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We want to deliver video content that YOU want to see! Do you have an idea for Blackbaud TV? Have you recently seen an inspiring or educational video that you want to share?

Watch our video about the INSPIRE contest and enter for a chance to win an iPad and tickets to the Blackbaud Conference North America!
Upload a video on YouTube and post a video response (instructions below)
Learn more about video resources for nonprofits
Send us feedback or ask questions at BBTV@blackbaud.com

Blackbaud TV’s INSPIRE Contest

Enter for a chance to win free registration to 2010 Blackbaud’s Conference for Nonprofits – North America or an iPad!

We want Blackbaud TV to be about the things YOU are passionate about. That’s why we’re holding the INPIRE Contest to see what motivates and excites you.

Submit a video that shows us how you INSPIRE your supporters to take action. Each video you submit will be entered in our drawing. There will be four lucky winners — two people will receive free registration to Blackbaud’s 2010 Conference for Nonprofits in Washington, D.C., and two people will win an Apple iPad®!

Don’t worry, we’re not looking for the perfect delivery or the best picture quality. We’re just looking for a great explanation of how you inspire your supporters. It’s your chance to be creative! You can submit up to one video per day. Each video you submit will be entered in the drawing for a prize.

Here are some important details to remember when submitting your video:

You can upload any type of video – whether it is a video appeal, a webcam recording of yourself talking, a PSA, presentation, news clip, short, or documentary – as long as it describes or demonstrates how your organization INSPIRES supporters to take action.
Keep it clean. No violence, profanity, or direct attacks on individuals or organizations.
All videos are subject to contest rules and Blackbaud approval.

To Post a Video Response:

To send a video response, click in the comment box in the player pane of our video about the contest. A link will then appear to the right of your cursor asking you to "attach a video". Click "attach a video" and continue with three options to upload your video response.

1. Record a Video

This option lets you use your webcam to respond. YouTube will automatically attempt to detect your computer's settings.
Click the "Allow" button in the window to allow YouTube to access your camera and microphone.
Click the "Record" image to begin recording.
Once you're done recording, click “Stop.” After that you can preview, publish, or re-record your video. You can also change the video title, description, and tags to the left of the player.

2. Choose a Video

This option lets you respond with any video you've already posted.

3. Upload a Video

This option works like the normal upload process.
Select the "Upload a Video" options.
Click the "Start" button.
Enter all of your video's information.
Click either "Upload a video" to upload a file, or "Record from Webcam" if you decide to use your webcam after all.

Note: One thing to keep in mind: Each video can only be used as a response once. If you are planning on entering more than one time – be sure to upload or record a unique video for each response.

OFFICIAL RULES OF BLACKBAUD TV INSPIRE Contest 1. HOW TO ENTER: No purchase necessary to enter or win. Participants must be 18 years or older as of date of entry and employed by a registered 501(c)3 organization. Void where prohibited by law. This Contest begins on July 29 at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, and ends on October 18 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (the "Entry Period"), the winners will be announced on Oct. 22. The early-bird contest begins on July 29 at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, and ends on Aug. 30 at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time (the "Entry Period"). Those entered into the early bird contest are still eligible for the grand prize.

In the event of a dispute about the identity of an online entrant, entries made online will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address. If a potentially winning entry is an Internet or other computer entry, the potential winner may be required to provide Blackbaud with proof that the potential winner is the authorized account holder of the email address associated with the winning entry.

2. WINNER SELECTION: To enter, submit a video response up to once per day on Blackbaud TV answering the question: “How do you inspire action?” All responses will be complied, and winners will be selected based on a random drawing of participants and will be announced at the Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits. Participants can submit up to one response per day. Participants with more than one response per day will be disqualified.

3. PRIZES: Two iPads will be announced on Oct. 22 at the Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits. Winner does not need to be present to win. Winners of the early-bird drawing for registration to Blackbaud’s 2010 Conference for Nonprofits, as well as the winners of the iPad will be notified via email. Limit one (1) prize per organization. Once notified, winners may be asked to email proof of tax-exempt status to melissa.nelson@blackbaud.com.

4. ELIGIBILITY: This Contest is open only to employees of 501(c)3 organizations registered in the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 years or older as of the date of entry. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. Limit one (1) entry per day. Employees (and the members of the immediate families or households of such employees) of Blackbaud, Inc., and its affiliates, divisions, subsidiaries, advertising, and promotional agencies are not eligible.

Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Entrants who have been employed as professional videographers are ineligible. Entries received prior to or after Entry Period are void.

Videos must comply with copyright rules and regulations. Entry cannot defame or invade the rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any third-party personal or proprietary rights. Any entrant whose work includes likenesses of third parties or contains elements not owned by the entrant (such as, but not limited to depictions of buildings, trademarks, or logos) must be able to provide legal releases for such use including organizations use of such entry, in a form satisfactory to Blackbaud. Entry must be in keeping with nonprofit’s image and may not be offensive, as determined by Blackbaud in their sole discretion.

5. TERMS: By participating entrants agree (a) to abide by these Official Rules and by the decisions of Blackbaud which are final on all matters pertaining to this Contest, and (b) to release and hold harmless Blackbaud Inc., and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, distributors, retailers, Blackbauds, partnerships, representatives, licensees, successors and assigns, directors, officers, principals, shareholders, employees, and agents, and their advertising and promotion agencies and Contest promotional partners from and against any and all liabilities, litigation, claims for damages, losses, illness, or injuries of any kind resulting from or in connection with the Contest or from (i) telephone, computer, online, or technical malfunctions (including busy lines and disconnections) or (ii) their participation and the acceptance, possession or use, or misuse, of a prize. This Contest is governed by, and these rules will be construed and interpreted pursuant to, the laws of the United States. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply. All federal, state and local taxes, and all income and any other taxes, fees, and surcharges will be the sole responsibility of the prize winner.

Prize winners further grant to Blackbaud the right to use and publish their proper name and state online and in print, or any other media, in connection with the Contest. By accepting a prize, winner grants permission for Blackbaud and promotional partners and their advertising and promotional agencies to use winner's names, photographs, likenesses, voices, prize information, and/or biographical information for publicity and promotional purposes without further compensation, unless prohibited by law. All submissions become the property of Blackbaud; entrants further grant to Blackbaud the right to use and publish their video submission or any part thereof online and in print, or any other media, for any purpose. By entering the contest, entrant grants permission for Blackbaud and promotional partners and their advertising and promotional agencies to use the video submission or any part thereof for publicity and promotional purposes without further compensation, unless prohibited by law.

6. CONDUCT: Blackbaud reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or Website; to be acting in violation of the Official Rules; or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person.

7. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY: Blackbaud is not responsible for typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of this Contest, including but not limited to errors in advertising, the Official Rules, the selection, and announcement of the winners or the distribution of the prizes, and Blackbaud is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Website users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest or by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of submissions in the Contest. Blackbaud assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft of or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries. Blackbaud is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of email or entrants due to or resulting from technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Website or combination thereof, including injury or damage to entrants or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating or downloading materials in this Contest. If, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of Blackbaud, which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest, Blackbaud reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, or suspend the Contest and in such event to select the winners by random drawing conducted by an independent judging organization from all valid entries received up to the time of such cancellation, termination, or suspension.

IN NO EVENT WILL BLACKBAUD, OR ITS AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES AND RELATED COMPANIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, AND AGENTS, BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE BLACKBAUD INTERNET SITE; THE DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM SAID SITE, OR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY PRIZE, INCLUDING CONCERNING THE AWARD OF ANY PRIZE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THIS SITE AND ANY PRIZES AWARDED ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.