Mnemo Game is the first project of Likhaan Inventerprise
November 12, 2008 – 3:02 pmLikhaan Newsletter No. 50 November 2008
Likhaan offers free lecture-workshop
on “Creativity and Thinking”
The Likhaan Group offers free lecture-workshop entitled “Understanding the Nature of Creativity and the Structure of Thinking” or ‘Creativity and Thinking’ for short.
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Likhaan Newsletter
Year 23 ▪ Number 50 eMail Edition
QUEZON CITY, METRO-MANILA, PHILIPPINES November 2008
TLG sets up invention enterprise unit
Mnemo Game is the first project of Likhaan Inventerprise
Likhaan Inventerprise, the invention enterprise development unit of The Likhaan Group, selected as its first project for production research and commercial development the “Mnemo Game,” an educational board game.
Likhaan also intends to fully develop the Mnemo learning game into digital, interactive Internet and Intranet game to be operated in Toronto, Canada under the management of the proposed Mnemo company headed by Ernesto A. Forcadilla and Renato A. Forcadilla, both founding directors of Likhaan Institute Foundation, Inc. (LIFI), a member-organization of Likhaan Group. The Mnemo company in Canada will be designed as a multi-media development organization. In the future, it will operate the Mnemo Learning Game and Digital Classroom in the Internet.
Likhaan will also develop and manage Mnemo Game Tournaments and the operations and franchising of the Mnemo Game Players Club. The real-world Mnemo educational tournaments (with corporate sponsors) will be held in municipalities and provinces up to the national level.
What is Mnemo Game?
Mnemo Game is a word game that is more exciting to play than any other board game of similar nature. Mnemo is both copyrighted and patented game, Philippine Patent No. UM-6398. Mnemo is a cross of the words mnemonics and the Latin nemo. The first is the art and science of memory-building which the learning game tries to foster. The second means “nobody”—as a personal identity game—Mnemo aims to develop its enthusiasts into well-rounded personalities in an exciting and interesting manner.
Although basically a word game, Mnemo Game is actually five games in one. It is, firstly, a word game to enrich one’s vocabulary. Secondly, a parlor game of social interaction which would delight friends and new acquaintances alike. Thirdly, a role-playing game of leadership and management. Fourthly, a game of acting to improve one’s communication skills. And fifthly, an “Intelligence-Cultural-Emotional-and-Creativity Quotient” game (ICECQ, pronounced iss-see-kyoo) to increase one’s knowledge, exercise the imagination and develop one’s intuitive abilities.
Categories of Mnemo Game and players
The categories of Mnemo Game and its players are as follows:.
Categories of Mnemo Game and Players
|
Classification |
Designation |
Qualification |
Gaming factors |
|
Division 1 |
Tyros’ Game |
School graders or 6 to 12 years old |
3-9 letters, 2 AHAs |
|
Division 2 |
Preps’ Game |
High schoolers or 13 to 18 years old |
3-10 letters, 3 AHAs |
|
Division 3 |
Varsitarians’ Game |
Collegians, any course or 17/18 to 21 years old |
3-11 letters, 3 AHAs |
|
Division 4 |
Parnassians’ Game |
Professionals/graduates or 21 years old & above |
3-12 letters, 4 AHAs |
|
Division 5 |
Olympians’ Game |
Open to all players who are good in the game, based on their ratings |
3-13 letters, 4 AHAs |
|
Division 6 |
Masters’ Game |
Open to all players who are considered “experts” in the game, based on their tournament ratings |
3 letters and above, 5 AHAs |
|
Division 7 (Special Division) |
Open and special tournaments: Juniors (Divisions 1-2), Seniors (Divisions 3-4), and Champions (Divisions 5-6) |
Open to all players who are good and experts in the game, regardless of age |
3 letters and above, 3-5 AHAs (depending on appropriate divisions and designations as described above) |
Marketing
Mnemo Game will be promoted in the market as a “branded game,” like the Scrabble® and other copyrighted games. Thus, Mnemo (all its logo, trademarks, service marks and paraphernalia like Mnemo Game dictionary, players’ handbook, game board bags, T-shirts, jackets, hats, key chains, etc.) shall be copyrighted, patented and/or registered as service marks or trademark in all countries where the Game will be sold, more specifically U.S., Canada, the European and Asian countries.
November 17-21
TAPI and various inventors organizations celebrate the 2008 Inventors Week
The Technology Application and Promotion Institute (TAPI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in cooperation with various inventors’ organizations will celebrate the 2008 National Inventors’ Week (2008 NIW) with the theme “Making Inventions Work For You!” on 17-21 November 2008, at the Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC), Roxas Blvd., cor. Gil Puyat Ave., Pasay City.
The weeklong event is intended to provide immediate support to Filipino inventors by bringing their inventions/innovations for public and potential investors’ appreciation and possible commercialization prospects. It is also geared to stimulate and encourage creativity and inventiveness and enhance knowledge among our youths and other interested sectors of society. More significantly, it is designed to gather Filipino inventors and organizations in one specific venue to herald and value their ingenuity and innovativeness for making inventions work for you, in particular, and in the country, in general.
The 2008 NIW will feature the following relevant and interesting activities:
· National Invention Contest – an annual search for most outstanding inventions, utility models, industrial designs, creative researches (by professional and amateur inventors, innovators, creative researchers and students);
· Non-Contest Invention Exhibit and Inventors’ Fair – a selling expo for Filipino inventors and innovators with commercial inventions or innovations/products;
· Inventors-Industry Consultation – industry-business matching with inventors and potential commercial adoptors of inventions and innovations, through dialogue/consultation
· Product/Inventions Presentation – introduction/demonstration of selected inventions/products
The 2008 National Invention Contest consists of the following categories:
· SIBOL (Outstanding Student Creative Research) - High School
· SIBOL (Outstanding Student Creative Research) - College
· LIKHA (Outstanding Creative Research)
· Outstanding Industrial Design
· Outstanding Utility Model
· TUKLAS (Outstanding Invention)
· Chemrez Green Chemistry Awards
The Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 NIW will be held on Monday, 17 November 2008, 9am, at the PTTC. The venue is open from 8am to 6pm daily. Admission is Free.
The National Inventors’ Week is celebrated every third week of November of every year by virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 285, s. 1993.