Tuesday, November 17, 2009

GIT Malaysia Award Ceremony and Forum (Gen Y and Innovation)

Agenda

2.00 pm – Arrival of participants and guests.

2.15 p.m. – Keynote address by host of Global Innovation Tournament Malaysia

Azim Pawanchik, Principal Consultant, Alpha Catalyst Consulting

2.45 p.m. – Panel session on Innovation and Gen Y (Youth below 30) in Malaysia

· Expectations of the corporate sector from Gen Y & Universities.
· Expectations of the Universities towards the corporate sector and Gen Y.
· Expectations of the Gen Y towards Universities and the corporate sector

3.45 p.m. – Prize Giving Ceremony

4.45 p.m. – Press Conference for Stanford GIT in Malaysia

5.30 p.m. – Session ends

TEA

Organized by: Youth Entrepreneurs Malaysia (YEM), UNIRAZAK & Alpha Catalyst Consulting

RSVP: git@alphacatalyst.com (Please indicate names of attendees)

Friday, November 6, 2009

Press release from Stanford on Global Innovation Tournament 2009

STANFORD, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - "Make Saving Money Fun." That's the task that thousands of students of all ages from at least 51 countries will tackle in the next week in response to a challenge unveiled yesterday by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. And the students' actions just may help people find a way through the global recession.

Free to interpret the challenge any way they want, students have just eight days to come up with innovative solutions and convey their results in a short video posted to YouTube. Called the Global Innovation Tournament 2009, the competition is organized by STVP at Stanford University for Global Entrepreneurship Week and run locally by over 100 universities, schools and other organizations. The global sponsor for the competition is Intuit Inc., a leading provider of financial management solutions for consumers and small businesses.

An official activity of the week, the competition is designed to inspire students to work in teams, challenge assumptions, seize opportunities and be creative. Most of all, it gives them a taste of what it's like to be entrepreneurial; students must deliver results while working with tight constraints, such as limited time and resources. Great ideas are not enough - they actually need to implement their ideas. Local and then global judges will determine who has had the biggest impact during the eight days.

Past versions of this competition involved giving students a common object, such as Post-it Notes, rubber bands, or water bottles, and challenging them to create as much value as possible from these objects in a few days. Teams invented products, raised and donated money, composed music, entertained, helped the disabled, made political statements, educated children, and much more.

Producer, Quincy Jones, III, and Grammy-Award winning hip-hop artist, Chamillionaire, helped launch the tournament live at Stanford yesterday afternoon in front of 1,700 people. They shared their experiences as entrepreneurs who use the very skills that tournament participants must draw upon and talked about innovation in the changing music industry. The local winners in most locations will be announced during Global Entrepreneurship Week, Nov. 16-22, and global winners will be announced online on Thursday, Dec. 3, on www.unleashingideas.org.

"This competition is a condensed, entrepreneurship immersion experience," said Jonathan Ortmans, president of Global Entrepreneurship Week. "It's enormously empowering for the students to realize they can create value from virtually nothing. This is the fourth time STVP has run this competition, and the results are always astounding."

Added Tina Seelig, the creator of the competition and the executive director of STVP: "This year's challenge addresses a global problem, the recession. It has had a devastating effect on companies, individuals, communities, and entire countries. Those who have been least affected either have financial reserves to draw upon or know how to do more with less. We want to show students that even the world's most serious problems can be turned into wonderful opportunities and generate a positive impact."

Intuit's chief innovation officer, Kris Halvorsen, said that the challenge could yield new ways of thinking about personal finance.

"Entrepreneurial students collaborating to solve an important problem that has global impact is right in line with Intuit's fast-paced, innovation-centric culture. And, in this economic downturn, Intuit is more focused than ever on helping consumers and small businesses save and make money," Halvorsen said. "As ardent supporters of the next generation of innovators, we applaud Stanford's open approach to uncovering fresh ideas that will positively affect how people create value and make and manage their money."

