The first project at MetaGood will be a website with regular stories on people who are doing inspiring work.
This project will be staffed with full time “Inspiring Storytellers” : who’d be responsible for identifying such inspiring people, interviewing them, taking pictures / videos and then writing stories about them. This team would be selected extremely carefully since such initiatives tend to succeed only if the person feels passionately about this cause. Initially the team would be based in NCR but soon would expand to cover Mumbai and Bangalore. Volunteers would also be tapped to contribute stories – with expenses towards transcription & travel borne by MetaGood.
We’ve received enthusiastic response to the job description for “Inspiring Storytellers” that was circulated on different egroups – with extremely talented people writing in to know more about the role.
We’re in the middle of these discussions with them and hope to finalize the first Inspiring Storyteller soon.
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The Job Description that was circulated is below:
MetaGood: Inspiring Storyteller
If you’re an idealist and are looking for an opportunity to make a
difference by discovering and telling stories of inspiring people who
are doing their bit and making a difference in this world, this might
be of great interest to you.
The Organization
MetaGood ( www.metagood.org ) is a social
innovation incubator founded by IIT / IIM alumni. MetaGood will catalyze
social innovation projects through a 5 step process that will involve
inspiring people into contributing towards these social innovation
projects, enabling different types of people to come together to form
teams and helping them with financial, marketing and technology
resources needed for the social innovation project.
The Role
To make this happen the inspiration part is very essential and thus, we’re
looking for a talented and idealistic writer who will discover
examples of inspiring individuals and organizations that exist all
around us and then write about them on the MetaGood website.
Your stories could be about how a young engineer is starting up an
organization to engage youth in policy making or a designer who’s
trying to save trees through a line of clothes that get people to “Use
Less”. Or it could be about the village lady who’s trying really hard
to tackle the stigma associated with HIV in her village.
You’d have considerable freedom in deciding which stories to pursue as
long as they are aligned with the overall direction of MetaGood.
To understand this better, please take a look at the
slideshare presentation present on the website
There would also be complete freedom to experiment with the
storytelling format: the written word, photo documentaries, podcasts
etc.
Experience & Skills
• A wholistic world view, idealism (not naiveté) and storytelling talent.
• At least some experience in a professional setting. This could be in
an NGO, newspaper, magazine or advertising firm etc. Ideally, you
should have 3+ years of experience.
• A degree from a leading college or university; preferably one that
is progressive and encourages independent thought.
• Impeccable writing & oral communication skills.
• Ability to think critically and understand the larger picture.
• Leadership and the ability to deal with ambiguity.
• Creativity not only in the final output but also in the process
• Experience in handling digital cameras, camcorders and field audio recorders.
• Comfort in using video / audio editing tools such as Audacity /
Final Cut Pro etc. This is strong preferred but not required.
Location
Delhi or Gurgaon with occasional out-of-station travel.
Compensation
Would be at par with similar roles at leading national dailies.
In case this is of interest, please contact Nirat Bhatnagar at
nirat@metagood.org or +91 98996.92572
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