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Office Makeover Contest

Help!My Office is

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Overview

Since the invention of the plain-papercopier, Xerox has been transforming the way people work. Through its broadproduct and service offering, Xerox isleading the way to better, more productivework in offices of all sizes – from small to large. Xerox develops and markets afull range of color and monochromecopier, fax, multifunction and printerproducts. Xerox is also leading thetransition to color in the office byproviding innovative, easy-to-use products that make it affordable to add color to documents for greaterimpact and response.

As a way to demonstrate how businessescan take small steps to make their officesmore efficient and productive, XeroxCorporation teamed with EntrepreneurMagazine to initiate a contest to updatethe most outdated office – an officedesperately in need of the latest hardware,and services – and help make the winningcompany’s employees more productiveand the office more proficient.

Businesses that enter Xerox andEntrepreneur’s “Help, My Office isObsolete!” contest could win a completeoffice process and document technologymakeover. This will include an assessmentof the winning office’s documentprocesses, which will be improved byaward-winning Xerox printers andmultifunction devices.

In addition to the office documenttechnology, the winning office will get a complete design makeover to make itmore functional and attractive. Celebritydesigner Thom Filicia, interior designerfrom the hit show Queer Eye for theStraight Guy, will provide designconsultation, and Thom Filicia Inc. will help execute the design.

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Judging Process

Submissions will be reviewed andqualified by a panel of judges fromEntrepreneur Magazine, who will select five finalists.

A final panel of judges will review thefinalists and select the winning entry andtwo runners up.

This panel consists of: celebrity designerThom Filicia, interior designer from thehit show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy;Bob Luchetti, an office futurist; RievaLesonsky, senior vice president andeditorial director of Entrepreneur Media,Inc.; and Diane McGarry, corporate vice president, chief marketing officer,Xerox Corporation.

Judging is based on the following criteria:

• How outdated is the current technology of the entrant?

• Which company has the most inefficient document processes, including number of steps within a process?

• How inefficient/outdated is the workspace?

Fast Facts

• This contest is a sweepstakes. No purchase necessary.

• The contest is open to US companies, with 10 – 50 employees. Home offices are not eligible.

• The contest begins March 16, 2004 andends June 30, 2004.

• Only one entry can be submitted per company.

• Companies can enter online or submit an entry by mail.

• Entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. PDT June 30, 2004 and must include a color photo.

• The winner will be notified on or around July 15, 2004.

• The makeover assessment andimplementation will begin on or around July 16, 2004.

• Full rules and further information can be found at:www.entrepreneur.com/helpmyofficeisobsolete

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Thom Filicia

Thom Filicia stars in the hit show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, and is the founder of his own interior designcompany, Thom Filicia Inc., where he hasestablished a strong reputation and wasnamed one of House Beautiful’s Top 100American Designers. He has experience in both residential and commercial designwork, with clients ranging from leaders offashion and entertainment to real-estatedevelopment and finance. His firm hascompleted work in metropolitan NewYork, the Hamptons, Los Angeles, Miami and Bermuda.

Filicia studied Interior Design at Syracuse University’s school of Art andDesign in the college of Visual andPerforming Arts. Early on, Thom focusedhis creativity on high-end interiorsworking at the venerable firms of ParishHadley Associates, Robert MetzgerInteriors and Bilhuber Inc.

Robert Luchetti

A principal of Robert Luchetti &Associates and former Harvard professor,Luchetti is one of the foremostconsultants in the area of corporateenvironments in the US. Robert Luchettihas been working on the concept ofalternative officing since the early 1980’s.He co-invented the now widely acceptedconcept of the office as activity setting in1983. In an activity settings-basedenvironment, multiple settings areprovided which have different technicaland physical attributes assembled tosupport the variety of performance“modes” that take place in an officeenvironment. These are flexible andreconfigurable environments which all support very considerable technology integration and focus onneighborhood/team/project spaces, which include both individual and groupdedicated and shared settings, rather thansolely on individual offices and cubicles.