This competition is the beginning of thousands of celebrations that will mark Global Entrepreneurship Week, which was co-founded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the UK's Make Your Mark campaign. More than 85 countries are preparing a variety of activities and challenges.

There is still time for students and organizations interested in participating in the Global Innovation Tournament to jump in. Details are available at http://www.unleashingideas.org/tournament.

About Global Entrepreneurship Week

With the goal to inspire young people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity, Global Entrepreneurship Week will encourage youth to think big, turn their ideas into reality, and make their mark. From Nov. 16 - 22, 2009, millions of young people around the world will join a growing movement to generate new ideas and seek better ways of doing things. Tens of thousands of activities are being planned in dozens of countries. Global Entrepreneurship Week is founded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Make Your Mark campaign. For more information, visit www.unleashingideas.org, and follow @unleashingideas on Twitter.

About the Stanford Technology Ventures Program

The Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) is the entrepreneurship center at Stanford University's School of Engineering. Hosted by the Department of Management Science and Engineering, STVP is focused on advancing business skills and research insights that will help entrepreneurial leaders use innovations to solve major world problems, with an emphasis on the environment, human health, information technology, and other global issues. STVP creates scholarly research on technology-based firms and teaches entrepreneurship skills to graduate and undergraduate students across campus. STVP's outreach programs include a free podcast and video website featuring entrepreneurial thought leaders (http://ecorner.stanford.edu) and conferences for entrepreneurship educators worldwide. http://stvp.stanford.edu

About Intuit Inc.

Intuit Inc. is a leading provider of business and financial management solutions for small and mid-sized businesses; financial institutions, including banks and credit unions; consumers and accounting professionals. Its flagship products and services, including QuickBooks, Quicken and TurboTaxĂ‚®, simplify small business management and payroll processing, personal finance, and tax preparation and filing. ProSeries and Lacerte are Intuit's leading tax preparation software suites for professional accountants. The company's financial institutions division, anchored by Digital Insight, provides on-demand banking services to help banks and credit unions serve businesses and consumers with innovative solutions.

Founded in 1983, Intuit had annual revenue of $3.2 billion in its fiscal year 2009. The company has approximately 7,800 employees with major offices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, India and other locations. More information can be found at www.intuit.com.

Intuit, Quicken, and QuickBooks, among others, are registered trademarks and/or registered service marks of Intuit Inc. in the United States and other countries.

Post-it is a registered trademark of 3M.

for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program
Global Innovation Tournament
Theresa Lina Stevens, 415-203-1800
media representative
theresa.lina@stanford.edu
or
Global Entrepreneurship Week
Mark Marich, 202-467-2774
media representative
mmarich@unleashingideas.org
or
Intuit Inc.
Allison Green, 650-944-2512
media representative
allison_green@intuit.com

Thursday, November 5, 2009

AND THE MYSTERY CHALLENGE IS...

Today, one of the world’s most pressing problems is the global recession, which has had a devastating effect on individuals, communities, companies, and entire countries. Those who have been least affected know how to build financial reserves to draw upon and/or how to do more with less. However, many people around the world view these as difficult or unpleasant to do. Let's do something to change that!

Your challenge is to... MAKE SAVING MONEY FUN!

Create as much value and have as much impact as possible while making it fun to save money.

- Remember that "saving" can be defined in lots of different ways.

- Impact comes in many different forms: financial, educational, artistic, humor, awareness, behavior changing, relationship building, peacemaking, etc.

- And, of course, there are LOTS of ways to have fun!!

We encourage you to come up with products, services, experiences, or anything else you can imagine... Feel free to act locally or globally, and to think small or BIG.

You must actually implement your ideas and deliver results.

Details: http://www.unleashingideas.org/tournament/participate

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Time to take the local global. Get ready for global challenge launch

Dear GIT Malaysia participant,

Lets gear up for the next exciting wave!! The stakes are higher this time. Tickets to China/ Time with AirAsia X CEO/Porsche experience/ and many more.

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY.

