TEL• A• VISION Day - a day when people all over the world celebrate the importance of vision. A day when schools, families, businesses and organizations take part in activities focused on vision stories and the importance of vision to our future. This is more than just TEL• A• VISION, it is all of the ways people celebrate vision, from story telling, to art , dance, and theatre , and share them in their communities. We will emphasize all of the ways that stories of hope and possibility can be told.
TEL• A• VISION Day is an annual holiday modeled after TechiesDay - a national Holiday begun in 1999 to celebrate Technology professionals.
Here is a look at the vision of TEL• A• VISION Day in 2011 and the difference it will have made in the world.
Why?
A society's future is determined by its images of its future. This is the hypothesis first shared by Fred Polak in his book "Images of the Future." We are at a critical time of tremendous negativity where we need more than anything positive images of the future.
When?
The first TEL• A• VISION Day will be on the spring Equinox, March 20, 2009.
How?
Activities may include the following:
An online experience and a kit of materials that are instructions to schools, cities and organizations on how to put on their own Tel•a•vision Day celebration.
A 24 hour broadcast on the Internet on TEL• A• VISION videos created around the world showing hope and possibility, with live cuts to celebrities showcasing their videos and live activities celebrating vision.
A special branded version of One True Media that focuses on everything you need to create your TEL• A• VISION. It allows users to create their own online sites for TEL• A• VISION TV from their organization.
Children around the world who produce TEL• A• VISION for their families and their communities. Each local market has a best of contest. The winners are played on local and national media.
We play TEL• A• VISIONs on media all over the world including the Internet, Cable TV and Jumbotrons. People donate money ( AKA Firefox) to have either their or others TEL• A• VISION play.
We create a huge viral marketing campaign. Get celebrities to make TEL• A• VISION TV or PSAs on the importance of vision to their lives including the presidential candidates.
Plan very public events around the country on TEL• A• VISION Day including a celebration/ awards dinner on Times Square.
Who will support?
We have already had a number of groups and individuals that want to help bring TEL• A• VISION Day to the widest possible audience.
People from the Storyfield group
Other people who are supporting TEL• A• VISION Day
We will have Media Sponsors including a TV network, a cable TV network and an Internet media company.
We will pursue the Department of Education as a sponsor based upon the potential to affect Media Literacy in the classroom.
We will find all of the organizations that resonate with this vision and get them to endorse it. We will work with them on how they engage their constituents to create activites in their areas on TelavisionDay.
Who is behind TEL• A• VISION?
TEL• A• VISION and TEL• A• VISION DAY partners are George Johnson and Haberman and Associates.
