FusEd Launches High School Creative Contest
FusEd Network Offers Student Scholarship Awards and School Department Funding Awards across the USA
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Sept. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The FusEd Network (FusEd), a division of Cadez Media, Inc., has launched a unique student community to identify and showcase talented teens to the media industry. These unique opportunities are content-based production assignments that connect major advertisers and large media companies (i.e. Gannett, NBC Universal, and Tronc) to specific talents of the FusEd community.
FusEd creators and teams (ages 13-18) get hands-on experience while FusEd partners are introduced to fresh and unique concepts that resonate with the high school audience. FusEd was created by media entrepreneur Tom Cadez, who has a significant history of creating and developing start-up media entities. FusEd is a student-driven content network developed to enhance digital skills while raising funds for students and high school media and athletic departments.
"To create successful communit
y-based, digitally-enhanced infusion programs, we needed to design, identify and showcase talented student content creators without economic barriers being a concern. Since most students have cell phones and are familiar with video production, this opportunity to empower & highlight young talent became much clearer and easier to implement," said Tom Cadez, CEO of FusEd. "We work with major national brands who will provide cause-related funds to film and journalism students for real-life, industry-related learning experiences. We have also forged partnerships with major studios and media companies to connect our student creators to our network partners, providing specific career-enhancing opportunities. Individual or team-based content producers generate fresh, real and relevant content that resonates with their peers, teachers and parents, as well as their friends and neighbors."
One of FusEd's initial contests features Powerade, offering school sports departments approximately $800,000 in prize money for a variety of athletic program costs. Powerade, a division of Coca-Cola, has developed a content assignment that challenges students' storytelling abilities by asking the contestants to share why their school's athletic program deserves $10,000. The Powerade "Power Your School" Video/Essay assignment is offered to students (13-18 years of age) and offers schools fifty $10,000 grand prizes and one hundred fifty $2,000 in first place prizes. (To enter, go to fused.co)
In addition to Powerade, FusEd's initial programs will feature AT&T and a Pop Culture assignment promoted via mass media and aimed at younger people. Other current test programs include Hip/Hop Video and a Dance & Music Video contests open to all US students. FusEd is also in discussions with numerous promotional partners, including MTV, Amazon, NBC/Universal, Double the Donation, Dodge Dealers Association and other organizations willing to provide grant and/or scholarship funds to both students and schools for their creative and sports programs.
FusEd looks to grow its current sponsored content initiatives to include graphic design, blogs, print media, and monetization model development. All the initiatives compliment school revenue generating opportunities such as discounted subscriptions, fundraising and other sponsor-based contests, which are anticipated to launch in late 2018.
FusEd's media distribution partners (USA Today, Gannett, MTV, ESPN, and Shmoop, along with local school media) provide over 35 million page views per month. "The strength of this media partnership provides funding to schools from multiple cause-related projects along with added curriculum and grant options. FusEd will provide schools with unique new funding programs and opportunities," said Ellen Siminoff, President and CEO of Shmoop. With a variety of subscription plans available, Shmoop offers Learning Guides, Online Courses, College Readiness Prep, and Test Prep used by over 16MM learners monthly.
About Shmoop – Shmoop offers hundreds of thousands of pages of original content. Their Online Courses, Test Prep, Teaching Guides, Learning Guides, and interactive Study Tools are written by teachers and experts and balance a teen-friendly, approachable style with academically rigorous concepts. Shmoop sees 16 million unique visitors a month across desktop and mobile. The company has won numerous awards from EdTech Digest, Tech & Learning, and the Association of Educational Publishers. Launched in 2008, Shmoop makes the magic happen from a labradoodle-patrolled office in Mountain View, California (http://www.shmoop.com).
About FusEd - The FusEd Network is owned by Valumax, a media company with 28 years of experience and innovation in the media/marketing industry. ValuMax Media Services developed FusEd and the network partnerships, in tandem with its' strategic initiatives developed for its high school student community which generates additional funding to support school-based video productions and journalism.
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