CoinJar Advances Cryptocurrency Accessibility With Integrated AI

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Tue, Oct 27, 2026 @ 12:48 PM

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reshape financial technology, cryptocurrency platforms are finding new ways to make complex market information more accessible. Australia-based CoinJar is bringing AI directly into the cryptocurrency experience, helping customers better understand their portfolios, explore market trends, and navigate digital assets through natural-language conversations.

Founded in Melbourne in 2013 by CEO Asher Tan and COO Ryan Zhou, CoinJar is a cryptocurrency exchange and fintech platform serving more than 800,000 registered customers across Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Ireland. Originally established as a Bitcoin buying and selling service, CoinJar has expanded into a comprehensive digital asset platform designed for both new and experienced cryptocurrency users.

Making Cryptocurrency More Accessible Through AI
On December 9, 2025, CoinJar launched CoinJar AI in Australia and the United States, introducing an integrated portfolio and market assistant directly within its app.

Unlike standalone AI tools that require users to search for information separately, CoinJar AI connects securely with customers' real-time account data and transaction histories. Users can ask questions in everyday language to better understand their investments, access cryptocurrency news summaries, and explore market developments.

For example, customers can ask CoinJar AI to explain technical concepts such as zero-knowledge proofs, identify their best- and worst-performing assets, or provide information about institutional cryptocurrency activity. The assistant can also help users navigate account features, including setting price alerts and understanding two-factor authentication.

By combining account-specific information with a library of cryptocurrency concepts, CoinJar aims to reduce the complexity of managing digital assets and make market information easier to understand.

Early Adoption and Measurable Engagement
CoinJar AI demonstrated strong initial engagement within weeks of its introduction. According to the company's award nomination, the feature attracted 4,352 unique users, who generated more than 13,000 messages across 8,600 conversations, totaling approximately 180 million tokens.

These early adoption figures reflect customer interest in accessing cryptocurrency information through conversational AI rather than relying on multiple external resources.

The innovation builds on CoinJar's broader platform, which has processed tens of billions in cumulative transaction volume since its founding. The company also reports 99.99% platform uptime and no customer fund losses resulting from CoinJar-related security breaches throughout more than 12 years of operation.

Recognition for Innovation in Financial Technology
CoinJar has earned recognition through the CoinDesk Exchange Benchmark Rankings and awards from Finder, the Finnies, and WeMoney. These achievements reflect the company's continued focus on innovation, platform reliability, and customer experience.

Through CoinJar AI, the company continues to explore how artificial intelligence can simplify complex financial information and give cryptocurrency customers more accessible tools to understand digital assets.

CoinJar earned a Gold Stevie® Award for Excellence in Innovation in Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Organizations with Up to 100 Employees in the 2026 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards.

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Topics: Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards

Wer nimmt an der Stevie® Awards Herbstveranstaltung am 28. Oktober 2026 teil?

Posted by Jana Novatscheck on Tue, Oct 27, 2026 @ 05:51 AM

Am Mittwoch, den 28. Oktober, veranstalten wir im Pullman Paris Montparnasse in Paris, Frankreich eine gemeinsame Preisverleihung für die Preisträger der 12. German Stevie® Awards, der 23. International Business Awards®, der 11. Stevie Awards for Great Employers sowie der 3. Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence. Mehr als 700 Führungskräfte aus aller Welt werden erwartet, um die Dankesreden von Gewinnerinnen und Gewinnern aus unterschiedlichsten Branchen und Ländern mitzuerleben. Paris

Am 28. Oktober finden zwei Preisverleihungen statt, die jeweils live übertragen werden:
Die Mittags-Veranstaltung
Die Abend-Veranstaltung

Diese Gewinnerinnen und Gewinner der German Stevie Awards sind beim Event am Mittwoch mit dabei:

AI Techno Center GmbH, Boppard, Deutschland

Allianz Holding eins GmbH, Wien, Österreich

Allianz, München, Deutschland

Arnold Umformtechnik, Forchtenberg, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

BeNeering GmbH, Bottrop, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

BusinessArt, Unkel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

Congresservice Alpin Convention GmbH, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bayern, Deutschland

PetPlanner Business Solutions GmbH, Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

Rabb IT Solutions GmbH, Katzenelnbogen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

Unzer Group GmbH, Berlin, Deutschland

 

Diese weiteren Unternehmen und Organisationen aus den anderen Awards-Programmen werden ebenfalls anwesend sein:

2Connect Hungary, Budapest, Hungary

4T Consultants Pty Ltd, Emerald, Queensland, Australia

8x8, Campbell, CA USA

Abi Marquez, Taguig, Philippines

Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Acosta Group, Jacksonville, FL USA

AD Ports Group, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Ak Portföy (Ak Asset Management), İstanbul, Türkiye

Akrete Communications, Inc., Evanston, IL

Alexion AstraZeneca Rare Disease, İstanbul, Türkiye

Alpla Group, Istanbul, Turkiye

Altudo LLC, Newark, NJ USA

AS WATSON, Milan, Italy

ASCENTIUM GLOBAL SERVICES HOLDINGS, Singapore

Asiacell Communications PJSC, Baghdad, Iraq

AstraZeneca Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan

AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Ata Express Elektronik İlt. Tan. Paz. Dağ. San. Ve Tic. A.Ş., İstanbul, Türkiye

Atos, Bezons, France

ATÜ Duty Free, İstanbul, Türkiye

Australian Multicultural Women's Alliance, Sydney, Australia

Avrasya Tüneli İşletme İnşaat Ve Yatırım A.Ş., İstanbul, Türkiye

Award Writing Services, Bali, Indonesia

Bank Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

Bases Conversion And Development Authority, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines

BELBİM, İstanbul, Türkiye

Benifex

Besler, İstanbul, Türkiye

BEVALDIA OE, Athens, Greece

Beyond the Valley LLP, Lahore, Pakistan

BOTAS, Ankara, Türkiye

Boyner Buyuk Magazacilik, İstanbul, Türkiye

Brandfizz Employer Branding, Budapest, Hungary

Brasilprev Seguros e Previdência SA, São Paulo, Brazil

Briars Group, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom

CBRE GWS, Dallas, TX USA

CeCe Digital T/A My Medical Website, London, United Kingdom

Celebi Aviation Holding, İstanbul, Türkiye

Cengiz Holding,  İstanbul, Türkiye

Checkout.com, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Çimko, Narlı, Türkiye

Cisco CX Product Management, Durham, NC USA

Construction Industry Council, Hong Kong

CoreView, Milan, Italy

Culture Cuppa, London, United Kingdom

Dagi, İstanbul, Türkiye

Daiichi Sankyo Türkiye, İstanbul, Türkiye

Danone, London, United Kingdom

Dawn's Pizzazz (DPZ ), Danbury, CT USA

Dejero, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Deliverance AI, London, United Kingdom

Department of Information and Communications Technology, Quezon City, Philippines

DHL Express,  İstanbul, Türkiye

DHL Global Forwarding Management GmbH, Bonn, Germany

DHL Global Forwarding, Bonn, Germany

DHL Group, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

DocuWare Corporation, Beacon, NY USA

Doğuş Otomotiv Servis Ve Ticaret A.Ş., Kocaeli, Türkiye

Dräger Türkiye,  İstanbul, Türkiye

Dubai Harbour Marinas LLC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Ebebek, İstanbul, Türkiye

EDF, London, United Kingdom

Editvideo.io, Newark, DE USA

EFFX AI, New York, NY USA

Empowered Living Care, Sydney, Australia

EPAM Systems, Inc., Newtown, PA USA

Eren Enerji, Zonguldak, Çatalağzı, Türkiye

Erisim Customer Services, İstanbul, Türkiye

Etihad Airways Group, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Filinvest Land Inc, Mandaluyong City, Philippines

FloWater, Denver, CO USA

Fundación Grupo London Supply, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Future Beauty, Dalovice, Czech Republic

Galvatore Plating & Equipment, Cologne, Germany

GCash, Bonafacio Global City, Taguig, Philippines

George Capital Finance Solutions, Sydney, Australia

George Mason University Korea, Incheon, Korea

GLORIA HOTELS & RESORTS - OZALTIN TOURISM GROUP, ANTALYA, Türkiye

Graham Shapiro Design, Wilmslow, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Granite Telecommunications, LLC, Quincy, MA USA

Green Rock Foundation, Dilijan, Tavush, Armenia

GTech, İstanbul, Türkiye

Halkbank, İstanbul, Türkiye

Hayya, Doha, Qatar

HCLTech, Santa Clara, CA, USA

HELLENiQ ENERGY Holdings SA, Athens, Greece

HeyMo® The Experience Design Company, İstanbul, Türkiye

Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Dubai, UAE

Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund), Makati City, Philippines

IBM Institute For Business Value, Singapore

Infercom, Luxembourg

InLife (Insular Life Assurance Co., Ltd.), Muntinlupa City, Philippines

Korea Western Power Company, Taean-gun, Korea

KUKA Hungária Kft., Taksony, Hungary

Kuwait Finance House, Safat, Kuwait

L&T Technology Services, Mumbai, India

LEARNING JUST MADE BETTER INC., Makati City, Philippines

Lenovo International Services Support (ISS) - Latin America Spanish, Bogota, Colombia

Leobit, Austin, TX USA

Lexin Solutions, Brisbane, Australia

Lidl Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria

Limak Cement, Ankara,  Türkiye

LLYC, Madrid, Spain

LTM, Mumbai, India

MALAYSIAN RUBBER COUNCIL, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Merck, Darmstadt, Germany

Micheldever Tyre Services, Winchester, United Kingdom

MicroHealth, Vienna, VA, USA

MissionSquare, Washington, DC, USA

MKE (Makine ve Kimya Endüstrisi), Ankara, Türkiye

Mneuro Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria

ModMed, Boca Raton, FL USA

Motability Operations, London, United Kingdom

MR İşletme Hizmetleri Danışmanlığı A.Ş., İstanbul, Türkiye

MSD

Multinet Up, İstanbul, Türkiye

Multisys Technologies Corporation, Paranaque, Philippines

Naish Partners, Santa Barbara, CA USA

National Ilan University, Yilan City, Taiwan

New Image International, Auckland, New Zealand

Nicole Schmitz Leadership Coaching, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Oksijen Events, İstanbul, Beşiktaş, Türkiye

One Step GPS, San Fernando, CA USA

ONEBPO, Ilolilo City, Phillipines

Orbitel International Corp, New Taipei, Taiwan

Partner.Co, Midvale, UT USA

Persistent Systems

Petronect - Procurement Negocios SA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Philip Morris International, Lausanne, Switzerland

PJP Investments Group LLC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

pladis TR, İstanbul, Türkiye

Prime Development, İstanbul, Türkiye

PT Permata Graha Nusantara, Jakarta, Indonesia

PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk, Jakarta, Indonesia

PU Prime, Mahe, Seychelles

Purpol Marketing, Chippenham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Q Media 360 Advertising Corp., Bonifacio Global City, Philippines

QNB Bank A.S., İstanbul, Türkiye

QNB Türkiye, İstanbul, Türkiye

Qurio, Singapore

RankingCoach, Cologne, Germany

RE:STACK, Twyford, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Reggie Firedrill, Wilmslow, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Reputation House Marketing Management LLC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Resolute Software, Sofia, Bulgaria

SABC Pension Fund & SABC Medical Scheme, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa

Saman Bank, Tehran, Iran

Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Scottish Power, Glasgow, Scotland

St John's Co-Cathedral Foundation, Valletta, Malta

Staff Domain, Homebush, NSW, Australia

Starburst Edutech, Seoul, South Korea

Strategic Public Relations Group, Hong Kong

SUN HOPE Co.,Ltd., Chiba, Japan

SweetScience Marketing, Chesterbrook, PA USA

Synergy Market Research + Strategic Consultancy, Makati City, Philippines

Tam Finans, İstanbul, Türkiye

Tape Zoomie, Perth, Australia

Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai, India

Tata Consultancy Services, Stockholm, Sweden

Telemach Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia

The Development Bureau Of The HKSARG And The Construction Industry Council and Above the Line, Hong Kong

The Dr Z Functional Medicine Academy LLC, Sheridan, WY USA

The Sales Institute Australia, Perth, Australia

The Stories And Wisdom Company®, Seattle, WA

Tomo Nagami Consulting, Clamart, Haut de Seine, France

Torchy's Tacos, Austin, TX USA

Transport General Authority, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Tripadvisor, London, United Kingdom

Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş., İstanbul, Türkiye

Turkish Airlines, İstanbul, Türkiye

Turkish Association for the Study of Obesity, İstanbul, Türkiye

Türkiye Kalkınma Ve Yatırım Bankası, İstanbul, Türkiye

TURKIYE SİGORTA A.S., İstanbul, Türkiye

UnitedHealthcare, Minnetonka, MN USA

University City Of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

ValueLabs, Hyderabad, India

Versalis, Milan, Italy

Viettel Cambodia Pte., Ltd. Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Viettel Global Investment Joint Stock Company (Viettel Global), Hanoi, Vietnam

Viettel Mozambique (Movitel), Maputo, Mozambique

Viettel Peru (Bitel), Lima, Peru

Viettel Tanzania PLC (Halotel), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

W B Griffiths & Son Ltd, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom

Women Talk Tech, Barrie, Ontario, Canada

Worldwide Broker Network, Wilmington, Delaware

XtremeLabs LLC, McLean, VA USA

YASO, London, United Kingdom

YKK AP America Inc., Atlanta, GA USA

Zachry Corporation, San Antonio, Texas, USA

ZİRAAT KATILIM BANKASI,  İstanbul, Türkiye

Erfahren Sie mehr über alle neun Stevie® Awards-Programme unter www.StevieAwards.com. 

Topics: German Stevie Awards, German Stevie Awards 2026

Finalists Announced in Persistent’s AI Waymakers Awards at the 2026 Stevie® Awards for Technology Excellence

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Thu, Oct 22, 2026 @ 01:01 PM

Persistent and the Stevie Awards recognize leaders advancing AI, cloud, data, and software engineering innovation

Finalists in five categories sponsored by Persistent, a leading global technology company, have been announced in the 2026 Stevie® Awards for Technology Excellence. Persistent’s AI Waymakers Awards recognize technology leaders whose work is helping shape the future of AI, cloud and data, software engineering, and business transformation.

The Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence are an international competition recognizing outstanding achievements across the technology industry. Through its sponsorship, Persistent shines a spotlight on the individuals driving technological innovation and helping organizations translate emerging technologies into business impact.

The Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award placements among the finalists will be revealed during the awards ceremony on October 28, 2026, in Paris, France.

Persistent’s AI Waymakers Awards 2026

Meet the Finalists in Persistent’s AI Waymakers Awards

The finalists in the five categories sponsored by Persistent are:

AI Automation Leader of the Year

  • Tom Birnie, Transformation Director, BT Business
  • Prem Lakshminarayanan, Director, Global Identity & Access Management Operations, Ahold Delhaize
  • Raj Jampa, CTO, Myriad Genetics

AI Strategy Vanguard Award

  • Alice Guehennec, CIO, Sodexo
  • Vikash Singh, Director of Engineering, IAM, Ahold Delhaize
  • Nayaki Nayyar, CEO, Siteimprove
  • Andrew Henderson, CTO, OneAdvanced

Cloud and Data Visionary of the Year

  • Graham McMillan, CTO, Redgate
  • Pankaj Mistry, CIO & CISO, Enlivio Health
  • Antonio Abisaad, Group Chief Data Officer, Sodexo
  • Maria Garcia de la Hera, Chief Data Officer, Atradius

Software Engineering Trailblazer of the Year

  • Keshav Santi, Group VP Identity Access Management Products, Ahold Delhaize
  • Michael Carlberg Lax, Head of Engineering and MD Sweden, Infovista
  • Jon Hayman, VP, Engineering Manager, Redgate

Trusted AI Transformation Advisor

  • Brian Farrelly, Director - GM Ireland, Peru Consulting
  • Marcus Luebcke, Strategic IT & Digital Sourcing, Inverto, a BCG Company
  • Melanie Humphries, CEO, Horizon Seven Consulting Ltd
  • Ant Drake, Partner and President, EMEA, Information Services Group

Celebrating the People Shaping the Future of Technology

Persistent’s sponsorship of the AI Waymakers Awards reflects the importance of recognizing the people behind technological progress. From advancing AI strategy and automation to building cloud and data capabilities and leading software engineering initiatives, these finalists represent a range of expertise helping organizations navigate an increasingly technology-driven world.

