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“Begin with the Children”: How Sesame Street is Working to Change our World

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“Begin with the Children”:

How Sesame Street is Working to

Change our World

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In the value of every child, and that each and every

child should be able to reach his or her full potential

That early childhood education is

critical in helping children reach their full potential

That the promise of the next generation can bring people

together and fuel burgeoning social change

Where We Stand

We believe…

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Provide access to early childhood education

Give special attention to young children who have

the least access to educational advantages needed to

help them reach their full potential

Where We Stand

We aim to…

Use the power of mass media

and its ability to reach and

engage children

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Academic, emotional, and

social capabilities are

inextricably intertwined…

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1. What are the needs of children and how can media

address them?

2. On which media platforms will children learn now

and in the future?

3. How do we devise engaging content for those

platforms?

4. How do we consistently market this work to provide

resources to pay for it?

The Four Questions

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Our MISSION Harness the educational power of media to

help all children reach their highest potential.

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Everything we do shows our

commitment to education, and uses

mass media and Muppets to make the

learning fun.

Education + Media + Muppets

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The Beginning - The 1960s

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Afghanistan

Bangladesh

Brazil

China

Denmark

Egypt

Germany

Netherlands

India

Indonesia

Israel Sesame Street

English

Japan

Jordan

Gulf

Mexico

Northern

Ireland Palestine

South Africa

Tanzania

Nigeria

Colombia

Pakistan Spain

Ghana

(teacher

training)

Australia Namibia

Botswana

Lesotho

Swaziland

Russia Kosovo

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Canada

USA

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The Longest Street in the World...

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Show Openings

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Respect & Understanding

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Educational

Content

Seminar

Distribution (Broadcast, Materials’

Dissemination, etc.)

Summative

Evaluation

Set Educational

Objectives

Production (Workshops, Script Review

Material Review, Taping, etc.)

Formative Research

Assessment of

Need

Sesame Workshop Process

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• Country-specific educational framework

• Culturally and socially-relevant content

Child

Development/

Educational

Specialists

• Local sets

• Local Muppets

• Local Language (s)

• Multiple platform: TV, radio,

print, digital media, etc.

Production

Experts

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Global Brand- Local

Vision

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Content Areas

HEALTH

• healthy habits

• disease-

specific

content (of

regional

significance)

SOCIO-EMOTIONAL

• self-regulation/executive function

• cooperation,

• conflict resolution strategies

Family & Community

• environment

• civic responsibility

• arts and culture

• diversity (MRU, disability,

gender equity)

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ACADEMIC

• literacy

•math

•STEM

• cognitive

reasoning

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I’m Kami and

I am South

African.

Humph! You

all know me.

Oscar,

remember?

Now, scram.

I’m Khokha,

from Egypt.

We’re Haneen

and Kareem

from Palestine!

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Muppets from Around the World

I’m from India.

My name is

Chamki.

I’m Sivan from

Israel.

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Set Example: Alam Simsim Egypt

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Low

Technology

High

Technology

Community

Mass Reach

Digital

Initiatives

Community

Viewing

Training & Child

Care Center

Initiatives

Print

Alternative

Visual

Media

On-Product

Messaging

Alternative Broadcast

(EDUSAT)

Radio

TV

PR & Advocacy

Achieving Maximum Reach and Impact

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Afghanistan

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Afghanistan

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Mobile, Web and other digital content

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India

Radiophone project (Gurgoan)

Healthy Habits for Life project (Gujarat)

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India Mobile Project

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The most widely researched program in television history!

Measuring Impact

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Partnerships

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Key to sustainability: establishing consortium of partners vested in project’s

educational mission; building local capacity and engendering partnership to carry the

project forward

(Mobinil)

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Build Positive Public Relations

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THANK

YOU!

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