...
Tip | ||
---|---|---|
| ||
Anchor | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
|
How to DIY an Information Security Awareness Video & Poster Contest
...
Develop your contest concept
What do you hope to accomplish with the contest?
How does it meet your information security awareness programmatic goals?
What topics will your contest cover? (The more guidance you can provide, the better the contest entries!)
Who is supporting the contest? (It could be one campus department, a cross-campus effort with multiple departments, or a regional effort supported by multiple institutions.)
Who will be the primary point of contact?
Be able to answer core questions about your proposed contest
What is the schedule for the event?
When will it be announced?
What are the entries (videos? posters? something else?)
How will submissions be accepted?
What tool(s) will be used to accept videos and/or posters?
What contact information is needed from the participants and how is it capture/stored?
When are entries due? (and how are they submitted?)
Be sure to give contest entrants plenty of time to create their content.
Consider how you might leverage the school year calendar to encourage content creation.
When will winners be announced?
Will there be prizes?
What are the prizes?
Secure management support for the contest
Consider running contest rules and guidelines by campus legal counsel
Reach out to faculty in relevant areas (marketing, teaching, media arts) to secure participation and support
Consider sponsorship for prizes
Contest entrants like prizes, especially where “bragging rights” or recognition may not be sufficient to motivate entries
Can you secure sponsorship for cash prizes?
Establish reasonable amounts for the top 1-3 cash prizes.
Consider offering smaller prizes for 5-10 honorable mention winners (e.g., gift cards).
Consult with the campus financial office to confirm whether W-9 Forms will be required for award recipients. Also determine if additional guidance about reporting cash prizes to the IRS should be provided to all contest participants.
If you can’t offer cash prizes, what are the non-monetary prizes you can award?
Understand staffing resources needed. Staff resources will be needed for the following activities:
Planning (likely the information security awareness team, but could also include a program committee of interested others)
Marketing (needed to market the event to students)
Support during content creation/submission (will students need media help to finish their contest entries? If so, can you make any specialized expertise available? Will students need help submitting their contest entries via specialized software/tools/apps?)
Judges (who will judge the contest entries?)
Create rules and guidelines
Who can participate? Are there age limits?
How many items can one person or team submit?
How long are the entries?
What file formats must be used?
What topics must be covered in the entries? (Content requirements)
Required content: Branding for the institution’s IT/security program; licensing information
Will you create or share a sample entry to show what is an appropriate entry for the contest?
Any copyright/fair use items that you need to educate contestants about?
Make sure that the contest entries allow the campus information security program to use the contest entries after the event. Consider asking students to agree to an appropriate Creative Commons license (e.g., BY-NC-SA 4.0).
Who will preview submissions before judging begins?
How will judging take place?
Prizes
Create documentation
Contest entry form
Website announcing contest and containing additional information, FAQs
Sample advertising text
Sample contest entry (if needed)
Method of tracking submissions
Method of tracking judging responses
Sample text to announce winners
Website to showcase entrants
Top of page
Anchor Judging Judging
Judging
...
Pre-launch advertising
Approach faculty in relevant areas for support, let them know that you are running this project. Consider including their expertise on the project team.
Consider creating a promo packet if you plan to enlist other departments or the local community in your advertising efforts. Promos might include:
A step-by-step “How-To” guide describing how to promote the contest to students and faculty with sample messages
Memos or sample e-mails announcing the contest and asking for support (one for faculty and one that’s more general)
General announcements for newsletters or social media posts
Flyer (one page) for printing and posting in suitable areas
Contest logo, graphics, and memes for websites and social media
Short (30-seconds or less) promo video about the contest
Advertising at launch of contest and during content creation
Advertise in venues that get to students
Social media, campus web bulletin boards, LMS announcements
Announcement and ongoing promotion
Similar to marketing, announcement of winners needs to be made in student-visited venues
How will you use the content entrants in an ongoing manner? Will you promote them throughout the year?
Top of page
...
Anchor Timeline Timeline
Proposed Timeline
...
Phase | Step # | Task | Target Dates (Generic) | Example |
---|---|---|---|---|
Advertising | 15 | Continue promoting and recognizing the winners and their work | AD + 2 months | 12/5/2017 |
Planning | 14 | Hold project team debrief | AD + 2 weeks | 10/17/2017 |
Advertising | 13 | Announce winners | ANNOUNCEMENT DATE | 10/3/2017 |
Judging | 12 | Notify winners | AD-2 weeks | 9/19/2017 |
Judging | 11 | Winners selected | AD-3 weeks | 9/17/2017 |
Judging | 10 | Second round of judging
| AD-3 weeks | 9/13/2017 |
Judging | 9 | First round of judging | AD-4 weeks | 9/5/2017 |
Judging | 8 | Entries due | AD-5 weeks | 9/5/2017 |
Judging | 7 | Finalize judging site/survey | AD-6 weeks | 8/29/2017 |
Advertising | 6 | Launch contest
| AD-5 months | 5/1/2017 |
Planning | 5 | Update draft contest/website content | AD-6 months | 4/1/2017 |
Planning | 4 | Secure sponsor; obtain prize commitments | AD-7 months | 3/1/2017 |
Planning | 3 | Hold recurring project team meetings | Ongoing | Bi-weekly |
Planning | 2 | Hold project team kick-off conference call
| AD-8 months | 2/1/2017 |
Planning | 1 | Identify project team chairs & members
| AD-9 months | 1/1/2017 |
...
Anchor Guidelines Guidelines
...
If selected, your video will be shared on the institution's website and/or YouTube channel. (Winning videos and posters will also be shared on other social media sites (e.g., Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Tumblr).
Top of page
...
Anchor Prizes Prizes
Prizes (Sample Text)
...
PLEASE NOTE: Winners will be required to complete and return tax identification forms in order to receive a W-9 Form. Contest participants are advised that any cash prize over $600 must be reported as earnings to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and any taxes due are the sole responsibility of the award recipient.
Top of page
...
Anchor Rubric Rubric
Judging Criteria/Rubric (Sample Text)
...
Was there one key message, clearly stated?
How positive and persuasive was the message?
Did the entry include positive steps and actions people can take to protect themselves?
For videos: Is the viewer compelled to keep watching?
For posters: Is the entry impactful and attention-grabbing?
5) Comments [open field]
Top of page
...
Questions or comments? Contact us.
...