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MOSCOW, Aug.24, 2021/PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--

On August 16, the results of the Stevie Awards, one of the most prestigious

global awards for those who contribute to society, were announced. In the

category "Marketing Campaign of the Year – Non-profit", the creators of the

game contest "Rybakov School Award" (RSA) got the Bronze Stevie. It is the

first educational competition in a game format: students and adults complete

tasks to create a community, improve the quality of school education and

develop soft skills. The jury appreciated the game format of the competition,

work with different target audiences and technical solutions. More than 15,000

people from 3,500 institutions in 29 countries took part in the contest.

The jury evaluated the game format of the "no application contest". For the

game were developed design, attributes and a plot. The participants collected

crystals while completing tasks such as assembling a team, holding a charity

auction or finding sponsors. This format made it possible to involve more

people and to create group collaborations of people who often find themselves

on opposite sides: parents and teachers, students and administration. The game

emphasized the process of playing as a learning action, not as the competition

with results.

The experts also noted the involvement of completely different audiences -

teachers and school principals, schoolchildren and their parents, alumni and

school partners. Each team had to have all of these roles. Contest's

communication strategy included campaigns for each target audience. For

example, flash mobs were launched for schoolchildren on TikTok and Instagram.

Technology is another feature of the competition, which was appreciated.

Participants registered in popular messengers and received tasks and crystals

from chatbot - more than 10,000 posts with the competition hashtag were

published, the participants' videos on TikTok gained 4.2 million views.

The Stevie Awards jury notes: "Great work to provide access to qualitative

education!"

The Rybakov Foundation is a Russian hub of the global social movement EdHeroes,

which aims to change the world through education. Now there is an opportunity

for everyone to organize game contests like the RSA in every part of the world

by joining the EdHeroes Movement [https://edheroes.foundation/] to change the

future of school education for the better.

Ekaterina Rybakova, co-founder and president of the Rybakov Foundation: "It is

unexpected, but also logical that our educational project won the Stevie Awards

as the Marketing Campaign of the Year. Today it is not enough to create just

useful projects, it is important to make them attractive, engaging, and

creative. And so that participation, in addition to benefit, brings everyone

joyful emotions, acquaintances, and development. I think this is a new trend in

the non-profit sector. And I am glad that the work of our team was noted as a

powerful manifestation of this trend."

The Rybakov Foundation is a philanthropic organization created by Ekaterina and

Igor Rybakov in 2015 to develop family-oriented education.

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Contacts: pr@rybakovfoundation.org

SOURCE: Rybakov Family Foundation