Teman sekalian,

Ada berita baik untuk teman semua. Kami memperpanjang batas waktu pendaftaran serta penulisan entri kompetisi blog periode dua ini hingga 30 Juni 2008. Jadi masih ada waktu panjang buat teman semua untuk mendaftar dan membuat entri terkait dengan tema Knowledge Economy.

Sebagai tambahan bahan rujukan, kami berikan link ke artikel terbaru tentang proyek kami di bidang industri kreatif. 

Selamat blogging dan tunggu kabar dari kami selanjutnya!

-the bcnow60 team-

Dear friends,

We have received 45 people regitered in the second period of this competition and still waiting for some more. Please remember that the last registration date will be June 8th, 2008; and the last date to post KE entries in your blogs will be June 15th, 2008.

Hurry up! Grab the opportunities and win the prize!

For all registered participants, if you have posted entries related to the KE theme in your blog, please don’t forget to send us the link via email: bcnow60@britishcouncil.or.id

Happy blogging!!

-the bcnow60 team-

Dear friends,

After having discussion with the juries -Bang Wimar, Kang Enda, and Mbak Fira Basuki- we finally got three best bloggers who are entitled to be winners of this first period (Intercultural Dialogue). They got the highest scores among all those 19.

Participants are judged based on four criterias, those are: theme exploration, originality of the story, creativity in delivering story, and interaction with readers.

And here are the three best bloggers for the first period of this competition:

1. Ahmad Fauzi Ridwan
2. Ika D
3. Oscar Prajnaphalla

Congratulations to all winners! Prizes will be available within next week. Please contact us before you come to British Council’s office to take your prizes.

We encourage other participants to also take part in the second and third period of our Blog Competition!

Happy continue blogging!! 

-the bcnow60 team-

Rekan sekalian,

Mohon maaf jka kami akan terlambat mengumumkan pemenang kompetisi blog periode pertama ini, karena dewan juri dan British Council masih menilai siapa blogger yang paling layak menjadi juara pertama, kedua, dan ketiga.

Kami informasikan dahulu hadiah pemenang untuk tiap periode:

1. Pemenang I : sebuah PDA
2. Pemenang II: sebuah handphone 3G
3. Pemenang III: sebuah handphone non 3G

Pada akhir kompetisi di bulan Agustus nanti pemenang pertama dari tiap periode akan kami nilai kembali untuk menentukan siapa yang berhak mendapat grand prize berupa satu unit laptop.

Terima kasih atas pengertiannya dan tunggu informasi dari kami selanjutnya.

Salam,

-the bcnow60 team-

Rekan-rekan yang baik,

Hingga hari terakhir pendaftaran kompetisi blog periode pertama (30 April 2008) kami menerima 55 blogger yang mendaftar, namun sayang dari ke-55 blogger tersebut hanya 19 blogger yang benar-benar membuat entri tentang ICD.

Data ke-19 blogger tersebut kami dapat dari balasan email yang menyertakan link ke masing-masing postingan (entri), mohon lihat kembali entri kami terdahulu mengenai hal ini. Jadi memang hanya mereka yang membalas email kami dengan link tersebut-lah yang kami pertimbangkan untuk dinilai.

Berikut adalah nama ke-19 orang tersebut:

Abu Mufakhir

Adi Wirasta

Agus M. Ustad

Agus Ramada

Ahmad Fauzi Ridwan

Andriyansyah Suherman

Deisy Wong

Friska Simanjuntak

Ika D

Itang Sanjana

Kristanta Riyadi

Maria Margaretta V. Nisiho

Niken Wulandari

Oscar Prajnaphalla

Pertampilan S. Brahmana Kawar

Roesmijati Suprapto

Samuel Jeffry Siregar

Sinta Ridwan

Tuhu Nugraha Dewanto

Melalui informasi ini, kami medorong semua rekan untuk memberi komentar yang membangun terhadap postingan atau blog-blog di atas, kemudian kirimkan komentar tersebut ke email kami bcnow60@britishcouncil.or.id  disertai link ke blog yang bersangkutan.

Ada sebuah hadiah menarik berupa USB flash modem untuk satu pemberi komentar terbaik tiap periodenya; dan ‘kontes komentar’ ini kami buka sejak 14 hingga 23 Mei 2008.  

Ayo segera berikan komentar-komentar terbaik kalian!!

-the bcnow60 team-

Dear Friends,

Big thanks to all of you who have participated in the period one of this blog competition. All of your entries are now being reviewed by juries; and we will announce the winners through this blog at 26 May 2008.

Here, we announce that the second period of this blog competition is opened with the theme: Knowledge Economy (KE).

Bloggers who participate in this competition should post entries which related to the KE theme,  those could be articles, comments on BC programmes, photos, or anything else. Don’t forget to add a specific tag ‘BC blog competition - KE’  to your entries.

Registration for this blog competition period two is open from 13 May to 8 June 2008; and the competition itself will be running from 13 May to 15 June 2008. Please click here to register.

We encourage you to always visit British Council’s corporate website to get more information about our activities and programmes.

Here is a list of our programmes related to the KE issue:

Creative Industries

EducationUK

Scholarship Management

Primary Innovations Project

p.s: participants who participated in the first period are not automatically registered as participants for the second period. Therefore you need to re-register yourselves through this weblog.

Happy Blogging!!  

-the bcnow60 team-

Dear friends,

We are proud to announce the names of juries for our blog competition. They are:

1. Enda Nasution
2. Wimar Witoelar
3. Fira Basuki

The names above will decide winners of this competition.

-the bcnow60 team-

Dear Friends,

To avoid confusion about series of emails we sent you (all registered participants) this week, here is the explanation:

please reply the email and do not forget to put link(s) to the articles you have posted in your blog

And for those who have replied the earlier email but still received the same email notification after that; we’re very sorry for the inconvenience caused.

Happy Blogging!

-the bcnow60 team-

Dear Friends,

We want to inform you a good news: the first period of Blog Competition is being extended until May 11th, 2008.

So you can still post your entries until the said date.

Hurry up!

-the bcnow60 team-

Dear friends,

Apart from the blog competition, but also inline with the 60th anniversary celebration, we open competition for all TV broadcasters to join the British Council Broadcast Competition.

Please read the complete information here, or send your questions via email to bcnow60@britishcouncil.or.id

Closing date for application is July 31st, 2008.

Thank you,

-the bcnow60 team-