Winners to Be Revealed in Paris

The technology community will learn which finalists earn Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award placements at the October 28 ceremony in Paris. The event will bring together honorees from several Stevie Awards programs to celebrate achievements in business, technology, and the workplace.

Congratulations to all the finalists in Persistent’s AI Waymakers Awards. Their recognition highlights the talent, vision, and leadership driving innovation across today’s technology landscape.

Learn more: Explore Persistent’s AI Waymakers Awards finalists.

Topics: Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence

Who's Coming to The Stevie Awards Fall Event on October 28, 2026?

Posted by Michael Gallagher on Wed, Oct 21, 2026 @ 03:04 PM

On Wednesday, October 28 we will stage a joint awards ceremony for winners of the 12th German Stevie® Awards and The 23rd International Business Awards®, the 11th Stevie Awards for Great Employers, and the third Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence at the Pullman Paris Montparnasse in Paris, France.  More than 700 executives from around the world will attend to witness the acceptance speeches of winners from a variety of industries and nations.

Paris

There are two ceremonies on October 28 that will each be broadcast live:
The Luncheon Ceremony
The Evening Ceremony

Here is the list of organizations that will be represented at Wednesday's event:

2Connect Hungary, Budapest, Hungary

4T Consultants Pty Ltd, Emerald, Queensland, Australia

8x8, Campbell, CA USA

Abi Marquez, Taguig, Philippines

Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Acosta Group, Jacksonville, FL USA

AD Ports Group, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

AI Techno Center GmbH, Boppard, Germany

Ak Portföy (Ak Asset Management), İstanbul, Türkiye

Akrete Communications, Inc., Evanston, IL

Alexion AstraZeneca Rare Disease, İstanbul, Türkiye

Allianz Holding eins GmbH, Vienna, Austria

Allianz, Munich, Germany

Alpla Group, Istanbul, Turkiye

Altudo LLC, Newark, NJ USA

Arnold Umformtechnik, Forchtenberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

AS WATSON, Milan, Italy

ASCENTIUM GLOBAL SERVICES HOLDINGS, Singapore

Asiacell Communications PJSC, Baghdad, Iraq

AstraZeneca Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan

AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Ata Express Elektronik İlt. Tan. Paz. Dağ. San. Ve Tic. A.Ş., İstanbul, Türkiye

Atos, Bezons, France

ATÜ Duty Free, İstanbul, Türkiye

Australian Multicultural Women's Alliance, Sydney, Australia

Avrasya Tüneli İşletme İnşaat Ve Yatırım A.Ş., İstanbul, Türkiye

Award Writing Services, Bali, Indonesia

Bank Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

Bases Conversion And Development Authority, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines

BELBİM, İstanbul, Türkiye

BeNeering GmbH, Bottrop, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany

Benifex

Besler, İstanbul, Türkiye

BEVALDIA OE, Athens, Greece

Beyond the Valley LLP, Lahore, Pakistan

BOTAS, Ankara, Türkiye

Boyner Buyuk Magazacilik, İstanbul, Türkiye

Brandfizz Employer Branding, Budapest, Hungary

Brasilprev Seguros e Previdência SA, São Paulo, Brazil

Briars Group, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom

BusinessArt, Unkel, RLP, Germany

CBRE GWS, Dallas, TX USA

CeCe Digital T/A My Medical Website, London, United Kingdom

Celebi Aviation Holding, İstanbul, Türkiye

Cengiz Holding,  İstanbul, Türkiye

Checkout.com, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Çimko, Narlı, Türkiye

Cisco CX Product Management, Durham, NC USA

Congresservice Alpin Convention GmbH, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bayern , Germany

Construction Industry Council, Hong Kong

CoreView, Milan, Italy

Culture Cuppa, London, United Kingdom

Dagi, İstanbul, Türkiye

Daiichi Sankyo Türkiye, İstanbul, Türkiye

Danone, London, United Kingdom

Dawn's Pizzazz (DPZ ), Danbury, CT USA

Dejero, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Deliverance AI, London, United Kingdom

Department of Information and Communications Technology, Quezon City, Philippines

DHL Express,  İstanbul, Türkiye

DHL Global Forwarding Management GmbH, Bonn, Germany

DHL Global Forwarding, Bonn, Germany

DHL Group, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

DocuWare Corporation, Beacon, NY USA

Doğuş Otomotiv Servis Ve Ticaret A.Ş., Kocaeli, Türkiye

Dräger Türkiye,  İstanbul, Türkiye

Dubai Harbour Marinas LLC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Ebebek, İstanbul, Türkiye

EDF, London, United Kingdom

Editvideo.io, Newark, DE USA

EFFX AI, New York, NY USA

Empowered Living Care, Sydney, Australia

EPAM Systems, Inc., Newtown, PA USA

Eren Enerji, Zonguldak, Çatalağzı, Türkiye

Erisim Customer Services, İstanbul, Türkiye

Etihad Airways Group, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Filinvest Land Inc, Mandaluyong City, Philippines

FloWater, Denver, CO USA

Fundación Grupo London Supply, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Future Beauty, Dalovice, Czech Republic

Galvatore Plating & Equipment, Cologne, Germany

GCash, Bonafacio Global City, Taguig, Philippines

George Capital Finance Solutions, Sydney, Australia

George Mason University Korea, Incheon, Korea

GLORIA HOTELS & RESORTS - OZALTIN TOURISM GROUP, ANTALYA, Türkiye

Graham Shapiro Design, Wilmslow, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Granite Telecommunications, LLC, Quincy, MA USA

Green Rock Foundation, Dilijan, Tavush, Armenia

GTech, İstanbul, Türkiye

Halkbank, İstanbul, Türkiye

Hayya, Doha, Qatar

HCLTech, Santa Clara, CA, USA

HELLENiQ ENERGY Holdings SA, Athens, Greece

HeyMo® The Experience Design Company, İstanbul, Türkiye

Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Dubai, UAE

Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund), Makati City, Philippines

IBM Institute For Business Value, Singapore

Infercom, Luxembourg

InLife (Insular Life Assurance Co., Ltd.), Muntinlupa City, Philippines

Korea Western Power Company, Taean-gun, Korea

KUKA Hungária Kft., Taksony, Hungary

Kuwait Finance House, Safat, Kuwait

L&T Technology Services, Mumbai, India

LEARNING JUST MADE BETTER INC., Makati City, Philippines

Lenovo International Services Support (ISS) - Latin America Spanish, Bogota, Colombia

Leobit, Austin, TX USA

Lexin Solutions, Brisbane, Australia

Lidl Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria

Limak Cement, Ankara,  Türkiye

LLYC, Madrid, Spain

LTM, Mumbai, India

MALAYSIAN RUBBER COUNCIL, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Merck, Darmstadt, Germany

Micheldever Tyre Services, Winchester, United Kingdom

MicroHealth, Vienna, VA, USA

MissionSquare, Washington, DC, USA

MKE (Makine ve Kimya Endüstrisi), Ankara, Türkiye

Mneuro Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria

ModMed, Boca Raton, FL USA

Motability Operations, London, United Kingdom

MR İşletme Hizmetleri Danışmanlığı A.Ş., İstanbul, Türkiye

MSD

Multinet Up, İstanbul, Türkiye

Multisys Technologies Corporation, Paranaque, Philippines

Naish Partners, Santa Barbara, CA USA

National Ilan University, Yilan City, Taiwan

New Image International, Auckland, New Zealand

Nicole Schmitz Leadership Coaching, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Oksijen Events, İstanbul, Beşiktaş, Türkiye

One Step GPS, San Fernando, CA USA

ONEBPO, Ilolilo City, Phillipines

Orbitel International Corp, New Taipei, Taiwan

Partner.Co, Midvale, UT USA

Persistent Systems

PetPlanner Business Solutions GmbH, Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Petronect - Procurement Negocios SA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Philip Morris International, Lausanne, Switzerland

PJP Investments Group LLC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

pladis TR, İstanbul, Türkiye

Prime Development, İstanbul, Türkiye

PT Permata Graha Nusantara, Jakarta, Indonesia

PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk, Jakarta, Indonesia

PU Prime, Mahe, Seychelles

Purpol Marketing, Chippenham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Q Media 360 Advertising Corp., Bonifacio Global City, Philippines

QNB Bank A.S., İstanbul, Türkiye

QNB Türkiye, İstanbul, Türkiye

Qurio, Singapore

Rabb IT Solutions GmbH, Katzenelnbogen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

RankingCoach, Cologne, Germany

RE:STACK, Twyford, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Reggie Firedrill, Wilmslow, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Reputation House Marketing Management LLC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Resolute Software, Sofia, Bulgaria

SABC Pension Fund & SABC Medical Scheme, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa

Saman Bank, Tehran, Iran

Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Scottish Power, Glasgow, Scotland

St John's Co-Cathedral Foundation, Valletta, Malta

Staff Domain, Homebush, NSW, Australia

Starburst Edutech, Seoul, South Korea

Strategic Public Relations Group, Hong Kong

SUN HOPE Co.,Ltd., Chiba, Japan

SweetScience Marketing, Chesterbrook, PA USA

Synergy Market Research + Strategic Consultancy, Makati City, Philippines

Tam Finans, İstanbul, Türkiye

Tape Zoomie, Perth, Australia

Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai, India

Tata Consultancy Services, Stockholm, Sweden

Telemach Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia

The Development Bureau Of The HKSARG And The Construction Industry Council and Above the Line, Hong Kong

The Dr Z Functional Medicine Academy LLC, Sheridan, WY USA

The Sales Institute Australia, Perth, Australia

The Stories And Wisdom Company®, Seattle, WA

Tomo Nagami Consulting, Clamart, Haut de Seine, France

Torchy's Tacos, Austin, TX USA

Transport General Authority, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Tripadvisor, London, United Kingdom

Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş., İstanbul, Türkiye

Turkish Airlines, İstanbul, Türkiye

Turkish Association for the Study of Obesity, İstanbul, Türkiye

Türkiye Kalkınma Ve Yatırım Bankası, İstanbul, Türkiye

TURKIYE SİGORTA A.S., İstanbul, Türkiye

UnitedHealthcare, Minnetonka, MN USA

University City Of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Unzer Group GmbH, Berlin, Germany

ValueLabs, Hyderabad, India

Versalis, Milan, Italy

Viettel Cambodia Pte., Ltd. Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Viettel Global Investment Joint Stock Company (Viettel Global), Hanoi, Vietnam

Viettel Mozambique (Movitel), Maputo, Mozambique

Viettel Peru (Bitel), Lima, Peru

Viettel Tanzania PLC (Halotel), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

W B Griffiths & Son Ltd, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom

Women Talk Tech, Barrie, Ontario, Canada

Worldwide Broker Network, Wilmington, Delaware

XtremeLabs LLC, McLean, VA USA

YASO, London, United Kingdom

YKK AP America Inc., Atlanta, GA USA

Zachry Corporation, San Antonio, Texas, USA

ZİRAAT KATILIM BANKASI,  İstanbul, Türkiye

Learn more about all nine of the Stevie Awards programs at www.StevieAwards.com. 

Topics: International business awards, German Stevie Awards, Stevie Awards for Great Employers, Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence

Saymee Builds Gen Z Engagement Through Gaming and Community Competition

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Mon, Oct 12, 2026 @ 11:01 AM

For brands looking to connect with younger audiences, everyday digital tools can offer opportunities beyond their original purpose.

In Vietnam, youth-focused telecom brand Saymee took this approach by transforming its mobile app into an interactive experience that encourages participation, builds community, and strengthens customer loyalty.
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Launched in 2023 under Vietnamese telecommunications company MobiFone, Saymee serves a generation of digitally connected consumers in a highly competitive telecom market. To stand out during the busy back-to-school season, the brand worked with execution agencies NNB Holding and Bond Vietnam to develop a campaign that combined mobile gaming, school pride, and community engagement.

The resulting initiative, Đường Lên Đỉnh Saymee 2025, introduced a six-week competition directly within Saymee's existing app. Students could complete more than 60 missions, earn rewards, and compete for their schools. By connecting individual participation with school-based competition, Saymee gave users new reasons to engage with an app they might otherwise open only to manage telecom services.

The campaign also extended beyond the screen. On-campus activities brought the competition to students in person, while social media content and local creators encouraged continued participation online. This approach connected digital engagement with real-world experiences, helping the campaign reach students across Vietnam.

According to the company, the initiative reached 14 million people online and engaged more than 1,200 school communities. During the back-to-school season, the app recorded more than 36,000 downloads, while average session duration increased significantly compared with the previous year.

Beyond its immediate results, the campaign offered a model for turning routine customer interactions into opportunities for brand engagement. By building entertainment and community participation into an existing service platform, Saymee demonstrated how businesses can find new value in digital tools their customers already use.

Saymee won a Gold Stevie Award for Innovation in Branded Entertainment in the 2026 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards.

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Topics: Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards

Chase Global Uses Strategic Communications to Help Rewrite a Wrongful Conviction Narrative

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Fri, Oct 09, 2026 @ 01:52 PM

Strategic communications can do more than shape how organizations tell their stories. In some cases, sustained communications work can renew public attention on unresolved issues and the people affected.

Chase Global is a strategic communications consultancy founded by Brad Chase, who has spent 20 years advising Fortune 500 companies, startups, nonprofits, and campaigns. Founded as a purpose-driven organization, the firm dedicates 10% of its working hours to pro bono projects for nonprofits, social campaigns, and individuals.

One of those projects became a six-year effort involving Nicholas “Nick” McGuffin, an Oregon man who spent nearly a decade in prison after being convicted of manslaughter in the 2000 death of his teenage girlfriend, Leah Freeman.

McGuffin’s conviction was overturned in 2019 after previously undisclosed DNA evidence raised new questions about the case. Attorney Janis Puracal, who worked to overturn McGuffin’s conviction, later approached Chase Global founder Brad Chase about helping shift the public narrative.

Revisiting a Nationally Covered Case
Rather than pursuing widespread media coverage, Chase Global focused its strategy on ABC News, which had previously covered McGuffin’s arrest and prosecution.

The approach resulted in a new two-hour special examining Freeman’s death, McGuffin’s conviction, the DNA evidence, and the legal effort that led to his release. Working closely with McGuffin and Puracal, Chase Global helped coordinate the production and shape an effort that placed both McGuffin’s wrongful conviction and Freeman’s still-unsolved murder back in the public spotlight.

The special aired in February 2020, following an accelerated seven-week production schedule. It subsequently generated additional coverage of the case across national news outlets and podcasts.

Chase Global continued working on the effort pro bono for several years, seeking opportunities to keep the case visible as McGuffin pursued formal recognition of his innocence.

A Six-Year Campaign Produces Results
In August 2025, McGuffin became the first person in Oregon to receive a Certificate of Innocence, which formally declared him innocent of the crimes for which he was convicted. The following month, the Oregon State Police forensic laboratory and the City of Coquille and its police department announced settlements totaling more than $14 million. The murder remains unsolved.

The campaign demonstrates how a focused communications strategy can help revisit an established public narrative and sustain attention on an issue long after the original news cycle has passed. Instead of seeking the largest possible volume of media coverage, Chase Global focused on outlets with an existing connection to the case and sustained the effort over several years as new developments emerged.

Chase Global won a Stevie® Award for Achievement in Non-Profit or Charity Organizations in The 2026 American Business Awards®.

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Digital Roadmap for the Stevie® Awards Over the Next Four Months

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Tue, Sep 29, 2026 @ 10:15 AM

The Stevie® Awards are entering our 25th year, and we’ve introduced a lot of new features and services over the past year. Chief among them are our new websites and back-end entry and judging system. All nine Stevie Awards programs are now on new web sites and system, and we published the last site to move, the main site at www.StevieAwards.com, to our new platform just last week.

Last week we also relaunched our Past Winners search system, featuring some really useful AI-directed summarization features. Check out this answer to the question, Which are the five organizations that have won the most Stevie Awards all time?

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We’re not done making updates, however. Here are four important updates we’ll make over the next four months.

In October

  • AI Chatbot
    We’ve been working on an AI chatbot that will answer just about any question about the Stevie Awards in general or any of our nine awards programs in particular. We’re starting the final round of testing of the chatbot and expect to make it available on all of our websites in October.

In Q4 2026

  • Opt-in Publishing of Gold and Silver and Bronze Stevie-winning Nominations
    To date we’ve published only Gold Stevie-winning nominations on our websites, because we’ve had to work through an extended iterative editing process with winners to ensure that no confidential information submitted was published. A new feature will empower all Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners to opt-in to publish their nominations, and to make their own redactions to those nominations prior to publication. Published nominations may live in perpetuity on the Stevie Awards platform, so that winners may cite them in their marketing.