The global challenge will be released on the 4th Nov 6.30pm (GMT-8) which equals Thurs Nov 5th 10.30am (Malaysian time).
Submission dateline is on the Fri Nov 13th 9.00am (GMT-8) which equals Sat Nov 14th at 1.00am (Malaysian time).

Here's what you need to do:

1. Register your team in Malaysia (www.gitmy.blogspot.com) and globally (http://www.unleashingideas.org/tournament/participate).We cannot track if you have/have not registered at the global site. This will help us contact you if your video is chosen as a winner locally. You must register before the 13th of November.

2. Learn as much as possible about GIT at a global level. Remember that you need to create as much VALUE as possible and judging is based on content and not the quality of video production (even though there may be an award for this). You need to submit -
How did you create value and how do you measure it (less than 1000 words)

* Remember that judges will give more weight to projects in which teams actually implement their ideas rather than simply talk about their ideas.
* Make sure that your video is NO LONGER than 3 minutes (ideally 90sec max).

3. Upload your video to youtube. Please tag it correctly - "stanfordgit09" .

Remember to send your link (include video title, team leader's name, team members name) to us (git@alphacatalyst.com) and upload your entry at the global site (http://www.unleashingideas.org/tournament/submit).

4. When registering globally, the

** Country - should be put as 'Malaysia' not your country of origin (if you are not Malaysian). This will route your videos to us for judging.
** Local organizer - choose 'Others' - then put in ACC (short for Alpha Catalyst Consulting). * This may change as the global organizers are updating the site.

5. Get as many of your friends to join in too!! Let's get winners at the global level!

Sunday, November 1, 2009

870 teams from 40 countries have signed up for Stanford's Global Innovation Tournament

Directions for Participating in the GIT

(Malaysian team remember to register both locally and globally)

Entrepreneurship is all about leveraging resources and taking action with the goal of creating value and impact.

The 2009 Global Innovation Tournament (GIT) is a fast-paced competition that will challenge student teams to solve a mystery challenge in about eight days, creating as much value and impact as possible. Teams must then convey their results in a short video (three minutes or less) posted to YouTube. The mystery problem will be revealed on November 4 (GMT-8) and submissions will be due Nov 13 (GMT-8). In the past, the assignments involved common, everyday objects. This year it’s a different kind of challenge. What will it be?

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  • Sign up for the Global Innovation Tournament by clicking on the button to the right
  • To receive email updates, add your email address to the Newsletter mailing list on the right
  • Students are encouraged to form teams to take on the challenge. We recommend no more than 15 members.
  • Create a Youtube account where you will upload your video
  • We will reveal the specific challenge on November 4, at approximately 6:30 p.m. Pacific time (GMT-8).
  • Create value using the assigned challenge, document your work, and create a video that is three minutes or less. (For best results, we recommend a maximum of 90 seconds.)
  • After you finish your video, upload it to Youtube and give it the tag "stanfordgit09" and add it to the group "stanfordgit09".
  • Return to this site and submit the Youtube video URL.
  • Video submissions are due by Fri, Nov 13 at 9 a.m. Pacific time (GMT-8).
  • Videos will be evaluated based on the content and creativity, not video production quality.
  • All videos will be viewable by the general public.
  • Global winners will be announced online on Thurs, Dec 3


The WINNER for GIT Malaysia 2009

The WINNER for GIT Malaysia 2009 goes to Soo Jin Yun's Team from Catholic High School! They shall receive RM1006 plus a session with corporate leaders and innovators at ENAK KL, Starhill. We hope this we help them connect with corporate leaders to realize their dream.

They were selected because of the value that was created (collection of dreams, 1000 pledges and creation of the pencil tower) They also exhibited courage by connecting with complete strangers for the cause that they believed in.

Congratulations to the team.



Saturday, October 31, 2009

'I suspect they are professionals' award

The "I suspect they are professionals" award goes to Hassan Rashid Hassan's Team from LUCT. We would like to note that their entry exceeded the time limit (we allowed a max of 10 seconds above the 3 min limit) therefore not eligble for any prizes. They shall be receiving a certificate from the GIT Malaysia organizers.



