Skype’s Giving Away Skype Credits

Skype for Business is now running a competition for the best Skype for Business story. Three prizes will be awarded per region - EMEA, the Americas and Asia-Pacific. The prizes are as follows:

First: Wins a Skype for Business consultancy service with a Skype for Business employee offering a bespoke solution for their business. The package will include a Business Control Panel account and Skype products up to the value of €1000. Products on offer will include Skype Credit to purchase any pay as you go features, online numbers or subscriptions in addition to Skype Certified hardware products.

Second: A Business Control Panel account with €200 of Skype Credit and up to €300 of Skype Certified hardware products.

Third: A Business Control Panel account with €100 of Skype Credit and up to €100 of Skype Certified hardware products.

How will the nominations be evaluated? The fine print says the following criteria will be used and weighted accordingly:

Creativity and Originality of submission and use of Skype - 50%;

Range of Skype features used - 20%;

Geographic spread of Skype usage - 20%;

Clarity of Writing and ability to communicate - 10%.

Judging will be performed by judges selected by Skype. The top-scoring responses will be ranked and will be declared the winners of the Prizes

Is there a catch? Well, yeah. It's called endorsements, of course. Skype will be able to use any and all of the data you disclose in the process in its marketing campaigns.

".....Skype shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to edit, composite, morph, scan, duplicate, broadcast, publish or otherwise use (and authorize others to use) the entry for any purpose which Skype deems necessary or desirable, and each Participant irrevocably waives any and all rights to subsequently control their entry. so-called moral rights they may have in the entry...."

You can find more information about the competition here.