#eventprofs Blog Awards . nominees announced

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

#eventprofs Blog Awards . nominees announced

Thank you to everyone who submitted a blog to the Eventprofs Blog Awards! We received over 40 submissions and have seen some fantastic event industry sites. Over the weekend the judging panel reviewed the submissions to ensure they were in the correct categories and met the award guidelines. Although there was a phenomenal list of blogs to choose from, the submissions were short-listed to a maximum of 7 per category. We would like to congratulate our nominees and thank everyone who participated.

And the Nominees are…

BEST INDUSTRY ADVANCEMENT BLOG

Events Man
McCurry’s Corner
PlusPoint
Smart Meetings Blog
SocialFishing
Trade Show Institute
Velvet Chainsaw’s Midcourse Corrections

BEST CORPORATE BLOG

FACTOR168 Creative Event Company – Muse
Shotgun Marketing Blog
Skyline Trade Show Tips
Sound n’ Sight
Splash: Refreshment for Your Small Staff Organization
Tradeshow Insight

BEST EYE CANDY BLOG

David Stark Sketchbook
Design Dawgs
Today’s Creative Blog
Zinke Design Weblog

BEST INSPIRATION BLOG

Dreamers Events
Grosh Backdrops Blog

BEST THOUGHT PROVOKING BLOG

ABCey Events: *Event Planning *Social Media* Technology
Conferences That Work
Corporate Incentive Travel
Event Industry Thoughts
Eventzilla
Howard Givner’s blog
Liz King Events

NEW KID ON THE BLOG
Engage
Event Lounge
Event Strategy Solutions
Jen’s Blog
Magic Moments Parties and Events
Mike Granek, CSEP
Rosa Garriga’s blog

BEST WEDDING BLOG

Landlocked Bride
A Big To Do Event: Inspiration and Education
Sensational Weddings
The French Bouquet Blog
Wedding Overdose

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

A new category has been added to the roster: The Eventprofs People’s Choice Award. This award will be given to the blog with the most overall votes – so, nominees, spread the word and get people voting!

How to vote

You should see a pop up on this page for voting. If you’ve closed it or if it didn’t appear, you can also click here to take survey. Voting closes at 9:00am EDT on September 9, 2010. The blog with the highest number of votes in each category will be announced as the winners.

Nominees, please click here to download 1) Your nominee badge, which you can place on your website and 2) A link to the survey so you can start promoting the awards right from your own site.

Tune in to see the winners

Don’t forget that the winners will be announced at Event Camp Twin Cities on September 9th, 2010 at 5:00 pm CST. For those who won’t be able to attend, I’m delighted to share that the event will be live streamed so you’ll be able to participate along with us!

Meet the Judging Panel

Cynthia Martyn, Ray Hansen, Samuel J. Smith, Christina Coster, Paul Salinger, Ruth Moyte and myself made up the 2010 Judging Panel.

Award Guidelines

Blog must serve the event industry to be nominated
A blog can only be nominated in one category
Blogs must meet the category’s description (i.e. Category: Best Corporate Blog | Description: A rockstar corporate blog that knows how to connect, converse and add value to its clients)
Blogs must provide a majority of original content to be considered for any category (i.e. aggregators of other blog’s information will not be considered for this year’s awards)

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Mike Mccurry

Thanks so much for the nomination I am honored to be among the group I am listed with. You rock Lara!
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[on READY2SPARK] #eventprofs Blog Awards . nominees announced – http://www.ready2spark.com/2010/08/event… #eventprofs
Eric Lukazewski

Thanks Lara for including Tradeshow Insight in this nomination! We’re super thrilled over here!!
Lindsay Fultz

Thank you to the #Eventprofs industry for the inspirational blog nomination. This means a lot, especially since my fellow #eventprofs are what inspires me! Congrats to all! What a great group of industry professionals and friends!
Mike

You are awesome Lara. Maybe a podcasting section next year. :)

Mike
http://www.meetingspodcast.com

Check out the interview with Lara– (we need an updated one Lara) http://grassshackroad.com/extra-interview-with-lara-mcculloch-carter-of-regaltents-twitter-eventprofs
http://www.factor168.com Darren Kerr

We are delighted… no… we are totally thrilled and humbled to be nominated for the Eventprofs Awards 2010 in the Best Corporate Blog category.We’d encourage you totake the time to visit the various nominees websites as there are some sensational people and organizations out there who we’ve found to be incredibly inspiring. These blogs serve as an outstanding resource for event and creative professionals who wish to be not only inspired but challenged. We wish them all well and congratulate them for their nomination.
FACTOR168

