Challenge Summary
Welcome to “Topcoder Platform Success Strategy presentation” contest. Topcoder calling all presentation gurus in Studio community to join this contest. The overall goal of this contest is to visually showcase and allow TopCoder to talk through with a client or prospect what it will take to succeed utilizing the TopCoder platform. The slides will talks about the types of personnel required, the expertise required and more. We already got the flow and content for the slides presentations. In this contest, we need your help to create the look and feel for all 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.
Round 1
slides 1-8 as stated in contest details
Round 2
all slides as state in contest details with client feedback applied
For 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 will talks about what it will take to succeed utilizing the TopCoder platform. The content idea can be found in ppt_ideas.zip.
Requirements :
1. Opening Slide (1 slide), The opening slide should show the following items :
- Topcoder logo
- Presentation title "Succeeding with TopCoder: The Engagement and Personnel Guide for Your Success"
- Topcoder link "http://www.topcoder.com"
- Icons that can visualize the title.
2. Slide 2 (1 slide), This slide will act as visual index/table of contents allowing the viewer to understand what they are about to see in this presentation. There are two things needs to presented in this slide (part 1 and part 2), see "slide 2" for complete content of part 1 and 2 (visualize them!!). Both “sides” (part I and part II) can be on the side(s) of the page and feed into a middle word or graphic that showcases “success”.
3. Slide 3 (1 slide), intro to enter part 1 - product delivery teams.
4. Slide 4 – 8 (5 slides), we would like to see you get creative here especially on slides 5-8 that are titled “Managers”, “Architects” and “Subject Matter Experts”. You need to incorporate what those words mean into the design of those slides … a manager has a certain role, certain responsibility, how do we convey that in visuals and still get the copy showcased beautifully?
- slide 4, visualize topcoder platform delivery team structure
- slide 5, visualize managers and his/her task in projects
- slide 6, visualize architects and his/her task in projects
- slide 7, visualize subject matter experts and his/her task in projects
- slide 8, visualize topcoder platform delivery expert
Notes : Topcoder platform delivery expert is a new terms here, The TopCoder Platform Delivery Expert is an individual from the client who becomes the key “person” driving the TopCoder platform. They are not a TopCoder employee, rather they are from the client and work with the TopCoder Platform Manager in order to get things done on the TopCoder platform.
5. Slide 9 (1 slide), Intro to enter part 2 - platform engagement strategy. We think you could re-use graphic (image002.png) – maybe those little humanoid figures at the front of the belt (the clients) maybe we can use those figures throughout this part of the presentation to represent the various people we need in from an engagement standpoint to succeed on the TopCoder Platform – that might be neat to do, keep it consistent.
6. Slide 10 (1 slide), visualize 3 Pillars of a Successful Engagement Strategy. In this slide we want to showcase the three pillars as equally being a huge part of success. They are: TopCoder Platform Delivery Experts, Executive Commitment and Best Practices.
7. Slide 11 (1 slide), Visualize TopCoder Delivery Experts (AGAIN!!), This slide Need to show a “rockstar” individual – an outstanding person, or design wise show to an audience that this one being is a very smart/savvy/ capable and then use the 4 aspects that are described in the reference slide:
- Efficient and Focused on Scale
- Internal Team Member (Not Outsourcing)
- Productivity Gains
- Shaped by TopCoder
8. Slide 12 (1 slide), visualize Executive commitments. Image visualization must convey leadership, vision, someone others listen too!!! – The executive(s) who play a role in TopCoder success both communicate the vision and put in place the plans to succeed. The slide should show the communication bullets and adoption bullets, but do so in a creative way that shows this person is a big authority at his or her job.
9. Slide 13 (1 slide), visualize Best Practices to Drive Amazing Production. This slide must show a chronological order and each step building on the last!
1) Select the Right TopCoder Delivery Expert – Choose Wisely!
2) Create a Robust Pipeline PRIOR to the Engagement Beginning
3) Secure and Promote Early Success!
4) Think Critically and Map Out Road to Wide Adoption!
Use the bullet points on this slide (ppt_ideas.pptx) to fill out each of these major steps
10. Slide 14 (1 slide) Thank you and Connect Slide (1 slide), Simple “Thank You” image middle of screen with TopCoder logo – The ways to connect with TopCoder should appear one by one via animation: They should include:
- Website – www.topcoder.com
- download EOI Whitepaper – use http://www.topcoder.com
- Twitter – www.twitter.com/topcoder
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 designs, 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 Items needs to be easily used in a powerpoint slides (cut off each graphic items)
- Multiple slides, If your presentation design not fit in one slide and must be create in multiple slides for explaining some parts of the presentation, Feel free to do it, however, we’d like some easy animations built in please so as a presenter goes from one point to the next on any particular slide, the animation will help focus the conversation.
- Animation, We would like to see some built in animation (for ex. ease in/out) created in your ppt using powerpoint animation widget.
Target Audience :
- Potential Customers
- Current Topcoder Customers
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. Presentation Content (ppt_ideas.pptx)
3. References (One Pager.doc and studio-timeline-infographicJW1_web.pdf, TopCoder-Member-Stats-InfoGraphic-final-fix.zip Folder.zip, EOI-Scale-Source.ai.zip, TC-Case-Study-Source-2.1.zip, TC-EOI-Home-Source.zip, TopCoder_Ecosystem.psd.zip)
4. Image002.ai
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.