Myrtus communis: Ten things to talk with about WUaS to Donors, 1) "No-cost, accredited degree-track credits," 2) ... Three aspects of a clear, demonstrable and efficacious structure at WUaS - "supporting documentation" - "previous fundraising successes" - "some actual personnel" - Yep ... baby steps ... What you mention also already exist, albeit in very limited ways

Scott,

Headliners in this dept.--

No-cost, accredited degree-track credits

High-level STEM subject and liberal arts courses, taught online by professors of a major university,

Google hangouts available for student-student, student-instructor, student-administrator/counselor interactions (?)

Courses available in all or most of world languages (?)

Wide-spread availability to many of world's underserved populations, especially those prevented from access otherwise by limited resources, social or caste/gender hierarchies, and other forms of prejudice (?)

Competent academic & personal advisors available to deal with course-counseling, financial assistance questions and personal issues as they arise(?)

Question marks denote services that may not yet be active yet, but should be in the future.

Just add to & revise as appropriate.

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Carl,

These are a great seven-ten things to talk about with possible donors to World University, which I'll add to only a little below ... per Paul Jolly's Jump Start Growth recent July 30, 2015 email "One of my clients has a list of ten (10) priorities to explain the agenda to donors." ... 

And here again is the %10 Letter of Agreement for WUaS - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s_GBHW0gC1LPSbKNgwZz0_F2WVec_OgcWVK0WNtdkO0/edit?usp=sharing - for expenses to you or other Universitians for fundraising.

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No-cost, accrediting degree tracks (for planning purposes not transferable at this point)

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High-level STEM subject and liberal arts' courses, taught online by professors of a major university (with CC MIT OCW in English only having approximately 150 courses in video in English currently and CC Yale OYC having 42 courses in video)

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Google - group video - hangouts available for student-student, student-instructor, student-administrator/counselor interactions 

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Courses planned by WUaS in nearly all of the world's countries' main languages, and open wiki schools in all 7,929 languages 

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Planning very wide-spread availability to many of world's underserved populations, including broadband and potentially computers for the poorest, especially those prevented from access otherwise by limited resources, social or caste/gender hierarchies, and other forms of prejudice (?)

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Competent academic & personal advisors available to deal with course-counseling, financial assistance questions and personal issues as they arise(?) - will probably be graduate students and possibly their university faculty in the very very beginning in most smaller/the smallest languages for degrees ...

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open wiki schools in all 7929+ languages where anyone can teach or add great online teaching and learning for free

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The other language here for donors that could work is: that giving to World University is like providing SCHOLARSHIPS for deserving students from poor backgrounds ... but this would need to be stated carefully since CC WUaS will be free - so everyone will be receiving a scholarship in a sense which doesn't really make donors' giving money like giving for actual scholarships ... so this idea is more a way of conversing with potential donors ...

Integrity of language will be important in fundraising and for building World University's reputation ... CC and free and best STEM-centric for these planned degrees - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School#World_University_and_School_Links . 

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Best regards, 

Scott

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Scott: 

There is no way to responsibly raise money for your concept alone!  You must have a clear, demonstrable and efficacious structure at a minimum with supporting documentation, previous fundraising successes (but how to get the first one?  That's a good question.), some actual personnel, and much of the beginnings I've already discussed with you.  Otherwise it's all a fantasy.  But go ahead!  Raise some money in your own way.  Get the Google Challenge Grant or anything like that!  Then I'll believe you, and I'll say, "You were right, Scott.  You can pull money off the 'net with just a neat idea!"

Carl

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Carl, 

Yep ... baby steps ...

Yet what you mention also already exist albeit in very limited ways ... and are not substantial enough to fund raise on substantially: 

"supporting documentation" - 

700+ wiki pages, 2 wikis, a main page, a Sign UP form, STEM CC MIT OCW in 7 languages, CC Yale OYC, CC Wikipedia in 288 languages, letters of incorporation, ByLaws, 501 c 3 status, Guidestar (https://www.guidestar.org/organizations/27-3105368/world-university-school.aspx)

"previous fundraising successes" -

a couple of $1000s each over the past 3 years +

"some actual personnel" -

a few core volunteers, such as myself, Larry ... you I'm glad to see ... a Board of Trustees, some 2000 folks on monthly email lists

Do you want to take on developing Guidestar's further fields - 
https://www.guidestar.org/organizations/27-3105368/world-university-school.aspx - as part of furthering the documentation and planning side of things - with its much practical business foci?

With Friendly baby-steps,

Scott



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Here are the current main business/revenue plans - 

:WUaS's Business Plan's 7 Foci - Updated, In all 7,929 languages and 242 countries, MIT OCW, Yale OYC ...1) Fundraising for 501 (c) (3) WUaS, 2) Bookstore/Computer Store, 3) Governments' collaboration for CC Academic Degrees, 4) Academic Press, 5) Non CC Music lessons and tutoring, 6) universal broadband internet connectivity 7) all-language academic online manpower jobs' source for our graduates" - 
http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/2015/07/wuass-business-plans-7-foci-updated-in.html - and WUaS's blog as well. 

Best wishes, 
Scott

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