Find out who's the winner of GIT Malaysia 2009


Go to our facebook group to view the winning entries

Friday, October 30, 2009

Ready to announce the winners and the global challenge

The overall winner for GIT Malaysia has been selected by the judges yesterday. The most viewed entry shall be determined by 11.59pm today. By tomorrow 5pm the winners for GIT Malaysia shall be announced.

In the mean time, be prepared for the global challenge, as it will be released on the 4th of November. This is where the big prize is e.g. Tickets to China (Plus Cash), Time with AirAsia X CEO, Porsche experience, White Water Rafting and many more.
1) Form your team (new team)
2) Register your team in Malaysia (www.gitmy.blogspot.com) and globally (http://www.unleashingideas.org/tournament/participate)
3) Learn as much as possible about GIT at a global level
4) 4th November start creating and then upload your video on youtube.
5) Send the link to us (git@alphacatalyst.com) and global organizers.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Judging Begins at 2:30pm 29 October 2009

37 teams submitted their entries for GIT - the Malaysian Challenge.

Judging begins at 2:30pm tomorrow.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Thank you Bank Rakyat: GIT in Berita Harian Today


Meet some of the people behind GIT in Malaysia. From Left Saliman (Bank Rakyat), Michael (Youth Entreprenuer Malaysia), Ir Rahim (Teras Teknologi), Azim (Alpha Catalyst Consulting), Dash (Warisan Global), Fuad (Bank Rakyat), Peter (Microsoft), Sherena (Enak), Bugs (Uncle Bugs) & Wan Ling (Nomad Adventure).

The Green Malaysia, from Nottingham is ahead

The Video Green Malaysia (The University Of Nottingham) is currently leading in terms of viewership on youtube. They now have 645 views. Trailing behind them is the team from UM, Back to Basic with 500 views. To view all the entries go to youtube and that search "gitmy2009" and all will be revealed.

Judging will begin tomorrow and we are giving a special award to the team with the highest views on youtube (team go out there and promote your entries).

Lastly, please remember to register and participate for the Global Challenge as the challenge will be revealed on the 4th of November by the team from Stanford. Register both, in Malaysia and Global site as well (details is at http://www.gitmy.blogspot.com). You can form a new team if you want to.

This is where the big prize is:
1) Tickets to China by AirAsiaX plus special tour to AirAsiaX by the CEO.
2) Most IT savvy teams gets to spend time with Microsoft Malaysia Management (please refer to blog for details)
3) Porsche experience and many more ...

P/S Teams that did not tag their entry with gitmy2009, please do so soon or your team will miss out.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

View the GIT Malaysia entries on youtube


One way to view the entries for GIT Malaysia on youtube is to put in the key word "gitmy2009" on the youtube search box.

Friday, October 23, 2009

View some of the GIT entries at our GIT Malaysia facebook group.

The entries are in. What's are your views of the entries?

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

GIT Malaysia 2009 Challenge



The Mystery Object:

The day has finally come....THE CHALLENGE IS OUT!!!!! So come on students.... get cracking.

If you did not catch the video, the mystery object is..... a pencil !!!



You can either choose to do:

1. Share with us your ideas on how a pencil can help stimulate innovation in Malaysia

OR

2.How the pencil can help banks make your life as a student easier.

Remember...you must somehow feature the object in your video.

Anything will do... let your imagination flow, let your creativity blossom!!

Good luck!!!

Let us bring the local global!

Note: You may not be able to view this video if your university/company blocks youtube.