His work has been recognized andpublished in BusinessWeek, The New YorkTimes Magazine, Harvard BusinessReview, Architecture and Interior Design.He received his Masters degree fromHarvard University’s Graduate School ofDesign in 1974 and is a recipient of bothnational and international awards.

Judge Bios

Thom Filicia, interior designer from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy

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Rieva Lesonsky

Rieva Lesonsky is senior vice presidentand editorial director of EntrepreneurMedia Inc., which includes Entrepreneurmagazine and numerous media brandextensions such as Entrepeneur.com,Entrepreneur Mexico and Entrepreneur’sBe Your Own Boss. Each month, millionsof established and aspiring entrepreneursturn to Entrepreneur Media for the advice,guidance and inspiration generated byRieva and her staff.

Rieva co-authored the books Start YourOwn Business, Young Millionaires and303 Marketing Tips and wrote Get Smart.

Rieva served on the Small BusinessAdministration’s (SBA) NationalAdvisory Council for six years. The SBAalso honored her as a Small BusinessMedia Advocate and a Woman inBusiness Advocate. For five consecutiveyears, she was named one of the Top 100Most Influential Journalists by BusinessNews Reporter. Last year they honoredher as a Business Luminary and installedher in the Business Journalist’s Hall ofFame. A nationally recognized speakerand expert on small business andentrepreneurship, Rieva has appeared on numerous national TV programs,including Good Morning Americaand Oprah.

Diane McGarry

Diane E. McGarry is corporate vicepresident and chief marketing officer for Xerox Corporation, Stamford,Connecticut. She was named to thisposition in October 2001. She wasappointed a corporate officer in February 1998.

McGarry is responsible for worldwide-integrated marketing and communicationsactivities and professional guidance andsupport throughout Xerox for specificareas of expertise in public relations,marketing, advertising andcommunications.

Prior to her current position, McGarry ledoperations support for the Office of thePresident and Chief Executive Officer andwas vice president for the Global TeleWebOperations group, which manages Xerox’sworldwide telephone contact centers.

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* Total retail value of the makeover, and the specific makeover components will be based upon a site visit and written assessment of the winning office. Copyright © 2004 Xerox Corporation. All rights reserved. XEROX®, The Document Company®, the Digital X®, and Phaser® are trademarks of XEROX CORPORATION in the U.S. and other countries. PRBKG-01UA

(1) Grand Prize:

An office makeover worth up to $125,000*

A Xerox assessment of office documentprocesses, followed by new officeequipment that supports a moreproductive and efficient work process

Celebrity interior design services

New office furniture

Three-year subscription to Entrepreneur

(2) Runners up:

First runner up will receive a XeroxPhaser 8400DP, estimated retail price of$1,699, a one-year warranty on serviceand supplies totaling $2,700, and a three-year subscription to Entrepreneur

Phaser 8400DP, retail $1,699.00

The Phaser 8400 is a color printer basedon a new solid ink technology platform. It delivers 24 color and black-and-whitepages per minute and offers high-valuefeatures such as automatic 2-sidedprinting. It comes with genuine AdobePostScript 3 and prints on a variety ofmedia, including cardstock, envelopes and transparencies. In addition, it handles custom page sizes from 3.5" x 5" to 8.5" x 14" paper.

Second runner up will receive a XeroxWorkCentre M15i, estimated retail priceof $1,299, a one-year warranty on serviceand supplies totaling $1,821, and a three-year subscription to Entrepreneur

WorkCentre M15i, retail $1,299.00

The WorkCentre M15i has a compactfootprint and features direct-connectprinting to a laptop or PC with the optionfor network printing. The M15i includescolor scanning and faxing and comes withan added security measure that allowspeople to control when faxes are printed.This system prints at 16 pages per minuteand features two-sided printing and 1,200dpi image quality.

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