Project Wonder

Inspiring students to engage in their education as they create change in their communities. Teaching competency skills that students will use in their lives. Supporting visionary ideas and action in areas of need.

Inspiring students to engage in their education as they create change in their communities. Teaching competency skills that students will use in their lives. Supporting visionary ideas and action in areas of need.

A new Response has been added to the Perception Map Path.

"The first thing that we had to do when we started to create this map of the competitors in the field was to set objectives for the project and then do some research. Here is what that looked like: Objectives: Define our top competitors From the list of competitors define: Target Demographic – Who they’re serving (age, background, region). Core Offerings / Differentiators – What makes them stand out. Similarities to Project Wonder – Overlaps in mission, format, goals. Unique Positioning (vs. PW) – What’s missing or done differently. Define Possible axis for a Perception map  Even though we are not going to add price on the perception map - can we add pricing so that we can structure our pricing to the market? 1. Khan Academy Target Demographic: Students from K–12 to early college, globally. Core Offerings / Differentiators: Free, comprehensive academic content across various subjects. Mastery-based learning with interactive exercises. AI-powered tutor "Khanmigo" for personalized assistance. Widely known Similarities to Project Wonder: Use of technology to enhance learning. Unique Positioning: Primarily focused on academic subjects and test preparation. Less emphasis on project-based or entrepreneurial learning. Lack of one-o-one mentorship Cost: $4 monthly or $44 yearly to use the Khanmigo AI Teaching Assistant   Ashoka / Changemakers Target Demographic: Aspiring and established social entrepreneurs, including youth. Core Offerings / Differentiators: Global network of social innovators. Programs like "Lead Young" to empower youth leadership. Focus on empathy and systemic change. Very professional resources - all are the same. :) Similarities to Project Wonder: Shared emphasis on social impact and changemaking. Social responsibility Step by step tutorials that help give structure to someone thinking about starting a project.  Cost: Free for some information and $19.99 a year for premium - they take donations They also have a Young Changemakers Community as well which is geared towards our market.    Unique Positioning: More geared towards supporting existing social entrepreneurs. Less structured educational programs for beginners. 3. Uncharted Learning Target Demographic: Students from grades 4–12 in the U.S. Core Offerings / Differentiators: Entrepreneurship programs integrated into school curricula. Hands-on experience in building and pitching business ideas. Collaboration with educators and industry mentors. Similarities to Project Wonder: Focus on experiential, project-based learning. Encouragement of entrepreneurial mindset. They provide funding for projects after the “pitch” is made. Unique Positioning: Primarily U.S.-centric with structured school partnerships. Emphasis on business entrepreneurship over social impact Cost:  $3,500 4. YCM Challenge Target Demographic: Young individuals passionate about social change. Core Offerings / Differentiators: Global platform for youth-led social initiatives. Support through mentorship and funding opportunities. Similarities to Project Wonder: Empowerment of youth to lead social change projects. Unique Positioning: Focus on providing a platform rather than structured educational content. Cost: None 5. One Young World Target Demographic: Young leaders aged 18–30 globally.  Core Offerings / Differentiators: Ambassador network for ongoing support and collaboration. Similarities to Project Wonder: Global perspective on youth leadership and social impact. Unique Positioning: Have a Global Summit for students to kick off projects. 6. DoSomething.org Target Demographic: Young people aged 13–25, primarily in the U.S. Core Offerings / Differentiators: Campaigns for social change that are easy to join and execute. Focus on civic engagement and activism. Similarities to Project Wonder: Youth empowerment and social action. Unique Positioning: Less emphasis on education; more on activism and campaigns. Cost: No Next we had to decide what the axis were going to be, or what metrics did we want to compare ourselves by with the other companies. We thought about price but after looking at the competition realized that many times the price was nominal or in some cases free. We thought about using social impact vs academic learning but the go hand in hand so that didn't work either. So we settled on our metrics that you see at the top because that is what we would like to do at the end of the day - cohort and project based learning... We are going to need to do a bit more work on this as we grow. But this is our start!"

A new Response has been added to the Business journeys with a small dose of health Path.

"I think that it is ready to go – there are enough of the elements of Project Wonder for me to start talking to some of the people that I know… Here is the outline of that idea. Initial pitch for investors     1.Project Wonder Logo on black background with the words written out.  2. Introducing: Collectives that support and create local change during a time of global upheaval and change in government services. This is why it is important now. 3. What it looks like: Picture of a project page (explain curriculum and the connection to developing and connecting young social entrepreneurs.) – could be a picture of a few phones with different elements of the project page on them. 4. Business Model: for profit curriculum with a non-profit aspect to fund projects around the world. Non-profit funding – For-profit work with schools and individuals – Target market is schools and students that are applying to universities and jobs. The program helps differentiate curriculum and helps differentiate the students from other high performing students. (missing how we are going to get to these markets – homeschool pitch – start with the non-profit route to gain users and show results…) How to display? 5. The Wonderment vision and connection to other projects that can be funded and supported by Project Wonder. 6. Perception map of other players in the industry 7. We will provide: individual or group support for teens to create a social entrepreneur project – with grants that will help their projects and scaffolding for their project to thrive 8. Funding goals: Fund 10 projects, support a team of people to work with the students and create curriculum and support the platform Asking for: $200,000 for administration costs, $100,000 for grants and $50,000 to support the platform (should this be more?)  9. Team: Cloe, Mileidy, me (the Wonderment team as well?) 10.Thank you Some things that I am going to have to work on in order to make this credible – Create a visual for the business model so that people will understand where we are starting. Do some research for perception map that will solidify my understanding of the market if asked questions. Understand the platform and how it works in case of questions. Get feedback from users right now about the interface so that I can answer questions about what is working and what we are working on. Create a power point with images and few words. Be ready to explain different projects and budgets. Please let me know if there is any feedback that you would like to give.  "
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