Contests

Win a 42″ Flatscreen Panasonic television in our latest contest

If you’re familiar with IT Knowledge Exchange, you may know that many of our contests revolve around Knowledge Points, which are earned by asking, answering and discussing questions in the community. In our biggest giveaway ever, we’re doing things a little differently, based on quality of contributions rather than quantity, nominated and judged by your peers.

From today through Friday, November 20th, a team of community managers (along with Michael, Sean and Jenny) will be reading through the community and taking note of the following:

• Nominated members (see below)

• Detailed questions that are well-tagged and include specific information on hardware/software makes and models, error messages, and any other information that will help the question get answered
• Thorough, well thought out answers that include plenty of information to help the user toward a solution
• Thought-provoking discussions that keep the conversation going

We have set up a community feedback page here where any member can nominate another member — everyone is involved in this process.

*Contest Update 09/23: We will be giving away five $20 Amazon gift cards at random to members who nominate others on the official nomination page.*

When the contest period ends, your team of judges will deliberate and choose one user who best represents a “star IT Knowledge Exchange community member”. The winner will receive a 42″ Panasonic flatscreen television. Due to shipping restrictions, only US, UK and Canada residents are eligible.

Good luck to all who plan on participating, and remember — quality is king.

Community Manager

Winners: Flip UltraHD Knowledge Point Contest

After a great showing in our Flip UltraHD Knowledge Point contest, we’re happy to announce the four winners:

–> Carlosdl: 4975
–> BlankReg: 4925
–> Philpl1jb: 3980
–> Labnuke99: 3070

Congratulations to our winners, and to all who participated. It was a tight race! If you didn’t make it into the top four, don’t worry — we have a new contest coming up very shortly. Stay tuned!

Thanks,

Community Manager

Flip UltraHD contest update: August 24th

Here are the most current numbers in our Flip UltraHD Knowledge Point contest. The top 10 point holders as of Monday, August 24th are:

• Carlosdl: 4640
• BlankReg: 4085
• Philpl1jb: 3465
• Labnuke99: 2665
• Technochic: 1955
• Mrdenny: 1610
• Mshen: 1375
• Nnf97: 1030
• CharlieBrowne: 955
• Whatis23: 835
• Voodoovw: 735

The Flip contest ends on August 30th; there’s still time to pull ahead and nudge into one of the top four spots! Visit the blog post for all the details, and good luck to all who are participating.

Flip UltraHD Contest Update: August 17th

Here are the most current standings for our Flip UltraHD Knowledge Point contest:

• Carlosdl: 4115
• BlankReg: 3570
• Philpl1jb: 2940
• Labnuke99: 2195
• Technochic: 1480
• Mshen: 1375
• Mrdenny: 1345
• Yorkshireman: 730
• Whatis23: 655
• Gabe9527: 635

There is still time to step up your game and earn Knowledge Points toward one of four Flip UltraHD pocket camcorders — the contest period ends on August 30th. Visit the blog post for more details and start contributing!

Good luck,

Community Manager

Flip UltraHD Contest Update: Current standings

The heat is on as our Flip UltraHD Knowledge Point contest gets into full gear for the month of August. The top four (4) users with the most Knowledge Points from July 13th to August 30th will win a Flip UltraHD pocket camcorder, perfect for capturing the moments of summer! Here are the point standings so far:

• Carlosdl: 2,425
• BlankReg: 1,670
• Labnuke99: 1,495
• Mshen: 1,375
• Philpl1jb: 1,365
• Technochic: 1,130
• Yorkshireman: 730
• Mrdenny: 615
• Fubar: 510

There’s still time to get into the community and start asking and answering questions. Good luck!

Capture the moments of summer with a Flip UltraHD pocket video camera, courtesy of IT Knowledge Exchange

If a picture says a thousand words, how much does a video say? A Flip UltraHD pocket camcorder can hold up to 8 GB of video, meaning every belly flop into the pool, every trip to the beach and every summer sunset can be captured for your video scrapbook or uploaded quickly and easily to a video sharing site like YouTube.

This summer, we’re giving away four (4) Flip UltraHD pocket video recorders to the top four Knowledge Point earners from July 13th to August 30th. You can earn Knowledge Points by asking, answering and discussing questions here in the community. Remember: some questions are open discussions, so everyone can contribute.