  • Two-factor Authentication Will be Required for All Entrant and Judge Accounts
    To enhance account security for everyone in the Stevie Awards community, we will soon enable and mandate 2FA for all accounts. We will communicate extensively about the requirements prior to implementation.

In Q1 2027

  • The Introduction of an AI Nomination Assistant
    We’ve been working on an artificial intelligence tool that will enable entrants to expedite and optimize their Stevie Awards nomination submissions. The tool is learning how to structure and support ideal nominations, looking at 25 years of Stevie Awards history. Use of the tool will be free to Stevie Awards entrants.

Do let us know if you have any questions about any of these features now, and we’ll appreciate your impressions of them once they roll out.

Gewinner der People’s Choice Stevie® Awards for Favorite Companies 2026 der German Stevie Awards stehen fest

Posted by Jana Novatscheck on Tue, Sep 29, 2026 @ 02:55 AM

Die Gewinnerinnen und Gewinner der People’s Choice Stevie® Awards for Favorite Companies 2026 wurden bekannt gegeben. Die People’s Choice Awards sind ein fester Bestandteil der German Stevie® Awards, die in diesem Jahr zum zwölften Mal stattfanden. Als führender Wirtschaftspreis im deutschsprachigen Europa zeichnen die German Stevie Awards herausragende Organisationen aller Branchen und Größen aus.  

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Im August und September entschied die Öffentlichkeit: Mehr als 7.500 Stimmen wurden abgegeben, um die Favoriten der diesjährigen Auszeichnung zu wählen. Teilnahmeberechtigt waren automatisch alle Gewinnerorganisationen der German Stevie® Awards 2026 (Gold, Silber und Bronze) – durchgesetzt haben sich in den jeweiligen Kategorien die Unternehmen mit den meisten Publikumsstimmen.

Die Gewinnerinnen und Gewinner der Kristall-People’s Choice Stevie Awards werden im Rahmen der gemeinsamen Preisverleihung der German Stevie Awards, der International Business Awards, der Stevie® Awards for Technology Excellence und der Stevie® Awards for Great Employers am Mittwoch, dem 28. Oktober in Paris, Frankreich, geehrt. Auch die von den Fachjurys vergebenen Gold-, Silber- und Bronze-Stevie Awards dieser Awards-Programme werden während der Zeremonie verliehen.

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Die Gewinnerinnen und Gewinner der People’s Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Companies der German Stevie Awards lauten:

Unternehmen des Jahres - B2B-Produkte und -Dienstleistungen (inkl. diversifizierter Dienstleistungen)
chemmedia AG, Chemnitz, Deutschland

Unternehmen des Jahres - Industrie, Fertigung, Transport & Logistik (einschließlich Luft- und Raumfahrt/Verteidigung, Automobil, Chemie und Energie)
MEISTERDRUCKE, Finkenstein am Faaker See, Österreich

Unternehmen des Jahres - Informationstechnologie: Computer & Elektronik, inkl. Computersoftware, -hardware und -dienstleistungen
Rabb IT Solutions GmbH, Katzenelnbogen, Deutschland

Unternehmen des Jahres - Kommunikationsservice: Medien & Telekommunikation
ALCEFIEL, Urbar, Deutschland

Unternehmen des Jahres - Konsumgüter & -dienstleistungen (inkl. Finanz- und Versicherungswesen)
Allianz Versicherungs-AG, München, Deutschland

Unternehmen des Jahres - Werbung, Marketing und PR
communita GmbH, Koblenz, Deutschland

Unternehmen des Jahres - Sonstige
BusinessArt Vera Peters, Unkel, Deutschland

 

Topics: German Stevie Awards, German Stevie Awards 2026

Grand Stevie® Award Gewinner der German Stevie Awards 2026 stehen fest

Posted by Jana Novatscheck on Wed, Sep 23, 2026 @ 05:50 AM

Grand Stevie® Award Gewinner 2026 stehen fest: Höchste Ehren für Wolters Kluwer und Anomali Inc.

Sonderpreise des europäischen Wirtschaftspreises gehen an Anomali Inc. und Wolters Kluwer

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Große Ehre für herausragende Leistungen im deutschsprachigen Raum: Die Stevie® Awards haben die diesjährigen Grand Stevie Award Preisträger der 12. German Stevie Awards bekannt gegeben.

Über 250 Bewerbungen wurden von einer hochkarätigen internationalen Fachjury bewertet. Zwei Unternehmen stachen 2026 besonders hervor und sicherten sich die begehrten Sonderpreise: Wolters Kluwer und Anomali Inc.

Das sind die Spitzenreiter 2026

Unternehmen des Jahres: Wolters Kluwer (Deutschland)

Der führende Anbieter von Fachinformationen, Software und Services holte mit seinen Standorten Hürth und Ludwigsburg beeindruckende 21,5 Auszeichnungspunkte und verzeichnete damit die höchste Gesamtzahl erfolgreicher Einreichungen. Das Unternehmen nahm insgesamt neun Stevie Awards mit nach Hause – darunter Gold in Kategorien wie „KI im Finanzbereich“, „Digitale Prozessautomatisierungslösungen“ sowie „Bester wissenschaftlicher Kongress”.

Höchstbewertete Nominierung: Anomali Inc. (USA)

Mit einer herausragenden Jury-Durchschnittsnote von 9,09 sicherte sich Anomali Inc. die mit Abstand höchste Bewertung des gesamten Wettbewerbs. Die Einreichung glänzte in der Kategorie „KI-Innovation“ und wurde folgerichtig mit einem Gold Stevie Award ausgezeichnet.

Teilnehmende der German Stevie Awards 2026 konnten sich nicht direkt für einen Grand Stevie Award bewerben. Die Gewinner der Grand Stevies für die meisten Auszeichnungen wurden anhand eines Punktesystems ermittelt: Für einen Gold Stevie gab es drei Punkte, für einen Silber Stevie zwei Punkte und für einen Bronze Stevie eineinhalb Punkte.

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Verleihung im festlichen Rahmen in Paris

Ein besonderes Highlight wartet auf die Preisträgerinnen und Preisträger Ende Oktober: Die feierliche Trophäenübergabe findet im Rahmen eines gemeinsamen Gala-Banketts mit den internationalen International Business Awards® 2026 am Mittwoch, den 28. Oktober 2026, in Paris statt.

Ein Aushängeschild für Innovation im deutschsprachigen Raum

Seit nunmehr 12 Jahren bieten die German Stevie® Awards Unternehmen aus Deutschland, Österreich, der Schweiz, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg und Belgien eine globale Bühne. Der Wettbewerb zeichnet Spitzenleistungen in Bereichen wie KI, Technologie, Marketing, Management und Nachhaltigkeit aus.

🔗 Alle Gewinner im Überblick: Eine vollständige Liste aller Gold-, Silber- und Bronze-Preisträger der German Stevie Awards 2026 finden Sie in der offiziellen Gewinnerübersicht.

Jetzt für das nächste Jahr vormerken!

Möchten Sie 2027 selbst mit Ihrem Unternehmen, Projekt oder Team im Rampenlicht stehen? Registrieren Sie sich direkt auf der Stevie Awards Website, um rechtzeitig über Teilnahmefristen und Unterlagen informiert zu werden: https://gsa.stevieawards.com/..

Die German Stevie Awards sind der vielseitigste Wirtschaftspreis im deutschsprachigen Europa und fanden bereits zum zwölften Mal statt. Sie sind Teil der Stevie® Awards, die unter anderem die renommierten International Business Awards® ausrichten und in insgesamt neun Wettbewerbsprogrammen jedes Jahr mehr als 12.000 Einreichungen aus über 70 Ländern erhalten. Die German Stevie Awards bieten speziell Unternehmen, die am deutschsprachigen europäischen Markt tätig sind, eine internationale Wettbewerbsplattform zum Benchmarking an. 

Topics: German Stevie Awards, German Stevie Awards 2026

AI Role-Play Training Helps Organizations Enhance Sales and Customer Service Skills

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Mon, Sep 21, 2026 @ 12:15 PM

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used to support employee training, giving sales and customer service professionals new ways to practice workplace conversations before interacting with customers. AI-powered role-play platforms can provide consistent practice opportunities, immediate feedback, and performance insights that complement traditional coaching and onboarding programs.

Stevie-winner Second Nature developed an AI-powered training platform that enables sales and customer service teams to practice realistic customer interactions with conversational AI avatars. Users can rehearse sales pitches, product demonstrations, customer support conversations, slide presentations, and video calls while receiving objective feedback and performance scores designed to help improve future conversations.

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Second Nature's platform is available 24 hours a day in 27 languages and supports multiple role-play formats. A recently introduced AI-powered course-creation assistant lets training leaders quickly generate new courses, while integrations with Salesforce, Active Directory, and learning management systems help organizations incorporate the platform into existing training workflows.

Managers can use reporting dashboards to monitor trainee progress, identify where additional support may be needed, and spend less time conducting role-play evaluations themselves.

Customer Examples
Organizations across a range of industries have implemented Second Nature as part of their sales and customer service training programs.

SAP Academy reported that employees reached proficiency faster while increasing opportunities and sales volume without adding training resources. GoHealth incorporated the platform into training for its Medicare sales teams, reporting shorter onboarding times and improved sales performance. Spa World reported increased sales closing rates and reduced onboarding time after adding Second Nature to its training program.

second nature ai body image 2OneVision Resources also reported operational benefits. One Customer Support Leader said the platform let him spend more time on his primary responsibilities instead of remaining available for training. An Instructional Designer described the platform as an extension of the training team, citing increased practice time and more consistent role-play experiences.

Second Nature highlighted an academic study conducted by researchers at the University of Houston in collaboration with United Rentals. The study examined the impact of AI-powered role-play training on more than 2,000 outside sales representatives and contributed to ongoing research on how AI-assisted practice may support sales performance.

Second Nature won a Silver Stevie® Award for AI-Powered Sales or Service Solution – New or New Version in the 2026 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.

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Topics: stevie awards for sales and customer service

Human-Centered Healthcare Advocacy Helps Members Navigate Complex Benefits

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Thu, Sep 17, 2026 @ 01:45 PM

Navigating the US healthcare system—insurance coverage plans, government agencies, pharmacies, and medical providers— can be challenging. While many organizations have introduced automation to improve efficiency, personalized support still plays an important role in helping people understand their benefits and access the care they need.

LaborFirst provides healthcare navigation and advocacy services for unions, employers, and their members. Its Member Advocacy Services team serves as a single point of contact for healthcare-related questions, helping members understand their coverage, coordinate with providers and insurance carriers, resolve billing issues, and make the most of their benefit plans.ALL Winner Spotlights-3-3

Combining Personal Support With Practical Solutions
LaborFirst's advocacy team includes more than 180 US-based employees dedicated to member support. Advocates assist with everyday needs such as locating specialists, arranging mail-order prescriptions, and confirming prescription coverage, while also helping members navigate more complex situations, including prior authorizations, network changes, and major medical procedures.

The team completes extensive onboarding and annual geriatric-sensitivity training, and many Advocates are bilingual. A HIPAA-compliant translation service supporting more than 300 languages helps extend assistance to members with diverse language needs.

Unlike many traditional call centers, LaborFirst measures Advocates on service quality rather than call length or quotas, allowing them to spend as much time as needed with each member. The organization also emphasizes proactive outreach, with Advocates making nearly twice as many outbound calls as inbound to help resolve issues before they become larger problems.

Improving the Member Experience
In 2024 and 2025, LaborFirst's Member Advocacy Services team resolved more than 550,000 member cases. Since 2022, the team has also helped close more than 9,000 gaps in care by encouraging preventive screenings, annual exams, vaccinations, and chronic care programs.

The company's approach has also resulted in consistently high member satisfaction, maintaining a Net Promoter Score (NPS) above 90 each month since 2022.

Individual member stories illustrate the practical impact of the team's work. Advocates have helped members recover incorrectly billed healthcare costs, secure approvals for critical medical procedures, and obtain financial assistance for high-cost prescription medications by coordinating with healthcare providers, pharmacies, and nonprofit organizations.

Expanding Healthcare Advocacy Services
In 2025, LaborFirst expanded its advocacy model by introducing HealthActive for active employees and early retirees, along with RetireeFirst for Individuals, broadening access to its healthcare navigation services.

While technology helps reduce administrative work, LaborFirst's model emphasizes direct human interaction. By giving Advocates the time and resources to build relationships, answer questions, and guide members through complex healthcare decisions, the organization aims to provide support that extends beyond a traditional customer service experience.

LaborFirst won a Silver Stevie® Award for Front-Line Customer Service Team of the Year – Other Service Industries in the 2026 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.

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2026 Middle East & North Africa Stevie® Award Winners Honored at Ceremony in Istanbul

Posted by Nina Moore on Thu, Sep 17, 2026 @ 09:57 AM

 On Friday, 11 September, winners of the seventh annual Middle East & North Africa Stevie® Awards were presented with Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Awards during a majestic ceremony at the InterContinental Istanbul in Istanbul, Türkiye. More than 300 guests from 82 winning organizations around the MENA region and beyond attended the ceremony. Türkiye-based organizations recognized as winners in the Stevie Awards for Great Employers were also invited to attend the ceremony. 

The Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, sponsored by the Ras Al Khaimah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is the region’s only awards program open to all organizations in 18 nations in the Middle East and North Africa. The focus of the awards is recognizing workplace innovation in all its forms.

This year, more than 1,400 nominations were considered in the judging process by more than 155 professionals, whose average ratings determined the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners announced earlier in the year.

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Grand Stevie Award Winners in the 2026 Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards

In addition to honoring Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners, two Grand Stevie Award winners were presented with Grand Stevie Award trophies at the 11 September ceremony. The winners of these Grand “best in show” Stevie Award trophies are Eastern Health Cluster (EHC) of Saudi Arabia and the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources (FAHR) of the United Arab Emirates.

Organization of the Year: With 84.5 award points, earned through nine Gold, 19 Silver, and 14 Bronze Stevie Award wins across various categories, Eastern Health Cluster (EHC) of Saudi Arabia is the most honored organization in this year’s competition.

Eastern Health Cluster is one of the largest integrated healthcare network operators in Saudi Arabia. It serves more than two million beneficiaries, making it a key pillar of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 healthcare transformation. The cluster’s extensive medical service network spans the entire Eastern Province, operating 22 general and specialized hospitals, one medical city, and more than 120 primary healthcare centers.

With specialized centers of excellence in cardiology, oncology, neurosurgery, and organ transplantation, EHC’s network has an overall capacity exceeding 3,450 medical beds and a team of more than 4,500 doctors. EHC won Gold Stevie Awards in categories recognizing innovation in academic institution events, finance, human resources management, planning and practice, management in healthcare industries, thought leadership, and more.

Highest-Rated Nomination of the Year: With an average score from the judges of 9.66 out of a possible 10, the nomination submitted by the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources (FAHR) of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, received the highest individual average score in the 2026 competition.

The nomination, about the development of FAHR’s HR AI Agent, also won a Gold Stevie Award in the Award for Excellence in Innovation in Artificial Intelligence category.

FAHR is an independent federal entity responsible for managing and developing human capital within the United Arab Emirates federal government sector. Acting under the supervision of the UAE Council of Ministers, FAHR designs, reviews, and implements modern workforce policies, performance management programs, and civil service legislation across all federal ministries.

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Maggie Miller, President of the Stevie Awards, commented that this year’s awards gala brought together more than 300 guests from around the MENA region and beyond. The award attendees included dignitaries, industry leaders, officials, company owners, chairmen, boards of directors of government and private organizations, and executive directors, all pleased to be honored on stage.

“We were delighted to celebrate the 2026 Grand Stevie Award winners. EHC and FAHR exemplify the outstanding caliber of nominations received for the 2026 Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards,” said Maggie Miller. “The judges were highly impressed by the Grand Stevie winners’ creativity, resourcefulness, and expertise in driving their organizations forward over the past two years.”

The ceremony brought together dignitaries, government officials, business leaders, business owners, executives, and professionals from across the region. Winners were recognized on stage for their achievements and had the opportunity to deliver acceptance speeches and participate in interviews.

