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Stories. Leadership. Transformation.

From learners to leaders

Alumni Challenge

At NEC, every learner’s story matters. Over the years, thousands of alumni have walked through our doors, carrying hopes, dreams, and resilience. This fall, we’re celebrating those stories,  and giving our community the chance to shine a light on transformation, leadership, and cultural pride.

Share your NEC story of transformation and leadership for a chance to win:
  • 🥇 1st Place: $1,500
  • 🥈 2nd Place: $500
  • 🥉 3rd Place: $250
Your story will inspire future learners, strengthen community, and showcase NEC’s role in resilience, healing, and leadership.

Submit Your Story

How it works?

Focus on transformation and how your NEC journey helped you become a leader, in your family, community, workplace, or Nation.
 
  1. Submit (Oct 1–14): Alumni complete the form below with a 250-word story and one photo. 
  2. Shortlisting: NEC reviews entries for eligibility and selects stories to feature on our social media and website.
  3. Vote (Oct 15–21): Community support decides the winners. Total engagement on NEC’s official posts (likes + comments + shares) counts as votes.
  4. Celebrate (Oct 22): We announce 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place across NEC channels and contact winners directly.
Eligibility
  • Open to NEC alumni (graduates or program completers).
  • Must be 18+ by Oct 1.
  • One entry per person.
  • NEC employees may share stories but are not eligible for prizes.
 
Get started!

Permissions & Use

By submitting, you grant NEC a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use your story, name, program, and photo in NEC’s website, social media, print, video, and promotional materials (with credit). You may revoke permission for future uses by contacting us (this does not affect materials already published).

Community Standards

NEC reserves the right to withhold publication of entries that:
  • Contain hateful, discriminatory, harassing, or defamatory language;
  • Include third-party copyrighted content without permission;
  • Disclose private information without consent;
  • Are off-topic or exceed 250 words.
Entries may be lightly edited for clarity, length, and spelling while preserving meaning and voice.

Privacy

Personal information is collected solely for contest administration and will be handled in accordance with NEC’s privacy practices. We do not sell personal information. Contact details are used to confirm eligibility and notify winners.

Disclaimers & Terms

  • NEC may modify timelines (e.g., due to platform outages) and will post updates on this page.
  • NEC’s count of engagement is final and may differ from visible counts due to platform analytics.
  • Entries that violate rules or include ineligible content may be disqualified.
  • No purchase or payment is necessary to enter or win. Void where prohibited.