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-

Dear Friends,

For your eyes only; until today, we have approved 46 participants for the first period of the BC Blog Competition raising the issue ‘Intercultural Dialogue’.

To all of you who have registered, we encourage you to start writing about the theme NOW! And do not forget to add a special tag ‘BC Blog Competition - ICD’ in your entries.

The closing date for registration is April 30th, 2008; and the last day of this first period will be May 6th, 2008.

Happy Blogging!

-the BCnow60 team-

Dear Friends,

Please read below terms and conditions of the blogging competition.

1. this competition is open for all Indonesian Bloggers who reside in Indonesia or outside the country
2. only those who are 18 years and above can join this competition
3. the competition is divided into three different period. The first period (6 April – 6 May 2008) fits the theme of Intercultural Dialogue; the second period (6 May – 6 June 2008) will cover the theme of Creative Economy; and the third period (6 June – 15 July 2008) will cover the issue of Climate Security
4. participants may join one period only, but it is suggested to join the whole period
5. participants who have joined the first period and are willing to join the next period should re-register their blogs through this page
6. First winners of every period will be taken into account as the grand prize winner (one laptop)
7. winners of each period will be announced two weeks after the closing date at the latest; winner of grand prize will be announced in August 2008.
8. postings can be written both in English and in Bahasa Indonesia
9. one participant should only register one blog for this competition
10. this competition is a serious-but-fun competition, so we don’t encourage you to use ‘slang’ words in your postings.
11. the postings will be judged based on originality, clarity of message, creativity, and interaction with readers
12. plagiarism is strictly prohibited
13. the decision of the judges is final
14. if there are quotations in your postings, do not forget to also mention sources where the quotations are taken from
15. no correspondence will be allowed or will be entered into before, during, and after the competition
16. always update yourself with information posted by the-bcnow60-team at this official weblog.

Happy blogging!!

-the bcnow60 team-

Dear friends,

Some of you must have known that for the first period of the Blogging Competition we raise the issue on ICD (intercultural dialogue).

ICD is one of British Council’s three main work focuses beside Knowledge Economy and Climate Security.

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

This first period competition is open for one whole month, 6 April to 6 May 2008; and the registration date is closed at 30 April 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 projects which relate to the ICD issue:

Global Xchange
School links
Basic Education Programme in Bintuni
Legal Reform
Community Facilitators Development Programme
Cultural Exchange

Happy blogging!

-the bcnow60 team-

Dear friends,

We proudly announce:

Agus MU and Ahmad Fauzi Ridwan as winners of our live blogging competition.

As additional information, Agus MU and Ahmad Fauzi have beaten other 22 bloggers who have joined the competition last Sunday, 6 April 2008, at Ritz Carlton Hotel Pacific Place Jakarta.

Big thanks to all of you who have participated, and specially to both winners for their interesting posts.

Agus and Ahmad Fauzi are entitled to win packages of Windows Vista and MS Office 2007.

Congratulations!

-the bcnow60 team-

Dear friends,
We proudly announce that our Blogging Competition is now open!

Are you bloggers or bloggers to be?
Interested to post specific issues in your blog?
Intrerested to win one laptop as a grand prize OR other prizes for each period?

THEN………

It’s time for you to join the British Council Blogging Competition!

Click Here for details

Dear Friends,

British Council would like to thank you all for your contribution at the Blogger Day we held last Sunday at Ritz Carlton Hotel Pacific Place, Jakarta.

Big thanks also addressed to our speakers Wicaksono (ndorokakung), Raditya Dika, and Asmara Letizia (miund); and to our moderator Enda Nasution.  

We really apologise for the inconvenience caused by the up-and-down internet connection during the live blogging competition. Hope we can make everything better in the future.

The winners of live blogging competition will be announced through this weblog next Monday, April 14, 2008.

So please always visit this weblog and catch up latest updates…

-the bcnow60 team-