What you need to do participate in GIT in Malaysia

1) Watch the winning entry from last year to understand tournament format.
2) Register to participate (Click the yellow box on the right). You must register by the 24th of October 2009.
3) Watch the GIT Malaysia 2009 challenge launch video today at 5pm on this site or our facebook group.
4) Brainstorm your solutions and then capture your ideas, or your team implementing the solution on video (3 minutes maximum)
5) Upload on youtube by 12.00mn, 26th of October (tag it with gitmy2009) and email the youtube link to us at git@alphacatalyst.com
6) Relax and wait for the results - 3rd Nov 09.
7) If you are super innovative - enjoy being a winner
8) You can submit more than one entry if you want to do so.

Note:
Remember, to qualify for the special Microsoft award of most IT savvy solution:
  • Use a Microsoft software as part of the solution to the challenge.
  • Solutions can be a .NET application using Visual Studio or Expressions.
  • Bonus points for use of: Windows 7, Windows Live SDK, Windows Mobile & SMS Server Toolkit, Silverlight
  • Get all the software you need from DreamSpark (www.dreamspark.com), email msdnaamy@microsoft.com for support.

GIT on VOIZE

Let the tournament begin!

By Voize on 17 Oct 2009 at 10:40am


Students from Malaysian universities will for the first time be participating in the prestigious Stanford Global Innovation Tournament that is being held in conjunction with the Global Entrepreneurship Week (16-22 November). The Stanford Global Innovation Tournament was founded by Stanford Technology Ventures Program in 2008 in conjunction with GEW. It is a fast-paced competition that will challenge student teams to solve a common, world problem in about eight days, creating as much value as possible. In Malaysia, Bank Rakyat has come forward as a principal sponsor for the Global innovation Tournament (GIT) in Malaysia.

“GIT in Malaysia has taken a new twist as it comes in TWO different packages; the national level and the global level,” explained Dash, CEO of Warisan Global, the Malaysia host of GEW. Alpha Catalyst Consulting, a boutique Innovation consulting company doing regional work, based in Malaysia is the lead organization that is spearheading GIT here. Azim Pawanchik, the founder of Alpha Catalyst Consulting, also the Innovation Catalyst for GEW added, “becoming successful in the 21st century economy requires more than just resourceful management. Innovation is the key to success. As such, partaking in creative activity is a pre-requisite in spurring ingenious ideas that will in turn lead to innovation and this is what GIT intends to do; to provide the platform for idea generation.”

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Since the inception of GEW last year, Malaysia has been leading the way with out-of-the box activities in igniting GEW locally as well as in the global arena. Again, Malaysia has chartered another milestone by introducing the Malaysian version of GIT known as GIT Malaysian Challenge (GIT MC) as a prelude to the Global tournament.

Datuk Kamaruzaman Che Mat, Managing Director of Bank Rakyat, the Principal Sponsor of the GIT MC emphasized the importance of innovation in today’s thriving economy. He strongly pointed out that, “as a financial institution, Bank Rakyat has to be creative in finding the best solutions for our customers. Therefore, we value innovation greatly as that’s what makes us different from our peers. In fact, we were the first to establish an Innovation and Technology Department within the local financial circle. GIT MC is indeed in line with our passion in driving innovation amongst all walks of Malaysians, especially the youth.”
He further added, “the GIT MC will challenge participants to create solutions within 10 days to a set of Malaysian problems that will be announced on 16th October 2009 whilst the global challenge will be released on the 4th November by Stanford University.”

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To read more go to VOIZE


GIT in the news

Calling all innovative students

Source: NST online
2009/10/16

KUALA LUMPUR: A flash of creativity could win you a trip to China on an AirAsia X flight, with a personal tour of the low-budget carrier by its chief executive officer, Azran Osman Rani.

For the first time, Malaysian students will take part in the Stanford Global Innovation Tournament (GIT) which starts today.

The competition, which is part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) from Nov 16 to 22, will see local students coming up with creative solutions to common problems.

Alpha Catalyst Consulting founder Azim Pawanchik, who is the host of GIT, said he hoped to take Malaysian talent global through the competition.

