International Conference on Computing and Missions

1999 "Technology for Mission" Best Practices Contest

 Deadline: Submitted no later than at registration (June 4, 1999)

 Required elements:

•   Title (approx 60 characters or less)
•   Visuals that can be placed/converted for the web, your choice of:
  • Pictures (can be scanned)
  • Powerpoint
  • Other multimedia
• Abstract - 1/2 page (1000 chars or less)
• Presentation
• A person willing to talk about it in more detail w/ interested people

Presentation

• 3 minutes: non-technical picture and description of the mission impact. What does the public see as a result?
• 10 minutes: behind the scenes technical picture and description. What did we do? How? What did we learn in the process?
• 2 minutes: Brief Q&A -- use offline time for extensive stuff

Judging

• A panel of independent judges will review all presentations
• The top entries will present to the entire ICCM group
• Scoring is based on four factors, on an absolute scale of 1-10:
  • Impact - what is the actual/potential kingdom impact?
  • Quality - technical quality, usability, etc.
  • Cooperation - how well does it utilize and/or encourage cooperation in the Body?
  • Reusability - to what extent can other ministries replicate / make use of this idea?

The top finishers will receive prizes...

• 1998 prizes were Logos Research Systems bible software:
  • 1st prize - Logos Scholars Library ($600 value)
  • 2nd prize - Logos Deluxe Collection ($300)
  • 3rd prize - Logos Intermediate Collection ($200)
  • 4th prize - Logos Standard Collection ($130)
  • 5-10th - Logos Personal Bible Study Collection ($50)

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