2018
Every year during October, Microsoft holds its annual Give campaign to raise millions of dollars and thousands of hours in volunteer time for variety of charitable causes. As a Microsoft employee, I usually contribute to this cause in multiple ways.
For the 2018 Give fundraiser auction I submitted a "Burpee Challenge" item as an experiment. Inspired by the push-up burpees done as penalty during Spartan races, I would do 1 push-up burpee for every $1 of the item's purchase price. My auction item sold for $400. During December I completed the 400 push-up burpees at Microsoft's Redmond campus with a video show below as the proof of completion. With the $400 sell price and Microsoft's dollar for dollar match, this fun experiment helped to raise $800 in charitable giving.
CAPABILITIES USED
Videography, Conceptualization, Fitness, Brute Force
For the 2018 Give fundraiser auction I submitted a "Burpee Challenge" item as an experiment. Inspired by the push-up burpees done as penalty during Spartan races, I would do 1 push-up burpee for every $1 of the item's purchase price. My auction item sold for $400. During December I completed the 400 push-up burpees at Microsoft's Redmond campus with a video show below as the proof of completion. With the $400 sell price and Microsoft's dollar for dollar match, this fun experiment helped to raise $800 in charitable giving.
CAPABILITIES USED
Videography, Conceptualization, Fitness, Brute Force
The following image was the PowerPoint slide I created for the Give campaign auction. It gave bidders an overview of my auction offering.
Here's how the Burpee Challenge day looked when it happened.
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Several colleagues and team-mates joined in on the fun during the day of my challenge.
I produced a timelapse video (below) to document the Burpee Challenge experience.