Bank Rakyat general manager of human resource Ahmad Fuad Mohd Amin (right) handing a mock cheque for RM30,000 to Warisan Global Sdn Bhd director B. Dhakshinamoorthy during the Stanford Global Innovation Tournament’s cheque-presentation ceremony at Sooka Sentral yesterday. With them is Alpha Catalyst Consulting founder Azim Pawanchik.
Bank Rakyat general manager of human resource Ahmad Fuad Mohd Amin (right) handing a mock cheque for RM30,000 to Warisan Global Sdn Bhd director B. Dhakshinamoorthy during the Stanford Global Innovation Tournament’s cheque-presentation ceremony at Sooka Sentral yesterday. With them is Alpha Catalyst Consulting founder Azim Pawanchik.


"The collective solutions from GIT will hopefully offer pragmatic and creative solutions to common issues in Malaysia," he said in a media briefing at Sooka Sentral yesterday.

The GIT is divided into two -- the Malaysian Challenge which starts at 5pm today, and the Global Challenge on Nov 4.

Past GIT challenges included Post-It notes and plastic bottles.

B. Dhakshinamoorthy, director of Warisan Global Sdn Bhd, the official host of GEW, said he was excited about the prospects of the GIT and GEW. He added that Malaysia did not lack innovative talent.

So far, 700 participants from 12 schools and universities have signed up for the challenge.

Participants only need to log on to gitmy.blogspot.com to find out the "challenge". They are given 10 days to solve the Malaysian Challenge and eight days for the Global Challenge.

Teams must record a three-minute video of their solutions, upload it to www.youtube.com and also send it to the organiser.

Sponsors of GIT include Bank Rakyat, AirAsia X, Microsoft, Nomad Adventure and Teras Teknologi Sdn Bhd.

Friday, October 16, 2009

GIT Malaysian Challenge will be launched today at 5pm on this site and GIT Malaysia facebook group

What you need to do participate in GIT in Malaysia

1) Watch the winning entry from last year to understand tournament format.
2) Register to participate (Click the yellow box on the right). You must register by the 24th of October 2009.
3) Watch the GIT Malaysia 2009 challenge launch video today at 5pm on this site or our facebook group.
4) Brainstorm your solutions and then capture your ideas, or your team implementing the solution on video (3 minutes maximum)
5) Upload on youtube by 12.00mn, 26th of October (tag it with gitmy2009) and email the youtube link to us at git@alphacatalyst.com
6) Relax and wait for the results - 3rd Nov 09.
7) If you are super innovative - enjoy being a winner
8) You can submit more than one entry if you want to do so.

Note:
Remember, to qualify for the special Microsoft award of most IT savvy solution:
  • Use a Microsoft software as part of the solution to the challenge.
  • Solutions can be a .NET application using Visual Studio or Expressions.
  • Bonus points for use of: Windows 7, Windows Live SDK, Windows Mobile & SMS Server Toolkit, Silverlight
  • Get all the software you need from DreamSpark (www.dreamspark.com), email msdnaamy@microsoft.com for support.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

We now have teams from 12 Universities/Colleges/Schools


1) IIUM(largest team - congratulations IIUM)

2)UUM
3)UTAR
4)Nottingham
5)LUCT
6)UCTI
7)INTI (Penang)-USM
8)MMU Melaka
9)KL Metropolitan UC
10) TAR College - Setapak
11) Catholic High School
12) SMK Putrajaya 8 (1)

When are you joining the challenge?

The Students from Malaysia are Ready to Innovate

GIT Malaysia in LimKokWingUniversity of Creative Technology, Cyberjaya























Saturday, October 10, 2009

Current prizes that awaits the winners from Malaysia

Make your choice

Join the local challenge (16th Oct - 10 days to post solution)

or Global Challenge (4th Nov - 8 days to post solution)

- Flight and Cash to China (Global Challenge prize)
- Private time with CEOs - AirAsia X, Microsoft, Media Prima
- Experience Porsche
- Adventure time - white water rafting, caving or rock climbing
- Smart Tags, Touch Go and experience the technology behind Teras Teknologi
- Makan time in Enak and Kelantan Delights
- Special IT savvy solution award from Microsoft Malaysia (more details later)
- plus many more ....

