Welcome to MacEwan BlogCamp. Bloggers in this nine hour contest will be blogging on a variety of different topics and we’ll roll them out at predetermined times.

First things first: do you have a bio and a picture up on our bio page? Make sure we have that. It’s your chance to promote yourself!

Blogging tip: Make sure once you start your post to save often. That also makes it so that people can get an idea what your post is all about.

Blogging topics

12:30 – Topic 1 - Describe how you decided which post-secondary institution to attend and what program to take.

1:30 – Topic 2 - Is ‘business ethics’ an oxymoron? Do business ethics need to improve? If so, how?

2:30 – Topic 3 - Should Tasers be banned or not?

3:30 – Topic 4 - Will Alberta better weather the current economic crisis than other regions?

4:30 – Topic 5 - What do you think the next episode of Mike & Lenny should be?

5:30 – Topic 6 - Write on whatever topic you would like: funny, serious, whatever! (tag it with “open topic”)

6:30 – Topic 7 - What have you learned about business? Why is business important?

7:30 – Topic 8 - What role should any level of government take in social media? (federal, provincial ,city, crown corporations, educational institutions, etc)

8:30 – Topic 9 - Describe your BlogCamp experience, what you’ve learned, observations, etc.

Rules

1. Content
   1. In your blogs you can use text, audio, video or photos that you create. If you use other sources, please reference them with a link.
   2. Text from other sites must be block quoted and referenced. Limit single quotes to 75 words.
   3. Audio, video or photos from other sites must be referenced
   4. Please avoid use of profanity.
   5. No use of sexual imagery.
   6. Bloggers will be able to go back and add to, or modify, previous posts.
2. Judging
   1. Comments will be open on all blog posts
   2. Readers will be able to vote on your post by giving it a thumbs up or thumbs down
   3. Final judging of the top five entries will be by our expert panel.
   4. Based on the highest difference between thumbs up and down.
   5. Entries must be original work, produced during the 9 hour period and final entries are subject to a plagiarism check.
3. Must have written it yourself (no plagiarized content), during the 9 hour contest - nothing can be pre-written
4. One hour per topic, except for the final topic.
5. Prizes must be accepted as awarded, no substitutions.
6. Entrance to contest - open to Grant MacEwan College students only
7. Entries are not owned by GMCC School of Business but reserves the right to use the content in perpetuity.

Written by: alainsaffel

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