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Contact Information
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Project Submission Guidelines
Submissions are donevia our website: www.mastodonfair.org
Submissions will be reviewed before they are made visible on the website
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How to Submit a Project
Visit: www.mastodonfair.com/submissions
Fill in the form and all the required fields
Images should be resized to ensure they are successfully uploaded
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How to Submit a Project
COPPA PolicyChildren's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA)
All users under the age of 13 must seek permission from their parent or guardian in order to have their digital project published at MastodonFair.org. While we welcome participation from members under 13, we require that a parent or guardian give permission before we allow entry for the award competition. Any participant under 13 must include their Parent/Guardian's information below, and we will follow up by calling the Parent/Guardian to obtain permission to publish the participants entry online.
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How to Submit a Project
Fill in the form in full
Title of your Project:Provide an overall title of the project, such as: “Are They The Same Color?”
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How to Submit a Project
Fill in the form in full
Project Entry:
Provide information about the purpose
of the project and what was done,
such as:
“My experiment will test whether age
helps in the differentiation of optical
illusions. I believe I will fine age does
not help. To test my hypothesis, I used
three different colors of paper and three
different colors of marker. I placed one
dot of each color at the same location
on each piece of paper. Then, I lined
up the papers about an inch apart
with a plain sheet of white paper
under them.”
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How to Submit a Project
Fill in the form in full
Upload Images:Upload photos of the completed project. More than one photo can be uploaded.
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How to Submit a Project
Image requirements:
gif, jpg, or png, pre-edited and sized.
Make sure that the exhibit ID number are the first characters of the image name. Example: Exhibit ID is S-00-9995. The images would be named S009995_image1.png, etc.
Make sure images are edited to your liking prior to submission and plan for the background color of the submissionto be white. No faces, names, or distinguishing items (school mascot, sports jersey, etc) in the images.
Files must be under 50MB insize.
Please use the image on the right on http://www.mastodonfair.org/share-your-dream/ to compare the pixel size you want to the size of your submission area.
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How to Check Image Size
1. Right click on the file andgo to “Properties”
2. Under the first tab, “General”, locate “Size”
3. If the file ends in KB the imagedoes not require resizing
4. If the file size ends in MB, butis under 50 MB, then the imagedoes not require resizing
5. If the file ends in MB, but is over50 MB, then the image does require resizing
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How to Resize an Image
1. Open up “Microsoft Windows Paint”
2. Open the image file
3. Click on “Resize” in the toolbar
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How to Resize an Image
1. Select “Pixels”
2. Enter a number less than “640” into the Horizontal field
3. Click “Ok”
4. Click “Save” in the Windows PaintToolbar
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How to Submit a Project
Fill in the form in full
Special Instructions:Provide information there are any special instructions or comments about the format of the entry (i.e. how, or where, you would like the images or video placed in the project entry), such as: “Please center my first image about my first paragraph. I would like mysecond image to the left of my secondparagraph, please.”
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How to Submit a Project
Fill in the form in full
Including videoIf you would like to include a videoplease let Mastodon Fair knowin the Special Instructions and youwill be contacted with additionalinstructions.
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Awards
Share Your Dream Award2 awards - $250 each:
1 winner for Art Category 1 winner for Science Category
Winners are chosen for their digital representation of their project such as using social media, although likes and shares via social media will not influence who is chosen for the winner.
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Social Media Marketing Is …
Building your social network of fans, friends, and connections, using relevant and interesting content that is shared, allowing you to reach and engage more people.
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Set Reasonable Goals and Expectations
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Social media success
Drive engagement (action)
Encourage likes
Encourage comments
Encourage shares
Reach new friends through online, word-of-mouth
Focus Your Presence
Make your social media presence a reflection
of your project!
Put the social in social media!People are on social media to have fun!
Share information about your project!Results, how you did it, your inspiration…
Post consistently!Don’t just post once, post multiple times, regularly!
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More than 800 million active usersFacebook Statistics, 2011
More than 50% of Facebook users log on any given dayFacebook Statistics, 2011
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160 million registered users100 million active users
Mashable.com, 2011
60% of users follow companies, brands, and products
Mediabistro.com, 2011
Engagement Through Sharing
Share links to interesting content & ask for feedback
Retweet content from people you are following
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86% of B2B marketers use LinkedInChief Marketer. “Social Marketing Goes Mainstream: Chief Marketer Annual Survey Find Marketers Believe in Power of Social.” 2011.
There are over 75,000 Nonprofit groups using LinkedInNonprofit LinkedIn Learning Center, 2011
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Manage your professional contacts and relationships
Find individuals you know in a professional capacity
Join networks or groups by industry, geography, or work history
Participate in discussions
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Social Media Best Practices
Focus on the content: share knowledge so people care
Trade useful information for attention Will people talk about it when out with
friends? Will people look forward to your next
communication? Will they be inspired to share/tweet/comment
on this information?
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Do It Daily, But Don’t Overdo It
It is important to stay active!15 minutes a day, 3 times per week!
One post per day is plenty!Don’t post over yourself and don’t overwhelm your friends.
Use all your social media avenues!Don’t overwhelm one network.
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