Challenge Summary
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS VERY FAST CONTEST, SO PAY ATTENTION TO THE TIMELINE!! THIS CONTEST ONLY PROVIDES 50 HOURS TO COMPLETE ALL REQUIREMENTS.
Welcome to “Topcoder – Marathon Match Presentation Part 1” contest. Did you know besides running software and graphic design competition, TopCoder also holds marathon matches, where competitors write programs to solve complex algorithm problems. This started off as a pure competition and challenge for TopCoder members, but now commercial clients are also interested in holding competitions so that members can solve algorithmic challenges for their company problems in exchange for monetary prizes. In this contest, we want to create marketing material about Marathon Match division and how marathon match can help solving clients problem. This contest purpose is to create the look and feel for some slides, makes the layout attractive and add compelling graphics to the slides that can visualize the content to audiences. At the end of this contest, we’re expecting powerpoint presentation that showing the content through visual communication to the audiences using appropriate and enticing graphics.
In this contest, we need your help to create the look and feel and designing appropriate graphics for the presentation content so audiences can understand the slides material instantly be seeing the graphics. It is important for us to make the presentation content immediately catch the eye of the audience by combining some visuals content and standards content to make a great presentation deck. This presentation topic talking about marathon match definition, how it runs, sample of successfull marathon match project and how it can to solved clients company problem.
Task Requirements :
Please use TopCoder_Algorithms_PPT.zip as your base design, do not change footer, header or background of that presentation, focus only to create the content. Here is the requirements that needs to create in this contest :
1. Opening slide (Slide 1), This slide should contain the presentation title “Marathon Matches” and sub title “Topcoder Algorithms”, Topcoder logo, and Topcoder website link http://www.topcoder.com. we want to see some design like icon that can visualize "marathon matches" terms in this slide.
2. Building Innovation Communities (Slide 3), we give you two references link which are :
- Life Tech : http://community.topcoder.com/lifetech-network/
- Nasa Tournament Lab : http://community.topcoder.com/ntl/
The two links are examples of innovation (marathon match) communities on TopCoder. This slide should allow speaker to talking about example of marathon matches projects that runs in Topcoder (Life Tech and Nasa Tournament lab) and showing the fact that the community can innovate and provide solutions to ideas and that within TopCoder we can nurture sub-communities that align themselves to more specific content areas.
3. The Role of the copilot (slide 5), This slide should presenting graphical visualization about copilot information and copilot in each phase of marathon matches which are during pre-match, during the match, and post match. The explanation of what marathon match copilot duty can be found in slide notes.
4. How to Draft an Marathon Match Contest (slide 6), This slide should talking about step by step to draft marathon match requirements.
IMPORTANT : Please ask in forums if you still have any doubts. We will stand by to answer all your questions in forums during submission phase.
Slide and Design requirements
- Colors – It must following TopCoder colors, but use color variation to enhanced and maximized the slide appearances.
- Fonts - up to the designer to pick as long as the font is clear and easy to read. ANY fonts used in your design must be listed in your note/declaration file.
- References, We attached Topcoder new design, you can use it as your references or re-use any graphic from those files into your presentation. BUT make sure your layout presentation still consistent. (EOI-Scale-Source.ai.zip, TC-Case-Study-Source-2.1.zip, TC-EOI-Home-Source.zip, TopCoder_Ecosystem.psd.zip)
- All Graphic Design needs to be easily used in a powerpoint slides (cut off each graphic).
Target Audience :
Business professionals who will be or will potentially be running marathon matches with Topcoder
Judging Criteria :
- How well you illustrate and explain the information in your slides.
- Cleanliness of your graphics and design.
Submission and Source Files :
Preview JPG/PNG Image File
Please create your preview image as one (1) 1024x1024px JPG or PNG file in RGB color mode at 72dpi and place a screenshot of your submission within it.
Submission File
All requested contest requirements/screens as PPT (Powerpoint Files).
Source Files
All original source files of the submitted design (All graphic sources and Powerpoint files).
Finalfix
As part of the final fixes phase you may be asked to modify your powerpoint content or graphics (sizes or colors) or modify overall colors. If Milestone updates are not completed you may be asked to update them during Final Fixes.
Attachment :
1. Topcoder Logo
2. Interview.doc
3. TopCoder-Member-Stats-InfoGraphic-final-fix.zip Folder.zip
4. References (EOI-Scale-Source.ai.zip, TC-Case-Study-Source-2.1.zip, TC-EOI-Home-Source.zip, TopCoder_Ecosystem.psd.zip)
5. Existing Presentation that needs to modify (TopCoder_Algorithms_PPT.zip)
Please read the challenge specification carefully and watch the forums for any questions or feedback concerning this challenge. It is important that you monitor any updates provided by the client or Studio Admins in the forums. Please post any questions you might have for the client in the forums.