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How might we increase the number of registered bone marrow donors to help save more lives? Read the challenge brief

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A huge thank you to everyone who participated in the Evaluation phase for our Bone Marrow Donation Challenge! The phase is now closed, but we invite you to check out the winners on our Winners Announced page. Congratulations to everyone on their incredible contributions.

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"Saved lives this year and counting..."

Imagine a competition amongst corporations for who could get the most cheek swabs- competition for a great cause! Target corporations that are internationally represented (i.e. high tech companies, software companies, research labs). The winning c...
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Krassimira Iordanova March 17, 2011
01:10PM
581 views 6 comments 13 applause
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Tap into the Influence of Spiritual Leaders

We all know donating bone marrows saves lives, simple as that. No spiritual leaders and faith organizations can deny the importance of a great cause such as saving lives. How can we provide the right resources to spiritual leaders and faith orga...
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Chloe Tseung April 05, 2011
04:32AM
1118 views 9 comments 11 applause
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Is Music Genius in Your DNA?

Challenge cross-disciplinary teams at Stanford to build a computer program that could create music from a visual representation (i.e., musical score) of a registrant’s DNA. Use the program to let people download their DNA masterpiece as an MP3 ...
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Joanna March 29, 2011
07:56PM
999 views 13 comments 28 applause
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Swab, Spit & Share

Dentists could register their patients to become bone marrow donors during appointments. Many people may fear sitting in the dentist's chair, but they could feel better if they felt they were helping others.
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Jennifer S March 22, 2011
01:23AM
1268 views 14 comments 29 applause
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This Isn't Your Mama's Bone Marrow Donation Process

The bone marrow donation process isn’t the same as it used to be. The vastly superior technology has been updated, as has the procedure … but we’ve left the brand in past, where images of large hollow needles, long recoveries, and intense pain ci...
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Marney Binns April 05, 2011
07:14AM
1678 views 8 comments 18 applause
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Cricket Star ads to encourage South Asian donors

South Asians have a particularly difficult time finding a match with low numbers of registered donors. But they are crazy about cricket in South Asia (India, Paklstan and Srilanka.) Cricket star based ads sell here. Let's spread awareness and mot...
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Sujatha Krishnamoorthy April 04, 2011
03:10PM
1956 views 5 comments 15 applause
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Save a Life, Earn a Life

With the staggering amounts of people in prisons around the world, why not provide a system whereby prisoners are incentivized to register. Prisoners who match someone in need can elect to donate in exchange for time off of their sentence/parole ...
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Jonathan Shahar March 17, 2011
01:31AM
700 views 18 comments 32 applause
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Swab parties (on the basis of Tupperware parties)

People meet to have Tupperware parties at their homes, where the host supplies food and drinks and presents the new Tupperware products. Why shouldn´t we apply this principle to a good cause like having a "Swap party" where people come together to...
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Veronika April 04, 2011
05:42PM
1376 views 7 comments 12 applause
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Youtube Interactive: Walk through the Process

A simple concept incorporated into a wider promotional / awareness campaign might include a "choose your adventure" type Youtube video that is interactive. Yes, Youtube has interactive elements like hyperlinks to other videos within the video itse...
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Sina Mossayeb March 26, 2011
01:31AM
557 views 16 comments 14 applause
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Register While You Wait

Leveraging retail and other transaction spaces for bone marrow donor education, motivation, and registration.
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Jonathan Cohen March 20, 2011
07:31PM
823 views 13 comments 7 applause
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Matchpoint

A mobile application to help groups organize bone marrow registry drives. A fast, accessible, one touch to join application that connects users to existing bone marrow drives and gives them the opportunity to organize a drive and invite others to ...
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Carola Ponce March 30, 2011
02:05AM
2413 views 29 comments 26 applause
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BeTheInternationalMatch.org

This concept combines with the Interactive map of registered donors. Please see http://3bl.me/az3ghz or click the colourful US map under 'Built on this' and give comment and feedback there. Convincing people to register as a donor is one thing, bu...
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Arjan Tupan March 19, 2011
10:25AM
1418 views 16 comments 15 applause
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15 year old boy + famous singer + story telling = spreading the word

Finding an 'ordinary' person who has had experience of bone marrow surgery (?) got through it and teaming them with a celebrity to tell a story can be powerful. Keenan, a 15 year old American kid with a genetic disease which required a bone marrow...
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Louise Wilson March 31, 2011
09:28PM
1228 views 18 comments 12 applause
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Tributes & Toasts

Be the Match can host Tributes & Toasts around the country, where they honor recent donors and invite them to share their story with the event attendees (ie the honorees' friends and family).
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Marney Binns April 05, 2011
07:49AM
669 views 3 comments 9 applause
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Virtual Bone Marrow Registration

Expose millions of people to the concept of bone marrow donation through online games/worlds such as World of Warcraft or Second Life.
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Sarah Bird March 21, 2011
09:26AM
340 views 9 comments 10 applause
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University-Based Open Innovation Awareness Websites built on a DIY Kit

University-based crowdsourcing competition challenge platform to encourage ways of promoting registry increase (a website with DIY resources, open source challenge platform, materials, promo stuff, etc.). It's hard not to get involved when you're ...
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Sina Mossayeb April 04, 2011
08:14PM
1911 views 9 comments 14 applause
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Sweeten the Deal - The swab becomes a lollipop

Watching someone with the bone marrow swab reminded me of someone eating a lollipop. What if the swab broke in 2 and one end was a lollipop. So you get a sweetener in the deal.
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Haiyan Zhang March 15, 2011
07:26PM
853 views 10 comments 33 applause
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Have you asked someone to become a Donor today?

This concept is a call to action: ask a friend to become a donor today. Please.
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Arjan Tupan March 21, 2011
11:06AM
561 views 5 comments 13 applause
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Start with the kids!

Launching an education campaign in schools focusing the kids may be a good way of discussing the bone marrow donation process with transparency, to get the right information to the parents and prevent some barriers to appear.
Fernanda Cabral March 19, 2011
08:19PM
960 views 6 comments 10 applause
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Department of Motor Vehicles AND Marrow

Hate waiting forever at the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles)? What if, when you are filling out your car registration or driver's license application(which often includes opt-in or mandated choice questions for organ donor & voter registration),...
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Vincent Cheng March 15, 2011
05:49PM
1751 views 22 comments 35 applause
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