• The contest is open to members in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Western Europe.

• Previous winners of IT Knowledge Exchange contests are eligible for this contest.

• All questions, answers and discussions will be reviewed for validity.

You can start earning Knowledge Points by asking your enterprise IT questions (or telling your friends to ask a question) on our Ask a Question page, or start answering questions that haven’t received attention yet:

Good luck!

Community Manager

New Contest: A trio of Xboxes for our top three users

Now through the end of April, you can not only show off your IT skills by asking and answering questions on ITKnowledgeExchange.com, but you can earn the chance to spend some quality time honing your bad-guy-vaporizing skills on your very own Xbox 360.

From today (March 18th) through April 30th, you have a chance to win one of three Xbox 360 consoles. The winners will be the top 3 community members who have the most Knowledge Points earned and have asked 5 IT-related questions (you still earn Knowledge points for asking questions) during the contest period. So tell your friends and co-workers to post their IT questions on ITKnowledgeExchange.com so you can answer and rack up your Knowledge Points.

The top three Knowledge Point earners (who have qualified by also submitting 5 IT related questions) will earn:

	1st Place: Xbox 360 Elite
	2nd Place: Xbox 360
	3rd Place: Xbox 360 Arcade

Some important details:

• This contest is only open to members in the following countries or regions: United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Western Europe.

• Previous Xbox contest winners are not eligble for this contest.

• All answers, discussion and questions will be reviewed for validity.

You can start asking your toughest questions by visiting our Ask a Question page here. To start showing off your IT guru skills, you can visit the unanswered question sections here:

Good luck, and happy posting!

Community Manager

Is there an Amazon gift card in your future? Only your Knowledge Points will tell.

It’s that time again — a chance to win an Amazon.com gift certificate based on your activity in the IT Knowledge Exchange community! Remember: the more you ask, answer and discuss questions, the more Knowledge Points you will earn.

The top 10 most active members from today (February 11th), until end of business on Friday, March 13th that reach the following Knowledge Point levels will be eligible for:

• 3000+ Knowledge Points: $200.00 Amazon gift card
• 2000+ Knowledge Points: $150.00 Amazon gift card
• 1000+ Knowledge Points: $75.00 Amazon gift card
• 500+ Knowledge Points: $50.00 Amazon gift card

Please remember: Knowledge Points will only be rewarded for actual questions, answers and discussions that are relevant to the site. We will be reviewing all contributions prior to announcing the winners.

Be sure to check out our Contest Rules, and then ask, answer and discuss questions to earn as many Knowledge Points as you can!

Not sure where to begin? Refer to this blog post for links to all categories of unanswered questions. And remember — we need your smart questions just as much as we need smart answers!

Good luck, and happy posting!

Community Manager

New member giveaway: Ask a question and answer a question, receive a t-shirt

As a welcome to new members, we are introducing a new giveaway: ask and answer one question each, and you will be eligible to receive an IT Knowledge Exchange t-shirt. Simply e-mail me at jenny@itknowledgeexchange.com once you have asked a question and answered a question, and tell me your address and preferred t-shirt size. You will receive a t-shirt as thanks within 2-3 weeks.

What’s the catch, you ask? None whatsoever! Of course, we will be reviewing all questions and answers for relevancy, so make sure your posts are applicable. Please remember: No sales or marketing messages will qualify. This promotion is for a very limited time as a welcome to new members. However, anyone is eligible — so get into the community and start spreading the knowledge!

Happy posting,

Community Manager

Ask a question, win a t-shirt through February 9th

We’re rewarding great questions on IT Knowledge Exchange by giving away ten t-shirts to good questions asked in the community over the next 30 days. All you have to do is submit a well-thought-out, well-written (and hopefully well-tagged) question to the IT Knowledge Exchange community, and we’ll choose our favorites in time to announce in our newsletter on Tuesday, February 10th.

Remember — if you think a question is well-written, say so! Let us know by e-mailing us or, even better, posting a comment in the discussion.

Need a refresher on how to write a good question? Check out our best questions guide.

Need some examples of great questions? View the winners of past question contests for some ideas.

Happy posting, and good luck!

Community Manager