BACKSPIN A Charity Xbox Ping Pong Tournament for the NY Tech Community

February 26, 2011

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What is Backspin?

Backspin is an Xbox table tennis tournament for the New York tech community. All proceeds from the event will benefit Child’s Play.

It will host some of the biggest movers and shakers in the New York startup space and will involve the perfect combination of fun, networking, and social responsibility.

Overall, Backspin is a rare opportunity to gain the attention of top influencers and early adopters.

The Details

When: February 26, 2011.

Where: General Assembly – a co-working space for entrepreneurs, technologists, and designers.

Structure: Two separate tournament brackets. Startups will battle it out in a team based tournament with the goal of being crowned champions of the NY Tech Community. Individuals will compete in a singles tournament.

How: Games will be played on Xbox’s new Kinect platform.

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The MC’s

The event will be MC’d by Jeff Rubin and Pat Cassels.

Jeff and Pat are the hosts of College Humor’s Bleep Bloop show.

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The Battle of the Startups

The startup competition will be a collection of NYC entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and personalities that make the New York tech and new media scenes so interesting.

Some of the companies participating include:

The All-Star Team

In addition to companies sending representatives to compete, we will be fielding an “All-Star Team” with some of the best and brightest in New York Tech & New Media.

Some of the confirmed members of the All-Star Team include: •  Adam Ostrow, Editor-In-Chief, Mashable •  Nate Westheimer, Executive Director, NY Tech Meetup •  Peter Ha, Technology Editor at The Daily •  David Tisch, Executive Director of Techstars

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The Cause

All net proceeds from Backspin will go towards Child’s Play.

Founded in 2003, Child’s Play is dedicated towards improving the lives of hospitalized children by giving them access to toys, movies, and video games.

Over the past 7 years, they have successfully raised millions of dollars and helped thousands of sick children make their difficult lives a little more fun.

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Xbox Kinect

Kinect is a controller free gaming and entertainment experience by Microsoft for the Xbox 360. Kinect enables users to control and interact with the Xbox 360 without the need to touch a game controller. Kinect has a natural user interface using gestures, spoken commands, or presented objects and images.

Launched in North America in November 2010, Kinect has been taking the gaming world by storm.

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The Organizers

Backspin is a joint effort of three people and/or organizations with longstanding ties to the New York City technology and non-profit communities.

+ Peter Ha +

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TechiesGiveBack.Org

Founded in 2009, TechiesGiveBack.Org is a New York City non-profit dedicated towards driving social responsibility within the New York tech community.

In the last year alone, our efforts helped to raise $65,000 for CampInteractive, an after school for inner city youth, and $26,000 for City Harvest.

“Working with TechiesGiveBack, we raised over $26,000 for hungry families in NYC and I couldn’t have done it without them.”

Richard Blakeley, Gawker.TV

“TechiesGiveBack is a new mover and shaker in town” Mark Davis, Investor

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Our Track Record – The Webutante Ball

700+ attendees $26,000+ raised

See more at thewebutanteball.com

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Our Track Record – Foursquare Partnership

TechiesGiveBack + Foursquare + Pepsi = $65,000 raised for CampInteractive

Read about it on Mashable

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Peter Ha

Peter is currently the Technology Editor for The Daily, the first digital newspaper built for the iPad. He is the former Technology editor at Time Magazine and News Editor at AOL’s CrunchGear.

In 2009, he organized Wiimbledon, a Wii tennis tournament, in order to raise money for charity. Thanks to charitable donations from Virgin America, Best Buy, and Dyson, he raised over $4,000 for the Child’s Play charity.

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Internet Week, New York

Since 2008, Internet Week has taken place all over the city with diverse events in different locations. The results has been a critical mass of web-focused events that raises the profile of NYC’s industry as a whole as well as the partners who participate.

Internet Week was also a critical supporter of the 2010 Webutante Ball – a joint event between TechiesGiveBack and Gawker that raised over 26k for City Harvest.

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Sponsorship

We are offering three levels of sponsorship for Backspin.

PLATINUM SPONSORSHIP – 1 SPOT Donate $10,000 and receive: * Title sponsorship rights * Exclusive naming rights for “Center Court” * Step & repeat branding * Company logo featured on invitations and website * Logo presence throughout venue * Twitter and Facebook mentions * Complimentary tournament entry for your company

GOLD SPONSORSHIP – 2 SPOTS Donate $5,000 and receive: * Exclusive naming rights for a “Side Court” * Company logo featured on invitations and website * Twitter and Facebook mentions * Logo presence on screens * Complimentary tournament entry for your company

SILVER SPONSORSHIP – 3 SPOTS Donate $2,500 and receive: Logo presence on screens * Twitter and Facebook mentions * Complimentary tournament entry for your company

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Who should I contact?

If you’re interested in sponsorship, or just want to talk, feel free to reach out to:

Adam Gillman 646.484.8579 adam.gillman@gmail.com

Simon Kirk 347.266.7083 simonbkirk@gmail.com