It’s never too early to learn how to evaluate businesses and make smart purchasing decisions so your BBB Foundation is hosting a fun, educational video production contest for teens living in southern Colorado. The project has been created to help these young consumers discover, and then ultimately use, the services provided by the Better Business Bureau of Southern Colorado.
Videos should be one to three minutes in length and will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
- Originality
- Creativity
- Appeal to a teen audience
- Adherence to the BBB brand
- Understanding of how the BBB can help teens make wise buying decisions.
First prize is $500 and second prize is $250.
Entrants must live in one of the following counties served by the Better Business Bureau of Southern Colorado: Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Cheyenne, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Huerfano, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Las Animas, Lincoln, Mineral, Otero, Prowers, Pueblo, Rio Grande, Saguache and Teller.
Those who wish to participate must be between the ages of 13 and 19 during the 2011 calendar year. Contest participants may begin submitting their videos and applications on Tuesday, February 1, 2011. The deadline is 5:00 p.m. Thursday, April 21, 2011.
Once all videos have been received, a panel of judges will select up to 10 finalists. These videos will be embedded at
www.southerncolorado.bbb.org/votenow. Visitors to the local BBB website may cast their vote between Monday, May 16, 2011 and Friday, June 10, 2011.
The videos with the most votes will be awarded first and second prize accordingly. The winners will be announced on Monday, June 27, 2011.
For details, start with
www.southerncolorado.bbb.org/video-contest.