A World We Dare to Imagine

Task: a pitch for new company that helps create a better world

Proposal:

1.     Name

ü  Adolescent Anonymous

2.     What it does?

ü  Mission: To provide safe, thoughtful, and self-supporting contexts for adolescents to share and do something about their troubles and confusions, with the ultimate purpose of a higher population of healthy teenagers and a lower rate of juvenile delinquency.

ü  A fellowship of teenagers who share their experiences, problems, and hope with each other. A shelter for the confused adolescents who are desperate to talk without causing consequences. Two of the distinguishing features are anonymity and “adults” free. The only requirement for joining the group is the will to share stories.

ü  We hold weekly meetings in various locations close to residential communities. Attenders are encouraged to wear a mask to hide their identities for the purpose of anonymity. We also provide masks by the entrance of the meeting rooms.

ü  In every meeting we invite several college students or people who have just passed their teenage confusion. They will share what they have learnt and understood during their adolescence in order to give advice as someone who has experience yet doesn’t judge or have an “agenda” of changing them. As their role is very important, we interview every one of them before meetings. Hopefully they were once the “cool kids” that may make them look more convincing and persuasive.

ü  Beside meetings, we also have many anonymous mailbox settings both online and offline. We invite and hire psychology or religious specialists to read and answer to the questions teenagers may have.

3.     Why does that?

ü  Remember when you were a teenager, did you have problems and thoughts bothering you that just wouldn’t go away but you really had no one to talk to? Adults such as parents and teachers were usually the last ones you would turn to, and you definitely didn’t want to share your stories with friends who might tell your secrets. Internet seemed like a good choice but the information there was too large in size and messy in content, making people get lost a lot.

ü  Studies show that a) unspoken worries are one of the major causes of misbehaviors; b) peer pressure especially from the people you know significantly increases your chance of risk-taking behaviors; c) “adults” opinions are very likely to trigger responses in the exact opposite direction.

4.     What is special of doing that?

ü  Due to the aforementioned reasons many adolescents nowadays rely on the Internet to share what’s on their minds and get advice from strangers. We filter out the advice from dark and twisted human beings and try to give positive influences to our attenders.

ü  With the reputation as a cool and chill institute that does not judge or represent the demanding parents and teachers (which we work heavily on via public relations techniques), we are a trustful place for confused teenagers to let go of their worries. Before anything radical or extreme action they might take, they may come to us first.

5.     Why AMDP should support?

ü  We are a non-profit that focuses on driving out the dark clouds shrouding the teenagers’ minds. We care about people because that’s what we do. We want to be helpful in the growing up process during which people are busy dreaming about a better world. We aim to make our world a better place which should not only be something we only dare to imagine.