“What Makes a Great Leader?” Pricewaterhouse Video Contest Winners

Unfortunately the winning videos are not on youtube, so instead of embedding them here, you can watch them on PWC TV here

PricewaterhouseCoopers announced today the five winners of its inaugural Leadership Adventure Video Contest, which asked undergraduate business students nationwide to submit two-minute videos answering the question, “What makes a great leader?” Each winner receives a $3,000 scholarship and will be invited to attend the 2008 PwC Leadership Adventure, a program for high-achieving college students interested in accounting or information technology careers.

Hey, Teachers! Video Contest: Magic WOW in the Classroom

SMART Technologies is teaming up with TeacherTube to offer the Extraordinary Moments Video Contest. We’re looking for 30-second commercials that best answer this question: How do SMART products help you create extraordinary moments in your classroom?

Content: submit videos of how you and your students use SMART technology to create a fun, interactive learning environment.
Deadline of video contest submission: May 31, 2008
Eligibility: Extraordinary Moments Video Contest is only open to educators in North America
Prize: One first place entry will win a trip to attend the NECC 2008 in San Antonio, Texas, to attend the premiere of their commercial, whereby SMART will pay up to a value of USD$2,000 for costs related to airfare, hotel accommodation and NECC 2007 registration fee. The winner will also receive a SMART Board interactive whiteboard, valued at approximately USD$3,500.
Rules of video contest: http://teachertube.com/extraordinary.php

Sparky Awards Video Contest: MindMashup – The Value of Information Sharing

The MindMashup video contest takes its inspiration from a quote from George Bernard Shaw: “If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.” This year’s Sparky contest is being organized by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) with additional co-sponsorship by the Association of College and Research Libraries, the Association of Research Libraries, Penn Libraries (at the University of Pennsylvania), Students for Free Culture, and The Student PIRGs. Details are online at http://www.sparkyawards.org.

“This video contest is an excellent venue to engage students and to explore with them the intricacies of re-using content,” said Anu Vedantham, Director of the Weigle Information Commons at Penn Libraries. “The videos that emanate from this and similar contests provide vibrant examples of student creativity and ownership of new media. At Penn, I have noticed that mashup video contests and video classroom assignments engage students and faculty in new ways with academic material, and that video creation can be effectively integrated in many disciplines including writing, history and language studies. Through involvement with the 2009 Sparky Awards, libraries and new media centers have a valuable opportunity to reach out to faculty and students” said SPARC Executive Director Heather Joseph.

Content: make a short video to illustrate the power of info sharing.
Deadline of video contest submission: Nov 30 2008
Eligibility: To be eligible, submissions must be publicly available on the Internet – on a Web site or in a digital repository – and available for use under a Creative Commons License.
Prize: The Winner will receive a cash prize of $1,000 along with a Sparky Award statuette. Two Runners Up will each receive $500 plus a personalized award certificate.
Rules of video contest: http://www.sparkyawards.org/

Dancin’ to Change Diabetes National Video Contest by Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk has launched its online video contest in order to increase diabetes awareness. The title of the video contest is Dancin’ to Change Diabetes. ABC’s Dancing with the Stars champion Drew Lachey will lead a panel of contest judges. Unfortunately, it is not You who can vote in a video, but it’s the panel of judges. The public will vote for their three finalists. Still, it is a contest with a great aim – at least several families I know have a member suffering from diabetes. One in 28 adults and one in eight African American adults in San Francisco County have diabetes, according to their press release.

Content: submit videos of the cool moves that help you stay active and healthy.
Deadline of video contest submission: May 26 2008
Eligibility: over 18 years old, US resident (over 19 in Nebraska and Alabama)
Prize: First prize is a year-long gym membership within close
proximity to winner; second place is a Wii(TM) System
including Wii(TM) controllers, Wii Fit(TM) and Dance Dance
Revolution(TM); third place is a four hundred dollar gift
certificate to REI(R), a popular sporting goods store.
Rules of video contest: http://www.dancingtochangediabetes.com/

Here is Drew Lachey dancing freestyle with Cheryl Burke (“Brokeback Mountain to the music world”)