2021 ESSC Information

2021 English Social Solutions Contest Information

Topic: Youth Managing COVID

Present a solution and perspective on how to coexist with COVID-19 pandemic while growing and exploring your potential without limitation and, at the same time, securing a safe environment for those around us.
 
Registration deadline: Friday, February 19, 2021
 
Preliminary: video of presentation to be sent by 12:00pm, March 02, 2021
 
Semi Final Round: Saturday, March 20, 2021
Time: Registration begins at 13:00, contest begins at 14:00
Venue: National Taipei University of Technology
Add.: No. 1, Sec. 3, Zhongxiao E. Rd., Taipei
 
Final Round: Saturday, May 08, 2021
Time: Registration begins at 13:00, contest begins at 14:00
Venue: The Sherwood Taipei
Add.: No. 111, Sec. 3, Min-sheng East Road, Taipei
 
Winner’s Prize
First Place: NT$50,000.-
All Finalists except First Place: NT$5,000.- per team
 
Co-sponsor Clubs:
Rotary Club of Kaohsiung Lighthouse and Rotary Club of Taichung Tatong
 
 

Entering the Contest as a team

We encourage our contestants to work with individuals with different backgrounds and skillsets to come up with creative and unique solutions to the current situation. The team may consist of a maximum, 3 people.
If you decide to enter as a team, then all members of each team must be present at the presentation. Any absentee from each team may constitute disqualification unless having prior written approval from Rotary Club of Taipei.
 

Timeline for ESSC 2021

Preliminary - Submission Deadline – March 02, 2021
Submit the Video of your presentation by 12:00pm Tuesday, March 02, 2021
The video should be more than 7 minutes and less than 10 minutes. If the time requirements are not met, points will be deducted.
 
Videos should meet following Criteria:
  • No music
  • Filmed in a quiet room
  • Voice should be clear and audible.
  • Presenter should be visible. All members should present once.
  • PPT Should be Visible. One way to do it is the below:
  • Naming Files
    • Name of the Video should be [yourteamname].mov
    • Name of the Powerpoint should be [yourteamname].ppt
  • Video File
    • Video Files should be in .mov or .mp4
  • Instructions for Sharing Video and Powerpoint
    • Create a Google drive account if you do not have one at drive.google.com
    • Create an Individual Folder with your “Team Name” and upload the video and powerpoint into the folder.
    • Right click the folder and share the folder with taipeirc@gmail.com
    • Send an Email to Rotary Club of Taipei to make sure that the video has been shared properly as soon as you upload it.
Please upload and verify the documents are received! Points will be deducted if any individuals miss the deadline or those who have said they submitted but have not checked with our club office! If you have questions in regards to any part of this, please contact our club office at 02-23810986.
 
The Semi Final round and the Final Round will be conducted in person. Please bring your own PPT document. We will have a PC there for you to use. You can also bring your own laptop to connect if you choose. There will be a 5 min Q and A session after the presentation.
 
We will keep updating further detail information of ESSC on this web page.
 
 
English Social Solutions Contest