NO PURCHASE, OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS CONTEST. VALID IN THE 50 UNITED STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OF THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM ONLY.

"The Partners" means See3 Communications, YouTube, Cisco Systems, the Nonprofit Technology Network, and the Case Foundation.

ENTRY IN THIS CONTEST CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES.

The DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards (the “Contest”) is a skill contest where nonprofit organizations must submit video content created in 2011 to make the world a better place. For the purposes of these Official Rules, a “Nonprofit” is any entity that (a) is a United States, Canadian, or Australian 501(c)3 organization or a registered charity in the United Kingdom; (b) has a YouTube channel; and (c) is a member of the YouTube Nonprofit Program. The videos will be evaluated by judges who will choose 16 finalists in accordance with these Official Rules. Winners will be chosen by public vote, and prize(s) will be awarded to participant(s) with the highest score. See below for the complete details.

1. Binding Agreement: In order to enter the Contest, you must agree to these Official Rules (“Rules”). Therefore, please read these Rules prior to entry to ensure you understand and agree. You agree that submission of an entry in the Contest constitutes agreement to these Rules. You may not submit an entry to the Contest and are not eligible to receive the prizes described in these Rules unless you agree to these Rules. These Rules form a binding legal agreement between you and Google with respect to the Contest.

2. Agreement to Rules: By entering this contest, you agree to all of these Official Rules. All decisions regarding the contest will be made by "The Partners"* in its sole discretion, and are final.

3. Eligibility: This contest is open only to nonprofit organizations in the YouTube Nonprofit Program, or organizations that apply to the YouTube Nonprofit Program during the submission period. Entrants must be over 18 years old and must be located in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada. Not valid where prohibited. Employees, officers or directors of "The Partners" are not eligible.

Don't worry if you are not accepted to the Nonprofit Program at the time of the contest - just be sure you have applied by the close of submissions on February 29th, 2012.  We will judge all videos equally, and will only confirm entry into the YouTube Nonprofit Program if your video reaches the finalist stage when 16 videos are chosen by our panel of judges to be voted on by the public. Any video reaching the finalist stage that is NOT accepted into the YouTube Nonprofit Program will be disqualified and the next highest rated video by our judges will replace it. If your organization submitted an application and submitted a video that did not make it to the finalist stage, your application will still be processed.

4. Originality and Rights: ALL ENTRIES MUST HAVE BEEN PRODUCED between January 1st, 2011 and February 29th, 2012.  By submitting your video, you are promising that you own all rights to all material in your video, including the music, images, script, and rights to include all persons, places or organizations included or depicted. Include your name, year and copyright on your work, as you will retain all rights to your entries. "The Partners" will have distribution rights for non-commercial use, and videomakers will have co-distribution rights for either public or commercial use. You also agree to allow "The Partners" to use your name, or your organization's name, identification, and likeness to use, promote or publicize your video in any manner, without limitation, and without further compensation. You agree to indemnify "The Partners", including for legal costs, against any challenges to the ownership, use of, or rights to material in your video.

5. What Your Video May Contain: "The Partners" intend to use these videos to show how nonprofit organizations are using technology and media to inspire and engage constituents. Video content should be informative, educational and entertaining, as well as original. All submissions must adhere to the YouTube Terms of Service: http://www.youtube.com/t/terms. Videos cannot be longer than ten minutes.

6. Content Limitations: Entries that are lewd, obscene, pornographic, disparaging of "The Partners" or of another nonprofit organization or otherwise contain objectionable material may be disqualified at "The Partners'" sole discretion.

7. Judging: Each entry will be judged by a panel of experts who are designated by the DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards (“Judges”). On or about March 12th, 2012, Videos will be evaluated by the Judges based on the following criteria:

• Message: Is the message clear? Does the message take an original angle on the topic? Do you know what the video seeks to communicate and what it wants you to do?
• Use of Video: Did the organization take advantage of the video medium? Could the message have been more effectively communicated using any other medium?
• Quality of Video: Was the video made well? Did they use good video technique including framing, sound, visual interest, etc?
• Creativity: Did the style of the video catch your attention? Did you see something original and exciting?
• Emotional Appeal: Did you feel connected to the characters and content? Did you identify with the organization and its cause? Would you be compelled to act on behalf of the organization?
• Storytelling (special category): Does your video tell the story of a person/people, the issue, or the organization in question?  Did the video use narrative and story to educate and move the viewer?

Judges will evaluate and attribute a rating to each Video made up of scores based upon the above-listed criteria. The 4 entries in each category that receive the highest overall scores will be selected as “Finalists.” In the event a potential Winner is disqualified for any reason, the Video that received the next highest total score will be chosen as the potential Winner. The Partners may, in its sole discretion, contact any or all of the potential Winners via the email addresses associated with the YouTube accounts in order to confirm the eligibility of those potential Winners and compliance with the Official Rules.

If a Judge has a professional affiliation with the organization that created a particular Video, that Judge will recuse himself or herself from rating that Video.  The Video and organization will not be affected either positively or negatively in the Judging process. 

8. SELECTION OF WINNERS:

Round 1: Submissions will be judged by a qualified panel of judges ("Judges") who will evaluate each eligible Submission based on the judging criteria (defined in Rule 7 above), and the top sixteen (16) entries will be designated as the Finalists. Limit one (1) Finalist entry per organization or individual. Round 1 judging will be completed on/about 3/14/12.

