The Stage is Yours. The Slides Aren't.

Imation’s PowerPoint Karaoke tournament puts 32 of the best PPTK presentation videos in head-to-head matchups and lets users vote for the best presenters. There are six rounds of single-elimination tournament competition, and the top eight presenters will each win prizes, with the tournament winner winning the $5,000 Grand Prize. Visit the Prizes page for a complete list of prizes.

Think quick, present like you know what you're talking about, and record video of your presentation to upload to YouTube. Follow the PPTK Video Guidelines to make sure your presentation video is eligible for the tournament.

About PowerPoint Karaoke:

PowerPoint Karaoke brings presentations from the conference room to the karaoke stage in an entertaining and competitive event. In PowerPoint Karaoke, contestants deliver PowerPoint presentations in a karaoke-styled venue. But there’s a twist: Presenters see the randomly chosen slides for the first time when they're presenting. Presentations are on the clock and off the cuff.

PowerPoint Karaoke was invented in 2005 when a group of German artists combined Schadenfreude with Stagenfrighte to create an underground sensation that has since swept the world.

PowerPoint Karaoke 2009 Official Rules

  1. 1) Contest Entry Deadline:

    November 30, 2009

  2. 2) Eligible Contestants:

    Adults 18 years of age or older who give a presentation at a PowerPoint Karaoke event, are eligible to participate.

  3. 3) How to enter:
    • Make a video of yourself giving a presentation at a PowerPoint Karaoke (PPTK) event. The video should be approximately 3 minutes in length and the PowerPoint presentation should have no more than 15 slides.
    • Upload your video to YouTube and be sure to enter “PPTK” in the tag field. We also recommend including “PowerPoint Karaoke” in the title of the video, but it’s not required.
    • Create your PPTK profile at http://www.powerpointkaraoke2009.com, making sure to include the correct URL link to your YouTube video.
    • Add a link to your profile page in the description of your YouTube video (remember to include the full link; for example: http://www.powerpointkaraoke2009.com/profile/jsquires)
  4. 4) Contest Winners:

    All contestants who create a profile and submit their PowerPoint Karaoke YouTube video will be considered for the PPTK tournament. We will select the top 32 contestant videos to compete in head-to-head, tournament competition. The contestant video with the most votes in each matchup will advance to the next round. The final 8 semi-finalists will be awarded prizes as outlined in Section 5.

  5. 5) The Prizes:

    Contest prizes will be awarded based on the tournament’s voting results. The 8 semi-finalist contestants will be awarded the following prizes:

    • First Place (Grand Prize) Winner: $5,000
    • Second Place Winner: $3,000
    • Third Place Winner: $1,000
    • Fourth and Fifth Place Winners (each): $500 (each)
    • Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Place Winners (each): an Imation Apollo™ Expert UX 500GB Hard Drive
Additional Contest rules:

No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited.

Any tax obligations relating to the prizes will be the responsibility of the contest winners, and not Imation Corp. or their suppliers.

Employees and agents of Imation Corp. and Imation’s ad agencies are not eligible to participate.

Each contestant warrants that they have the right to submit any content which they submit to the PowerPointKaraoke2009 website. Each contestant gives Imation Corp., its affiliates and its licensees the right to record, reuse, edit, modify and redistribute any content that is submitted to the PowerPointKaraoke2009 website without any further approval by the contestant and without any compensation to the contestant. Each contestant releases and agrees to indemnify Imation Corp. and its affiliates and licensees against any claim of defamation, invasion of privacy or right of publicity by the contestant, any participant, or any third party related to the content submitted by the contestant.

Although Imation attempts to ensure the integrity of this program, Imation Corp. is not responsible for the actions of contestants, participants, or other individuals in connection with the promotion, including contestants’, participants’, or other individuals’ attempts to circumvent the Official Rules or otherwise interfere with the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the program.

Prizes are non-transferable.

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