Specifications
Competition Title:
Rotary: The Power of Goodness
Objective:
Share your Rotary Club stories in promoting the Rotary 7 Areas of Focus, One video per club.
Launching Date: February 23 , 2025
Entries Closing Date & Deadline for Submission of Entries: April 23, 2025
Award ceremony Date : May 15 ,2025
Evaluation and conditions:
- The decisions of the jury will be final.
- Length of Video: minimum of 2 minutes and maximum of 3 minutes
- The Videos will be evaluated in terms of inspiration, message content and technical organization (sound and picture quality).
- Video should be in conformity with Rotary’s Brand visual identity.
- The competition closes at midnight (timing set in which time zone)
- The competition winners will be announced on last week of May 2025 date TBA and notified by e-mail and phone, as well as published on Zone 21 web page.
- Videos participating in the contest will be evaluated according to the total number of likes on the social media platform (Youtube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, etc.) where they are uploaded.
- Videos consisting of projects produced in the last 3 Rotary years (2022-2023, 2023-2024, 2024-2025) can participate in the competition, but the preparation date of the videos cannot be before July 1, 2024.
A. Videos will be evaluated over a score of (100) points on the following standards/criteria:
1. Creativity & Weight of Impact to the Community (30 pts):
Entries must be the Rotarians initiative in Service Above Self and may include personal experiences and thoughtful observations.
Videos must reflect that the Rotarians are showing the whole world what is good in Rotary and how Rotary cares through the reflections on the video content.
Video should reflect one or more on the RI 7 Areas of Focus
2. Message Content (40 pts):
Video should have the information according to the template provided
Does the entry apply/address the theme of “Title of the Competition”?
Is the video relevant to the Rotary International Mission and Vision?
How compelling is the video?
Is the video presented in a logical sequence?
3. Technical Organization (20 pts):
Logos and technical content should be according to the RI standards branding
Avoid the use of the old wheel or logo, use only the new branding of RI.
How well is the video produced in regards to continuity, timing, camera operation, sound quality, editing and adherence to time limit of (3) minutes or (180 seconds)
Observe copyright for background music.
4. People's Choice - Most Likes (up to 10 points)
The videos of the 10 finalists who made it to the grand final will be published on the Competition Web Page.
The videos will be ranked and awarded according to the number of 'Likes' in accordance with the rule in the competition criteria.
B. Deadline of Entries: April 23 , 2025, Midnight Time Zone Istanbul
C. Announcement of Winners will be on Award Ceremony, and notified by e-mail and phone, as well as published on Video Competition Webpage Zone 21 web page.
Organizing committee: Zone 21 & Zone 22 Rotary Public Image Coordinators
RPIC Vlad Popovici - Rotary Public Image Coordinator Region 24, Zone 21
RPIC PDG N.Altan Arslan - Rotary Public Image Coordinator Region 25, Zone 21
RPIC PDG Vino Sookloll - Rotary Public Image Coordinator Region 26, Zone 22
RPIC PDG Ibim Semenitari - Rotary Public Image Coordinator Region 27, Zone 22
RPIC PDG Sharmila Bhatt - Rotary Public Image Coordinator Region 28, Zone 22
PDG Abdul Hamid El Awa - Competition Coordinator, District 2451
ARPIC Faruk Mustafa Güler - Rotary Public Image Assistant Coordinator Region 25, Zone 21
ARPIC Arkan Apturahman - Rotary Public Image Assistant Coordinator Region 25, Zone 21
PP Cengiz Turgay - Rotary Public Image Team Technical Advisor Region 25, Zone 21
