The 2012 Globalization Challenge: All Roads Lead to Innovate
...and then there were two.
The stage is set for the 2012 Globalization Challenge finals taking place at Innovate on March 5th. SDL is flying Team Research in Motion (Alex and Victor) and Team KCI (Megan and Nicole) to Santa Clara, CA to compete in the first-ever live finals.
The Globalization Challenge began as a fun and spirited quest to find the team in North America with the greatest knowledge of global markets, content, globalization and localization. With more than 21 total matches held online and in Boston, Austin, Toronto and the Silicon Valley, the field of 50 teams was reduced to five competing in the semifinals on February 3rd and 6th, with KCI and RIM emerging as the highest-scoring teams.
Think of the matches as a lively, light-hearted quiz between teams of two. The quizmaster asks a starter question worth 10 points…fastest team on the buzzer wins the opportunity to answer. If the team answers correctly, they are given the chance to answer three bonus questions worth five points each. The team with the highest score at the end of the 15-minute match wins. Easy enough, right?
Part of what has made the Globalization Challenge appealing to all is that the questions cover a wide variety of topics and are geared towards participants of all backgrounds. For example, questions that have been posed to the participants include:
How many nations does the International Date Line run through?
Spanish and Portuguese are two languages of South America. Name the three other national languages.
What does the acronym XML stand for?
So that brings us back to the finals. Join us at Innovate on March 5th at 12:30 p.m. and cheer on KCI and RIM as they battle it out to be named the winner of the 2012 Globalization Challenge (and bragging rights, of course)! Who knows, it could be your team standing on the podium at next year’s finals.
Follow the Globalization Challenge conversation on Twitter: #G11nChallenge
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