Round 2: The sixteen (16) Finalists submissions will be revealed on the Web Site on/about 3/14/12. The Finalists’ Submissions will be posted for the YouTube community to vote on their favorite at http://www.youtube.com/nonprofitvideoawards ("Web Site") starting on/about 3/14/12 and ending on 3/28/12 at 11:59 pm EDT ("Voting Period"). Limit one (1) vote per video per person per day.

At the close of the Voting Period, the Submission in each category that receives the most votes will be declared the Winner. In the unlikely event that public voting results in a tie, "The Partners" will decide the winner based on their scoring in the first round. At the discretion of "The Partners", there may be additional categories and honors related to those categories. All Winners are subject to verification, including without limitation, verification of eligibility, compliance with these Official Rules and completion of all required documents (described below). Entrants agree that "The Partners" have the sole right to decide all matters and disputes arising from this Contest and that all decisions of "The Partners" are final and binding.

9. To Enter the Contest: The contest Submission Period starts January 31, 2012 at 12:01 am EDT and ends at 11:59 pm EDT on February 29, 2012.

• You must submit your video entry to "The Partners" Competition Page on YouTube, by visiting http://youtube.com/nonprofitvideoawards. You will have to comply with all terms, conditions and registration requirements of the Contest.
• Once entered, you might not immediately see your video in the "explore submissions" gallery.  This is because our team of curators must first review submissions to make sure they are appropriate and have been entered correctly.  If you do not see your video in the gallery on the same day that you submitted it, don't worry, it is just pending approval.

10. Prizes: "The Partners" will award  all top winners in each category will receive $3,500 (US) in prizes and donated products with a value up to $1,500 (US). Winners will have an opportunity to have their winning video featured on the YouTube homepage. Winning videos will receive a free registration to the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Winners will be announced at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference on April 5, 2012 and will be notified by email shortly before this event. Winners must execute final releases and information requests prior to award of the prizes. Failure to respond to the information requests or otherwise timely comply with all rules or requests from "The Partners" will void the award, and the prize may then be awarded to another entrant.

11. CHOICE OF LAW AND RECOURSE TO JUDICIAL PROCEDURES: These Rules shall be governed by, subject to, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, United States of America, excluding all conflict of law rules. If any provision(s) of these Rules are held to be invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions hereof will remain in full force and effect. To the extent permitted by law, the rights to litigate, seek injunctive relief or make any other recourse to judicial or any other procedure in case of disputes or claims resulting from or in connection with this Contest are hereby excluded, and all participants expressly waive any and all such rights.

12. Additional Conditions and Terms: As a condition for entry, you agree to release, waive, indemnify, and otherwise hold harmless "The Partners" and all persons associated with it from any liability associated with your video and this contest to the fullest extent of appropriate state or local laws.

(A) All taxes are the responsibility of the winner.
(B) You agree to comply with all government laws and regulations.
(C) ANY ATTEMPT BY AN INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS PROMOTION IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, "The Partners" RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
(D)"The Partners" are not responsible for errors of any kind, technical hardware or software failures of any kind, including any injury or damage to any person's computer, related to or resulting from participating in or experiencing any materials in connection with the promotion, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmission that may limit your ability to participate in the promotion.
(E) "The Partners" reserve the right to cancel or modify the contest if fraud, misconduct or technical failures harm the integrity of the program; or if a computer virus, bug, or other technical problem corrupts the administration or security of the program as determined by "The Partners", in their sole discretion. In the event of termination, a notice will be posted online. If insufficient entries are received, or if no entry submitted meets minimum reasonable criteria for a prize, in "The Partners" sole and final discretion, a Grand Prize winner may not be selected. If at least one qualifying entry is made, at least one finalist award will be made.
(F) Proof of submitting entries or responses to inquiries will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by "The Partners". Only receipt of an e-mail from "The Partners" acknowledging an entry or communication will be considered proof of submission.
(G) Any use of robotic, automatic, programmed or like methods of participation will void all such submissions by the entrant.
(H) "The Partners" reserve the right to prohibit the participation of an individual if fraud or tampering is suspected or if the account holder fails to comply with any requirement of participation as stated herein or with any provision in these Official Rules.
(I) Once submitted, an entry is final and may not be altered or edited further. Duplicate entries will disqualify all such entries.
(J) No submissions will be returned.
(K) "The Partners" may use any and all information obtained from entrants for its internal activities, including contacting an entrant. "The Partners" may share this information with others, but will not sell this information to others.
(L) This Contest is offered only in the United States and is governed by the laws of the State of Illinois. All claims relating in any manner to this contest or to any submission must be resolved in the federal or state courts of Cook County, Illinois. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of participants and "The Partners" in connection with the contest, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Illinois.
(M) "The Partners" are not responsible for any typographical errors in the announcement of prizes or these Official Rules, or any inaccurate or incorrect data contained on the Web Site. Use of Web Site is at user's own risk.
(N) The odds of winning will be determined by the number of entries.
(O) Project may be executed and submitted by an individual or a group – for communications purposes, please identify one person as the team representative and note on the entry form.

For more information, please contact the DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards at coordinator@see3.net.