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The following organizations participated in the ceremony. Only winning organizations that attended the ceremony were recognized:

• 555 Global Live Experience, United Arab Emirates
• ADSCOPE CONSULTING LLC, United States
• Ajman Chamber, United Arab Emirates
• Al Dhafra Region Municipality, United Arab Emirates
• Al Khobar Health Network, Saudi Arabia
• Aon Türkiye, Türkiye
• Aster DM Healthcare, United Arab Emirates
• Astronaut Agency Global INC., Jordan
• AVA Media, Iraq
• Barns, Saudi Arabia
• Batı Anadolu Şirketler Topluluğu, Türkiye
• Boehringer Ingelheim, Türkiye
• CarrefourSA, Türkiye
• Commercial Bank International, United Arab Emirates
• Creative City Fujairah, Media Free Zone, United Arab Emirates
• Dammam Medical Complex, Saudi Arabia
• Dhahran Eye Specialist Hospital, Saudi Arabia
• Diversey, A Solenis Company, United Arab Emirates
• Dubai Customs, United Arab Emirates
• Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism, United Arab Emirates
• DZD Teknoloji, Türkiye
• Eastern Health Cluster, Saudi Arabia
• EHC Allied Health, Saudi Arabia
• EHC Finance, Saudi Arabia
• EHC Human Resources, Saudi Arabia
• EREN ENERJİ, Türkiye
• Esas Sosyal, Türkiye
• ETI, Istanbul, Türkiye, 1 Bronze SAGE Award
• Etihad Airways Group, United Arab Emirates
• Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, United Arab Emirates
• FLO GROUP, Türkiye
• Fujairah Natural Resources Corporation, United Arab Emirates
• Future Leaders International Group, Egypt
• General Entertainment Authority, Saudi Arabia
• George Mason University, United States
• HAYAT KİMYA, Türkiye
• Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates
• ING Türkiye, Türkiye
• King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam, Saudi Arabia
• King Fahd Military Medical Complex, Saudi Arabia
• King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia
• King Saud University Medical City, Saudi Arabia
• Maternity and Children Hospital, Saudi Arabia
• Ministry of Interior, Kingdom of Bahrain
• Ministry of Municipalities and Housing, Saudi Arabia
• Municipality & Planning Department, Government of Ajman, United Arab Emirates
• NABTA, Egypt
• National Talents Company, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates
• NMDC Energy, United Arab Emirates
• NMDC Group, United Arab Emirates
• Ooredoo Kuwait, Kuwait
• Parkin Company PJSC, United Arab Emirates
• Patient Friends Association in Unaizah, Saudi Arabia
• Penti, Türkiye
• PETROL OFİSİ, Türkiye
• Philip Morris International, Türkiye
• Pladis, Türkiye
• Qatar Foundation, Qatar
• Qatif Central Hospital, Saudi Arabia
• Qiwa-Takamol, Saudi Arabia
• QNB Bank A.Ş., Türkiye
• QNET, Türkiye
• RAK Chamber of Commerce & Industry, United Arab Emirates
• RAKEZ: Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone, United Arab Emirates
• Real Estate Registry, Saudi Arabia
• Riyadh Chamber, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Roads General Authority, Saudi Arabia
• Rudaw, Iraq
• Samsung Electronics Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia
• Saud Albabtain Cardiac Center, Saudi Arabia
• Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
• SEIZE, Saudi Arabia
• SESTEK, Türkiye
• SOCAR Turkey, Türkiye
• Sonaa El Khair, Egypt
• STM SAVUNMA TEKNOLOJİLERİ MÜHENDİSLİK VE TİCARET A.Ş., Türkiye
• TAVUK DÜNYASI GIDA SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş., Türkiye
• TCS Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Tosyalı Holding, Türkiye
• Toyota Türkiye Marketing and Sales Inc., Türkiye
• Turkcell, Türkiye
• Turkish Airlines, Türkiye
• TURKISH DO & CO, Türkiye
• Turkish Technic, Türkiye
• Türkiye Sigorta, Türkiye
• TURKUVAZ MEDIA GROUP, Türkiye
• UAE Space Agency, United Arab Emirates
• University City of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
• VakıfBank, Türkiye
• VitrA Tiles, Türkiye
• Wio Bank, United Arab Emirates
• Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority, Saudi Arabia

See the full list of 2026 Middle East & North Africa Stevie Winners by category

View and download photos from the awards ceremony.

Individual Acceptance speeches and red-carpet interviews are available on the Stevie Awards YouTube channel.

About the 2026 Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards

The 2026 Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards have recognized organizations in 15 nations including Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Türkiye and United Arab Emirates. More than 1,400 nominations in Arabic and English were evaluated in this year’s competition. Winners were determined by the average scores of 155 professionals worldwide, acting as judges on five juries to recognize innovative apps, achievements, entire organizations, public relations, customer service, human resources, individual professionals, live and virtual events, management, sustainability, technology, thought leadership, and more.

The 8th edition of the MENA Stevie Awards will open for entries in 23 September 2026. Sign up here to request the 2026 entry kit when it becomes available.

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Finalists in the 23rd Stevie® Awards for Women in Business Announced

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Thu, Sep 17, 2026 @ 09:00 AM

Finalists were announced today in the 23rd annual Stevie® Awards for Women in Business, the world's top honors for women entrepreneurs, executives, employees, and the organizations they run. Visit http://Women.StevieAwards.com for a complete list of Finalists by category.

The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are produced by the Stevie Awards, creators of The American Business Awards® and The International Business Awards®, among other business awards programs. The Stevies are widely regarded as the world's premier honors for achievement in the workplace.

Finalist Announcement

This year's Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award placements from among the Finalists will be revealed during an awards banquet at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City on Monday, November 16. More than 400 winners, guests, and Stevie Awards judges from around the world are expected to attend the presentations, which will be broadcast live.

More than 1,500 nominations were submitted this year by organizations and individuals for consideration in categories including Executive of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, Startup of the Year, Women Helping Women, and Women-run Workplace of the Year, among many others.

Nominations were submitted by organizations in 56 nations including Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Eswatini, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands, and Zimbabwe.

Among the many extraordinary organizations and women who have been recognized as Finalists, the following stand out as those with six or more Finalist nominations:

Cherishers 811 CIC, Rugeley, Staffordshire, United Kingdom — 23 awards
IBM, various locations — 20 awards
Purpol Marketing Ltd, Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK — 16 awards
The Dr Z Functional Medicine Academy LLC, Sheridan, WY, USA — 14 awards
UnitedHealthcare Consumer Services, Eden Prairie, MN, USA — 12 awards
Jared Dunscombe Foundation, Mount Eliza, VIC, Australia — 9 awards
Supernal World Creations, Naples, FL, USA — 9 awards
4 Voices, Queensland, Australia — 8 awards
Adele M Anthony, Kearneys Spring, Australia — 8 awards
Blue Diamond Property Group, New South Wales, Australia — 8 awards
BELBİM, İstanbul, Türkiye — 7 awards
BRYGE AI, New York, NY, USA — 7 awards
Dream Culture, Sydney, NSW, Australia — 7 awards
Empowered Living Care, Sydney, Australia — 7 awards
Epique Realty, Houston, TX, USA — 7 awards
National Talents Company, Khobar, Saudi Arabia — 7 awards
Nikki Langman, Melbourne, Australia — 7 awards
The Audacious Agency, Maroochydore, QLD, Australia — 7 awards
Access Offshoring, Brisbane, Australia — 6 awards
Avahi Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA — 6 awards
Award Writing Services, Bali, Indonesia — 6 awards
Expand Your Empire, Fort Collins, CA, USA — 6 awards
Innovative Leadership Institute, Columbus, OH, USA — 6 awards
Katrina Wurm, Gisborne, Victoria, Australia — 6 awards
Lead & Empower Her, Coronado, CA, USA — 6 awards
Syzygy - Life Directionist, Lake Munmorah, NSW, Australia — 6 awards


Finalists were determined by the average scores of more than 200 professionals around the world, working on
seven juries. Their scores will also determine the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie placements from among the Finalists, to be announced on November 16 during the ceremony.

Topics: stevie awards for women in business

Winners of 2026 People's Choice Stevie® Awards for Favorite Companies Announced in The International Business Awards®

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Wed, Sep 16, 2026 @ 01:59 PM

Winners were announced today in the 2026 People's Choice Stevie® Awards for Favorite Companies, an annual feature of The International Business Awards®. The International Business Awards are the world's only international, all-encompassing business awards program, now in its 23rd year.

The worldwide public vote was conducted in August and September, with the highest number of votes determining the People's Choice winners across various industries. More than 34,000 votes were cast. All Stevie Award winners in the Company/Organization of the Year categories in this year's International Business Awards (IBA) were eligible to be included in the vote.

PCSA Winners Announced

Winners of the crystal People's Choice Stevie Awards will be honored during a Fall Event on 28 October at the Pullman Paris Montparnasse in Paris, France. Tickets for the event are now on sale. The winners of peer-adjudicated Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Awards will also be recognized during the ceremony.

The winners of the 2026 People's Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Companies in IBAs are:

Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations: Award Writing Services
Banking:
BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
Business & Professional Services – Medium & Large: PT Permata Graha Nusantara
Business & Professional Services – Small: Dream Culture
Computer Services: Stefanini Consultoria e Assessoria em Informática S.A.
Computer Software: Multisys Technologies Corporation
Conglomerates: SM Investments Corporation
Consumer Products: For Keeps
Consumer Services: Just Kidz Emergency Medical
Cybersecurity: TeckPath
Diversified Services: Virtual Elves Agency Australia
Education & EdTech: YÜKSEKBİLGİLİ EĞİTİM & DANIŞMANLIK
Financial Services: BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
Food & Beverage: pladis
Health Products & Services: ANYTIME COUNSELLING PTY LTD
Health Providers: Just Kidz Emergency Medical
Hospitality & Leisure: Beyond the Valley LLP
Insurance: VUMI Group
Internet/New Media: Network Solutions
Manufacturing: pladis
Materials & Construction: Aboitiz Construction, Inc.
Media & Entertainment: Jasmine Norris Photography
Non-Profit or Government Organizations: Megaworld Foundation, Inc.
Real Estate: First National Real Estate Bundaberg
Retail: Rossmann Türkiye
Telecommunications: Viettel Group (Viettel Burundi)
Transportation: BEVALDIA OE
Venture Capital & Private Equity: George Capital Finance Solutions

Entries for The 24th (2027) International Business Awards will be accepted starting in February.

Topics: International business awards

Grazitti Interactive Advances Cross-Team Collaboration with Sinergify

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Thu, Sep 10, 2026 @ 11:51 AM

As businesses increasingly rely on specialized platforms for customer service and technical development, keeping information flowing between them can become a challenge in itself. Grazitti Interactive is addressing that gap with Sinergify, its integration platform designed to connect customer-facing and technical teams more efficiently.

Stevie-winner Grazitti Interactive is a global digital innovation company that helps organizations transform marketing, sales, and customer support through technology. Operating across North America, Europe, and Asia, the company works across major cloud ecosystems including Salesforce, Adobe, HubSpot, Marketo, and Khoros, while also developing its own enterprise software products.

Connecting Customer Service and Technical Teams
Among those products is Sinergify, a native, zero-code connector between Salesforce and Jira. The platform enables information to move between the two systems in real time, helping support teams working in Salesforce collaborate with engineering and product teams working in Jira without relying on disconnected processes or repeated manual updates. Recent Sinergify enhancements have focused on security, automation, artificial intelligence, and usability.

grazzitti interactive body imageFor organizations using Jira Service Management, Sinergify provides greater control over how it synchronizes public and private comments with Salesforce. This allows teams to maintain appropriate boundaries around internal information while keeping customer-facing communication current.

The platform has also expanded its authentication capabilities, including support for OAuth 2.0, Google Single Sign-On, and Personal Access Tokens for Jira Server and Data Center environments. These additions support organizations with increasingly complex security and compliance requirements.

Bringing AI and Automation into the Workflow
AI is also playing a larger role in the integration. Through Salesforce Agentforce, users can perform Jira-related tasks from within Salesforce, including creating and linking issues, adding comments, searching for information, and generating summaries. This approach brings technical information closer to customer service teams without requiring them to constantly switch between platforms.

Automation features further address the divide between technical incidents and customer support. Jira issues associated with application or infrastructure incidents can generate corresponding Salesforce support cases, helping relevant teams coordinate their response and communicate more efficiently.

Additional improvements give administrators more control over fields, layouts, default values, and supporting information. Sinergify can also surface similar existing cases as new Salesforce records are created, helping users identify possible duplicates and maintain more consistent data.

Breaking Down Operational Silos
Together, these capabilities reflect a broader challenge facing digital enterprises: customer service, engineering, and product teams may use different specialized systems, but customers experience their work as a single organization. Integrations such as Sinergify are designed to make those internal boundaries less visible by allowing information and context to move more readily between teams.

Sinergify is available through both the Salesforce AppExchange and Atlassian Marketplace and is used across industries including technology, SaaS, manufacturing, cybersecurity, and business services. Its continued development reflects Grazitti Interactive’s focus on using integration, automation, and AI to improve collaboration across increasingly complex enterprise technology environments.

Grazitti Interactive won a Bronze Stevie Award for Best Customer Support Solution - New Or New Version in the 2026 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.

Interested in entering for 2027?

Request the Entry Kit

 

Topics: stevie awards for sales and customer service

Who's coming to the Middle East & North Africa Stevie® Awards on Friday?

Posted by Michael Gallagher on Mon, Sep 07, 2026 @ 04:00 AM

This Friday, September 11 we will stage the seventh annual Middle East & North Africa Stevie® Awards at the InterContinental Hotel in Istanbul, Türkiye.  This Stevie Awards program recognizes innovation in the workplace in 18th nations of the MENA region. The program has been sponsored, since its inception, by the Ras Al Khaimah Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

54344562486_08317006a1_wMore than 300 Stevie Award winners and their guests, judges, and special guests will attend.  Also in attendance will be several winners in the 11th edition of the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, our HR awards program.  That program features many Turkish winners this year, and we invited them to share the stage and receive their awards in their home nation.

Here are the organizations that will be represented at Friday's event in Istanbul:

555 Global Live Experience, United Arab Emirates
ADSCOPE CONSULTING LLC, United States
Ajman Chamber, United Arab Emirates
Ajman Police General Headquarters, United Arab Emirates 
Al Dhafra Region Municipality, United Arab Emirates
Al-Khobar Health Network, Saudi Arabia 
Aon Türkiye 
Aster DM Healthcare, United Arab Emirates 
Astronaut Agency Global INC., Jordan
AVA Media, Iraq 
Barns, Saudi Arabia 
Batı Anadolu Şirketler Topluluğu, Türkiye
BATIÇİM BATI ANADOLU SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş., Türkiye
Boehringer Ingelheim, Türkiye
CarrefourSA, Türkiye 
The Charitable Society for Orphan Care in Riyadh Region (Ensan), Saudi Arabia 
Commercial Bank International, United Arab Emirates
Creative City Fujairah - Media Free Zone, United Arab Emirates
Deputyship for Research & Innovation (R&I) within MEWA, Saudi Arabia
Dhahran Eye Specialist Hospital, Saudi Arabia 
Diversey, A Solenis Company, United Arab Emirates 
Dubai Customs, United Arab Emirates 
Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism, United Arab Emirates
Eastern Health Cluster, Saudi Arabia 
EHC, Allied Health, Saudi Arabia 
EREN ENERJİ, Türkiye
Esas Sosyal, Türkiye
Etihad Airways Group, United Arab Emirates
Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, United Arab Emirates
FLO GROUP, Türkiye 
Fujairah Natural Resources Corporation, United Arab Emirates 
Future Leaders International Group, Egypt 
General Entertainment Authority, Saudi Arabia 
George Mason University, United States 
Gliese İstanbul, Türkiye
Gorkem Ozkan, Türkiye 
HAYAT KİMYA, Türkiye
Higher Colleges Of Technology, United Arab Emirates 
ING Türkiye, Türkiye
King Saud University Medical City, Saudi Arabia 
King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Saudi Arabia 
King Fahd Military Medical Complex, Saudi Arabia 
King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia
Leisure World, Qatar 
Ministry Of Interior, Kingdom Of Bahrain 
Ministry of Municipalities and Housing, Saudi Arabia 
Municipality & Planning Department – Government Of Ajman, United Arab Emirates 
NABTA, Egypt 
National Talents Company, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates 
Nautical Green Maritime S.A, Greece 
NHC Innovation, Saudi Arabia 
NMDC Energy, United Arab Emirates
Ooredoo Kuwait, Kuwait 
Parkin Company PJSC, United Arab Emirates 
Patient Friends Association in Unaizah, Saudi Arabia
Penti, Türkiye
PETROL OFİSİ, Türkiye
Philip Morris International, Türkiye
Pladis, Türkiye
PT Pertamina Hulu Energi ONWJ, Indonesia 
Qatar Foundation, Qatar
Qiwa-Takamol, Saudi Arabia 
QNB Bank A.S., Türkiye
QNET, Türkiye
RAK Chamber of Commerce & Industry, United Arab Emirates 
RAK Mediation & Arbitration Center, United Arab Emirates 
RAK Properties PJSC, United Arab Emirates 
RAKEZ: Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone, United Arab Emirates 
Ras Al Khaimah Civil Defense Department, United Arab Emirates 
Real Estate Registry, Saudi Arabia 
Riyadh Airports, Saudi Arabia
Roads General Authority, Saudi Arabia 
Rudaw, Iraq
Samsung Electronics Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia 
Saud Albabtain Cardiac Center, Saudi Arabia 
Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia 
SEIZE, Saudi Arabia 
SESTEK, Türkiye
SOCAR Turkey, Türkiye
Sonaa el khair, Egypt
STM SAVUNMA TEKNOLOJİLERİ MÜHENDİSLİK VE TİCARET A.Ş., Türkiye
TAVUK DÜNYASI GIDA SAN. VE TİC.A.Ş., Türkiye
TCS Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tosyalı Holding, Türkiye
Toyota Türkiye Marketing and Sales Inc., Türkiye
Turkcell, Türkiye
Turkish Airlines, Türkiye
TURKISH DO & CO, Türkiye
Turkish Technic, Türkiye
Türkiye Sigorta, Türkiye
TURKUVAZ MEDIA GROUP, Türkiye
UAE Space Agency, United Arab Emirates 
University City Of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 
VakıfBank, Türkiye
VitrA Tiles, Türkiye
Wio Bank, United Arab Emirates
Zakat, Tax And Customs Authority, Saudi Arabia 

The 2027 edition of the Middle East & North Africa Stevie® Awards will begin accepting nominations this September 23.  The 2027 edition of the Stevie Awards for Great Employers will begin accepting nominations in February.

