„HELP US TO TELL THE WORLD HOW YOU`RE CHANGING LIVES“

IFE WHQ is excited to announce a new photo contest for SIFE teams. We hope this contest will help us better tell the story of how SIFE students are positively affecting so many lives around the world and how, in the process, these students also discover the true power of their potential to lead, inspire and make a difference.

Very enrolled SIFE team is eligible to participate in this contest. Each team can submit only one entry— each entry must focus on only one project. SIFE teams can submit their entries at www.sife.org/sifephoto. Entries consist of two parts:

1. Completed case study form and
2. Three – Five digital photographs.

The entries can be submitted any time between March 5th to July 1st, 2007. All entries will be evaluated by the SIFE WHQ marketing staff and communication partners/ agencies.Ten finalists will be chosen from the entries submitted. Each finalist team will receive a $500 USD cash award. In addition, the finalist teams’ project stories and photos will be featured prominently in SIFE WHQ media outreach efforts and marketing materials, such as a new SIFE website, the SIFE MySpace page and other online activities, a new story book and a special photography exhibit at SIFE World Cup 2007.

Please note that this photo contest is NOT in any way connected to the SIFE competition. By participating in this contest, teams grant SIFE WHQ all rights and permission to use and reproduce their case study content and photographs.
Entries can be submitted for any projects that have taken place at sometime during this academic year or that will at least be started before the entry deadline. It is ok to submit photos that have already been taken, as long as they were taken of projects that meet the criteria above. While the project must have been competed by the SIFE team, the photographs do NOT have to have been taken by a student member of the team.

his is a contest about how well SIFE teams can tell the story of how they’re changing lives. Begin by selecting a project that you believe achieved a meaningful difference in the lives of others as well as the SIFE students that participated in the project. Remember that just as important as the project you choose will be the quality of the photographs submitted and thoroughness of the case study application. Following are some helpful tips and suggestions to consider as you prepare your application:

• Provide a clear, easy to understand objective – this will help explain the importance of the project.
• Be sure to provide a thorough, narrative style description of the project.
• Both quantitative and qualitative results are important. When telling a story, the qualitative can be just as important and helps bring the focus to a personal level. Think of including personal stories, testimonials or quotes from the people involved.
• Approach your photography from a documentary style perspective.
• Try to take pictures that are at least 5 megapixels in size and NOT taken in black and white or with a mobile phone.
• For more photography tips, we suggest visiting the following website – check out the top ten tips section: http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=39&pq-locale=en_US
  

SIFE Europe wishes all of you good luck!
For more information and to apply please visit: www.sife.org/home/photo_contest.asp