James Portnow, Seattle-based game designer and co-creator of Extra Credits, a web series on pro-social game design.
Raised over $125,000 from over 4,000 people.
James and Extra Credits were featured at SXSW, Gamasutra, and the homepage of Reddit.
Meghan Sebold, Brooklyn-based social entrepreneur and designer.
Raised $5,000 for a sustainable clothing line that uses the textiles and talent of Ghana, West Africa.
Her fashion line, AFIA was featured in EcoSalon, TreeHugger, Refinery29, and is now available in boutiques across NYC.
Aram Bajakian, NYC-based avant-garde guitar player.
Raised $4,000 from fans and strangers to fund his album.
Lou Reed heard Aram and chose him as his new guitarist while Aram's album is now released by John Zorn's Tzadik record label.
Darko Lungulov, Serbia-based award winning international filmmaker.
Raised $9,000 from movie buffs for feature film project Here and There.
Film won "Best New York Narrative" at Tribeca Film Festival, featured in Variety, L.A. Times, New York Times, and was a top-10 indie box office theatrical release.
When Last We Flew, NYC-based Off-Broadway theatrical production team.
Raised $7,000 from theatre fans for the premiere Off-Broadway run.
Show sold-out at NYC Fringe Festival, won a GLAAD Media Award, and was featured in New York Times, Bloomberg, and American Theatre Magazine.
Regan Wann, Kentucky-based small business owner.
Raised $5,000 to expand her tea shop business.
RocketHub campaign featured in the Wall Street Journal exposing her business to millions.
Laura Boyd, NYC-based portrait and landscape photographer.
Raised $6,000 architectural photography project on location in Paris.
Photos featured in Artsicle Photography Show in the heart of Chelsea, NYC via LaunchPad.
Joshua Reuben Lewis, NYC-based singer-songwriter.
Raised $7,500 to record his first album.
Showcased at The Gibson Showroom and made A&R connections at Sony, Warner Music Group, and EMI via LaunchPad.
Paul Davis, Berlin-based fashion designer.
Raised $8,000 from fans and strangers for a new fashion line.
Clothing line featured at Berlin Fashion Week.
Caira Conner, Tennessee based NYU Master of Science.
Raised $2,000 to study Brazilian land and infrastructure development.
Featured in Americas Quarterly, completed innovative research, and submitted successful academic thesis.
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Any contribution of $10 receives: Listing in the 2012 Education and Gaming Symposium program as an event sponsor. 1 Fueler!
Any contribution of $25 receives: 2012 Education and Gaming Symposium event t-shirt and listing in the program as a sponsor. 12 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $100 receives: 1/4 page ad in the program promoting your company or website, event shirt, and mention in the program as a sponsor. 4 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $5,000 receives: We will fly you to Bakersfield from any major airport in the US, provide hotel accomodations, dinner with one or more of the speakers and VIP front row seating at the event. Plus you'll get two shirts (one signed and one to wear), and mention in the program as a sponsor, plus a 1/4 page "thank you" in the program.
Started by Edward Webb January 26th, 2012
This short video tells about the student organization Campus Gamers, and the good works they want to do in their community.
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On May 4, 2012, the Campus Gamers student organization at California State University, Bakerfield will be hosting the 2012 Education and Gaming Symposium. Leaders in the video game industry will address CSUB students, faculty and local community members. They will share their ideas about how game design is used to engage players, and how similar engagement techniques can be used to improve education.
Guest speakers (as of 1/26/2012) include James Portnow (game designer and writer for the web series Extra Credits), Leslie Redd (Director of Educational Programming for Valve Entertainment) and Geoffrey Zatkin (President and CEO of Electronic Entertainment Design and Research - EEDAR).
The funds generated by this RocketHub promotion will go toward facilities fees for the venue and fees associated with funding the event. The event is free of charge for those who attend.
In addition, Campus Gamers has another project that is connected to the Symposium, called the Kinect Project. The goal is to purchase or acquire 35 Kinect motion sensors and software development kits, to be donated to the 35 high schools in Kern County (where CSU Bakersfield is located).
Please help us improve the lives of the students of Kern County. Thanks!