what you'll do
Need advice on how to navigate the new reality we’re living in? You’ve just found yourself the perfect mentor in Adam Grant. The organizational psychologist, tenured professor, New York Times best-selling author, chart-topping podcast host and Ted Talk legend will join you and up to seven of your friends over video chat for an incredibly candid roundtable discussion. This is your chance to talk work, life, and everything in between with one of the world’s greatest minds and most influential researchers. Because staying at home doesn’t mean you have to stop learning, growing and becoming the best version of yourself.
No donation or payment is necessary to enter or win this sweepstakes.
who you'll help
Direct Relief is a humanitarian aid organization with a mission to improve the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergencies—without regard to politics, religion or ability to pay. In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, Direct Relief is providing personal protective equipment and essential medical items to health workers responding to coronavirus around the world. In the US, they’re coordinating with public health authorities, nonprofit organizations, and businesses to address shortages of protective gear to help safeguard doctors, nurses, and other health professionals on the frontlines of this crisis, while also providing emergency grants to ensure safety-net facilities can continue providing services. Throughout the world, Direct Relief is staging N95 and surgical masks, gloves, and other PPE, and delivering ICU supplies and chronic disease medications to vulnerable and low-resource areas.
stuff our lawyers want you to read
Winners:
You (“Winner”) + up to 7 (“Guests”)
Sweepstakes Start Date:
May 1, 2020
Deadline to Enter:
May 28, 2020 at 11:59pm PT
Winner Announced:
On or around June 17, 2020
Approximate Retail Value:
$25
Timing:
TBD
Location:
TBD
Sponsor:
Omaze, Inc. (“Sponsor”)
Designated Grantee:
Direct Relief ("Designated Grantee")
All donations made in connection with a fundraising campaign are paid to Charities Aid Foundation of America (“CAFA”), an IRS-recognized, U.S. public charity whose mission is to make giving internationally and domestically safe, easy and effective for U.S. donors. CAFA prequalifies each Designated Grantee as an eligible recipient of CAFA grants. At the end of each fundraising campaign, so long as the Designated Grantee continues to qualify as an eligible recipient of CAFA grants, CAFA will make a grant to theDesignated Grantee of the net proceeds of the fundraising campaign.*
Prize Provider:
Adam Grant ("Prize Provider")
Grand Prize Details: Winner and up to seven guests will video chat with Adam Grant
All third party names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. "TED" is a registered trademark of TED Conferences, LLC. This sweepstake is not sponsored, endorsed, or affiliated in any way with TED Conferences, LLC or their affiliates.
Age to Enter: You must be at least 18 years old to win.
Ineligible Countries: Winners must not be residents of Belgium, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Italy, North Korea, Singapore, Sudan, Syria or Thailand.
Eligibility Notes:
Guests must be of legal age of majority in his/her jurisdiction of residence (and at least 18), unless Winner is the parent / legal guardian of Guests. No individual younger than 5 years of age may be a Guest. In addition to Winner requirements (detailed below), Guests must complete and return a publicity and liability release prior to departure. If a Guest is a minor, then the Winner must execute and return all required documents on behalf of such minor child.
In certain countries, local rules and laws may restrict or prohibit the award of certain prizes or impose additional restrictions on participation. Entry is subject to all local laws. See our Sweepstakes Official Rules for more details. Employees, officers, and directors of Sponsor, Designated Grantee , or Prize Provider, and members of their immediate families and households, are not eligible to win.
Individuals may not receive more than one grand prize within the same 18 month period. Individuals may not receive more than one minor prize within the same sweepstakes.
How to Enter:
Visit Omaze.com to utilize any of our methods of entry.. See our Sweepstakes Official Rules for more details. Odds of winning depend on the number of entries held.
Winner Confirmation Process:
Within 10 business days of campaign close, we’ll use an automated random drawing process to draw a potential winner(s) for that campaign. A confirmation process, which may include a background check, will then take place to ensure the potential winner meets the legal standards required. Winner and, if applicable, their guest(s) agree to cooperate fully with Omaze in Omaze conducting any background check(s), which includes providing information requested by Omaze including, but not limited to, full legal names and addresses. If the Prize includes meeting a celebrity, meeting a public figure, or attending a special event and any background check indicates, in Omaze’s sole discretion, that the potential winner or the potential winner’s guest(s) pose a danger to or may harm the reputation of any person or entity involved in the sweepstakes, Omaze may disqualify said winner and move on to the next randomly drawn potential winner. Pending a positive outcome of the confirmation process, an Omaze representative will notify the potential winner via email and/or phone. The potential winner must respond within the time period designated in the notification, or Omaze may move on to another randomly drawn potential winner. Before confirming a potential winner as the winner, Omaze may require the potential winner to confirm their eligibility. Once that’s done, the potential winner and guest(s) must execute and return all required documents within the time frame specified by Omaze. If you do not execute and return all required documents within the time frame specified by Omaze, you will forfeit the Prize and Omaze will move on to another randomly drawn potential winner.
Travel companions are also required to sign a liability/publicity release prior to issuance of tickets. Additionally, travel companions/guests of the winner may be subject to a background check, which may impact their ability to participate in the Prize.
NO PURCHASE, PAYMENT, OR CONTRIBUTION NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Contributing will not improve chances of winning. Void where prohibited.
Transparency:
At Omaze, we believe fundraising should be about impact, not percentages. Our model allows us, in partnership with Charities Aid Foundation America (we call them CAFA), to really make a difference and disrupt the way society traditionally thinks about charitable giving.
Here’s how it works: Omaze and CAFA work together to offer incredible prizes and experiences that anyone can potentially win. You don’t have to donate to enter, but if you do, your donation to CAFA is then used to make a charitable grant to a great cause, which we love. Omaze pays for everything that’s needed to run the sweepstakes, which means the only ones taking a chance are the entrants (you!)—not the Designated Grantee. The organizations can spend less time worrying about raising funds, and instead focus their energy on doing awesome work.
*For this campaign, from every dollar you donate, 60 cents is retained by CAFA, all of which is then used by CAFA to make a grant to the associated Designated Grantee. If there are multiple Designated Grantees, then grants of equal share are made to each Designated Grantee. Of the remaining 40 cents, 25 cents is typically used to pay for things like advertising, payment processing and the costs of making the campaign a success—including providing the prize. Then the remaining amount of your dollar, approximately last 15 cents goes to Omaze and is used to cover the cost of providing and maintaining the technology and team that makes this all happen.
The result? Causes get a guaranteed grant with no risk and no overhead or investment, our lucky winners get awesome prizes, and everyone else gets to help a great cause and spread joy!
To learn more about how we support causes in partnership with CAFA, see our Terms of Use.