Update: IBA Winners Announced, People's Choice Voting Opens, Vicki Batten

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August 15 2013

	Follow the Stevie Awards     Share | More Information     • Advertise • Contact Editors • Mailing List • Calendar				IN THIS ISSUE 10th International Business Awards Announce Stevie Award Winners   Voting Opens for People's Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Companies   Where Are They Now: 2012 Stevie Award Winner Vicki Batten   IN BRIEF: The Stevies Are Looking for a Marketing Director; People's Choice Voting Through August 9; Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards Are Coming; Apply to Judge Stevie Awards Competitions.   Upcoming Stevie Awards Calendar 10th International Business Awards Announce Stevie Award Winners   Tweet Organizations and individuals in more than 40 nations have been announced as Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie® Award winners in The 10th Annual International Business Awards, the world’s only international, all-encompassing business awards program. Nicknamed the Stevies from the Greek word “crowned,” the awards will be presented at a gala event on Monday, 14 October at the W Hotel in Barcelona, Spain. Winning 70 Gold Stevie Awards this year, organizations and individuals in the United States made the best showing.  South Korea came in second place with 43 Golds, while Turkey earned an impressive 21 Gold Stevies.  The United Kingdom earned 19 Gold followed by host nation Spain with 12, Canada with 11, China with 10, Australia with eight, Singapore with six, and the Philippines and the United Arab Emirates with five each. The top Gold Stevie winner this year is Jack Morton Worldwide (UK and the USA) with five.  Accenture (USA), Maras Group (Australia), and Weber Shandwick (Brazil, Hong Kong and the UK) are runners-up with four each. Winners of three Gold Stevies are Best Doctors, Inc. (USA), Burson-Marsteller (Australia and the UAE), Coca-Cola Turkey (Turkey), Finansbank A.S. (Turkey), Globe Telecom (the Philippines), Ignacio de las Cuevas S.A. (Spain), KW Digital (Sweden), LLORENTE & CUENCA (Spain), Nu Skin Enterprises (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan), Reading Room (Singapore), and RTR Rete Rinnovabile (Italy). A complete list of all 2013 Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners by category is available at www.StevieAwards.com/IBA.    Read the Rest of This Story ... Voting Opens for People's Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Companies   Tweet Today we've opened voting for the People's Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Companies, a feature of The International Business Awards in which the general public worldwide can vote for their favorite companies and other organizations in 17 categories.  Voting is now open at http://peopleschoice.stevieawards.com.  Voting concludes on September 13, and the top vote-getter in each category will receive a special crystal People's Choice Stevie Award at the IBA's 10th annual awards gala on October 14 at the W Hotel in Barcelona. The 17 industry-specific categories in this year's voting are Advertising, Marketing & PR Automotive & Transportation Business Services Computer Hardware & Electronics Computer Services Computer Software Conglomerates Consumer Products, Food & Beverage Energy & Utilities Financial Services Health & Pharmaceutical Industrial Internet & New Media Media & Entertainment Non-Profit & Government Services Telecommunications Anyone can vote one time in any or all of the 17 categories. Vote Now for Your Favorite Companies ... Where Are They Now: 2012 Stevie Award Winner Vicki Batten   Tweet 2013 marks the 10th anniversary of the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the world's top honors for female entrepreneurs, executives, employees, and the organizations they run. As we approach the entry deadlines for the 2013 competition we'll look back at some of the women who have won Stevie Awards over the past decade.  We'll catch up with them on their current activities, and learn what their Stevie win meant to them and their careers. Today's profile is of Vicki Batten, CEO of FSG Australia. Vicki Batten serves as CEO of a large, highly respected not-for-profit organization in Australia.  Throughout her career, Batten enjoyed some recognition as the recipient of local and state awards.  However, being nominated for a global Stevie Award and subsequently winning the Gold, was a source of great pride for Batten. Once Batten earned the 2012 Gold Stevie Award for Female Innovator of the Year in the Government or Non-Profit category, things around her changed.  In addition to the voluminous recognition and accolades she earned from colleagues, throughout the community and in business, she was soon presented with many requests to speak at several events.  Read the Rest of This Story... IN BRIEF: The Stevies Are Looking for a Marketing Director; Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards Are Coming; Apply to Judge Stevie Awards Competitions. The Stevie Awards are looking to hire a Marketing Director in our Fairfax, Virginia office to direct our communications outreach to potential entrants, sponsors, and judges. Read the requirements here... The Stevie Awards will soon launch its fifth awards program, the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards. This program will be open exclusively to organizations operating in the 22 nations that comprise the Asia-Pacific region. Join the mailing list for these awards and we'll send you the entry kit as soon as it's available... You're invited to apply to be a preliminary-round judge in the Stevie Awards for Women in Business and/or the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. As a judge you'll see how many individuals and organizations around the world are innovating and achieving success, and you'll receive a certificate of appreciation suitable for framing... Upcoming Stevie Awards Calendar August 28: Entry deadline for 10th Stevie Awards for Women in Business September 13 : Voting closes for People's Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Companies September 16: Second of two American Business Awards banquets, Julia Morgan Ballroom @ The Merchants Exchange, San Francisco September 23: Entries open for Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards

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