RT @ready2spark: Nice! 120 votes so far for the #eventprofs blog awards. Have you voted yet? http://www.ready2spark.com/2010/08/event…
EventLounge

RT @ready2spark: Nice! 120 votes so far for the #eventprofs blog awards. Have you voted yet? http://www.ready2spark.com/2010/08/event…
http://twitoaster.com/country-ca/ready2spark/ ready2spark

Nice! 120 votes so far for the #eventprofs blog awards. Have you voted yet? http://www.ready2spark.com/2010/08/event…
ericlukazewski

RT @ready2spark: Nice! 120 votes so far for the #eventprofs blog awards. Have you voted yet? http://www.ready2spark.com/2010/08/event…
http://www.skylinetradeshowtips.com Michael Thimmesch

I am so grateful to have our Skyline Trade Show Tips blog nominated for the Best Corporate Blog category in such great company with all these awesome blogs. They teach and inspire me with their insight, passion, and generosity. No matter who wins the contest, the whole industry is the winner.
markketing

RT @ready2spark: Nice! 120 votes so far for the #eventprofs blog awards. Have you voted yet? http://www.ready2spark.com/2010/08/event…
http://jeffhurtblog.com Anonymous

Thanks judging team for including us in the nominees. I found out during Kiki ‘Italien’s Sweet Spot Broadcast at ASAE’s 2010 Annual Conference. She announced the nominees during her live broadcast from the conference. Su-we-et!
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What an awesome surprise for you! I’ll have to send Kiki a message of thanks.
http://www.ready2spark.com/ READY2SPARK

You’ll definitely have to submit your podcast next year!
Jenise Fryatt

What a HUGE honor! Thanks to all the judges for taking the time to organize this. I’m so grateful to be included. Blogging on Sound ‘n Sight has been an amazingly transformative experience for me and it would never have been so successful, let alone even created, without #eventprofs. Lara you must be so proud to have started something so wonderful!
samueljsmith

RT @ready2spark: Almost 300 votes so far for the #eventprofs Blog Awards! It’s going to be a hot race for world blog domination. http:// …
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Almost 300 votes so far for the #eventprofs Blog Awards! It’s going to be a hot race for world blog domination. http://www.ready2spark.com/2010/08/event…
Liz King

A huge thanks to the judging panel for making this happen! I’m truly honored to be included on this list of such amazing event professionals who blog. The community that has been created using virtual tools has been such a testament to the possibilities of these “new” forms of communications. #Eventprofs certainly can be a role model for many other industries just jumping on board and I’m so lucky to be a part of such an innovative and creative group of individuals!
Maddie Grant

This is so awesome. Congrats to everyone! W00t!
Anonymous

maybe a venue or news section for venueinsider.com
http://www.ready2spark.com/ READY2SPARK

Thanks, @venueinsider! The blog awards is in its second year and is growing unbelievably fast. We’ve identified a few categories we’ll need to take a look at next year to accommodate the growing list of blogs, vlogs and podcasts that serve our amazing community. Thank you for your suggestion! We we definitely add this to the list of categories to consider. In the interim, I hope you voted :)
CityEvents

RT @ready2spark: The race is on and some categories are neck and neck! Cast your vote for the #eventprofs blog awards! http://www.ready2spark.com/2010/08/event…
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The race is on and some categories are neck and neck! Cast your vote for the #eventprofs blog awards! http://www.ready2spark.com/2010/08/event…
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markketing

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theexpogroup

RT @ready2spark: Did you know that the #eventprofs Blog Awards close Thursday @ 9am EDT? Get your vote on! 570 votes so far… http://bi …
http://twitoaster.com/country-ca/ready2spark/ ready2spark

Did you know that the #eventprofs Blog Awards close Thursday @ 9am EDT? Get your vote on! 570 votes so far… http://www.ready2spark.com/2010/08/event…
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600 votes so far for the #eventprofs blog awards! http://www.ready2spark.com/2010/08/event…. Voting closes 9am EDT Thursday.
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RT @ready2spark: 600 votes so far for the #eventprofs blog awards! http://www.ready2spark.com/2010/08/event…. Voting closes 9am EDT Thursday.
EventLounge

RT @ready2spark: 600 votes so far for the #eventprofs blog awards! http://www.ready2spark.com/2010/08/event…. Voting closes 9am EDT Thursday.
Wedding4444

This is so awesome. i am truly honored to be included on this list of such amazing event professionals who blog .Thanks so much for the nomination
http://www.free-wow-account.com/ WoW_Account

This is a great post. Thanks alot. Much appreciated.
LaraMcCulloch

@WoW_Account Fabulous! I hope you found some new blogs to follow!