Learn about all nine Stevie Awards programs at www.StevieAwards.com. 

Topics: Stevie Awards for Great Employers, Middle East Stevie Awards, MENA Stevie Awards, istanbul

2026 International Business Awards® Grand Stevie® Winners Announced

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Thu, Aug 27, 2026 @ 09:00 AM

Eight top “best in show” honors recognize leading organizations, agencies, nominations, and a new product or service; winners will be celebrated on 28 October in Paris, France.

The Stevie® Awards today announced the eight Grand Stevie Award winners in The 2026 International Business Awards®, the 23rd annual edition of the global business awards competition. The Grand Stevie Awards are the competition’s highest honors and recognize the most honored organizations and agencies, the highest-rated nominations, and the highest-rated new product or service nomination.

Grand Winners Announced (1)

The 2026 International Business Awards attracted more than 3,800 nominations from organizations in 78 nations and territories. Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award placements were determined by the average scores of more than 210 professionals worldwide during a three-month judging process. The 2026 Stevie Award winners were announced on 12 August, and all winners will be recognized at a gala event in Paris, France, on 28 October.

2026 Grand Stevie Award Winners

Organization of the Year

Cathay Financial Holding, including Cathay Life and Cathay United Bank, wins this year’s top honor with 76.5 award points, earned on the basis of 13 Gold, nine Silver, and 13 Bronze Stevie wins. Cathay Financial is a major financial holding company offering a range of financial products and services through its subsidiaries, including insurance, banking, and investment services. Cathay Financial is known for its strong presence in Taiwan and its expanding reach in the Asia Pacific region. This is the second year in a row Cathay Financial Holding has won this Grand Stevie Award.

Most Honored Marketing Agency

Above The Line Company Limited, Hong Kong wins this top honor on the basis of nine Gold, three Silver, and two Bronze Stevie Awards (36 points) for nominations submitted on behalf of clients the Development Bureau of the HKSAR Government and the Construction Industry Council.

Most Honored Public Relations Agency

LLYC, Madrid, Spain, with 28.5 points, is the Most Honored Public Relations Agency of the Year for the fifth time in the IBAs, this year with seven Gold, three Silver, and one Bronze Stevie Awards. LLYC is a global public relations, digital marketing, and corporate affairs consulting firm headquartered in Madrid, Spain, with extensive operations across Europe, Latin America, and the United States.

Most Honored Awards Agency

Purpol Marketing, Chippenham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom earned 39 points, the most among award agencies, for nominations prepared on behalf of themselves and clients CeCe Digital, Cherishers 811 CIC, SME Today, and W B Griffiths And Son Ltd. This marks the fifth Grand Stevie win for the firm, but the first in The International Business Awards.

Highest-rated Nomination of the Year

There is a three-way tie this year for the highest-rated nomination of the year, all scoring 9.71 out of a possible 10. The winners are:

Brasilprev Seguros E Previdência SA, São Paulo, Brazil for their nomination “Accessibility as a Strategy for Excellence In Serving Deaf Customers,” which won the Gold Stevie for Achievement In Customer Satisfaction. This is the first-ever Grand Stevie win, in any Stevie Awards competition, for Brazil.

Grundfos Holding A/S, Bjerringbro, Denmark for their nomination “Stay or ALPHA GO,” winner of the Gold Stevie Award for Achievement in Agricultural / Industrial / Building Marketing. This marks Denmark’s first-ever Grand Stevie Award win.

MilliporeSigma, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA for their nomination “One Community at a Time,” Gold Stevie winner for Achievement In Corporate Social Responsibility. MilliporeSigma is the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.

Highest-rated New Product or Service Nomination of the Year

This year’s honor goes to Beyaz Kağıt San. ve Tic. A.Ş., Adana, Türkiye, for the nomination entitled “Asperox Sparx Hand Dishwashing Liquid,” which won the Gold Stevie for New Product or Service Introduction of the Year. One judge acclaimed the nomination, “The company identified a genuine consumer frustration and turned it into a simple, practical, and easy-to-understand solution with Asperox Sparx. The combination of strong product performance, innovative packaging, and a well-integrated communication strategy made the launch stand out.”

How the Grand Stevie Awards Are Determined

Organizations cannot apply directly for Grand Stevie Awards. The “most honored” Grand Stevie winners are determined by a points system based on awards won in the International Business Awards: three points for each Gold Stevie Award, two points for each Silver Stevie Award, and 1.5 points for each Bronze Stevie Award. Highest-rated Grand Stevie honors are based on judges’ average scores.

Quote from Stevie Awards President Maggie Miller

“The eight Grand Stevie Award winners represent the very best of this year’s International Business Awards,” said Maggie Miller, President of the Stevie Awards. “Their achievements reflect the innovation, leadership, and determination that distinguished this year’s honorees. These organizations have demonstrated an exceptional ability to turn ambitious ideas into meaningful results and set new standards for excellence in their industries. We congratulate them on their outstanding achievements and look forward to celebrating their success in Paris this October.”

About the 2026 International Business Awards

The International Business Awards recognize achievement across every facet of work life. Categories include artificial intelligence, management, new products and services, marketing, public relations, customer service, websites, and many other areas of business performance.

The nomination process for the 2027 International Business Awards will open in February 2027. For more information about The International Business Awards and the complete list of 2026 Stevie Award winners, visit iba.stevieawards.com.

Topics: International business awards

Preisträgerinnen und Preisträger der German Stevie Awards 2026

Posted by Jana Novatscheck on Wed, Aug 26, 2026 @ 03:53 AM

German Stevie® Awards 2026: Die Gewinner stehen fest – diese Unternehmen wurden
ausgezeichnet

Über 250 Bewerbungen bewertet – Unternehmen aus Deutschland, Österreich, der Schweiz, Luxemburg und weiteren deutschsprachigen Märkten ausgezeichnet – Preisverleihung im Oktober in Paris

GSA26 GewinnerBekanntgegeben PressReleaseBlog

Die Gewinnerinnen und Gewinner der 12. German Stevie® Awards stehen fest. Nach Abschluss der Jurybewertungen wurden zahlreiche Unternehmen, Organisationen und Führungskräfte für besondere Leistungen, innovative Projekte und herausragende Erfolge mit einem Gold, Silber oder Bronze Stevie® Award ausgezeichnet.

Zu den diesjährigen Preisträgern gehören unter anderem die Communita GmbH, die DELL BAUGROUP und das ZDF – Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen. Eine vollständige Übersicht
aller Gewinnerinnen und Gewinner ist auf der Website der German Stevie® Awards nach
Kategorien veröffentlicht.

Zur Übersicht der German Stevie® Awards Gewinner 2026

Wolters Kluwer Deutschland mit sechs Stevie® Awards ausgezeichnet

Zu den erfolgreichsten Teilnehmern der German Stevie® Awards 2026 gehört die Wolters Kluwer Deutschland GmbH. Das Unternehmen erhielt insgesamt sechs Stevie® Awards.
Die Jury überzeugten insbesondere die Leistungen in den Bereichen digitale Prozessautomatisierung sowie bei der Durchführung von Konferenzen und Tagungen.

Auch das österreichische Unternehmen Amplexio konnte mehrfach überzeugen und erhielt zwei Stevie® Awards. Ausgezeichnet wurden unter anderem Leistungen in den Kategorien „KI-Startup“ und „KI-Anwendung“.

Weitere Unternehmen mit mehreren Auszeichnungen sind unter anderem die Allianz Versicherungs-AG, Rabb IT Solutions GmbH und das ZF Friedrichshafen – Werk Bielefeld.

Mehr als 35 Jurymitglieder bewerteten über 250 Bewerbungen

Für die German Stevie® Awards 2026 wurden mehr als 250 Bewerbungen von über 35 erfahrenen Führungskräften sowie Expertinnen und Experten bewertet. Die Einreichungen wurden in fünf unabhängigen Jurys beurteilt.

Im Mittelpunkt der Bewertung standen unter anderem:

  • Innovation
  • Qualität
  • wirtschaftlicher Erfolg
  • besondere Leistungen
  • Wirkung der eingereichten Projekte

Nach einer umfassenden Bewertung wählten die Jurymitglieder die Gewinnerinnen und Gewinner der Gold, Silber und Bronze Stevie® Awards aus.

Maggie Miller gratuliert den Preisträgerinnen und Preisträgern

Maggie Miller, Präsidentin der Stevie Awards, gratuliert allen ausgezeichneten Unternehmen und Organisationen:

„Wir freuen uns sehr, auch in diesem Jahr wieder zahlreiche innovative Unternehmen und Organisationen mit den German Stevie® Awards auszeichnen zu können. Die Qualität und Vielfalt der eingereichten Leistungen zeigt eindrucksvoll, wie viel Innovation und unternehmerische Stärke im deutschsprachigen Europa vorhanden ist.“

Preisverleihung der German Stevie® Awards 2026 in Paris

Die Gewinnerinnen und Gewinner der German Stevie® Awards werden in diesem Jahr gemeinsam mit den Preisträgern der International Business Awards®, der Stevie® Awards for Great Employers sowie der Stevie® Awards for Technology Excellence ausgezeichnet.

Die internationale Preisverleihung findet am Mittwoch, 28. Oktober 2026, im Hotel Pullman Paris Montparnasse in Paris statt.

Neben der persönlichen Auszeichnung bietet die Veranstaltung den Gewinnerinnen und Gewinnern die Möglichkeit, ihre Erfolge einem internationalen Publikum zu präsentieren und neue Kontakte zu Unternehmen und Führungskräften aus aller Welt zu knüpfen.

Publikumspreis: Abstimmung für die People’s Choice Stevie® Awards startet

Für die Gewinnerunternehmen der German Stevie® Awards 2026 geht der Wettbewerb nach der Jurybewertung in die nächste Runde.

Am Montag, 31. August 2026, startet die öffentliche Abstimmung für die People’s Choice Stevie® Awards for Favorite Companies.

Alle ausgezeichneten Unternehmen der German Stevie® Awards 2026 sind automatisch für diesen Publikumspreis nominiert. Bis zum 25. September 2026 können sie öffentlich um Stimmen werben – beispielsweise bei:

  • Mitarbeitenden
  • Kunden
  • Geschäftspartnern
  • der eigenen Social-Media-Community
  • der breiten Öffentlichkeit

Unternehmen mit einer besonders aktiven Community haben dabei die besten Chancen auf den Publikumspreis. Weitere Informationen zur Abstimmung sind auf der Website der German Stevie® Awards verfügbar.

Die German Stevie® Awards: Ein internationaler Wirtschaftspreis für den deutschsprachigen Markt

Die German Stevie® Awards gehören zu den vielseitigsten Wirtschaftspreisen im deutschsprachigen Europa. 2026 findet der Wettbewerb bereits zum zwölften Mal statt und ist Teil der international etablierten Stevie® Awards.

Zu den Stevie® Awards gehören unter anderem auch die International Business Awards®. Insgesamt erhalten die Stevie® Awards jährlich mehr als 12.000 Bewerbungen aus über 70 Ländern.

Die German Stevie® Awards bieten Unternehmen und Organisationen, die auf dem deutschsprachigen europäischen Markt tätig sind, eine internationale Plattform. Sie können dort besondere Leistungen sichtbar machen und sich mit anderen erfolgreichen Organisationen messen.

Teilnahme aus sechs europäischen Ländern möglich

Auch 2026 konnten Unternehmen aus allen europäischen Ländern mit Deutsch als Amtssprache am Wettbewerb teilnehmen. Bewerbungen waren aus folgenden Ländern möglich:

Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg und Belgien.

Ausgezeichnet wurden Leistungen und Projekte, die seit Januar 2024 umgesetzt oder erbracht wurden.

Die Kategorien der German Stevie® Awards decken ein breites Spektrum unternehmerischer Leistungen ab – von Innovation, Management und Marketing über Technologie und Kundenservice bis hin zu gesellschaftlichem Engagement und Nachhaltigkeit.

Damit richten sich die German Stevie® Awards an Unternehmen und Organisationen aus unterschiedlichsten Branchen und Unternehmensbereichen.

Jetzt für die nächste Runde der German Stevie® Awards vormerken lassen

Wer im kommenden Jahr zu den Preistragenden der German Stevie® Awards gehören möchte, kann sich bereits auf der offiziellen Awards-Website registrieren und sich rechtzeitig über Teilnahmefristen und Bewerbungsunterlagen informieren lassen: GSA.stevieawards.com.

Die German Stevie Awards sind Teil der Stevie® Awards, welche die renommierten International Business Awards® ausrichten und in insgesamt neun Wettbewerbsprogrammen jedes Jahr mehr als 12.000 Einreichungen aus über 70 Ländern erhalten.

Topics: German Stevie Awards, German Stevie Awards 2025

2026 Stevie Awards for Women in Business Entry Deadline Extended to September 3

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Thu, Aug 20, 2026 @ 09:00 AM

There’s still time to enter the 2026 Stevie® Awards for Women in Business.

The final entry deadline for the 23rd annual competition has been extended from August 19 to September 3, 2026, giving women entrepreneurs, executives, employees, and women-led organizations around the world additional time to submit their nominations.

The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are among the world’s leading awards recognizing the achievements of women in the workplace. More than 300 award categories are available for 2026, providing opportunities to recognize individual women, entrepreneurs, executives, employees, teams, organizations, achievements, products, and initiatives.

Sept 3 Deadline

New AI and Technology Awards for 2026

One of the biggest additions to this year’s competition is an extensive new group of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Technology categories.

These new awards recognize women and women-led organizations that are developing, implementing, and leading advances in AI and emerging technologies.

The categories cover a wide range of achievements, including individual leadership, organizations, teams and departments, AI achievements, products and solutions, and digital and emerging technologies.

New individual honors include:

    • AI Leader of the Year
    • AI Ethics & Responsible AI Leader of the Year
    • AI Product Leader of the Year
    • AI Researcher of the Year
    • AI Rising Star of the Year
    • Woman of the Year in Artificial Intelligence
    • Cybersecurity Leader of the Year
    • Data & Analytics Leader of the Year

The expanded category group provides new opportunities to recognize women not only for developing technology, but also for using AI and emerging technologies to transform organizations, improve business functions, create innovative products and services, and deliver meaningful impact.

More Than 300 Ways to Recognize Achievement

In addition to the new AI and Technology categories, the 2026 Stevie Awards for Women in Business include awards for achievements in:

    • Communications, marketing, and public relations
    • Women-owned and women-led companies and organizations
    • Individual women
    • Media developed for or by women
    • New products and services developed for or by women
    • Social media
    • Sustainability
    • Thought leadership

Popular individual categories include Best Female Entrepreneur, Female Executive of the Year, Mentor or Coach of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Award, Employee of the Year, and Most Innovative Women of the Year.

