JA Dream Accelerator

The new Daniels Fund JA Dream Accelerator is located at the Junior Achievement Rocky Mountain Free Enterprise Center in Greenwood Village, Colorado. Dream Accelerator is an innovative interactive education space centered on career exploration and entrepreneurial characteristics. Working closely with Junior Achievement and Gallagher & Associates, Cortina Productions produced an introduction film, five interactive experiences, a wayfinding tablet application, and a student management system with facilitator control. Five unique stations allow visitors to match their interests with their strengths; determine their lifestyle expectations to set realistic goals for the future; discover Colorado visionaries and learn from their accomplishments; participate in real-world decision making around what it takes to run a business; and learn more about various career clusters and their associated traits to develop and pursue education and career goals. A state-of-the-art and supportive environment, Dream Accelerator helps visitors shape their future and understand realistic expectations by encouraging reflection on what matters most to them.

TEAM
Media Production by Cortina Productions
Exhibit Design by Gallagher & Associates
Fabrication and AV Systems by 1220 Exhibits

The Introductory Film gets visitors excited about the JA Dream Accelerator experience they are about to embark upon.

Reality Check helps students to understand the real costs that are associated with their anticipated adult lifestyle.

Colorado Visionaries allows students to explore and discover achievements of notable individuals that shaped Colorado and are inspiration for their own career goals.

At Picture Your Strengths, students will gain perspective of how their personal qualities and aspirations directly relate to unique strengths that define them and can provide the foundation for passion-driven careers.

Visualization brings a large-scale mural to life using augmented reality and engages students to consider and collect future goals and greatest hopes.