Purpose is powerful. It allows you to inspire people to take part and measure your goals effectively once your program ends. Without a clearly articulated purpose, marketing your offering and getting candidates to submit will be an uphill struggle.
Hosting our annual photography competition on Zealous was a revelation. The platform is incredibly easy to use at every stage of the process. Imogen BakelmunUCL (Fellow at Centre for Gender and Global Health)
Global Health 50/50 received above a thousand entries empowering them to celebrate the richer diversity of stories entered to their competition.
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By appointing Zealous we have saved days’ worth of time which has allowed us to expand the size and scope of our prizes to the benefit of all those involved.
Zealous is more sophisticated than the other platforms we have used and also very user friendly. I was surprised by how automatic judges and candidates notifications were. Michael WeirBelfast Photo Festival (Founder)
I cannot express how delighted I am with the Zealous. The number of entries received was double what was expected. This success is highly correlated to the platform; ease of use for High School Students is a very big deal. It is likely the essay contest would not have taken place had it not been…
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