP AFRICA
GHANA | NIGERIA | SOUTH AFRICA | KENYA
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All Geeks Gone Global Innovation Excursions are 14-16 day trips that go through a minimum of 5countries. The Journey to Sankalp will take place between Feb. 1, 2014 and Feb. 14, 2014. Starting from
New York to Accra, Ghana, Lagos Nigeria, Johannesburg, SA, Cape Town, SA and ending with ourpartner, Sankalp Forum Africa in Nairobi, Kenya.
5 Countries in 14 Days
Journey To SankalpAfrica
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Founder and President of GeniusCo and its subsidyGeniusCorps he has travelled and worked in over 90 countries
servicing both the public and private. Mr. Hunter has beenfeatured in Black Enterprise Magazine for creating a legacy ofwealth and stability for your family and selected as one of thetop 50 most important African American's in technology. Mr.Hunter has over 18 years experience in informationTechnology management and implementation and over 10years experience in Global Business Development.
Geeks Gone Global Innovation Excursions are led by a globalentrepreneur and innovator with over 20 years experienceworking and living in over 90 countries.
Chief Geek
Faruq Hunter
OUR FOUNDER
Mr. Born Global
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Geeks Gone Global is the official transit system of the innovation ecosystem. As more and more people are trying to create solutions for a futurewith many more people and far less borders, the concepts, programs and people that grow the innovation ecosystem are constantly growing.
Incubators, accelerators, events, hubs and a plethora of resources are constantly coming online all over the world in order to help more peopleinnovate and grow their ideas into viable and impacting products and services. Geeks Gone Global is dedicated to exposing the full breath of theinnovative ecosystem to as many people and as many places as possible. Our role in the ecosystem is awareness and connecting..
Founders of The Innovation Excursion
Connecting The WorldsPassionate People
WHAT WE DO
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We want to make real connections between people who are committed to truly changing the world and impacting the lives ofothers. GGG takes actionable people to actionable people who understand each other and make real things happen. Before andafter the trip we solidify relationships for our attendees and we share every detail of the planning and planners with you so thatyou are empowered to take full advantage of your excursion. The daily agenda is filled with meeting and engaging with themost innovative members of each community, discovering the innovative ecosystems of the countries visited.
HOW WE DO IT
REAL CONNECTIONS! REAL IMPACT
A Blur of Business and Fun
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EVENTS
On theGround Events
In each country,companies from theinnovativecommunity and the
delegation take turnssharing 5 minutepitches about theircompanies followedby networking
GGG partners withthe innovativeecosystems premiereevents, such as
Startup Weekend,Tedx, Sankalp Forumand SoCap
GGG takes itsattendees to theoffices and sites ofthe most successful
innovative companiesin each countryvisited
With over 7,000virtual members ofGeniusCorps andLiving Bridges Planet,
GGG hosts 3 GoogleHangouts per tripfollowed by severalvery active socialmedia campaigns
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DISTRIBUTION
GGG Branded e-mails, collateral and links are distributed to hundreds of thousands of innovators around the world through thesetop tier partners. The assistance of the mailing lists and memberships of these organizations greatly increases the number of peoplewho are exposed to the brands of GGG, GG Partners and sponsors.
GGG Content Distribution Network For The Journey to Sankalp Africa
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Over 100 News Articles andOver 100 interviews
On GGGs first innovation excursion to Africa over 50 stories were written about the trip and GGGPartners and attendees. In addition, the same excursions was either mentioned or referenced inanother 50 stories.
GGGs first Africa trip PR
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Multiple Themes = Greater Exposure
15 Women to Africa DesignCapital Cape Town Journey to SankalpAfrica AtlantaStartup Weekend Mentors
Women EmpowermentEuro Hacktrip Recruitment
Official Exploratory Trip For Mayor Kasim Reed
The representation of multiple initiative on one trip dramatically increases the trips press and exposure. On the first GGG trip top Africa over 50 news
articles were written about the trip and placed in news sources around the world.
A Vehicle for Lead Initiatives
Crowdfunding Signup for Imagination for People
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Since the primary goal of the Geeks Gone Global Innovative Excursions is to expose innovators to opportunities to grow theirinitiatives, there are multiple opportunities to present branding and marketing to the many participants and attendees. All
sponsorship opportunities are customized to the sponsor or supporter.
SPONSORSHIP
MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPOSE YOUR BRAND
Branding & Marketing
At Events
Banners
Digital Presentations on Flash Drives
Speaking
Panels
Pitch Presentation
Table or Booth
Distribution of Materials
Give Aways and Media
1,000,000 MB of Film
6,000 Professional Photos
Entrepreneurial Interviews
Over 100 News Pieces
Sponsorship Press Release
Branded Commemorative T-Shirt
Branded Solar Genome Backpack
Branded Scottevest Jacket
Web Based
Custom Landing Page
Logos on landing pages and e-mails
Lead Capture and Generation
Custom branding of trip logo
Links on
Geeksgoneglobal.com
Geeksgoneglobal.com/fundyourtrip
Geekheaven.co
GeniusCorps.co
At Lead Generation and Qualification
All attendees, participants and connectors are listed in the GGG, Citrix Sponsored, Extranet in Podio. All contact information andparticipant information gathered is available at all times for GGG sponsors and partners
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Website and ResponsiveMobile Branding
Geeks Gone Globalmaintains aprofessional andgraphically pleasingweb presence. OurSupporters are givencustom landing page onour site.
Landing Page
Trip PageSupporters are alsolisted on our mainlanding page for thetrip, which receivespremium traffic duringthe excursion
26K+ UNIQUE VISITORS
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3 GeniusCorps & Live Living Bridges PlanetGoogle Hangouts Per Trip
GGG has partnered with Living Bridges planet and SoCap, one of the worlds largestgathering of social entrepreneurs and investors to execute 3 live Google Hangouts
from Ghana, South Africa and Sankalp Africa in Nairobi. Viewed by thousands ofentrepreneurs around the world Living Bridges helps to insure that GG partners andsupporters get maximum exposure.
Over 7,000 OnlineMembers
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Reach
Face to FaceInnovators
7,000Geeks Gone Global always reaches
and retains reach to innovators andentrepreneurs through everyexcursion. Through GeniusCorps freememberships GGG has a reach of7,000 members and will establishover 2,000 face to face interactionswhile on the continent. With 160more trips planned in the next 2
years this number will grow to everycountry in the world.
Qualified Leads
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Existing OnlineMembers+250,000Unique Online Viewsfrom GGG Sites, PartnerSites and Media
2MILLION +Members and Participants of
Organizations Reached
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GGG Targets innovative
entrepreneurs and theorganizations that facilitate thatcommunity.
Target audience
10% 5%Social
Entrep
reneurs 30%
5%
TechStartu
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30%
30%
100% Innovators
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Focus on Women
Male Attendees10%
Extraordinary effort has beenput into focusing on femaleinnovators during the GGGJourney to Sankalp Africa. Threeof the GGG Pitch Parties arethemed around womenentrepreneurs as well as an
initiative that drew 15 dynamicfemale entrepreneurs, investorsand political and businessleaders.
The GGG Journey to SankalpAfrica will be the largest privatelyran excursion of female leadersfrom the US to Africa thathas focused on femaleled innovation.
Female Attendees
90%
Male
Female
Not to be counted out, 10% ofthe delegation to Africa is maleand over 50% of the participantson the ground will be male aswell.
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