Focus on Celebration of Service

About Focus on Celebration of Service

The Focus on...Celebration of Service project is an unparalleled opportunity for you to record through photographs one or more of the volunteering activities that will be taking place in celebration of IBM's Centennial. This group is restricted to IBM employees including fixed term hires or retirees of IBM Australia or IBM New Zealand.

The top 100 photographs submitted to the Focus On...Celebration of Service project will be used in a commemorative video to be published on w3. IBMers will be able to vote for their favourite photograph (or series of photographs)—the People’s Choice. This will be featured in a special article on w3 profiling the volunteering activity and the team photographed.


PHOTO GUIDELINES:
• Quantity: You can submit up to 6 photographs of a volunteering activity
• Composition: We’re looking for photographs that capture the spirit of the day and of
what volunteers are trying to achieve
• Posed photos are fine, but please no team photos (we know you can be more
creative than that!).
• Portrait or landscape ? Landscape is preferred.
• Colour or black and white? Either is fine.
• Size: your photographs must be no less than 3000 pixels on the longest side
• Format: JPEG
• Touching up your photos? You can if you like. But there is no need to. And
please, no groovy special effects!
• Captions? Please use the comments area in Flickr to provide details about your
photo. Do not embed captions in the actual photo.
• Permissions: These photographs will only be used for internal purposes. However you
should ask the volunteer organisation (before the day) if they have any objections to you
taking photographs while you are volunteering there.


THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Once the opportunity for submissions closes, the selection panel will select the top 100 photographs. IBMers will then be asked to vote for their favourite photograph.


HOW TO ENTER:
• You can submit one or a series of up to six photographs taken between January 1, 2011
and 24th June 2011.
• Submissions close at 5pm on 24th June 2011. Photos will not be accepted after this time.
• For an entry to be considered, your photo(s) must be accompanied by information about
the photograph(s). This information can be added when you upload your photograph in
Flickr. Please include information about who is in the photo, where it was taken, if there
is a story behind the photo, when the photo was taken etc...
• Entries must be submitted to this group.


HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PHOTOGRAPH: STEP BY STEP

1. To add your photograph to the Focus on Celebration of Service project, you will need have a Flickr account. Basic membership of Flickr is free.

2. Once you are a member of Flickr, you can upload your photographs through your browser, by email or in a number of other ways. For more information on Flickr, see the Flickr Frequently Asked Questions. Please set privacy of your photograph to be viewable only by you to restrict public viewing.

3. Join the Focus on Celebration of Service group. To join, sign in to your Flickr account, then go to the Focus on Celebration of Service group page and click "Join This Group?" on the right-hand side of the page. You will be prompted to send a membership request to the group's administrator. In the message area, include your full name, Flickr name and IBM email address. A moderator will approve your request and will confirm membership approval through a note to the IBM email address you provided.

4. Once you have joined the Focus on Celebration of Service group you can add your photograph to the group pool. Go to the photograph's page in Flickr, click on the "Send to Group" button above the photo, and select " Focus on Celebration of Service " from the drop-down menu. Submissions to the group are moderated, so it may take up to a day for your photograph to appear in the group. Your photograph, once in the group pool will be viewable by members of the group.

5. You're Done!


NOTE

By adding your photo to this group, you are giving IBM permission to display your photo on the commemorative IBM ANZ Centennial video and online on w3.

View the “Focus on Celebration of Service” project Group Rules for additional details.