Cause Communications, in partnership with Madeleine Taylor of Arbor Consulting Partners, is working with the Knight Foundation to evaluate two of their social impact games and share what is learned about how games can be a tool for social change. More about the evaluation can be found here at “Real world social games are fun...but do they work?”:
http://www.knightblog.org/real-world-social-games-are-fun%E2%80%A6but-do-they-work
Last weekend, a Battlestorm tournament took place in the Gulf Coast as part of the effort to ensure the community is prepared for hurricane season. Battlestorm is a game being played by youth in the local Boys and Girls Clubs that combines freeze tag, capture the flag and hurricane preparedness tips. More on the game and who won at: http://www.knightblog.org/update-in-quest-for-community-hurricane-prep-castaways-win-battlestorm-tournament
By Anne Whatley, Vice President