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The best way to be a catalyst for change is simply to be yourself. Tapping your skills, your knowledge, your experience, and your social circles will amplify everything you do to as a change-maker. So the first quest is to uncover your hidden catalyst identity. There are four Catalyst for Change personalities. Which type are you?     Evidence Collector You like facts and figures. You think information can change the world. Graphs, charts, and maps can turn the world upside down and set individuals, organizations, cities, even entire countries on a new path. Photographs document problems and solutions. Text messages tell the world the truth. You measure your heart rate, the flow of traffic, the bacterial count in your water source. These are the feedback systems that can spark real change that you can measure and track. #catalyze4 #evidence

  Capacity Builder You are a person-of action. You like to get to work and get your hands dirty. You build things, invent new tools, plant gardens, raise llamas. You know how to take something small and make it bigger–or something big and make it smaller. You know how to string things together, like containers on a train or vending carts on a street to make them more efficient, more attractive, or more affordable. When you look around, you see resources everywhere, and you can’t wait to put them to good use. You build capacity. #catalyze4 #capacity

   Rules Architect You’re a people-and-power person. You like to reach out, meet people, understand what gives them strength and what gets in their way. You like to think about systems, networks, and nodes. You lay out paths that speed up some kinds of changes and slow down others. You understand the roles of gatekeepers and know how to redesign those roles to improve access to what matters. You care about laws and forms of government. You believe rules matter in the lives of poor or vulnerable people. #catalyze4 #rules

How To Play You play the game in three easy steps: STEP 1. Watch the 3-minute video. Watch the short welcome video to find out what future we’re forecasting. See what others around the world are doing to create catalysts for change. Get inspired. Imagine what you can do to be a catalyst for change. Get Started STEP 2. Play your cards. You can play Positive Imagination and Critical Imagination cards. Positive Imagination cards describe new winning paths out of poverty. Critical Imagination cards highlight paths that could lead to greater vulnerability. Each card is short and sweet—just 140 characters. You can play as many or as few cards as you like. The more you play, the more people you can engage around the world. And the more people you engage with your ideas, the more points you win.     STEP 3. Build on others’ cards. This is where the fun starts—and the points add up. Once you play a card, others may respond with cards that take the idea to the next level. You can do the same. On any card, you can play four kinds of cards: Momentum: If we take this path … what happens next? Antagonism: Disagree? What’s wrong with this path? Adaptation: Yes, and...how might this path play out differently in your community or region? Investigation: Curious? Ask or answer a follow-up question. Building on cards is the best way to build points—and build better paths out of poverty! When someone builds on one of your cards, you automatically win points without doing anything. When you build on others’ cards, you start a card chain and encourage others to build on your cards. The longer the chains, the more points you win! And the deeper your conversations with people in other regions. 4. Watch the game live on the Dashboard! Get a bird’s-eye view of the game unfolding on the Dashboard. Follow trending topics, and see which ideas are gaining momentum. Track your favorite ideas and players in the game. And keep an eye on the Leaderboard to see where you stand!     HOW CAN I WIN

1.2 Billion People Live in Extreme Poverty – 7 Billion Are Invited to Help Find the Solutions Around the world—from the dense urban settlements of Kibera and Dharavi to the precarious freeholds of small farmers everywhere—billions of people are looking for a way out of poverty. Everyday they face challenges ranging from shortages of water to shortages of jobs, from loss of their traditional lifestyles to loss of their voice in their communities. What if, together, we can identify thousands of new paths out of poverty around the world in just 48 hours? IFTF and the Rockefeller Foundation invite you to play Catalyze4Change: Register now at game.searchlightcatalysts.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 21, 2012