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About ACEnovation All of us have a story. So does
ACEnovation. ACEnovation is a company which was founded by Mr. Major Rajan
and Dr. Neena Gayatri. ACEnovation was born from a
story. ACEnovation created stories. ACEnovation mingled into stories.
And in a short span of 5 years
ACEnovation has become a story! This wonderful unique young story
brings into homes stories and storytellers from all over the world. The benchmarks set by this
company inspite of the pandemic will leave you spellbound. *** ACEnovation's World Storytelling Championship
is described at https://worldstorytellingchampionship.com
. *** ACEnovation – 🌻 Holds the World Record for the longest multicultural Storytelling
event: a session spanning 140 countries with over 20,000 people. 48 non-stop
continuous hours. Done with with TNTEU (Tamil Nadu Teachers Education
University). 🌻 Holds the World Record for 24 hour non-stop storytelling.
Storytellers from 54 countries participated. 🌻 740 free international Storytelling Webinars for the public. 🌻 12 free international Storytelling Workshops for teachers
partnering with the TNTEU. Over 100000 teachers have benefitted so far. 🌻 Over 400 teachers of SCERT and DIET were trained through online
workshops for 7 days. 🌻 12 international Storytelling Workshops for school children
touched more than 1,50,000 children, 🌻 9 international Storytelling Workshops for college students. 🌻 Nearly 800 free one-hour storytime sessions taken to schools
across the world. 🌻 Reached out to 181 countries till date. The list is growing. 🌻Connected to nearly 3,000 storytellers round the world. 🌻Conducted the world's first World Storytelling Championship
online in the year 2021. Free of cost. Registrations were overwhelming. 6 Age
categories (3 years to 103 years). 131countries. 33400+ entries. 400
judges. 60 Finalists. Finals happened
zoom online. Judges from across the world. 6 world champions: from India,
South Korea, Nigeria, Iran, and Taiwan. Grand Finale was on the 27th of
December 2021 using the 10 Times Platform. The WSTC Flag was hoisted by
India's youngest storyteller. In the Finale, 2 storytellers from each
continent told stories. The World Champions were crowned by Dr. Jagdish
Krishna (Minister for Health, Government of Western Australia), who graced
the occasion as our Chief Guest, and Mr. Walter Ritter (Writer, Poet,
Producer, Entrepreneur, and Storyteller) who was the Guest of Honour. 🌻The Second World Storytelling Championship was on the 31st of
December 2022. Online. A whopping 58,800 registrations. 137 countries. 600
judges. 71 Finalists. Finals happened on Zoom. We rang in the New Year
beautifully as 5000 Government School students and others from economically
poor backgrounds from not only India but also other parts of the world
participated. Free. 6 World Champions, from India, Singapore, Chile, Mexico,
and Nigeria. The highest award of
ACEnovation for the year 2022 went to Devansh Parikh, our little hero from
Nigeria, who participated and told a story inspite of just being out of a
brain surgery. His grit and determination inspired many. The Grand Finale was
held on Sunday, the 24th of April 2023. Online. Mr. Damodaran (Director,
Deloitte) was the Chief Guest who honored the event, along with Ms. Jeeva
Ragunath, India's own Alamaram of Storytelling! 🌻 Signed an MOU with the Government of Tamil Nadu to take stories
to the children of the Government Schools. Nearly 365 free storytelling
sessions were held. Another story created. We storied rural India - for free!
And it has been soul satisfying! 🌻 75 years of India's Independence. 75 stories of our unsung
heroes. Stories untold of India's Soul Warriors taken to 75 Educational
Institutions in India & abroad. 🌻 ACEnovation was the storytelling partner of Times of India's (India's Largest
selling newspaper) initiative, "Happy Streets". It's raining
stories galore at Chennai, Coimbatore, and Bangalore. Creating ripples of
happiness all along! 🌻 Trysts with the IOD (Institute of Directors), the YWCA, the
South Indian Film Chamber, and others at Chennai and in other countries (the
list is huge). All are soaked in our stories. 🌻 Stories for special People. An initiative to give a platform to
hear their stories. Has taken us around India, Malta, Malaysia, and Africa.
AVEnovation continues to bring weekly stories to the have nots, and to the
physically challenged. 🌻'Hydrothon' – an initiative of Rotary District 3232 and
ACEnovation – is an international storytelling championship on the theme,
water. There was a flow of stories. 🌻8 years of Modiji. Success Stories. A National Championship was
organized by the Media Cell of the BJP TN and ACEnovation. 🌻 Storytelling sessions were held for corporates like the Kajaria
Group among many others. Storytelling Workshops, Seminars, and Conferences
have been curated for corporates worldwide. 🌻Stories of India's culture were brought out at the Marrakech
Storytelling Festival at Morocco, titled "Tribals of Nilgiris" and
"Kolam Kadhaigal". Well received. 🌻 Our ambassadors – the Finalists of the World Storytelling
Champions 2021 – told stories at the Korean Storytelling Festival at South
Korea. 🌻 50 workshops conducted for teachers of Government Schools in
Coimbatore and Ooty. And for Anganwaadi workers in Tamilnadu. 🌻 Turn to Turkey: Rebuild through stories, it was called! 195
countries. 195 stories. 24 hours of non-stop storytelling. Joined hands with
Rotary International to collect funds for the people of Turkey! The very
first in the world to use storytelling for a worldwide humanitarian cause.
All countries in the world participated. Stories flowed, and so did the
funds! Funds to rebuild a beautiful country called Turkey. Seeds of love,
world peace and oneness was not only sown but watered, nurtured and tended.
Blossomed into beautiful bonds that are difficult to destroy! A spectacular,
one of a kind, trendsetting event! 🌻Sponsored storytelling events in Chile, Namibia, and Cuba proved
that sharing is caring. 🌻 2023, August. Another first in the world! ACEnovation made
storytelling a subject for students of
universities and colleges in India. 🌻 2023.The World
Storytelling Championship. Saw 70342 registrations, from 181 countries. 600
judges. The mammoth event was applauded. Champions in the 6 categories were
from Argentina, Paraguay, South Korea, Malaysia, Malawi, Cuba, and India.
Judges were eminent storytellers from each of the five continents. The grand award ceremony was held online. The
Honorable President of Mauritius give away the prizes, and Sir John Row, ACEnovation's own Santa Claus and the
encyclopedia of Stories, was the Guest of Honour! 🌻 ACEnovation now brings Saturday Stories at the Anna Centenary
Library, and Sunday Stories at the Kalaignar Centenary Library 🌻 Workshops on
storytelling for Administrators were organized for a group of IAS Officers. 🌻 Workshops and Seminars on Storytelling were organized for
Entrepreneurs. 🌻 Dancing through stories, a unique event, was held in Australia.
Ms. Liz Weir, a queen among storytellers, was the Chief Guest for this online
event. 🌻 Through all our programmes we have ensured that our
storytellers not only get a platform to showcase their talent but we have
enabled a pathway for earning for this very giving and talented pool of
storytellers. The above tells you what
ACEnovation is doing through stories, storytelling, and storytellers. Still at the shallow
end...ACEnovation has depths to reach...which it will! For our world to survive in peace
and harmony, united and strong, we must be one people. WE are that IDEA,
sparked off at Singapore and spread rapidly through India to all the corners
of the world! Come feel the warmth. |