Tuesday, September 30, 2008

What is this blog about?

This is the official blog for Numero Uno, the flagship event for VISTA 2008, IIM Bangalore's annual business festival. The purpose of this blog is to kick-start the competition for Numero Uno before the warriors meet each other face to face. This blog will serve as the online hub for all event activity prior to the event and even after it. 

The links on the right hand side redirect you to the individual blogs of each of the competitors which will be their rostrum for pitching themselves as the rightful Numero Uno. These blogs are meant to serve as their mouthpieces to the rest of the world. An evaluation component carrying certain weightage is also attached to the content of these blogs.

This blog will carry periodical updates about the activities that the participants need to perform from time to time. Participants are therefore requested to keep visiting this page regularly. The instructions for this Pre-Vista round are as follows:

  •  The participants are requested to create a blog on any of the blogging sites (Wordpress, Blogspot etc.) and send in the link to numerouno@iimb.ernet.in by 4th October, 2008 (23:59:59 hours) so that the official Numero Uno blog can be linked to theirs
  •  Participants would be required to write a blog post on their blog describing themselves before mailing the links to us
  • Participants are free to upload any content on their blogs that they feel is relevant to their participation in Numero Uno. However, the organizers reserve the right of allowing or disallowing certain content if found to be objectionable. The participants might be required to remove the content in such a case
  • The participants will be mailed a question each at 8 pm on October 5th and 6th. They would have to use their blogs for answering the same
  •  Evaluation of the answers will be based on the following criteria:
                o Depth of analysis

o   Practicality of solutions suggested

o   Structure of the essay

o   Logical flow from facts to assumptions to final recommendations

o   Creativity and interest quotient

  • Overall evaluation of the blog would be based on the answers to the questions as well as the relevance and quality of other content on the blog, including comments.

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