What are you waiting for? Go ahead and register for GIT

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Inspiration session in University Malaya and International Islamic University(Gombak)

To help students prepare for GIT in Malaysia, we are planning to conduct a few inspiration sessions.

Agenda:
  • What is GIT?
  • Why Participate?
  • How to participate?
  • How to Innovate: Session with Innovators (speakers shall be from the industry e.g. Microsoft Malaysia, Bugs Tan (Award Winning Inventor) Senedi, GEW Youth Catalyst, Warisan Global and many others)
Registration to attend session: email to git@alphacatalyst.com your name, university and handphone number:


1) University Malaya (Open to all university/college students):




Date:    13th October (Tuesday) 2009
Time:    4:45-7:30pm
Venue:  Bilik Mesyuarat Perdana 3, Aras 2, Blok D, Kompleks Perdanasiswa, Universiti Malaya, 50603 KL.

2: International Islamic University ((Open to all university/college students):





Date:    10th of October (Saturday) 2009
Time :   2.30 pm
Venue : Admin Building Lecture Theater 4, IIUM Gombak


Thursday, September 10, 2009

Watch the 2008 Tournament Rules & Object

Prizes for the winners from Malaysia

Prizes for GIT in Stanford 2008.  What are the possibilities for Malaysians?

Stanford students participating in the Innovation Tournament are eligible to win experiential prizes such as:
* Handmade guitar plus an afternoon with Deloitte's Financial Advisory Services Partner
* A day of sailing on the San Francisco Bay on a 36' yacht provided and skippered by Club Nautique
* Box seats to Sharks game - Donated by Deloitte
* Dinner party at Teresa Briggs' home with Deloitte Silicon Valley Leadership (she is the Managing Partner of Deloitte's Silicon Valley practice)
* Meet Deloitte's Global leaders, hear Al Gore speak in person, and enjoy cocktails and dinner at Deloitte's World Meeting at Stanford University
* Lunch and Deathball at Tim Draper's House
* Dinner at Google with Kevin Systrom (Google Analytics)
* The renowned Guy Kawasaki will blog about the most innovative submission
* Become a VC for a Day with Highland Capital Partner

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Get involved in GIT Malaysia

1) If you are a University student, form a team, register and participate in GIT .
2) Promote GIT to others (students, lecturers, innovators, the media, sponsors)This is our chance to let Malaysian University students display their talents globally.
3) Be part of the team to teach/mentor students how to innovate and communicate their ideas. We plan to conduct between 3-5 innovation workshops in selected universities.
4) Sponsor prizes at the Malaysian level.
5) Help us brainstorm to make the event a success. e.g. how to be a Global winner from Malaysia, how to get the highest number of entries from Malaysia etc.
6) Sponsor/Provide  venue for innovation workshops, judging process and award ceremony.
7) Provide ideas and links to help the students prepare for the tournament at this site or through our blog.
8) .... if you have any other ideas please share with us via email, though this blog or on our facebook group.

email us at git@alphacatalyst.com if you know how you want to be involved in GIT Malaysia.


Winning Entries for GIT 2008

What awards should we create for Malaysia?

"Best Overall" Award
Bottled Solutions, Inc. - Olin College, Babson College

"Most Humorous/Best Story" Award
Message in a Bottle - Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

"Most Likely to be a Best Seller/Best Business Model" Award
Fingera - ASES/Zhejiang of Zhejiang University

"Most Profound" Award
Genie in a Bottle - Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

"Best Call to Action" Award
Okie Dokies - Helena School District 1

"Most 'Auto'dacious" Award
Water Bottle Car - Elon University Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership

"Funniest New Product" Award
The Bottle It Updo - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/Tech Entrepreneur Ctr

"Most Practical, Reusable Product" Award
Closet - Close It - Chinese University of Hong Kong

