Beijing, China - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - August 13, 2007 - Lenovo PC development company, is conducting a global online search, with Google, to find the world's most innovative thinkers to participate in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay.
The 'new thinkers, will participate in the historic China portion of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay. Lenovo's innovative torchbearer selection program will make extensive use of the Google platform. Starting next week, Google search users and affiliated web site visitors will be directed by promotional links and can register for Lenovo's global torchbearer search. At the end of September, 20 entrants from around the world will be selected to create and submit videos on YouTube showcasing how they exhibit the Olympic ideals and new thinking.
Visitors will cast their votes on the videos submitted in October, and the top three vote-getters will be nominated by Lenovo to be torchbearers for the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay. In the coming weeks, Lenovo will also launch several country-specific torchbearer selection programs.
Deepak Advani, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Lenovo remarked, ''As a worldwide partner of the Olympic Torch Relay, we are very excited to bring torchbearer opportunities to the general public through Google. This is an innovative approach to torchbearer nomination. Using Google's unsurpassed search and hosting platforms, we will invite people to nominate 'new thinkers' -- those who embody our company's philosophy and share in our global vision. New thinkers are representative of our passion for ingenuity and exemplify the entrepreneurial spirit.''
The criteria for a ''new thinker'':
Motivator - One who inspires the community to achieve goals and conquer obstacles
Provocative - One who disregards traditional boundaries in carrying out a great and difficult endeavor
Imaginative - One who thinks ''outside the box'' outside of national and cultural limitations
Individualistic - One who demonstrates independence in both their thoughts and their actions
Explorer - One who seeks new ways of doing and achieving
To show appreciation for ''New Thinkers'' registering in the campaign, Lenovo will manage weekly promotions to award them Lenovo Olympic pins, Olympic Torch-themed notebook PCs, and even the real Olympic Torch itself. Lenovo, winner of multiple awards in PC design, is also the designer of the 2008 Olympic Torch.
The official torch lighting will take place in Olympia, Greece, in March 2008. The torch is planned to travel to 22 cities in five continents before spending 97 days traveling to more than 100 cities in Mainland China. It will arrive at its final destination in Beijing on August 8, 2008, marking the start of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. It is the longest ever Torch Relay in Olympic history with more cities visited than any past Games.
Lenovo personal computer business model includes innovation, operational efficiency and customer satisfaction as well as a focus on investment in emerging markets. Formed by Lenovo Group's acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the company develops, manufactures and markets reliable high-quality, secure and easy-to-use technology products and services worldwide. Lenovo has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina.
With the largest index of websites available on the World Wide Web and the industry's most advanced search technology, Google Inc. delivers the fastest and easiest way to find relevant information on the Internet. Google's technological innovations have earned the company numerous industry awards and citations, including two Webby Awards; two WIRED magazine Readers Raves Awards; Best Internet Innovation and Technical Excellence Award from PC Magazine; Best Search Engine on the Internet from Yahoo! Internet Life; Top Ten Best Cybertech from TIME magazine; and Editor's Pick from CNET. A growing number of companies worldwide, including Yahoo! and its international properties, Sony Corporation and its global affiliates, AOL/Netscape, and Cisco Systems, rely on Google to power search on their websites. A privately held company based in Mountain View, Calif., Google's investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers and Sequoia Capital.
To learn more about the search effort, please visit: www.lenovo.com/torch.
For more information about Lenovo, please visit: www.lenovo.com.
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