The AdmissionsQuest for the Best Student Video contest is a terrific way to collect student stories and share them with the world.

We talk all the time about how nothing is more powerful than a student endorsement. Take advantage of this opportunity to encourage your students to show the world why they love their school.

Need some help getting going? Check out this list of tips and don’t hesitate leave a comment with any questions. I’m here to help.

Announce AdmissionsQuest for the Best Student Video Contest on Facebook & Twitter
Post it to your Facebook page
Announce it on your Twitter account
Let your fans & followers know about the opportunity!

Print and circulate the AdmissionsQuest for the Best Student Video Contest flyer
Post it on school bulletin boards
Put in the video teachers mailbox
Download it today!

Put the school video/new media teacher on the contest
Ask him/her to make the video contest a class project
Extra credit?

Involve the Communication Director
Send or give your Communication Director a copy of the contest flyer
E-mail them this page
Let your Communication Director know about the contest’s potential to produce stories that you can share with your school’s constituents

Involve your best student ambassadors
Student tour guides
Journalism students
Writers
Media students
These students have ideas bouncing through their heads all the time.

Host an intra-school preliminary round contest using the AdmissionsQuest for the Best School Video Contest Guidlines
Then enter the best few at AQ

Support Students
Talk to students about the contest. Let them know it’s a great opportunity.
Set a time frame help them plan/sketch
Help with equipment. Get a video camera into their hands
Shoot
Edit
Enter