Become a Blue Ocean Ambassador

Join the Blue Ocean Ambassador Program

Blue Ocean Ambassadors are a community of high-achieving students and young professionals who have a passion to propagate the mission of empowering high school students to change the world for the better through blue ocean thinking.

Our Ambassador program is open to all current high school students as well as previous participants and alumni of the competition.

Sign up today, receive your Ambassador kit, help spread the word about the Blue Ocean Competition and you could win exciting prizes.

Join the Blue Ocean Ambassador Program

Why Become a Blue Ocean Ambassador

Blue Ocean Ambassador program offers students a chance to grow their leadership and communication skills, and inspire other students to participate in the competition. You learn new skills, have fun, improve your CV, increase your employability and earn exciting prizes at the same time.

How to Earn Ambassador Points

Public Speaking
    • Speak to a classroom: 10 points each
    • Speak to an entire grade level: 20 points each
    • Speak at a school-wide assembly: 30 points each
    • Speak to a civic, community, or church group: 5 points each
Social Shares
    • Tweet official Competition Youtube videos: 3 points each
    • Post official Competition YouTube videos on Facebook: 3 points each
    • Join The Blue Ocean Competition Facebook page: 3 points
    • Post Competition logo on Instagram: 3 points
Referrals
    • Encourage students to register for the competition: 2 points each confirmed registration
    • Refer students to become Blue Ocean Ambassadors: 2 points each confirmed Ambassador
Media Mentions
    • School newspaper or newsletter: 5 points each
    • Community newspaper: 10 points each
    • Community television or radio station: 10 points for each station
Use Your Creativity
    • Think of other creative ways to spread the word about Blue Ocean Competition and earn bonus Ambassador point

Alumni Can Also Become Blue Ocean Ambassadors

Are you an Alumnus of the competition who is eager to carry forward the blue ocean spirit beyond the competition? Join our Ambassador Program, earn Ambassador Points to gain prestige and win exciting prizes.

How do Alumni earn Blue Ocean Ambassador Points
In addition to all the ways listed above to earn Ambassador points, Alumni have the opportunity to stack up more Ambassador points by:

Supporting one another on your journeys to change the world for the better through blue ocean thinking.
Creating impact through sharing advice about your challenges, education, careers.
Acting as approachable, impartial body for student participants in the competition. Provide them with guidance and tips to improve the quality of their submissions.
Serving as a resource to support the operations of the competition, including volunteering for the event and, engaging with our sponsors.

Prizes/Awards for Blue Ocean Ambassadors

Blue Ocean Global Student Ambassador of the Year.
Blue Ocean Regional Student Ambassador of the Year (for each Country).
$100 Gift card for every 500 Ambassador Points earned.
The Official Certificated Blue Ocean Practical Introduction online course.

What Blue Ocean Ambassadors are doing to promote the competition

We’ll be posting blog posts, video messages, and more from our brilliant Blue Ocean Ambassadors here.

Interview with the team behind BlindHire

Isgan Vanjara, joined by Shivani Dodamani, talk to the team behind BlindHire, who participated in last year’s competition and made the Top 100. They talked about their experiences and some tips they have for aspiring participants. 

Ishan Vanjara promotes the Blue Ocean Competition to his high school entrepreneurship club

Ishan Vanjara of West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North in Plainsboro, NJ is a past participant and now part of the student executive committee for the competition.
Ishan can be seen, in these images, introducing the Blue Ocean Competition to his high school entrepreneurship club: He is showing his club’s members how to navigate the Blue Ocean website as well as how to register and make use of the Blue Ocean Strategy Course once they register. He is also teaching them about pinpointing a Blue Ocean Solution and how to create a Blue Ocean, which will serve as a foundation for the lessons he has planned on utilizing the Blue Ocean Strategy tools to effectively create a business pitch. This lesson structure will start being taught in January once club members have had enough time to brainstorm their Blue Ocean business idea/solution.
Within the executive committee, he primarily works on high school outreach and program training as well as some of the new developments they will be rolling out, such as a Youtube alumni spotlight series and the “Tip of the Day” videos on the Blue Ocean Competition Instagram. As a participant of this competition, he’s learned so much about being an entrepreneur and what it means to turn a business idea into a working solution in an uncontested marketplace, while making any perceived competition irrelevant by creating a Blue Ocean. As part of the executive committee, he’s excited to continue providing resources for all participants so that they can apply these Blue Ocean concepts to their business ideas and effectively pitch a “Blue Ocean Solution” to the judges.

Andreea Alexandra Vasile promotes the Blue Ocean Competition in Romania and beyond.

Andreea Alexandra Vasile, of Teoretic Genesis College ’25 Romania, translated social media posts and also created a presentation in Romanian to spread the word about the competition in her community and in Europe.