It’s been a busy week for One Spark, including launching its updated app and announcing jurors for next week’s crowdfunding festival.
The new version for iOS and Android operating systems incorporates feedback from attendees, creators and volunteers over the past two years.
Developers streamlined the process to be able to download the app, create an account and easily contribute to and vote for creator projects.
Updates also include simplified navigation and inclusion of the One Spark festival map and full schedule.
Anyone can visit onespark.com to contribute to creators’ rewards-based crowdfunding campaigns.
Only attendees that check-in at the festival via the app or at a voting and information kiosk will be able to vote for projects.
The festival also named its judges (from Jacksonville unless noted otherwise) for the six categories and the Jacksonville prize. They are:
Art category: Michael Cavendish, trustee at the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, and partner at Gunster Law; Timothy LeNoir, senior designer at Bravado Universal Music Group, New York; and Chip Southworth, artist.
Education: Sheridan Brown, retired school principal at Duval County Public Schools; Betty Burney, founder and executive director of the I’m A Star Foundation, and former Duval County School Board member; and Colleen Wilson, department chair and associate professor of education at Jacksonville University.
Health and science: Carla Fry, Ph.D., R.N., director, R.N.-B.S.N. programs and assistant professor of nursing at JU; Robin Shelly, M.B.A., P.M.P., innovation consultant at Florida Blue; and Pere Ventura, development engineer at Biomet Microfixation.
Music: Lukas Costas, co-founder, Sidereal, One Spark 2014 Music Juried Award winner; Chris Martignago, A&R consultant at Atlantic Records in Orlando; Robert Massey, president and CEO of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Maxwell Sharp, content manager at Paper Garden Records, New York; and Israel Vasquetelle, department chair, entertainment business and music business bachelor of science programs at Full Sail University in Orlando.
Social good: Jayne G. Evans, marketing and communications at the Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida; Bill Heneghan, co-founder, AKIBA Health, SimplyFlex, Benefit Provisions in Orlando; and Barbara Roole, senior program officer at the Jessie Ball duPont Fund.
Technology: Grace Belangia, executive director, HACKAugusta in Augusta, Ga.; Hampton Catlin, CEO and founder, Wordset in San Francisco; Albert Herrera, Americas regional manager, Firewalls & Security at Deutsche Bank Jacksonville; and Jason Premo, chairman, Premo Ventures in Greenville, N.C.
Jacksonville Award: Jay Harris, co-pastor at Image Church, and co-founder of Strght & Nrrw; Melissa Ross, host and producer of “First Coast Connect,” WJCT-FM/TV, NPR; and Wayne Wood, author and historian.
The $95,000 in juried awards is part of the $350,000 in total awards and crowdfunds available for projects. The remaining $150,000 is divided out based on percentage of votes earned by each creator projects.