5 iPods, 15 Poets, 2 weeks.
Best. Odds.
Ever. To win an iPod.
This is gonna be fun.
The
PodSlam Contest is certain to be the best chance you'll ever
have to win an iPod, and the grand prize is a next-generation video
iPod (the most eagerly-anticipated iPod ever - so much so that
the thought of it has inspired some Wall Street analysts to raise
Apple's stock price target).
Why are the odds so good? Because the Just Media Fund is so
committed to give these poets a wider audience. As I write this, there
are fewer than 200 people registered as members of the site who are
qualified to win ("Employees of Just Media, Open Resource Group, etc.,
are not ....yada, yada.")
4 iPods will be awarded to the people who are most active on
the site:
Grand Prize: iPod
Video (next-generation model)
Second Prize:
iPod Video (current model)
Third Prize:
iPod Nano
Fourth Prize:
iPod Shuffle
Random Drawing:
Do you feel lucky? A 5th iPod - the current-model iPod Video - will be
awarded in a random drawing from the contestants who view at least 8 of
the 15 slams. Here's the graphic:
The scoring is automatic: anyone who registers at the PodSlam
site accumulates points automatically by viewing the videos and rating
them and commenting on them and inviting friends to join, etc. One way
to
get points is by posting a medallion like this on your blog:
Notice the link? It was generated automatically at the PodSlam
contest page, which knew I was podslam member #6 so it can track my
activity. Too bad I'm ineligible for the contest.
At midnight, 3/31, the contest is over. Whoever is most active
will
receive the Grand Prize of a Next-Gen Video iPod. The
runner-up will receive the
current model of the video iPod, etc., etc. Details at http://www.podslam.org/contest.
Podslam is the first online poetry slam.
It's based on the traditional poetry slams where audience members rate
poets as they perform their work.
PodSlam.org presents each poet's work in a video designed to
be viewed in your browser, in iTunes and on a video iPod. The poets are
all from Denver, home town of Neal
Cassady, the original wild man poet of the beat era. In
February, 15 poets were asked to riff on Black History Month. The
result is the high-quality video of each poet. Each video was
professionally shot and produced, inspiring a commenter over at Hugh Macleod's
site
to say:
Love the
use of video in this. Makes me wonder how these folks are
conquering the production challenges, ie, time, resources, $$... same
thing with Rocketboom, 3-5 minutes of video takes a long time to make,
er, make well.
The videos are so good thanks to Just Media Fund's commitment
to this project, the poets now have a chance at a wider audience. Credits:
Creator/Producer is Henry Ansbacher, Co-Producer is Ashara Ekundayo,
and Director is Davis Coombe. (Way down at the bottom, right where it
belongs, under the key grips and caterers, you'll see our credit.)
DISCLOSURE: My little company, Open Resource Group, built the
Podslam site for The Just
Media Fund, so naturally we think it's beyond cool. It's also a great
laboratory for learning how people respond to a nuanced series of
prizes based on several different member actions. As you'd imagine,
that's my
long-term interest.
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