All female entrepreneurs, executives, employees, and the organizations they run, worldwide, are eligible to be nominated.

A Truly International Competition

The Stevie Awards for Women in Business attract nominations from organizations around the world. In 2025, the competition received more than 1,500 nominations from organizations in more than 48 nations.

More than 200 leading professionals worldwide will judge the 2026 nominations. Entrants will also receive access to the judges’ comments and suggestions about their nominations, providing valuable feedback regardless of the final award result.

Enter by September 3

The extended September 3 final entry deadline is the last opportunity to submit nominations for the 2026 competition.

Finalists will be announced on September 16, and Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners will be celebrated at the 2026 Stevie Awards for Women in Business ceremony on November 16 in New York City.

Visit Women.StevieAwards.com to review the categories, request an entry kit, and submit nominations.

Topics: stevie awards for women in business

Stevie® Awards Announce Winners in The 23rd Annual International Business Awards® From Across the Globe

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Wed, Aug 12, 2026 @ 09:00 AM

High-achieving organizations and executives around the world have been recognized as Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie® Award winners in The 23rd Annual International Business Awards®, the world's only international, all-encompassing business awards program.

Winners were selected from more than 3,400 nominations submitted by organizations in 82 nations and territories.

A complete list of all 2026 Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners by category is available at http://IBA.stevieawards.com.

IBA Winner Announcement

More than 210 professionals around the world serving as Stevie Award judges on 11 specialized juries reviewed and rated nominations to determine the winners.

The top winner of Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Awards is Viettel. Viettel organizations worldwide earned a total of 29 awards, led by Viettel Cambodia Pte., Ltd. and Viettel Peru S.A.C. with six awards each. Other winning Viettel organizations included Lumitel, Movitel S.A., Viettel Post Joint Stock Corporation, Viettel Burundi (Lumitel), Viettel Solutions, Viettel Tanzania PLC (Halotel), Viettel Global, Viettel Group, Viettel IDC, and Viettel Timor.

Other winners of four or more Gold Stevie Awards include:

9 Gold Stevies
Globe Telecoms, Inc., Manila, Philippines

7 Gold Stevies
Cathay United Bank, Taipei, Taiwan
LLYC, Madrid, Spain
Tata Consultancy Services, various locations

6 Gold Stevies
Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan
HALKBANK, Atasehir, Türkiye
IBM, various locations
Megaworld Foundation, Inc. and Megaworld Lifestyle Malls, Taguig City, Philippines
pladis, Istanbul, Türkiye
QNB, İstanbul, Türkiye
The Development Bureau of the HKSARG and the Construction Industry Council, Hong Kong

5 Gold Stevies
CarrefourSA, Maltepe, Türkiye
Leobit, Austin, TX, USA
Miral, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

4 Gold Stevies
Abu Dhabi Customs, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Addvox, Mexico City, Mexico
AS Watson, Milan, Italy and Hong Kong
Beyaz Kağıt San. ve Tic. A.Ş., Adana, Türkiye
Cebuana Lhuillier, Makati City, Philippines
Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA, USA
George Capital Finance Solutions, Sydney, Australia
HeyMo® The Experience Design Company, İstanbul, Türkiye
Noguchi x, Budapest, Hungary
Türkiye Sigorta, Besiktas, Türkiye

All organizations worldwide are eligible to compete in the IBAs and may submit any number of nominations in a wide range of categories for achievement in management, marketing, public relations, customer service, human resources, new products and services, technology, websites, apps, events, and more.

Winners will be celebrated during a gala event in Paris, France, on 28 October 2026. Tickets are on sale now.

Nominations for the 2027 edition of the IBAs will be accepted starting in February 2027.

 

Topics: International business awards

How Temu's Local Seller Program Gives Businesses a New Way to Grow

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Tue, Aug 11, 2026 @ 10:00 AM

Temu launched in the United States in September 2022 to make quality, affordable products accessible through a streamlined supply chain.

By connecting shoppers directly with manufacturers, Temu helps cut out the layers of middlemen that typically add cost between factory and consumer, bringing prices closer to what retailers themselves pay before markup. Temu now serves customers in more than 90 markets, ranking among the most visited e-commerce platforms globally.

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In 2024, Temu launched its Local Seller Program to expand beyond cross-border commerce and support local businesses and fulfillment. Now active in more than 35 markets, the program was designed to help businesses of all sizes grow online by reducing barriers to entry, improving customer discovery, and providing tools to support daily operations.

As competition among e-commerce platforms has intensified over the years, some marketplaces have grown increasingly “pay-to-play,” where visibility now depends less on product quality and more on advertising budget.

For a small business without media spend to match, that can mean disappearing from search results altogether. Temu’s answer was a discovery-based model built around no registration fees, a fast setup process, and product visibility driven by what shoppers actually search for rather than who pays the most for placement.

Results Across Categories
Temu's marketplace spans 700 product categories, giving local sellers — whatever they make or sell — a place to reach customers. The benefits look different from one seller to the next. Through growth on Temu, sellers report reaching new customer segments, expanding market reach, generating new revenue streams, and reinvesting online growth into offline operations such as local hiring, warehouse expansion, and improved customer support.

For example, TCG Empire, a Kentucky-based collectible card seller, reached 74,000 orders within six months of joining and became Temu's top local seller in Games & Accessories. Demand grew so fast that the company opened a 4,000-square-foot warehouse to keep up with orders, and they now fulfill up to 1,000 shipments a day.

Another local seller success story is Toyiah Marquis’s Patch Party Club, which she founded as a creative outlet that grew into a brick-and-mortar store in Illinois. In the store, customers can customize apparel with embroidered patches, host “patch parties,” and build community around self-expression. But, like with most physical businesses, Patch Party Club’s growth ran into the limits of geography. Toyiah took the business online and started selling on Temu in 2025. Within her first three weeks on Temu, she sold more than 300 patches, including her viral “Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” patch, with nearly 90% of that volume coming from new customers.

But not every seller who joins the program is new to the e-commerce space. For some, Temu is a new engine inside an already established e-commerce operation. PopMarket, a Florida-based collectibles brand owned by Nasdaq-listed Alliance Entertainment, saw Temu become its fastest-growing digital marketplace in more than a decade.

Support Built to Scale
Behind these successful sellers sits infrastructure that most small and mid-sized businesses couldn’t build on their own. Temu works with local logistics partners and payment providers to support reliable delivery and secure transactions and provides dedicated seller support, campaign tools, direct customer engagement features and enterprise resource planning (ERP) integrations. Its Shopify app opens Temu’s marketplace to millions of small businesses, and partnerships with providers like Rithum, ShipStation and ShipBob support order management and fulfillment. Sellers can also use the Temu Seller Academy, a free hub of training materials, and contact a human support team rather than a chatbot when questions come up.

Delivering Value and Trust for Consumers
Consumers feel the difference too. A 2025 Ipsos survey found Temu shoppers saved an average of 26% globally, with about eight in 10 saying the platform offers good value for money and 75% saying they’d likely recommend it to others.

As Temu approaches its fourth year in the United States, its investment in scalable infrastructure, broad market access, and customer value continues to shape its growth.

Temu earned a Gold Stevie Award for Business Development Achievement of the Year - Digital Commerce Enablement in the 2026 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.

Interested in entering for the 2027 program? 

Topics: Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service

Grand Winners Announced in 2026 Stevie® Awards for Technology Excellence

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Thu, Aug 06, 2026 @ 09:00 AM

IBM Named Organization of the Year; T-Mobile Engineer Earns Highest-Rated Nomination

Two Grand (“best of show”) Stevie Award winners have been announced in the third annual Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence. The annual competition honors outstanding achievements by individuals, teams, and organizations shaping the future of technology across every industry.

The Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence are an international business awards competition that is open to all organizations and individuals worldwide. The competition’s Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie winners in the various categories were announced in July and are listed at Tech.StevieAwards.com.

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Most Honored Organization: IBM, including IBM Manufacturing Solutions Pte. Ltd., is the most honored organization in the competition, with 18.5 award points earned through three Gold, one Silver, and five Bronze Stevie wins. (To determine the Organization of the Year winner, each Gold Stevie Award earns three points, each Silver win earns two points, and each Bronze earns 1.5 points.) A judge of one of IBM’s Gold Stevie-winning nominations shared, "This is a strong entry that goes beyond the standard DevOps implementation. The team has built a well-thought-out approach to a real scaling problem, and the supporting material backs up their claims. The ability to dynamically determine test execution at runtime and significantly reduce unnecessary test runs is genuinely innovative."

This marks the 20th Grand Stevie Award won by IBM, across all nine Stevie Awards programs in the past 25 years, but the first in the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence.

Highest-Rated Nomination: The Grand Stevie Award for the Highest-Rated Nomination of the Year, with an average score of 9.63 out of a possible 10, goes to Harikishore Allu Balan, Principal Systems Architect at T-Mobile, whose nomination won the Gold Stevie for Employee of the Year - Information Technology – Telecommunications. T-Mobile USA, Inc. is the second-largest wireless carrier in the United States, serving over 118 million subscribers across more than 50 nationwide data centers. One judge commented on Harikishore's winning nomination, Pioneering America's Cloud-Native 5G Voice Infrastructure: “Harikishore's work on T-Mobile’s cloud-native 5G voice infrastructure is a stellar example of technical mastery translating directly into massive commercial and operational impact.”

Winners will be honored at a red-carpet awards event on Wednesday, October 28 at the Pullman Paris Montparnasse in Paris, France. The event will also celebrate winners in the 2026 editions of the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, The International Business Awards®, and the German Stevie Awards. The presentations will be streamed live worldwide, and tickets are now on sale.

More than 700 nominations from organizations in 37 nations and territories were evaluated this year by 180 technology and business professionals serving as judges. Winners were selected based on the average scores assigned during the independent judging process.

Some of the other organizations with Gold, Silver or Bronze-winning nominations include:

  • Allianz Technology
  • Apple
  • Bank Indonesia
  • Dubai Roads and Transport Authority
  • Ernst & Young (EY)
  • GCash
  • Google
  • JPMorgan Chase
  • Lenovo
  • Microsoft
  • Oracle
  • Saudi Aramco
  • Standard Bank
  • Walmart

The Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence recognize achievements across 23 technology sectors, including:

  • Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations Technology
  • Aerospace Technology
  • Agricultural Technology
  • Architectural Technology
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Assistive Technology
  • Biotechnology
  • Business Technology
  • Communications Technology
  • Construction & Civil Engineering Technology
  • Educational Technology
  • Energy Technology
  • Entertainment Technology
  • Financial Technology (FinTech)
  • Government Technology
  • Green & Clean Technology
  • Healthcare Technology
  • Information Technology
  • Manufacturing Technology
  • Marine Technology
  • Retail & E-Commerce Technology
  • Sports, Fitness & Recreation Technology
  • Transportation & Mobility Technology

Nominations for the 2027 edition of the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence will open in March. The entry kit may be requested at https://Tech.StevieAwards.com.

Topics: Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence

Women|Future July Webinar Recap: How Business Awards Boost Recognition and Credibility

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Tue, Jul 28, 2026 @ 04:02 PM

In today's competitive marketplace, organizations are constantly looking for ways to differentiate themselves, build credibility, and demonstrate their expertise. While many companies focus heavily on marketing and brand awareness, business awards can provide independent validation that helps organizations stand out with customers, employees, partners, and investors.

During the second Women|Future Webinar of 2026, Your Competitive Edge: How Earning Business Awards Boosts Recognition, business leaders shared practical advice on using awards strategically—from selecting the right categories and preparing stronger nominations to maximizing the value of recognition after winning.

The Women|Future Webinars are an annual series of free webinars hosted by the Stevie® Awards, designed for women small business owners, executives, entrepreneurs, and anyone interested in starting or growing a business. The final session of the Women|Future Webinar series will take place on August 12, leading up to the 23rd Stevie Awards for Women in Business, which is now accepting nominations.

The second webinar took place on July 15, 2026, and featured the following leaders:

    • Heather Marano, Founder and Director, Green Door Co. and AwardGenie
    • Tun Kim Ong, General Manager, IBM Manufacturing Solutions Ltd.
    • Rosanna Santiago, Founder and CEO, Wild Vines Marketing Inc.

Awards Are More Than Recognition
One of the strongest themes throughout the discussion was that business awards should be viewed as strategic business tools rather than simply marketing achievements.

Heather Marano explained that many organizations underestimate how much awards can contribute to long-term business growth. "Most business owners—especially women—tend to underestimate how competitive their achievements are," she said. "You've got to throw your hat in the ring. More often than not, you're far more competitive than you think."

Rather than focusing solely on the trophy itself, Marano encouraged organizations to consider how awards support broader business objectives such as attracting investors, recruiting top talent, building partnerships, or strengthening customer trust.

"We've had clients get acquired, secure investment, build government partnerships, and attract corporate sponsors through consistent awards recognition," she said. "Awards are really powerful from a return-on-investment perspective."

Tell a Story—Then Back It Up with Evidence
The panelists emphasized that strong award nominations balance compelling storytelling with measurable results. Instead of relying on broad statements such as having an excellent workplace culture or outstanding customer service, applicants should support those claims with evidence.

"If you're going to say you've built an excellent team culture or that you're customer-focused, everyone else is saying something similar," Marano said. "The question is: how can you substantiate it?"

Metrics such as employee retention, customer satisfaction scores, revenue growth, operational improvements, and client testimonials help judges understand the real impact behind an organization's accomplishments.

Marano also recommended maintaining an ongoing record of achievements throughout the year rather than trying to remember accomplishments just before an entry deadline.

Think Like a Judge
Drawing on her experience as both a Stevie Awards winner and judge, Tun Kim Ong shared insight into what judges look for when reviewing nominations.

Because judges often evaluate dozens of entries, clarity is essential. "Use simple language. Be concise. Avoid jargon," Ong said. "If a judge has to reread your paragraph to understand it, you've already made their job harder."

She also noted that simply listing responsibilities or accomplishments is rarely enough: "What makes you stand out is how you articulate your achievements, how you quantify them, and what differentiates you from the other nominations."

Ong encouraged applicants to begin preparing well before the deadline, so they have time to gather supporting evidence and refine their submissions.

Use AI as a Tool, Not a Substitute
Artificial intelligence (AI) also entered the conversation, with panelists agreeing that AI can help organize ideas but should not replace authentic storytelling.

"Use AI for your first draft," Ong advised. "But your final submission needs to be your own."

Marano agreed, noting that judges are increasingly seeing generic AI-generated entries that sound similar to one another. "AI can help organize information," she said, "but you still need to provide the achievements, the evidence, and the authentic voice that make your story unique."

The panelists recommended using AI to brainstorm or structure content while ensuring the final submission accurately reflects the applicant's own accomplishments and writing style.

Winning Is Only the Beginning
Recognition should not mark the end of the process, the speakers said. Organizations can continue building credibility by incorporating award recognition into websites, proposals, email signatures, social media, media outreach, and recruiting efforts.

"People need to know about it," Marano said. "Don't stop once you've won. Amplify it."

For Ong, awards have also created opportunities beyond marketing. "Getting an award is not the final destination," she said. "It's the start of many things."

She said award recognition had opened doors to speaking engagements, mentoring opportunities, and new professional connections while establishing credibility before conversations even begin.

One Final Piece of Advice: Don't Let Self-Doubt Stop You
When asked to share one takeaway for attendees considering entering business awards, the panelists delivered a consistent message: don't let self-doubt stop you from applying.

"Doing great work is no longer enough," Ong said. "You must also be seen, be recognized, and be remembered for your great work."

Santiago echoed that encouragement, reminding attendees that every successful applicant starts by taking the first step.

"If you don't win the first time, you'll still receive valuable feedback," she said. "Take the chance. You'll be glad you did."

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Topics: stevie awards for women in business, women awards, the stevie awards for women in business, women future webinars

Grand Winners Announced in 2026 Stevie® Awards for Great Employers

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Mon, Jul 27, 2026 @ 02:13 PM

Abu Dhabi Customs (Abu Dhabi, UAE) and Türkiye Sigorta (Istanbul, Türkiye) have won the Grand (“best of show”) Stevie® Award trophies in the 11th annual Stevie Awards for Great Employers.

The Stevie Awards for Great Employers are an international business awards competition open to all organizations worldwide. The awards recognize the world's best organizations to work for, and the HR teams, professionals, achievements, new products, and suppliers that help to create and drive great places to work. The competition’s Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie winners in the various categories were announced earlier this month and are available at http://HR.StevieAwards.com.

