BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20200413T040000Z DTEND:20200417T040000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Persevere through Crisis Video Contest! Submissions due 4/17/20 DESCRIPTION:How It Works \n\n\n\n\n \n Participants must submit a 30 sec-2-minute video about the creative ways they are promoting their business during the stay at home orders due to Covid-19 in our community. Videos can be as simple or elaborate as you like. Have fun! \n \n \n Friday\, April 17\, 2020: Deadline to email your completed video to Lima/Allen County Chamber of Commerce. Send all videos to communications@limachamber.com through www.wetransfer.com. \n \n \n We Transfer is a free file transferring tool for large size files. You do not need to create an account or sign up for anything in order to use We Transfer. \n \n \n \n\n Monday\, April 20\, 2020 Voting period begins! \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n Lima Chamber will have each video posted to its official YouTube channel. \n \n \n Lima Chamber will email you with your unique video link by 12:00 pm EST. \n \n \n Share the video link on your favorite social channels to get the word out. \n \n \n Use the hashtag\, #InthistogetherLima\, on all social posts. \n \n \n \n\n Thursday\, April 30\, 2020: Last day for votes! \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n No further likes/thumbs up will be accepted after 11:59 pm EST. \n \n \n \n\n Monday\, May 4\, 2020: Lima Chamber will announce the participant who accrued the most likes via email to kick off Small Business Week! \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nHelpful Hints \n\n\n\n\n \n Social media is the best way to get the word out on your video. Set a reminder each day during the voting period to share your video link and remind people to vote/like for you. \n \n \n Sharing is caring! Encourage employees to share your social posts about voting to get the word out even more. \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n Send out an internal email with your video link to everyone. Your team should be your first and biggest supporters. It only takes a second to hit that thumbs up button! \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nOfficial Rules \n\n\n\n\n \n Lima/Allen County Chamber of Commerce will purchase a $100.00 gift card from the business that receives the most points. \n \n \n The purchased gift card will then be awarded to a voter using the hashtag selected from a random drawing. \n \n \n Event is open to all businesses in Lima/Allen County\, Ohio. \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n Deadline to upload/submit your video to Lima Chamber is Friday\, April 17\, 2020. \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nPoints \n\n\n\n\n \n Each like or thumbs up on the YouTube video = 1 point. The business with the most total points as of 11:59 pm EST on April 30\, 2020 is the recipient. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n
How It Works \;
\nParticipants must submit a \;30 sec-2-minute \;video about the creative ways they are \;promoting their business \;during \;the \;stay at home orders due to \;Covid-19 in our community. \; \;Videos can be as simple or elaborate as you like. \; Have fun! \;
\nFriday\, April 17\, 2020: Deadline \;to email your completed video to \;Lima/Allen County Chamber of Commerce. \;Send all videos to \;communications@limachamber.com \;through \;www.wetransfer.com. \; \;
\nWe Transfer is a free file transferring tool for large size files. You do not need to create an account or sign up for anything in order to use We Transfer. \;
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\n Monday\, \;April 20\, 2020 \;Voting period begins! \;
Lima \;Chamber \;will have each video posted to its official YouTube channel. \; \;
\nLima Chamber \;will email you with your unique video link by 12:00 pm EST. \;
\nShare the video link on your favorite social channels to get the word out. \; \;
\nUse the hashtag\, #InthistogetherLima\, on all social posts. \;
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\n Thursday\, April 30\, 2020: Last day for votes! \;
No further likes/thumbs up will be accepted after 11:59 pm EST. \;
\n
\n Monday\, May 4\, 2020: \;Lima Chamber \;will announce the participant who accrued the most likes via email \;to kick off Small Business Week! \;
\nHelpful Hints \;
Social media is the best way to get the word out on your video. Set a reminder each day during the voting period to share your video link and remind people to vote/like for you. \; \;
\nSharing is caring! Encourage employees to share your social posts about voting to get the word out even more. \; \; \;
\nSend out an internal email with your video link to everyone. Your team should be your first and biggest supporters. It only takes a second to hit that thumbs up button! \;
\n
\nOfficial Rules \;
Lima/Allen County \;Chamber \;of Commerce will purchase a $100.00 gift card from \;the business that receives the most points. \; \; \;
\nThe purchased gift card will then be awarded to a \;voter using the hashtag selected from a random drawing. \;
\nEvent is open to all businesses in Lima/Allen County\, Ohio. \; \;
\nDeadline to upload/submit your video to \;Lima Chamber \;is \;Friday\, April 17\, \;2020. \;
\n
\nPoints \;
Each like or thumbs up on the YouTube video = 1 point. \;The \;business \;with the most total points as of 11:59 pm EST on \;April 30\, 2020 \;is the recipient. \;
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