Announcing Workshare's "Win with a Tweet" SharePoint Scholarship!

Workshare is giving away an all-expenses-paid trip to the Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2011 in Anaheim, California, including airfare, lodging, and an all-access pass to the conference (up to a maximum of $3,000). You could win with a tweet!

How to enter:

1. Follow @Workshare on Twitter.

You must follow @Workshare before you enter so we can notify you if you've won!

2. Tweet this exact phrase:

I'm entering to win a trip to the MS #SharePoint Conference 2011 from @Workshare - Enter here: http://bit.ly/kCaYOz

About this offer:

- New Update! SharePoint expert Paul J. Swider will select the winners on 8/31 while at the SharePoint Symposium in Costa Rica!

- Additional prizes just announced! Five contestants will be selected at random to win a free copy of the book SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Content Management by Todd Kitta, Brett Grego, Chris Caplinger, and Russ Houberg.

- The contest starts on 8/02/11 and ends on 8/26/11 at midnight Eastern Time.

- The winner will be selected at random and announced on the Workshare blog by 8/31/11. That gives you plenty of time to pack your bags and notify your employer that you'll be off honing your SharePoint skills in October!

- You may enter up to three times per day, every day until the contest ends. Only 3 tweets per day per entrant will be counted.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A purchase of a product or service from Workshare or any of its affiliated companies will not improve the chance of winning. Void where prohibited. Subject to all federal, state, and local laws. Participation requires Internet access. PARTICIPATION. You must be 18 years of age or older. Employees of Workshare and the immediate family members (parents, siblings, children and spouse) and/or those living in the same household (whether or not related) of each are not eligible to win. CONTEST PERIOD. Entries will be accepted from August 2, 2011 to August 26, 2011. All online entries must be received by August 26, 2011. Participants assume all risk of lost, late, misdirected, incomplete or illegible entries. ENTRY. You may enter once or multiple times. Submitting an entry constitutes agreeing to the terms of these Official Rules. Workshare is not responsible for incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete entry of information or for entries which are garbled, incompletely received, otherwise defective or lost due to any reason, all of which will be voided. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS. Entry requires a tweet of the phrase "I'm entering to win a trip to the MS #SharePoint Conference 2011 from @Workshare - Enter here: http://bit.ly/kCaYOz". Any language appearing in entry must be in English. Entry must be tasteful. Workshare reserves the right to reject any Entry that it deems, in its sole discretion, to violate any of these content related requirements. CONDITIONS. By submitting an entry (or accepting any prize), each Entrant understands and agrees that their Entry and name may be posted online to Workshare.com or other online entities managed by Workshare, such as company Twitter & Facebook pages. Entrant further agrees to release Workshare from any and all claims that any such use by Workshare, including any commercial advertising presentation, web content or any other material subsequently produced, presented and/or prepared by or on behalf of Workshare, infringes the Entrant's rights with regard to any elements, characters or ideas contained in its Entry. PRIZES. One (1) all expenses paid trip to the Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2011 in Anaheim, CA, including airfare, lodging, and an all-access pass to the conference (up to a maximum of $3,000). Winner will be required to book his or her own airfare and will be reimbursed by Workshare. Lodging and all-access pass will be purchased by Workshare and given to the winner. HOW TO WIN. Winner will be selected at random from entire pool of entries. Three attempts to contact the winner by tweet or direct message will be made. Exact means of contact is at the Workshare's discretion. If a potential winner is unable to be reached within five (5) days of the third contact attempt, or refuses to accept the prize, an alternate winner will be selected. Each winner must sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability/Publicity Release ("Prize Documents") within fourteen (14) days of receipt of Prize Documents. CONDUCT. By entering this Contest, each Entrant agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and by the decisions of the Workshare and its judges and agents, which are final and binding in all matters relating to the Contest. Workshare reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify and prohibit any Entrant from participating in the Contest or winning a prize who Workshare suspects, in the sole discretion, of attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, hacking, deception, or other unfair playing practices (including the use of automatic quick entry programs) or intending to annoy, abuse or threaten or harass any of the Workshares' representatives or otherwise failing to comply with these Rules. RELEASE OF LIABILITY. Each winner, by acceptance of the prize, agrees on behalf of him/herself, his/her heirs, executors, representatives, assigns, administrators and next of kin to indemnify, hold harmless and release Workshare, its parent, subsidiary and affiliated businesses and each of their officers, directors, shareholders, employees, advisors, assignees, agents, representatives and any other person or entity associated with this Contest from any and all liability claims or actions of any kind with respect to or in any way arising from this Contest, participation in any Contest-related activity; and/or delivery/misdelivery, acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of a prize, including, but not limited to, liability for personal injury, bodily injury (including wrongful death or disability), damage to property, and damage or loss of any other kind. Workshare is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by Web site users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or used in the Contest or by any technical or human error that might occur in the processing of Contest Entries. Workshare assumes no responsibility for any error; omission; interruption; deletion; defect; delay in operation or transmission; communications-line failure; or theft, destruction, unauthorized access to, or alteration of Entries. Workshare is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any computer online systems, servers, or providers; computer equipment; software; or failure of e-mail or entry on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site or combination thereof, including injury or damage to participant's or to any person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this Contest, downloading materials from Workshare's Web site or submitting entries. Workshare is not responsible for cheating or fraud by any participant. Any activities intended to disrupt or interfere with the proper play of the Contest or defraud Workshare in any way will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Participants who engage in any of the foregoing activities will be disqualified and will forfeit any prizes won. If, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned, due to, without limitation, infection by computer virus, worm, or bugs; tampering; unauthorized intervention; fraud; technical failures; or any other causes beyond the control of Workshare that, in the sole opinion of Workshare, could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, Workshare reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the contest. Workshare is not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of these Official Rules or any materials associated with the administration of the Contest or the announcement of the prize. In all events, the sole maximum liability of Workshare and its affiliates shall be limited to any of the prize(s) set forth herein. CHOICE OF LAW. Except where prohibited by law, all issues and questions concerning the constitution, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the participant and the Workshare in connection with this Contest, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California in the U.S., without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of California, or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of California in the U.S. PRIVACY. By submitting an entry on-line to Workshare, all Entrants acknowledge and agree that the personal information that they have provided may be maintained & used by Workshare. PUBLICITY CONSENT. By submitting an entry or accepting a prize, where permitted by law, each winner grants to Workshare the irrevocable right without any further notice, review or consent to print, publish, broadcast, distribute, and use, worldwide in any media now known or hereafter developed, including, but not limited to, the World Wide Web, in perpetuity and throughout the universe, his/her Entry, including, without limitation, the entry and winner's name, and statements about the Contest for trade, advertising, public relations and promotional purposes without any further compensation. WINNER'S IDENTITY. Prize winners' name will be announced on the Workshare blog on August 31, 2011. SPONSOR. Workshare reserves the right to cancel the contest at any time and substitute another promotion in its place.