FAQ "Do something BIG!"
What is ‚Do something BIG!’ about?
‘Do something BIG!’ invites you to develop an idea to support the work of Save the Children helping them to save children’s lives in Angola and to demonstrate your problem solving skills, your analytical skills and your persuasiveness.
The quality of your idea will be judged by the experts of Save the Children. The evaluation will be made by the leaders of Save the Children Germany and local experts in Angola, knowing best what’s needed to improve the lives of the children in Angola.
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Experts from Reckitt Benckiser will assess the persuasiveness, the consistency of your argumentation and the presentation of your idea – thus the business case you created.
The employees of Reckitt Benckiser Germany have collected an amount of ca. € 60.000 to fund ‘Do something BIG!’. What we’re looking for now is a really convincing idea how this money should be invested to help children in poverty and children in need in Angola, one of the poorest regions of the world.
What exactly is meant by ‚idea’ or ‚proposal’, what is expected?
Actually we’re looking for a smart solution for an existing specific issue. To find out and understand under which concrete problems children suffer in Angola, this research is part of your challenge. To check what Save the Children and Reckitt Benckiser have done so far is probably a good start-point but obviously there is much information available.
With your idea, we want to increase the impact of the current projects of Save the Children in Angola. Very important to highlight is in this context that ‘Do something BIG’’ is not about what you might ‘think’ or to try to save the world. This competition is about investing the available resources in a most effective and impactful and lasting way:
- to help even more children in Angola
- to increase public awareness
- to collects funds and financial support
There are probably some initiatives of Save the Children that can help you to understand how an approach could look like if you analyse a functional chain that leads to an issue:
www.savethechildren.de
What’s in it for me? Why should I participate?
Actually, you’re right – you better do another internship and polish your CV!
Or do you think it’s time to do something that really makes a lasting difference? Do something for the world around you before you focus on your career?
Save the Children is saving lifes and ‘Do something BIG!’ gives you the opportunity to be part of it !!
If you decide to participate in the ‘Do something BIG’ challenge you can show all your potential and it is in your hands: research facts, analyze and interprete, discuss and be creative. Convince your family and friends, your fellow students and your professor – make them supporters of your idea! And finally, you will have to present your idea to the jury and convince them, too.
The winning team will be announced in a press-conference and you’ll have the chance to present your idea to the public.
The winning team (max. 3 participants) are invited to participate in a unique fieldtrip to Angola to experience the work of Save the Children funded by Reckitt Benckiser. The date of the trip will be agreed with you
All participants will receive an acknowledging certificate.
What’s the schedule of the competition? What do I have to do?
Teamwork is the key to success, in Save the Children as well as in Reckitt Benckiser. So, why not applying it here as well? In general everybody can participate in the ‘Do something BIG’’ competition, individuals or groups of people. There are no prerequisites and no obligations BUT if you decide to participate you should take it serious. This by the way bonds Save the Children and Reckitt Benckiser together: if we decide to do something we’re fully committed and fully engaged.
- register you and your team on www.dosomethingbig.de
- submit your idea in form of a concept note (max. 2 pages) until 12th of April 2010 via email (info@dosomethingbig.de).
- the jury will choose the best ideas in a first preselection and will provide the groups with feedback on all criteria. Read more about the criteria here
- step it on to make it to the final round in Berlin: create a business case (in english), seek for supporter, prepare your presentation etc. Submit your business case until 12th of May 2010
- made it? Face up to the experts in a personal presentation and convince us of your idea in Berlin "face to face"!
- the winners will be announced by the Jury by the end of May 2010.
What’s the financial contribution of Reckitt Benckiser?
Reckitt Benckiser will donate the profit of an obsolete event with our products that will be organised by our employees – on a voluntary basis and in their leisure time. The company will bear the costs for the products, the logistics and the infrastructure.
To show that Reckitt Benckiser appreciates your ideas, the company will match the funds collected by the participants up to an amount of 25.000 Euro. This means that for each Euro you collect, we will add one Euro into the collection box up to the maximum level.