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To determine the Organization of the Year Grand winner, each Gold Stevie win counts for three points, each Silver win for two points, and each Bronze win for one-and-a-half points.

The Grand Stevie Award for the Highest-Rated Nomination of the Year goes to the organization with the highest rated nomination in the entire competition.

The Grand Stevie Award winners are:

Highest-scoring Nomination: With an average score of 9.55 out of a possible 10 from the judges, the nomination titled "From System Of Record To System Of Decision" submitted by
Abu Dhabi Customs of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, is the highest-scoring nomination in the 2026 competition. The nomination won the Gold Stevie Award for Achievement in HR Technology.

Organization of the Year: With 54.5 award points, earned for 10 Gold, seven Silver, and seven Bronze Stevie wins, Türkiye Sigorta of Istanbul, Türkiye, is the most honored organization in the 2026 competition. Türkiye Sigorta is one of Türkiye’s leading insurance companies in the non-life, life, and pension segments, distinguished by its strong financial structure, extensive distribution network, and customer-centric approach.

Winners will be celebrated and presented with their Stevie Awards during a joint awards ceremony with The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence, and the German Stevie Awards. Tickets are now on sale. The presentations will be broadcast live.

More than 1,000 nominations from organizations in 38 nations and territories were evaluated in this year’s competition. Winners were determined by the average scores of more than 160 professionals worldwide, acting as judges. The Stevie Awards for Great Employers recognize achievement in many facets of the workplace.

Categories include:

The awards are presented by the Stevie Awards, which organizes nine of the world’s leading business awards shows including the prestigious International Business Awards® and American Business Awards®.

Topics: great employers

Strategien mit Wirkung – die Award-Kategorien im Bereich Marketing

Posted by Jana Novatscheck on Mon, Jul 27, 2026 @ 06:37 AM

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Um Produkte und Dienstleistungen erfolgreich zu vermarkten, ist eine umfassende, kundenorientierte Unternehmensführung entscheidend. Das Marketing bildet dabei einen integralen Bestandteil des unternehmerischen Gesamtprozesses, indem es darauf abzielt, die Bedürfnisse und Erwartungen von Kunden sowie anderen Interessengruppen zu erfüllen. Eine effektive Marketingstrategie erfordert sorgfältige Planung und Ausführung, um als leistungsstarke operative Technik zu fungieren, die die Kaufentscheidungen maßgeblich beeinflusst. Damit avanciert das Marketing zu einem zentralen Erfolgsfaktor, der Unternehmen im Wettbewerb einen entscheidenden Vorteil verschafft.

Die Kategorien im Bereich Marketing richten sich an Unternehmen und Organisationen, die im dynamischen globalen Markt wettbewerbsfähig bleiben, Veränderungen frühzeitig erkennen und zukunftsfähig agieren möchten.

 

In diesen Kategorien honorieren die German Stevie® Awards herausragende Marketing-Leistungen:

  • Marketing-Kampagne des Jahres - Branchenkategorien:
    ob Landwirtschaft, Gesundheit, Lebensmittel, Finanzen, Reisen, Medien, Transport u.v.m. - in diesem Bereich findet sich für jede Branche das Passende, um Nominierungen für Marketingleistungen einzureichen
  • Marketing-Kampagne des Jahres – Sonderkategorien
    - Brand Experience des Jahres - Business-to-Business
    - Brand Experience des Jahres - Verbraucher
    - Community-Engagement des Jahres
    - Jugend-Marketing-Kampagne des Jahres
    - Markendesign - Produktmarke 
    - Markendesign - Unternehmensmarke
    - Markendesign - Logo 
    - Markendesign - Verpackung 
    - Markendesign - Produktdesign
    - Markteinführung des Jahres
    - Marketing-Kampagne des Jahres für kleine Budgets
    - Mobile-Marketing-Kampagne des Jahres
    - Online-Marketing-Kampagne des Jahres
    - Virale-Marketing-Kampagne des Jahres
  • Kategorien für Marketing-Expert*innen
     - Marketing- oder Werbeagentur des Jahres
     - Marketing-Abteilung des Jahres
     - Marketing-Team des Jahres
     - Marketing-Manager:in des Jahres
     - Marketing-Fachkraft des Jahres (keine Führungskräfte)

Eine vollständige Liste der Award-Kategorien für Marketing finden Sie unter: https://gsa.stevieawards.com/Auszeichnungen/Kategorien/Marketing-Awards-Kategorien

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Diese Unternehmen stachen bei den German Stevie® Awards 2025 durch ihre Leistungen im Bereich Marketing hervor

Zu den Gewinnerinnen und Gewinnern des vergangenen Jahres gehörte die Globus Handelshof St. Wendel GmbH & Co. KG aus Koblenz, die als Marketing-Team des Jahres mit dem Gold Stevie Award ausgezeichnet wurde. queo überzeugte die Jury mit der Kampagne "2,2 Millionen Lebenswege" für die AOK Sachsen-Anhalt in den Kategorien Marketing-Kampagne des Jahres – Gesundheitsdienstleistungen sowie Marketing-Kampagne des Jahres – Versicherungswirtschaft. Auch das ZDF räumte mehrfach ab: unter anderem mit der ZDF Imagekampagne Journalismus und Demokratie (Kategorie Medienunternehmen), der Serie ZDFneo Was wir fürchten (Jugend-Marketing-Kampagne des Jahres) und dem Sportstudio Design Relaunch: "Orange Heat" im Bereich Produktmarke. 

Eine vollständige Liste der Gewinnerinnen und Gewinner im Bereich Marketing finden Sie hier: https://gsa.stevieawards.com/Auszeichnungen/Stevie-Award-Gewinner/#Marketing 

Haben Sie oder Ihr Marketingteam in den vergangenen Jahren Großes geleistet? Nutzen Sie Ihre Chance und bewerben Sie sich bei den Marketing Awards der German Stevie Awards 2026!  

Topics: German Stevie Awards, marketing award, Wirtschaftspreis, German Stevie Awards 2026

Branding 4 Success: Developing Leaders and Growing Businesses

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Thu, Jul 23, 2026 @ 12:30 PM

For more than three decades, Yolanda M. Smith has helped professionals and organizations strengthen their brands, communicate their value, and achieve measurable results.

As founder of Branding 4 Success, a business consulting and professional development firm, Smith works with entrepreneurs, corporate professionals, and organizations seeking to increase visibility, influence, and long-term growth.

Yolanda headshotDrawing on experience in leadership, coaching, communications, and business strategy, she has developed programs to help individuals build stronger personal brands and to support organizations in developing high-performing teams and leaders.

From Corporate Leadership to Entrepreneurship
Before launching Branding 4 Success in 2018, Smith held leadership positions at major organizations including Eli Lilly and Company and Merck Pharmaceuticals. Throughout her corporate career, she led initiatives focused on customer engagement, brand strategy, leadership development, and communications.

Her experiences navigating corporate leadership without the benefit of formal mentors or sponsors helped shape her perspective on professional advancement. Those challenges inspired her to create opportunities for others to develop confidence, communicate their value effectively, and pursue leadership roles with greater clarity.

Since founding Branding 4 Success, Smith has worked with professionals at all career stages, as well as organizations seeking to strengthen leadership pipelines and employee development programs. Through workshops, coaching engagements, and leadership development programs, Smith helps clients align personal branding with business strategy and career growth.

Her approach combines professional development, leadership coaching, communication skills, and business strategy rather than focusing solely on personal branding, allowing clients to address multiple aspects of professional success.

Expanding Her Reach Through Events, Books, and Media
In 2024, Smith hosted the BRANDfluence Live Experience, bringing together entrepreneurs and professionals from across the country for discussions focused on personal branding, visibility, and business growth.

The event coincided with the release of her third book, BRANDfluence: Ignite Your Brand Power On Social Media, a strategic social media guide. It provides a blueprint for entrepreneurs, coaches, and business owners to transform their online presence into a magnetic force that drives measurable engagement, influence, and revenue.

Continuing to Support Entrepreneurs and Leaders
Since receiving recognition in the Stevie Awards, Smith has continued expanding her work with entrepreneurs and corporate clients. She recently participated in the NASDAQ Mentoring Circles Initiative, supporting women entrepreneurs as they work to strengthen their businesses and professional visibility.

She has also expanded partnerships with credit unions, providing leadership development and brand strategy training, and launched The Brand & Scale Collective, an executive-level program designed for established coaches and entrepreneurs seeking sustainable growth and stronger business infrastructure.

Alongside her branding and coaching work, Smith also helps entrepreneurs better understand legal protections and business risk management, providing guidance on issues such as contracts, intellectual property, and business safeguards.

Yolanda M. Smith won a Silver Stevie® Award for Mentor or Coach of the Year – Business in the 2025 Stevie Awards for Women in Business.

Interested in entering for 2026?

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Topics: stevie awards for women in business

2026 Stevie® Awards for Technology Excellence Winners Announced

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Thu, Jul 23, 2026 @ 10:05 AM

Celebrating the Organizations and Innovators Shaping the Future of Technology

The winners of the 2026 Stevie® Awards for Technology Excellence have officially been announced.

Now in its third year, the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence recognize the individuals, teams, products, and organizations driving innovation across the global technology landscape. From artificial intelligence and cybersecurity to healthcare, finance, manufacturing, education, retail, and government technology, the awards honor excellence in every major area of technology.

This year's competition attracted more than 700 nominations from organizations in 37 nations and territories, reflecting the growing impact of technology innovation across industries worldwide.

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More than 180 technology and business professionals from around the world participated in the judging process, evaluating nominations through independent scoring to determine this year's Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie® Award winners.

Top Award-Winning Organizations

Several organizations earned multiple Stevie Awards for their achievements in 2026. Leading this year's competition are:

IBM (Singapore and USA) — 9 Stevie Awards
Architecht (Istanbul, Türkiye) — 6 Stevie Awards
ValueLabs (India and USA) — 6 Stevie Awards
Asiacell (Baghdad, Iraq) — 5 Stevie Awards
Dubai Digital Authority (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) — 5 Stevie Awards
Epsilon3 (El Segundo, California, USA) — 5 Stevie Awards

Notable Gold winners include:

Cisco Systems, USA: Three Gold Stevie Awards in the categories Technical Innovation Of The Year - Information Technology, New Product Of The Year - Information Technology - Telecommunications, and Technology Team Of The Year - Information Technology - Software Development

Octopus Energy, UK: Three Gold Stevie Awards in the categories Company Of The Year - Energy Technology, New Product Of The Year - Energy Technology, and Technical Innovation Of The Year - Energy Technology

Plume, USA: Three Gold Stevie Awards in the categories Executive Of The Year: Dan Herscovici, New Product Of The Year - Communication Technology, and New Product Of The Year - Communication Technology

Ernst & Young, USA: Technology Team Of The Year - Information Technology - Platform Engineering

Doktar Technologies, Netherlands: Two Gold Stevie Awards for Technical Innovation Of The Year - Agricultural Technology and Technology Breakthrough Of The Year - Agricultural Technology

GCash, Philippines: Technology Breakthrough Of The Year - Financial Technology

MacPaw, Ukraine: Technology Team Of The Year - Information Technology - Cybersecurity

T-Mobile, USA: Employee Of The Year - Information Technology - Telecommunications, Harikishore Allu Balan

Walmart, USA: Employee Of The Year - Financial Technology, Ambika Saklani Bhardwaj

View the Complete List of 2026 Stevie Winners

What Do the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence Recognize?

The Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence celebrate innovation across 23 technology disciplines, including:

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Information Technology
Business Technology
Financial Technology (FinTech)
Healthcare Technology
Green & Clean Technology
Communications Technology
Biotechnology
Aerospace Technology
Manufacturing Technology
Retail & E-Commerce Technology
Government Technology
Transportation & Mobility Technology

...along with ten additional technology sectors that recognize excellence across today's rapidly evolving technology ecosystem. There are categories within each sector that recognize individuals, entire organizations, new products, technology innovations, management teams, and more.

Whether developing breakthrough software, improving customer experiences with AI, advancing medical technology, or modernizing infrastructure, winners represent organizations using technology to solve meaningful challenges and create lasting impact.

Celebrating the Winners in Paris

Winners will be recognized during a red-carpet awards ceremony on October 28, 2026, at the Pullman Paris Montparnasse in Paris, France.

The event will celebrate winners from four Stevie Awards programs:

Stevie® Awards for Technology Excellence
Stevie® Awards for Great Employers
The International Business Awards®
German Stevie® Awards

The ceremony will also be broadcast live, allowing colleagues, clients, friends, and family around the world to join the celebration.

A Word from the Stevie Awards

"We congratulate all of the winners in the third annual Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence for their outstanding achievements," said Maggie Miller, President of the Stevie Awards.

"Technology continues to reshape every industry, and this year's winners demonstrate how innovation can improve organizations, strengthen communities, and create new opportunities around the world. We look forward to celebrating their accomplishments together in Paris this October."

About the Stevie® Awards for Technology Excellence

The Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence honor innovation in the workplace across every industry. The competition recognizes organizations of all sizes—including startups, nonprofits, government agencies, and multinational corporations—as well as the individuals and teams behind their success.

The program is one of nine Stevie Awards competitions, which together receive more than 12,000 nominations each year from organizations in more than 70 nations and territories.

Learn more about the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence, view this year's winners, or find information about entering future competitions by visiting Tech.StevieAwards.com.

Topics: Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence

Using Robotics to Solve Real-World Workforce Challenges

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Mon, Jul 20, 2026 @ 12:15 PM

Kate McAfoose headshotKate McAfoose, PE, serves as President of Chang Robotics, an engineering firm specializing in advanced manufacturing, collaborative robotics, and automation. With 15 years of engineering experience, she oversees the company's operations, including sales, client engagement, engineering, and financial performance, while leading projects focused on improving workforce productivity through human-centered automation.

Robotics for Healthcare
One of McAfoose's primary initiatives is Curabotics, a healthcare division of Chang Robotics that she co-founded to help address labor shortages through robotics and automation. The division develops autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) that perform logistical tasks such as transporting supplies, linens, pharmacy items, and waste throughout hospitals, allowing nurses to spend more time providing direct patient care.

Working with a leading hospital network, McAfoose and her team developed the Nurse-Assist Bot system after collaborating with nurses to better understand their day-to-day challenges. The resulting solution reduced the distance nurses walked during a 12-hour shift by approximately 15%, thereby lessening physical demands and improving operational efficiency. Following the initial pilot, the hospital requested deployment across all patient floors, representing a 150% expansion of the program.

The technology has also demonstrated measurable operational benefits. Curabotics reports a 96% adoption rate within 90 days of deployment, while the combination of reduced staff turnover and more efficient patient discharge processes has the potential to generate over a million dollars in savings for participating hospitals.Curabotics body image

Automation in Manufacturing
In manufacturing, McAfoose has overseen large-scale automation projects designed to improve workplace safety and productivity. In 2021, Chang Robotics partnered with a global food and beverage company to implement what the company describes as the world's largest autonomous robotic system within a one-million-square-foot facility.

The project achieved a tenfold improvement in ergonomics, a threefold increase in task safety, and contributed to a near-zero Total Recordable Incident Rate. The company also retained 90% of its workforce by transitioning employees into technician roles while continuing to improve system performance.

Supporting Innovation and Community Engagement
Beyond engineering projects, McAfoose has helped establish a broader innovation strategy at Chang Robotics. The company donates 10% of its profits to charities and mission-aligned startups and has invested in several robotics, artificial intelligence, and medical technology companies. Employees also dedicate a portion of their billable hours each year to volunteer work supporting local nonprofits and community organizations.

Since submitting her nomination, McAfoose and the Curabotics team have continued expanding the healthcare initiative by hosting demonstrations of the Nurse-Assist Bot system for hospital executives and healthcare leaders at Jacksonville University.

Those demonstrations have led to commitments for additional pilot programs, while Curabotics also secured investment to support continued product development and commercialization.

Kate McAfoose won two Gold Stevie® Awards for Achievement in Technology Innovation and Most Innovative Woman of the Year – Technology in the 2025 Stevie Awards for Women in Business.

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Winners in 2026 Stevie® Awards for Great Employers Announced

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Thu, Jul 16, 2026 @ 09:00 AM

Global awards program evaluates over 1,000 nominations across 38 nations and territories to recognize the world’s best places to work, HR teams, and professionals. Top winners include Turkiye Sigorta, Bank of America, and Tata Consultancy Services, with celebrations scheduled for Paris in October.