Eco-Awareness Award
We have only one 'Water Bottle' - ASES/Zhejiang of Zhejiang University

"Most Educational Value" Award
Educ-arte - Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral

"Campaign With Massive Potential" Award
Save Water Give Life - Universidad del Desarrollo

Happiness Award
Happy Bottles - Helena School District 1

"Most Social Impact" Award
Bottles for Tolerance - Universidad del Desarrollo

"Best Eco-Art Message" Award
Ironic Flower - Helena School District 1

"Most Romantic" Award
Love, Re-use, Recycle - Babson College

Water-Saver Award
Toilet Water Saver - University of Edinburgh

Engineering Award
Sock-Windmill - ASES/Zhejiang of Zhejiang University

"Most Illuminating" Award
Luz Energetica en Botella - Universidad del Desarrollo

Extreme Collaboration Award
Cultural Exchange - Loudoun County Academy of Science, Hwa Chong Institution

Animal-Friendly Product Award
More Room, More Care - ASES/Zhejiang of Zhejiang University

"Neatest" Idea Award
Cable Grenade - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Fashion Award
Cartella - Universidad del Desarrollo

Viral Marketing Award (Most Views on Youtube)
Super Bottle - Chulalongkorn University

Global Innovation Tournament Schedule

July 27
Registration opens for hosts and students
Prior to Nov 4
Local hosts encourage student sign-ups
Wed, Nov 4
Competition launches - challenge announced at approximately 5:45 p.m. Pacific time (GMT-8)
Fri, Nov 13
Submissions due at 9 a.m. Pacific time (GMT-8)
Mon, Nov 16
Local hosts receive list of entries they are to judge
Mon-Fri, Nov 16-20
Local hosts conduct judging and announce local winners
Fri, Nov 20
Local hosts submit winners to Stanford for global judging
Thurs, Dec 3
Global winners announced

Friday, September 4, 2009

Benefits of participating in GIT

GIT we help participants explore

• How to innovate
• How to form and work in teams
• How to leverage limited resources
• How to challenge assumptions
• How to create value from nothing
• How to define and communicate results

Best overall award for 2008

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Getting Malaysian Students Ready to Innovate at a Global Level

In conjunction with Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009, Alpha Catalyst Consulting (ACC), a Malaysian based innovation consulting company shall be co-hosting Stanford's Global Innovation Tournament in Malaysia together with Warisan Global Sdn. Bhd., the country host for Global Entrepreneurship Week in Malaysia. The main sponsor for this event in Malaysia is Bank Rakyat.


Last year, for Global Entrepreneurship Week 2008, ACC’s focus was to encourage the youth to embrace innovation. We provided scholarships to Generation Y executives and entrepreneurs for our workshop; I-workshop: Being an Innovation Catalyst at one of KL’s top boutique hotels. In an effort to mould the emerging minds towards innovation, we also held a talk at Petronas Galeri on the Parent’s Role to Encourage Creativity and Innovation among their children. Other activities included the launch of the Malaysian Innovation Climate Survey 2008 and various talks on innovation and the innovative mindset to university students and youth.


This year, we are expanding our reach and scope. We want to involve the youth, corporate sector as well as parents. Our company shall be hosting Stanford University’s Global Innovation Tournament. This lasts for 8 days during which the participants are to produce a 3 minute video on a solution to a global problem. The problem is released globally on the web, on the 4th of November '09. Prior to this, we will be sharing with the students a framework on how to approach innovation and rapid prototyping; and the mindset needed to spur creative thinking. We hope that this will help them churn out more solid ideas during the tournament.





Apart from co-hosting GIT, we are also going on the road to conduct a series of talks on the Innovation Climate in Malaysia based on our Innovation Climate Survey done this year. We hope to inspire people to embrace innovation and be ready to lead Malaysia into the innovation economy.

Lastly, during the week, we are planning to launch our book which will contain findings from the Malaysian Innovation Climate Survey and organize talks about the need for another type of Climate Change; an organizational climate that is more conducive for innovation.