The EventProfs Blog Awards were created to help bring awareness to the many great blogs within our small events and meetings community. I was blown away not only by the number of blogs that were nominated, but by the quality of the entrants.

As the rules stated we allowed a maximum of 6 entries in each category. I’m pleased to say that in 3 of the categories we had far more than 6 entrants! As a result, I’d like to introduce you to the pre-judging panel.

Comprised of 5 industry segment experts (plus li’l ‘ol me), they reviewed each of the entrants to determine the top 6 in each category.

…aaand…The results are in! Congratulations to everyone who entered and good luck to all of the nominees. In no particular order…

. best education blog .
Cvent meetings & events
Event manager blog
McCurry’s Corner
Midcourse corrections
Speakin’ up
The BusyEvent blog

. best eye candy blog .
David Stark
Artfool
D*Lish Design
Design Dawgs
Notes on a Party
Second City Soiree

. best food blog .
cuisinETC
cuisinETC Weddings
Food for thought
Sunday suppers

. best inspiration blog .
Fuel: The passion that drives us
The business of being creative
David Monn

. best wedding blog .
Green wedding shoes
RockNRollBride
Cynthia Martyn Events
Sasha Souza’s Sparkliatti
Diary of a Las Vegas Wedding Concierge
Something to talk about

. best new blog .
Event measurement 411
Experiential marketing 2.0
Savvy Says
Nicole Jensen
Bride Tide blog
Bridalease

. industry advancement blogs .
This was a new category created to highlight industry publication and affiliation blogs
Australia Academy of Wedding and Event Planning
Event Tech blog
PlusPoint
Eye on Exhibitions
Meetings: Minnesota’s Hospitality Journal

Voting will be open next week…so stay tuned.

Lara McCulloch-Carter
Author of the Special Event blog ready2spark
Director of Marketing – Regal Tent Productions
Past-President – ISES Toronto
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