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The submission period for the 2nd Annual ExchangesConnect Video Contest is now over. The contest features over 160 videos from contestants from all around the world sharing ideas about making their community a better place, and in the process contributing to a healthier, safer, cleaner, and more peaceful world for all of us.  Seeing all of the time, hard work, passion, and great ideas that the contestants put into their videos really makes the team here at MetroStar Systems proud to contribute to the success of this contest.

The contest now moves into the ‘Community Voting’ and ‘Judging Periods’.  Here are some important dates of the contest:

  • Community Voting Begins       January 12, 2010 11:59PM EST
  • Community Voting Ends          January 26, 2010 11:59PM EST
  • Judging Begins                         January 27, 2010 12:00AM EST
  • Judging Ends                            February 9, 2010 11:59PM EST
  • Winners Announced                March 2, 2010 12:00PM EST

We invite and encourage you to view all of the videos and vote for the ones that you like the best to help the ExchangesConnect team and the judges decide the winners.  You can visit the video contest page to view the videos and vote for your favorites.  Thanks for your support!

ExchangesConnect Video Contest

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Change Your Climate,

Change Our World.

What do you do to make your community a better place?

Enter the U.S. Department of State’s 2nd Annual
ExchangesCONNECT Video Contest!

Enter for a chance to win an international exchange program!

Small changes in your local community can make a big difference in our world.

Your “climate” is more than the air you breathe–it’s the people, places, & relationships that affect your daily life.

Describe in a video (no longer than 2 minutes) what you or somebody you know is doing to make your community a better place, and in the process contributing to a healthier, safer, cleaner, and more peaceful world for all of us. Enter for a chance to win an all-expense-paid international exchange program!

Check out Secretary Hillary Clinton’s video inviting you to participate in the contest:

The deadline for video submissions is Tuesday, January 12, 2010. For more information about this contest, please visit: http://connectcontest.state.gov/contests/change-your-climate-change-our-world

MetroStar Systems’ CEO, Ali Reza Manouchehri, was recently interviewed on the Legal Broadcast Network about social media, the Iranian elections, and MetroStar System’s new Facebook application Iran Voices.  Click the video below to watch the interview.

Source: Legal Broadcast Network blog

Youtube: Al Jazeera news Iran’s ‘citizen journalists’ -- 18 Jun 09

Our CEO Ali Manouchehri was interviewed by the Al Jazeera news network about the use of new media technologies including micrblogs (Twitter) and social networks (Facebook).  Social media sites have evolved with the internet and the movement towards citizen journalism to become important “vehicles for instant distribution of information.”  With the events surrounding the recent Iranian elections, citizen journalism is taking on a new form, gaining visibility with wider audiences, and increasing global awareness of these emerging technologies.

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