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Become a Social Hero: Nokia Team Up with Heroes Creator, Tim Kring

Before you think you’ve wasted your time and life spending updating your status on Facebook, you can think again. Now it’s time to put these skills to good use to help the greater good of mankind.

Nokia are using their ethos ‘stay connected’ by teaming up with Tim Kring, the creator of Heroes to create an, "new kind of storytelling that allows for greater audience participation" which claims to try and change the world for the better.

The project, called Conspiracy For Good (CFG), uses storytelling, social media, mobile devices, alternate reality gaming, music and physical participation to create social and educational change around the world.

“I believe that storytelling has the power to create positive change in the world. Audiences today want to be more involved in stories,” said Tim Kring. “Our goal with the Conspiracy For Good is to entice, engage, and inspire the audience to drive real-world change through their participation in a narrative.”

Check the videos below and find out what it all about:


So how can you get involved? Participants in the UK will be able to download Nokia’s Conspiracy For Good: DeadDrop application on their Nokia compatible phone from the Ovi Store in mid-July.

Players around the world will be able to “make the world a better place” by visiting Conspiracy for Good and getting involved.

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