The "This is Me" Video Contest is a fun, creative way to share your individual health
experiences and help broaden health awareness and understanding while competing for
great and impactful prizes! Through video, we invite you to tell your health story,
to explore and share your health past, struggles, and successes.
The contest is open to everyone!
Submit your video
between April 9 – May 10. Winners will be announced on May 17, 2010!
Video submissions will be posted on our
"This is Me" YouTube Channel,
so join in, watch and share the videos, and interact with the contestants!
Winning Prizes in the Spirit of Sharing & Helping!
The essence of the "This is Me" Video Contest is sharing — sharing our
stories to inspire and help each other. In this spirit, the winners' circle
will include both participants and members of our community who are
committed to helping and giving. The prizes are gifts that spread the "wellth":
- Grand Prize Winner: Flip MinoHD video camera!
- Top 3 Winners: $100 donation given to your charity of choice!
- Top 10 Winners: Your video featured on Wellsphere and YouTube!
Video Judging
Winners will be determined by the Wellsphere HealthBlogger Network Team.
Videos will be judged on the following qualities:
- Original
- Informative
- Valuable
- Useful
- Clear & Cohesive
- Creative & Unique
- Compelling
- Inspirational
- Motivational
- Tone & Presence
Video Guidelines & Submission
Video Guidelines
All health topics are acceptable, whether it's about your healthy lifestyle practices and
routines or your chronic health challenges and conditions. No video experience is needed.
Your video may be as simple as you talking straight into the camera or as complex as a
full-blown production with script and special effects or anything in between.
While the subject and style is up to you, all videos need to follow these guidelines:
- Must be a complete, finished story
- Must be an original work
- Must NOT be more than 5 minutes
- Must NOT use music (submitted videos may be part of a "This is Me" video compilation to which a music track will be added)
- May be narrated
- Must adhere to the YouTube Community Guidelines since all videos will be posted there:
http://www.youtube.com/t/community_guidelines
- May be submitted by Wellsphere members and non-members
- More than one video may be submitted — if you're inspired, go for it!
Video Submission
Step 1:
Make your "This is Me" video story
Step 2:
Upload your video to your YouTube account, then copy the video's YouTube URL and add it to the submission form
Video Story Ideas
Your "This is Me" video story is whatever you'd like to tell.
Here are some ideas that may help you find your health story:
Medical Regimen
- What treatments have most or least effectively helped you address your health?
- What was the best thing your doctor said to you?
- What was the worst thing your doctor said to you?
- Do you follow a schedule or method of administering prescribed or alternative medication?
- How have you varied your medication or healing since you first started addressing your health?
Relational and Societal Integration
- How has your health journey affected relationships with friends, families, and the public?
- What is the best/worst thing your spouse/partner has said to you?
- What is the best/hardest thing your child(ren) has/have said to you?
- How has this condition affected your social participation?
- How have you improvised participation post-diagnosis in certain activities (ie. sports, traveling, parenting)?
Self-Love and Acceptance
- Who inspired you? How and why?
- How has your outlook been affected as a result of your health journey?
- How have you coped with diagnosis or taken preventative measures against disease?
- How have you learned to accept and appreciate yourself in your health difficulties?
Support
- What advice or encouragement has really helped you on your health journey?
- What would you pass on to someone facing a similar situation to your own?
- What have you discovered on your own, with the help of doctors, or with a support group?
Improvement and Control
- How have you picked yourself up after failing a treatment option or not reaching a short-term health goal?
- How have you dealt with a relapse in your health condition?
- What have been your most celebratory moments or greatest milestones in dealing with your health?
Information Dissemination
- What went through your head when first diagnosed?
- How do you continually gather information about your health?
- What means of health information do you wish for your health that does not yet exist or is difficult to access?
- What types of books, magazines, people, and/or online sources have been most helpful to you?
Watch our "This is Me" promotional video!
Post the video on your blog or website,
embed code:
The 
"This is Me" Channel!
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be shown here, and the winners will be showcased for everyone to see!
Stay up-to-date!
Questions or Comments?
If you have any questions or comments about the "This is Me"
Video Contest, please email us at
ThisIsMe@wellsphere.com.