Update | Finalists Announced, Judges Acknowledged, PR Awards Open

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January 24 2014

	Follow the Stevie Awards     Share | More Information     • Advertise • Contact Editors • Mailing List • Calendar				IN THIS ISSUE Finalists Announced in Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service   129 Professionals Determine Stevie Awards Finalists   Call for Entries for 22nd IPRA PR Awards for Excellence   IN BRIEF: German Stevie Awards Coming Soon; Apply to Judge the Stevie Awards   Upcoming Stevie Awards Calendar Finalists Announced in Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service   Tweet Finalists in the 8th Annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, the world’s top honors for customer service, contact center, business development, and sales professionals, were announced yesterday. A diverse group of organizations and individuals around the world are among those recognized in the customer service awards, contact center awards, and sales awards categories.  Organizations with Finalists in multiple categories include AllClear ID, Bluegreen Vacations, Cars.com, Delta Air Lines, DHL Express, EMKAY, FedEx TechConnect, Canada's FreshBooks, John Hancock, Lennox Industries, LiveAnswer, Marriott Vacation Club, Marsh U.S. Consumer, Parlant Technology, PetRays Veterinary Telemedicine Consultants, Property Insight, Richardson, Salesforce, SoftPro, SurePayroll, Inc., Turkey's Turk Economy Bank, ValueSelling Associates, VIZIO, Inc., Turkey's Vodafone, and Wyndham Vacation Ownership. For a full list of Finalists by category, visit www.StevieAwards.com/Sales.  Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners will be announced during a gala banquet on Friday, February 21 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Tickets are now on sale. Read the Rest of This Article... 129 Professionals Determine Stevie Awards Finalists   Tweet Preliminary judging of the 2014 Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service was conducted from November 2013 - January 2014 by 129 business professionals worldwide.  Their average scores determined the Finalists that are eligible to be included in final judging that begins next week. We thanks the following professionals for their time, interest and insights. Teresa Allen, Owner, Common Sense Solutions, Shreveport, LA, USA Amal Al-Najjar, HR Manager, Fluor - Kuwait, Kuwait Mohammad Alreeh, Lt. Col., Ministry of the Interior, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Johnny Anderson, Vice President, Bulldog Solutions, Austin, TX, USA Dmitry Aristarkov, Executive VP, National Association of Contact Centers, Moscow, Russia Tristan Averett, Associate Manager - Enterprise EHR Support, Allscripts, Salem, OR, USA Sam Beddeley, Senior Manager, Sales and Customer Service - Management Consulting, Accenture, London, United Kingdom Paul Bilodeou, VP Sales and Marketing, The Brooks Group, Greensboro, NC, USA Jill Blankensh, CEO, Frontline Call Center, Eastsound, WA, USA Angela Blevins, VP Customer Care, Bluegreen Corporation, Indianapolis, IN, USA See the Complete List of Judges... Call for Entries for 22nd IPRA PR Awards for Excellence   Tweet The 22nd edition of the International Public Relations Association's Golden World Awards for PR Excellence is now accepting entries. You may access the entry kit here. The GWAs are the world's top international public relations awards competition, featuring a wide variety of categories for agencies and communications departments.  All organizations and individuals worldwide are invited to submit entries.  The Golden World Awards initiative, established in 1990 by the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) and now managed by the Stevie® Awards, recognizes excellence in public relations practice worldwide.  There is no more prestigious international public relations awards program. Click here to access the calendar for the 2014 competition. Read the Rest of This Article... IN BRIEF: German Stevie Awards Coming Soon; Apply to Judge the Stevie Awards The Stevie Awards will soon launch its sixth awards program, the German Stevie Awards. This program will be open exclusively to organizations operating in Germany. Join the mailing list for these awards and we'll send you the entry kit next year, as soon as it's available... You're invited to apply to be a preliminary-round judge in the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards and/or The American Business Awards. 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 January 27: Entries open for 2014 International Business Awards February 19: Entry deadline for 2014 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards February 21: Awards banquet of the 8th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, Las Vegas March 26: Entry deadline for 2014 American Business Awards

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