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Your All-In-One Tool for Hosting Web-Based Competitions

Showcase student ideas and receive meaningful feedback from industry professionals and community members by hosting your own web-based competitions.

Engage easily with web-enabled entry submission, voting, community commenting, crowdfunding, and rubric-based judging.

Picturesque park scenes: tranquil, inviting spaces
Vibrant urban basketball court image; "World Issues in the 21st Century" feedback

Students can track the progress of their submissions and view feedback all in one place.

Account setup form with fields for personal info, address, and profile image upload.
NextPitch competition creation:  setup options for type, duration, photo, team, rules, bonus, cover image

Educators can use the NextPitch AI assistant to create classroom competitions in just a few minutes.

AI Tools to Support Planning, Engagement, and Feedback

Create custom lesson plan form: Number of days, minutes per class, learning objective, grade level, zip code.

Rubric-Based Judging for Fair, Structured Feedback

Judges provide structured, objective feedback based on rubrics created by educators.

Default rubrics are based on design thinking frameworks and assess student pitches based on key stages of the design thinking process, including problem identification, solution development, target market alignment, feasibility, and future scalability. It evaluates both the creativity and practicality of solutions, encouraging strategic thinking and real-world application.

Need flexibility with judge feedback?
Now you can create your own rubric!

Audience feedback form: five-star ratings for product, solution, and target market

Engage the Community through
Voting & Comments

Community members can vote and comment from anywhere in the world. Local and global engagement is key to the success of NextPitch competitions.

Sponsors and comments section: Lisa James, Marketing Team, Jennifer Roberts & Louisa Jean, Jennifer Sew; Michael K and Lisa J comments

Crowdfunding to
Support Student Innovation
& Educator Bonuses

NextPitch offers an option for contributors to financially support student pitches. When community members donate to support student ideas, they can also add bonuses for the educators or programs involved in the competition.

Back a great pitch!  Fundraiser page showing donation options

Create Competitions at Multiple Levels

Leaders at various levels- school, district, regional, state, national, and global- can create larger-scale competitions to engage more students and showcase broader learning outcomes.

NextPitch dashboard: Maarsen Innovation Technopark, competitions overview
STEM Superstars Showdown: Women scientists collaborating

Search. Connect. Grow.

Build a stronger connection with our new opportunity search tool.

Summer usage: New school-named city projects
Filter results: type and age group options for internship, observation, volunteer, job, presentation, client project, and conference/meeting.
Global data points map: US concentration
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