Additionally. Reckitt Benckiser donates € 1 for each Supporter who subscribes for our Newsletter up to an amount of € 10.000. subscribe here
Reckitt Benckiser also pays all the costs attached to the competition.
Based on which criteria the winner of ‚Do something BIG!’ will be identified?
We are looking for a really convincing idea which, following the below criteria, delivers the biggest sustainable improvement for the children in Angola. The idea should reflect Save the Children’s and Reckitt Benckiser’s way of working. Of course the idea should be supported by elaborate reasoning based on facts, data and rock solid conclusions (business case). In a nutshell, we are looking for the most sustainable and most effective solution to a concrete and specific issue.
| 1st criteria: sustainability and impact |
measure:
- KPI to measure impact and sustainability are established by the participants, they have to be objective, measurable and comprehensible, e.g. reduction of new infections
- fit of idea to Save the Children’s way of working?
- fit of idea to the circumstances in Angola?
- fit of idea to Reckitt Benckiser’ way of working?
weighting: 60%
assessors: jury of Save the Children and Reckitt Benckiser |
| 2nd criteria: activation of your social network |
measure:
- number of people supporting your project
- number of people registering for your newsletter
- number of additional donators and funds raised
- number of followers on facebook, StudiVZ, Twitter
weighting: 20%
assessors: proof by the particpants |
| 3rd criteria: quality of the business case |
measure:
- quality of reasoning and presentation
- impact - return on money invested
- measurability of impact, implementation etc
weighting: 10%
assessors: jury of Save the Children and Reckitt Benckiser |
| 4th criteria: quality and uniqueness of the idea |
measure:
- onclusiveness – problem / finding / solution
- persuasiveness and quality of argumentation
- practicability
- completeness
weighting:10%
assessors: Jury von Save the Children und Reckitt Benckiser |
Who is in the jury?
Kathrin Wieland
CEO Save the Children Deutschland e.V.
Adelino Sanjombe
Adelino Sanjombe
Provincial Coordinator
Tom Ban
HR Director Reckitt Benckiser Deutschland
Erika Marpe
Ambassador for Save the Children and employee of Reckitt Benckiser Deutschland
Jochen Schön
Supply Director Manufacturing, Reckitt Benckiser Produktion
Dr. Harald Magg
Research & Development Director, Reckitt Benckiser Produktion
Prof. Dr. Konstantin Theile
ESB Reutlingen
Where can I ask questions or post comments?
You can send your email with questions, comments, etc. to info@dosomethingbig.de
Kathrin Wieland – questions and comments to Save the Children
Tom Ban – questions and comments regarding ‘Do something BIG!’
CSR – Corporate Social Responsibility – what exactly does this mean?
For a number of years Reckitt Benckiser supports Save the Children in its efforts to help children in poverty and children in need worldwide. As a successful company and responsible corporate citizen Reckitt Benckiser provides significant financial support that already led to impressive concrete improvements.
In addition Reckitt Benckiser encourages all employees to support the work of Save the Children with all sorts of private initiatives. This can be the sale of obsolete products, organised by employees in their spare time or Reckitt Benckiser matches donations raised by individuals or groups of employees in private fundraising initiatives.
Who is ‘Save the Children’?
Save the Children is the worldwide leading independent organisation creating lasting change in the lifes of children in need. Find out more here: www.savethechildren.org
Who is Reckitt Benckiser?
Reckitt Benckiser is a worldwide leading consumer goods company e.g. Calgonit®, Vanish®, Sagrotan®, Airwick®, Clearasil® und Veet®. Reckitt Benckiser takes the responsibility of a good corporate citizen for the world around us. The company as well as its employees support the work of Save the Children worldwide with numerous activities. Find out more here: www.reckittbenckiser.com
Why Angola?
