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Update | Top 10 Reasons to Enter the ABAs, Inspirational New Product Awards Story, Tip From a Technology Award Winner

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From Girl Scouts to Geeks: Tip From a Technology Award Winner
  Top 10 Reasons to Enter The American Business Awards
  Touch Screen Gloves: Inspirational New Product Award Story
  IN BRIEF: Photographs of Tokyo IBA Celebration; More Sales & Customer Service Awards Judging Chairs; Volunteer to Judge the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service
  Upcoming Stevie Awards Calendar
From Girl Scouts to Geeks: Tip From a Technology Award Winner

  

tmg-e*media, inc. of New York  received a Stevie Award for Smartphone or Tablet App of the Year in the 2011 Stevie Awards for Women in Business.  (The 2012 edition of the awards will open next May - join the mailing list to learn when entries open.)  Many of the Stevie Awards competitions have tech awards categories.

Anna MurrayAnna Murray, principal of tmg-e*media, inc. and key technical consultant to Little Brownie Bakers, served as technical strategist in the development of the Stevie Award-winning Little Brownie Bakers mobile application. The app allows consumers to search for Girl Scout® Cookie sales.  Users can type in their location using their phone’s GPS feature to view a list of upcoming Cookie Booth Sales, an activity organized by Girl Scout® troops and councils at local venues such as a malls and supermarkets. The app has been used by hundreds of thousands of people to find Girl Scout® Cookies.

Anna is a recognized authority on technology and Internet strategy, and has provided us with a technology tip that may be equally relevant in other fields:

The Pile of Snow

It’s an icy day with snow piling up outside. Someone presents you with two choices of task. You could

(a) Stay inside and sort out the mess in your jewelry box, or

(b) Go outside and shovel the walk.

Who wouldn’t choose (a)?

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Top 10 Reasons to Enter The American Business Awards

  

As the December 14 early-bird deadline for The 2012 American Business Awards approaches, we encourage all U.S-based organizations and individuals to submit their entries for the 2012 ABAs. Get your entry kit here.

Below are the top 10 reasons why you should enter:

  1. Improve employee morale.  
    Applying for the Stevie® Awards is a simple and affordable way to recognize your organization and employees.

  2. Impress potential clients.
    Your work will not only be reviewed and honored by peers and competitors, but also by potential clients!  Use the American Business Awards categories to show off your work and achievements.

  3. Global recognition and free publicity.   
    Gold Stevie Award winners will have the opportunity to make a 30-second acceptance speech before an audience of 600+ executives from across the country during a nationally-broadcast awards dinner that will also be streamed worldwide over the Internet.

  4. Company size equality.  
    You don't have to be a big company to win a Stevie!  Small organizations have an equal opportunity to win Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevies.

  5. Access to your industry's leaders.  
    Many of the world's top business leaders will review your nominations during the judging process.
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Touch Screen Gloves: Inspirational New Product Award Story

  

Agloves® of Boulder, Colorado USA won Stevie Awards for Best New Product of the Year and Best New Company of the Year in the 2011 Stevie Awards for Women in Business. We asked the mother-and-daughter team behind this successful company how they came up with their innovative idea.  (All of the Stevie Awards competitions have new product awards categories - check out the categories in the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service - final entry deadline of January 18 2012).

AglovesIn February 2010, when Jennifer Spencer went to Washington D.C. to visit her daughter, Jean, it was extremely cold and the streets were lined with dirty snow. Jean, who was working as an intern for the Wall Street Journal, was using an iPhone to keep in touch with her office.  While walking along the street, Jean told her mother: “Mom, I am missing calls from my Editor.  When my phone rings, I have to find my phone in my bag, pull off my gloves with my teeth, and then shove them in my pocket in order to take the call.”  She added: “You have to invent gloves that work on touch screens!”

Jean was simply echoing the problem that smartphone and tablet users know only too well: regular gloves don’t work on touch screens. Fortunately for Jean, her mother is both an entrepreneur and a woman of great resourcefulness. The idea intrigued her.

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IN BRIEF: Photographs of Tokyo IBA Celebration; More Sales & Customer Service Awards Judging Chairs; Volunteer to Judge the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service

Photographs of the celebration of Japanese honorees in The 2011 International Business Awards, held in Tokyo on December 1, are available on the Stevie Awards' Facebook page. More than 50 people attended the event at the Alice Aqua Restaurant.

The final entry deadline for the 2012 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service is January 18, and we're pleased to name a few more final judging committee chairs. Sue Cloutier, VP Customer Service, Mayo Medical Laboratories, Rochester, Minnesota USA, will chair and form the committee for the Customer Service Department categories. Cameron Hurst, VP, Targeted Solutions, Assurant Solutions, Atlanta, Georgia USA, will chair and form the committee for the Customer Service & Contact Center Achievement categories. And Carita Vallinkoski, Senior Executive for Expansion Management with Competence Call Center AG, Vienna, Austria, will chair and form the committee for the Customer Service & Contact Center Team categories. Several more committee chairs will be named shortly...

Volunteer to be a preliminary-round judge in the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service . Online judging has begun. You'll learn about how customer service, call center, and sales professionals worldwide are achieving success, and you'll receive a certificate of appreciation suitable for framing.

Upcoming Stevie Awards Calendar

December 14 : Second early-bird entry deadline for 2012 American Business Awards.

January 18: Last day for late entries to the 6th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service

January 25: Finalists announced in 6th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service

January: Entries open for 2012 International Business Awards

February 27: Awards banquet for 6th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, USA

June 13-15: America Means Business. Celebration of entrepreneurship, featuring educational, networking, and social events throughout New York City.




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