Meet Emoti-Con (o.o)

(o.o) The NYC Youth Digital Media

& Technology Challenge

Who can participate and

how do you get signed up?

What do youth have to say about Emoti-Con!?

For now, Emoti-Con! is only open to students and educators who participate in programs that are part of the Hive NYC. Priority registration goes to students who are presenting projects, but when there is room we love to have an audience, too!

To participate, you must be a student in grades 6-12 who can present a completed project or prototype and provide a short demonstration and presentation on your project.

If you're a student: talk to your teacher/mentor/program leader about participating!

If you're an educator: register yourself and your students at

You can also email EmotiCon.NYC@gmail.com with questions or for more information, or download this handy save-the-date flyer here: .

Students from last year's Youth Committee talk about what Emoti-Con! is, how it's made, and why you should get excited!

http://emoticon2012.eventbrite.com

Why?

http://bit.ly/HcKI3C

Emoti-Con! was developed to address the need for a space where youth from tech- and media-oriented organizations across NYC could collaborate and get some much-needed face-to-face time. It's an event that lets youth get offline and connect through their common identity as youth media producers and technologists--and win prizes and recognition for the incredible work they do throughout the year!

Winners of last year's prize for Most Potential for Social Impact explain their project, a technical manual for students with autism.

How does the magic happen?

Throughout the year, youth across NYC are busy

making amazing digital media and technology projects that can serve their peers, support their communities, educate others, and affect real change.

Starting March 30, we ask them to sign up to present these projects and compete at Emoti-Con! From then until June, we work with these youth and their adult teachers, mentors, and supporters to make sure their projects meet the goals of Emoti-Con!, and that on the day of the challenge they will have everything they need to make their projects shine!

Keep up with Emoti-Con!

http://www.facebook.com/EmotiConNYC

Check us out on...

• Facebook:

• Twitter: @EmotiCon_NYC

• YouTube:

Or email us at EmotiCon.NYC@gmail.com. You can also see our FAQ at .

http://youtube.com/user/EmotiConNYC

http://tinyurl.com/Emoti-Con-FAQ

We can't wait to see you in June 2012!

The Basics:

Emoti-Con! is an annual NYC youth competition and showcase of digital media and technology, developed through a unique grass-roots collaboration amongst a small number of NYC youth-serving organizations.

What is Emoti-Con! like?

The day of Emoti-Con! is a lot of fun! At the Third Annual Emoti-Con! in 2011, the day started with a team tower-building competition to get everyone's creative juices flowing.

After a delicious lunch, professionals from fields like video game design and computer securities gave short talks, and joined the crowd as we circled the conference hall to see all the incredible projects on display.

At the end of the day, the team of tech professionals selected 5 projects as finalists. Each finalist presented their project in front of the entire crowd, who then voted on the winners...and the Grand Prize winners took home a $300 Best Buy gift certificate!