Angola is still recovering from more than 40 years of armed conflict. Most Angolans still live in poverty. The country ranks second in the world for child mortality, with one in four children dying before the age of five. Many of the children and young people live on less than US$1 a day. They don’t have enough to eat, have no school to go to, and can’t get treatment when they are ill.
Save the Children knows the problems in Angola and responds to the challenges with several projects.
Reckitt Benckiser identified together with Save the Children a target region (Huambo province) where in particular children suffer from its poverty and lack of infrastructure: www.savethechildren.org.uk
Since 2006, Reckitt Benckiser supports the work of Save the Children in Angola. Together, we fight for better health services and against child mortality.
Why a competition?
As a successfull business Reckitt Benckiser strongly believes that the best ideas and most innovative concepts are created whenever people are striving to achieve something extraordinary, when people want to win. This playful and hands-on approach motivates people to think out of the box and to come up with something really superb and innovative. In the end everybody stands behind the most convincing idea trying hard to make it happen.
How can I participate?
Why do you want me to activate my social network?
Despite Save the Children is the worldwide leading independent organization creating lasting change in the lives of children in need, unfortunately the work they do is still not very well recognized by the German public. With ‘Do something BIG!’ we would like to support Save the Children to become more widely known in Germany and generally contribute that the needs of children in poverty and children in need have the public awareness they should have.
Can I use my Facebook or StudiVZ account?
Of course you can use all popular platforms in the internet for the project and documentation by linking your account with our homepage.
What happens if an idea is submitted twice?
What happens if someone copies my idea?
What happens if there is an overlap with another idea?
There is no such criteria like „singularity“. What counts is to convince the jury of the assessment criteria. Even better: Teams with the same or complementary idea can collaborate and enter the race together!
There will be extensive documentation of winning idea, and it will become part of a case study regarding “Corporate Social Responsibility”, that your university will also be provided with as teaching material.
Is the winning idea really going to be implemented?
Of course we are looking for an idea with the potential to be really implemented. Based on many years of experience, the experts of Save the Children know best what improves the lives of the children in Angola in a sustainable way.
Nevertheless we have to acknowledge that sometimes not every good idea that sounds good to us can be implemented immediately because it may require extensive planning and preparation, formal authorizations or appropriate circumstance on site. This is why it is so important that your ideas consider the parameters set. And, this is why ‘practicability’ made it into the list of criteria to identify the best idea.
What happens to the data of the supporters once ‘Do something BIG!’ is finished?
One intention of ‘Do something BIG!’ is to raise the awareness level of Save the Children as an organisation and children in need in general. Your supporters’ e-mail addresses will only be used to inform about ‘Do something BIG!’ and the progress made.
And, we will count the number of supporters as a strong indication for how serious you’re taking your participation and how convincing your idea is to others.
If your personal supporters become supporters of Save the Children afterwards is entirely their decision. Without formal authorization there won’t be any additional communication.
Any product promotion by Reckitt Benckiser is not intended and will not take place.
Why shall we collect additional donations and how does it work in practice?
The reason why we introduced this criteria is to underline the fact that Save the Children saves lives and really every single Euro counts to improve the life of children in need.
First of all: You can collect additional donations, but it is not a requirement for your participation.
The total amount of donations collected by your team will only be one of several criteria but will not determine the decision of the jury.
The amount of additional donations collected by you is seen as an indication for how convincing your idea is to others and how strong your supporters support your participation.
The money will be transferred directly to Save the Children, referring to your team, under:
Save the Children Deutschland e.V.
Spendenkonto 929
Verwendungszweck: Do something BIG! + name of your team
Bankleitzahl 100 205 00
Bank für Sozialwirtschaft Berlin
The donations collected in the course of the competition „Do something BIG!“ will be used according to the statutory and charitable purposes of Save the Children Germany for the implementation of the winning idea, if the idea respects the criteria of practicability and supports the projects of Save the Children funded by Reckitt Benckiser in Angola. All participants and supporter will have access to the application of funds.