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Vivo Miles™ The new way to reward, motivate and empower our young people

Where and how will today’s young learners earn their living in 20 years’ time, given the astonishing pace of social and technological change?

This much seems certain – they’ll need to think differently, to learn differently, to go on growing as independent lifelong learners. Flexible enough to acquire new skills and competencies, they’ll move among earning opportunities, working collaboratively and globally both in real space and tomorrow’s ‘online’ environment – an environment we can only imagine.

How can we help young people prepare themselves fully for tomorrow’s brave new world? How can we persuade them – more of them – that learning pays for itself with real prospects for a brighter future? If learning is its own reward, should we be giving students incentives to build knowledge, to equip themselves for the rigours of the journey ahead?

Of course we should. That’s what Vivo Miles™ are for.

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Vivo Miles has revolutionised the way in which we reward and sanction students. The system is quick, flexible and straight-foward. Not only does it motivate students, it teaches them about financial capability, the economy and the socio-political system. Daniel Smith, Year 9 Coordinator, Westminster Academy

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Vivo Miles are the new way to reward and motivate young people using a range of tools, from easy-to-manage performance league tables to rewards-based shopping. With a flexible structure that accommodates your existing rewards programme and a modular ethos that lets you choose your level of involvement, Vivo Miles meet your needs today and tomorrow.

The scheme offers: • Buy-in A single rewards programme or culture that’s understood and valued by all students aged 11 to 18, regardless of talent or ability

• Its own currency and ‘plastic’ Students amass and trade Vivos (V) for your choice of goods or services (and develop their financial capability in the process)

• Positive choices A way to reward young people for reaching healthier decisions about eating and exercise

• Investment in learning A framework that actively supports ‘Every Child Matters’ in all its aspirations, including economic well-being

Does your rewards programme offer all these benefits in a single flexible package?

Vivo Miles – credit where it’s due

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Vivo Miles are more than mere rewards. They are currency. Students value, earn and save Vivos. They learn to avoid taxes and fines. This platform ensures that ‘achieving economic well-being’ is a day-to-day reality for learners; a vital but otherwise hard to reach feature of the Every Child Matters framework. Mark Bennison, Associate Principal, Barnfield South Academy

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Introducing the V is for Vivo, the working currency that oils the wheels of the Vivo Miles machine. You won’t see it change hands on the stock exchange floor, but you’ll definitely find it winning hearts and minds in playgrounds and classrooms up and down the land. Saving and spending virtual Vivos empowers young people in a way they love while broadening their financial horizons. The Vivo is currently pegged at £0.10.

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With its own dedicated website at vivomiles.com, our rewards programme allows schools to manage their tailored Vivo Miles package simply and securely online. It’s here that you award Vivo Miles to students in line with your chosen goals and priorities. Students too, access the password-secured site to monitor their progress within the Vivo Miles community.

Unique to the scheme is the Vivo Miles reward card – every student gets one free of charge. The card opens up an exciting range of ‘scan’ or ‘swipe’ possibilities for collating and sharing data, from touch screen terminals to canteen checkout records.

Also unique is the scheme’s rewards currency – the Vivo (V). More than an attractive mechanism for transactions – including approved shopping – within your community, Vivos and their companion ‘banker’s card’ go beyond conventional stickers or stars to offer a real-life vehicle for financial learning.

Use Vivo Miles as a reward for:

•Attendanceandoutstandingprogress

•Healthyeatingandexercise

•Displayworkorperformances

•Takingresponsibilityinschool

•Beingagoodambassadoroutofschool

How Vivo Miles work

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I can earn Vivo Miles by doing community work. It’s great to be helping people in my local area. Sarah Porter, Barnfield South Academy

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Vivo Miles work in several interconnected ways to bring clear benefits to schools and students. Our programme is about:

•Rewardsandcurrency•Educationandlearning•Personalresponsibility and choice

Young people motivated by an attractive, credible rewards and currency scheme help raise standards on key fronts, becoming more active members of the school community and better ambassadors for it.

Vivo Miles offer teachers an effective classroom tool for recognising effort and conduct as well as an incentive scheme for creating projects and activities whose reach extends to communities, businesses and charities.

The Vivo Miles model is designed to help schools deliver the government’s ‘Every Child Matters’ objectives – be healthy, stay safe, enjoy and achieve, make a positive contribution, achieve economic wellbeing.

Above all, the scheme engages. With its web delivery, contemporary design and card culture, it has what it takes to capture the imagination of all students.

The clear benefits of Vivo Miles

Vivo rocks. The card looks cool and you get to use it like a bank account card.Mohamed El Sayed, Westminster Academy

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Vivo Miles in action – it’s all about choiceDifferent tools for different contexts – that’s the modular ethos of Vivo Miles. If diet and exercise are high on your shopping list, reward your students in the canteen or on the playing field. If attendance is your first priority, the scheme has a way to help.

Chooseyourlevelofinterest.Restrictyour activity to easily managed performance league tables based around Vivo Miles. Or offer students a chance to trade their hard-earned Vivos for a range of approved goods from the Vivo Miles store.

Set rewards targets in each of your subject areas. Award bonus Vivo Miles for tidy homework delivered on time. Create reward schemes for litter patrols, anti-bullying initiatives, learning clubs and community projects that raise status and self-esteem.

In these and other contexts, instilling the value of financial judgment is an important benefit of Vivo Miles at their most versatile. After all, saving and spending Vivos is the start of personal financial management. As ever, choice is key. When students opt to spend rewards on charitable donations rather than shop goods, for example, they make informed decisions that do them credit.

It is very important for students to feel that there are real rewards for good attendance, positive behaviour and academic progress. Vivo Miles makes the crucial link between setting challenging targets and a tangible reward once those targets are achieved. RodBoswell,HousePrincipal,WestminsterAcademy

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Here are just some of the goods and services Vivos can buy:

• CinematicketsanddiscountedDVDs, CDs,books,gamesandstationery

• Discountedaccesstolocalsports fixtures and leisure activities, including bowling, skating and 5-a-side

• MP3playersandgamesconsoles

• Onlinemusicvouchersandphonecredit

• Leadingbrandsportsgear

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This year I want to use some of my Vivos to donate a gift to a charity. Just a small amount can make a difference to someone.

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We’d love to tell you much more about how Vivo Miles can reward, motivate and inspire your young people. Please get in touch if you’d like to discuss your school’s needs and the ways we can help you meet them.

T: 020 8390 3027E: sales@vivomiles.com

Ruben Singh,Barnfield South Academy

This platform excites everybody. From the youngest students to the eldest. There is total buy-in. Parents, teachers, support staff and Governors all see the sense in it. Beyond the school, Vivo Miles ignites the enthusiasm of local businesses; it is an ideal vehicle for seeking corporate sponsorship. Patrick Hannaway, Principal, Barnfield South Academy

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Software compatibility: Compatible with many existing software systems, including Microsoft’s SharePoint Server and SIMs from Capita, vivomiles.com is designed to work seamlessly with these products and is not intended to be a replacement for them. There are vivomiles.com plugins for popular social networking sites including Facebook, Bebo, OpenSocial and iGoogle.

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