Winners in the 2026 (11th annual) Stevie® Awards for Great Employers were announced today. The awards recognize the world’s best employers and the human resources professionals, teams, achievements, and HR-related products and suppliers who help to create and drive great places to work.

More than 1,000 nominations from organizations in 38 nations and territories were evaluated in this year’s competition. Winners were determined by the average scores of more than 160 professionals worldwide, acting as judges. Furthermore, Stevie Award placements in the 42 Employer of the Year categories were determined by a unique blending of the ratings of judging professionals and more than 178,000 votes of the general public.

View the Full List of Stevie Awards for Great Employers Winners

SAGE Winners

Two Grand (“best of show”) trophy winners in the competition will be announced during the week of July 20. Winners will be celebrated at a ceremony on Wednesday, October 28 at the Pullman Paris Montparnasse Hotel in Paris, France. The ceremony will be live-streamed. Tickets are now on sale.

Top Award-Winning Organizations

Among the organizations with five or more Stevie wins are:

  • 24 Wins: Turkiye Sigorta (Türkiye)
  • 21 Wins: Bank of America (USA)
  • 18 Wins: Tata Consultancy Services (Canada, India, and USA)
  • 15 Wins: SunExpress Airlines, Türkiye
  • 11-13 Wins: DHL Global Forwarding, Germany (12); IBM, Bulgaria and USA (11)
  • 8-9 Wins: Saman Bank, Iran (9); Bank Indonesia, Indonesia (8); Fiba Group, Türkiye (8); GCash (Mynt, Inc.), Philippines (8); STM, Türkiye (8)
  • 6-7 Wins: LTM Limited, India (7); Maya Philippines, Inc., Philippines (7); Cathay United Bank, Taiwan and Singapore (6); HALKBANK, Türkiye (6); Hayat Kimya, Türkiye (6); Limak Cement, Türkiye (6); PLDT and Smart, Philippines (6); QNB Turkiye, Türkiye (6); Turkcell, Türkiye (6)
  • 5 Wins: Access Offshoring, Australia (5); Doğuş Holding, Türkiye (5); Garanti BBVA, Türkiye; (5); Koç University, Türkiye (5); Ooredoo, Algeria, Maldives, and Qatar (5); ROKETSAN, Türkiye (5);

    2026 Award Categories

    The Stevie Awards for Great Employers recognize achievement in many facets of the workplace. Category groups include:

  • AI Achievement Categories (New for 2026)
  • Curated Training Platform of the Year
  • Employer of the Year
  • HR Achievement, Individual, and Team Categories
  • Solutions & Implementations, and Solution Provider Categories
  • Training Programs or Media, and Thought Leadership Categories

 

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How Hilary Saxton Is Helping Australians Build Confidence and Wealth Through Property Development

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Tue, Jul 14, 2026 @ 12:00 PM

As co-owner of Property Mastermind, one of Australia's leading property development education platforms, Hilary Saxton has built a career helping people navigate the often complex world of property investment and development. Through mentoring, education, podcasting, and business leadership, she has worked to make property development more accessible while encouraging others to pursue goals they may not have previously thought possible.HIlary SAxton Property MAstermind

Saxton's path to business leadership was shaped by significant personal challenges. Raised on a farm in New Zealand as one of seven children, she experienced adversity early in life, including becoming a teenage mother and later surviving domestic violence. Those experiences became a catalyst for personal change and ultimately influenced her commitment to helping others build confidence and create new opportunities for themselves.

Before entering the property sector, Saxton established a successful career as a personal trainer and coach. After transforming her own health and losing more than 100 kilograms, she spent years helping clients overcome barriers and develop healthier lifestyles. That coaching background would later become a foundation for her work mentoring aspiring property developers and business owners.

Building Property Mastermind
Her interest in property began through renovation projects, eventually leading to more than 20 successful developments. Today, she serves as co-owner and business manager of Property Mastermind, where she helps oversee programs designed to guide members through the development process. Since 2023, more than 300 members have participated in the program, with approximately 90% successfully completing a development project.

In recent years, Saxton has expanded her business activities through Urban Ultra Development, a property investment company focused on residential, retirement, industrial, and NDIS housing projects. Current developments include a 99-home community alongside the Greg Norman Golf Course, reflecting a broader focus on creating both investment opportunities and community infrastructure.

Sharing Lessons Through Books and Podcasts
Beyond property development, Saxton has also developed a growing presence as an author and podcast host. In 2023, she published 3 Wines In, a book that draws on her personal experiences to encourage women to overcome self-doubt and pursue meaningful change.

The same year, she launched the Bounce Back Better podcast, which explores themes of resilience, personal growth, and entrepreneurship. The podcast complements the established Property Mastermind Podcast, which has attracted listeners interested in property development, investing, and business education.

Saxton is also a frequent speaker whose presentations often combine practical business lessons with personal stories about perseverance and reinvention. Across her various ventures, a common theme emerges: helping people move beyond perceived limitations and take action toward goals that may initially seem out of reach.

Hilary Saxton won two Silver Stevie Awards for Maverick of the Year and for Most Innovative Woman of the Year – Property Industry, and Bronze Stevie Awards for Book of the Year and for Most Innovative Business Podcast by or for Women in the 2025 Stevie® Awards for Women in Business.

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How Seymour Helping Hands Turned Grassroots Compassion into Lasting Community Impact

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Wed, Jul 08, 2026 @ 10:50 AM

What began as a simple Facebook page connecting neighbors in Seymour, Texas, has grown into a valuable support organization. Through volunteerism, creative problem-solving, and a commitment to helping others, Seymour Helping Hands has transformed lives by addressing food insecurity, supporting families, assisting seniors, and creating a welcoming space where the community can come together.7655545f-f1f1-4a95-a2f0-399ceb26a9aa-photos_upload2-IMG_0748

In just a few years, the nonprofit has expanded from a small online initiative into a certified community organization that demonstrates how local leadership and dedicated volunteers can create meaningful change.

Restoring a Community Resource
One of Seymour Helping Hands' most significant accomplishments was transforming a severely damaged building into a thriving Community Center. Once plagued by a collapsed roof and extensive water damage, the building was renovated almost entirely through volunteer efforts.

Today, it operates as a Level 2 certified facility through the State of Texas, providing a safe, welcoming place where residents can access services, attend meetings, and connect with one another.

The center also serves as a gathering place for organizations including Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Narcotics Anonymous (NA), and other community groups, strengthening the organization's role as a hub for support, recovery, and connection.

Meeting Everyday Needs With Practical Solutions
Seymour Helping Hands focuses on helping families meet immediate needs while preserving dignity and independence.

Its Community Pantry has provided food, hygiene products, and household essentials to more than 700 families experiencing financial hardship. To expand that support, the organization launched its Bread Program in 2024, distributing more than 2,100 loaves of bread and bread products within its first six months.

The organization also operates the New2U program, which redistributes donated household goods, clothing, furniture, utensils, and appliances to local families at no cost. Since its expansion, the program has assisted more than 200 families, helping residents furnish homes and replace essential household items without additional financial strain.

Recognizing the needs of young families, Seymour Helping Hands also established a Parent Pantry that provides diapers, wipes, baby formula, and baby food to parents facing difficult circumstances.

Supporting Seniors and Strengthening Community Connections
Beyond providing material assistance, Seymour Helping Hands has introduced programs designed to improve safety and reduce social isolation. Its Senior Safety Program installs free emergency key lockboxes in seniors' homes, allowing first responders to gain rapid access during medical emergencies when doors may be locked.

The organization complements this initiative with Senior Socials, organizing outings such as theater matinees and holiday light tours that encourage friendship, reduce loneliness, and help older adults remain connected to their community. Additional partnerships, including work with the American Red Cross to distribute smoke alarms, further enhance home safety for residents.

Powered by Volunteers
Despite operating with a relatively small volunteer team of approximately 10 to 20 people—including young volunteers as young as seven years old—Seymour Helping Hands delivers an impressive range of services.

Volunteers contribute more than 2,000 hours each year supporting pantry distributions, renovation projects, outreach events, holiday celebrations, scholarship fundraising, and community programs.

The organization continues to expand its partnerships with schools, churches, and local organizations while developing new initiatives, including plans for an inclusive community park where people of all ages and abilities can gather and play.

Its continued growth demonstrates how a grassroots organization can create lasting community impact through collaboration, compassion, and a shared commitment to serving neighbors.

Seymour Helping Hands won a Silver Stevie® Award for Organization of the Year – Government or Non-Profit – 10 or Less Employees in the 2025 Stevie Awards for Women in Business.

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Die Klimaschutz-Kategorien der German Stevie® Awards 2026

Posted by Jana Novatscheck on Fri, Jul 03, 2026 @ 03:00 AM

 Klimaschutz ist weiterhin eines der wichtigsten Themen unserer Zeit. Denn Waldbrände, Überschwemmungen, Hitzewellen und die dadurch bedingten Folgekosten wie etwa Ernteausfälle und Infrastrukturschäden werden sowohl die Wirtschaft als auch den Rest der Gesellschaft in Zukunft immer stärker belasten. Diese Unwägbarkeiten erschweren Investitionen und Planungen in die Zukunft. Daher ist es jetzt an der Zeit zu handeln: Eine Aufgabe, die alle angeht. Auch die Wirtschaft hat hier eine Verpflichtung zu handeln und den Klimawandel zu bekämpfen und dessen Folgen zu minimieren. 

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Klimaschutz - Soziale Verantwortung

Lange Zeit galten Klimaschutz und Wirtschaftlichkeit als konträre Konzepte; doch wie die vielen durch die Stevie Awards in den letzten Jahren ausgezeichneten Projekte belegen, muss dies kein Automatismus sein. Viele unserer Preisträger haben bewiesen: Wirtschaftlichkeit und Nachhaltigkeit sind kein Widerspruch, sondern ergänzen sich an vielen Stellen. Die Notwendigkeit und der Wille, unser Klima zu schützen, stehen schon seit Jahren im Mittelpunkt der Bemühungen verantwortungsbewusster Unternehmen. Die verheerenden Wetterereignisse der jüngeren Vergangenheit, gerade bei uns in Europa - wie etwa gerade die ungewöhnlich lange und extreme Hitzewelle im Juni 2026 - haben ein noch größeres Gefühl der Dringlichkeit geweckt, die Ursachen und Auswirkungen des Klimawandels anzugehen.

Die Wirtschaftswelt trägt in Sachen Klimaschutz eine besondere Verantwortung, denn ihr Anteil an der Umweltbelastung ist erheblich. Wenn Unternehmen ihr eigenes Handeln und das ihrer Lieferanten verändern, hat das unmittelbar Einfluss auf die Umwelt und kann so einen wertvollen Beitrag zur Nachhaltigkeit leisten sowie als Vorbild für andere Akteure wirken. Zudem können Unternehmen die zunehmende Dringlichkeit des Themas zum Teil besser kommunizieren und so ins Bewusstsein der Gesellschaft rufen, als es rein staatlichen Organisationen möglich wäre. Aber nicht nur aus diesen Gründen haben sich eine Großzahl von Unternehmen das Ziel gesetzt, angesichts der fortschreitenden Klimakrise in absehbarer Zeit klimaneutral zu wirtschaften, sondern insbesondere um auch in einer sich rasant verändernden Welt weiterhin Gewinne erwirtschaften zu können.

Sowohl der Klimaschutz als auch die Anpassung an den Klimawandel haben tiefgreifende Strukturveränderungen zur Folge; daher müssen sich Unternehmen an verändernde Gegebenheiten wie etwa das sich wandelnde Klima und unberechenbare Wetterbedingungen anpassen. Dadurch werden bestimmte bisherige Produkte, Produktionsweisen, Märkte und Standorte infrage gestellt, während sich zugleich an anderer Stelle neue Geschäftsfelder auftun. Unter dem zunehmenden politischen Druck, das Klimaabkommen von Paris einzuhalten, wächst die Zahl der neuen Gesetze, Verordnungen und anderer regulativer Eingriffe - wie etwa dem Emissionshandel. Auch der Anspruch der Kunden ist gestiegen, denn sie erwarten von Unternehmen nicht nur volle Transparenz in Bezug auf Emissionen und Reduktionsziele, sondern beobachten auch genau, ob die tatsächlichen Bemühungen im Einklang mit den angestrebten Klimazielen stehen.

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Aktives Handeln gegen den Klimawandel und seine Folgen ist gut für das Ökosystem Erde, für die Menschheit als Ganzes und für jedes Individuum in der Gesellschaft. Doch nicht nur das - es ist auch gut für Unternehmen: Wer nachhaltige Strategien entwickelt und seinen Klima-Impakt verringert, schafft sich Wettbewerbsvorteile gegenüber Mitbewerbern, die im Klimaschutz weniger aktiv sind – etwa durch neue Umsatzbringer, ein besseres Verständnis für Änderungen im Kundenverhalten, weniger Klimarisiken, niedrigere klimabezogene Kosten oder eine Kombination aus all diesen Faktoren. In jedem Fall werden Unternehmen und Organisationen, die sich heute den Herausforderungen des Klimawandels stellen, in der neuen, nachhaltigen Wirtschaft von morgen im Vorteil sein. Denn in dieser veränderten Welt wird klimaverantwortliches Handeln – oder Nicht-Handeln - die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit eines Unternehmens bestimmen. 

 

Die Klimaschutz-Awards

Um die Bemühungen verantwortungsbewusster Unternehmen anzuerkennen, haben die German Stevie Awards vor vier Jahren die Kategorien für Klimaschutz ins Leben gerufen. Mit diesen Kategorien würdigen wir die Leistungen von Einzelpersonen oder Organisationen, die sich besonders in nachhaltigem Handeln und Engagement im Bereich Umwelt- und Klimaschutz hervorgetan haben.

Im Folgenden erfahren Sie, welche Kategorien es zum Thema Klimaschutz bei den German Stevie Awards gibt:

Produkt- und Dienstleistungsinnovationen

  • Produkte im Bereich Nachhaltigkeit & Klimaschutz
    Innovative Produkte, welche die Nachhaltigkeit verbessern, Emissionen verringern oder umweltfreundlicher sind als marktübliche Alternativen.
  • Dienstleistungen im Bereich Nachhaltigkeit & Klimaschutz
    Dienstleistungen, welche die Nachhaltigkeit verbessern, Emissionen verringern oder umweltfreundlicher sind als marktübliche Alternativen.
  • Nachhaltige Geschäftsmodelle
    Geschäftsmodelle, welche auf ein nachhaltiges Handeln abzielen, in dem sie beispielsweise den Energieverbrauch und die Emission von Treibhausgasen verringern.

Umweltfreundliche Technologien

  • Wiederverwendung und Recycling
    In dieser Kategorie werden die Bemühungen Ihrer Organisation ausgezeichnet, die Nutzungsdauer von Komponenten zu verlängern, Teile zu reduzieren, die im Abfall landen und Produkte zu entwickeln, die die Demontage und Wiederverwendung vereinfachen.
  • Schonen von Ressourcen
    Initiativen Ihrer Organisation, Ressourcen bei der Hardware- und Softwareentwicklung zu schonen, indem Produkte kompakter gefertigt und Technologien für Verbrauchsmaterialien kontinuierlich verbessert werden.
  • Einsparen von Energie
    Initiativen Ihrer Organisation, die Energieeffizienz zu steigern und durch ein professionelles Energiemanagement Einsparmöglichkeiten optimal zu nutzen, um Ressourcen zu schonen und die Umwelt zu schützen.
  • Green-Tech-Lösung des Jahres (Neu in 2026)
    In dieser Kategorie werden innovative Technologie- oder Produktlösungen ausgezeichnet, welche maßgeblich zur Reduzierung von Umweltbelastungen, zur Steigerung der Energie- oder Ressourceneffizienz oder zur Förderung nachhaltiger Prozesse beitragen.
  • Climate Tech Start-up des Jahres (Neu in 2026)
    In dieser Kategorie werden junge Unternehmen ausgezeichnet, deren Geschäftsmodell oder technologische Innovation einen bedeutenden Beitrag zur Bekämpfung des Klimawandels leistet, beispielsweise durch Lösungen zur Emissionsreduktion, zur Energiewende oder zur Förderung klimafreundlicher Technologien.

Weitere Kategorien

  • Klimaschutz und Nachhaltigkeits-Kampagne des Jahres
    In dieser Kategorie werden Kampagnen oder Programme ausgezeichnet, welche sich dem Klimaschutz und der Nachhaltigkeit gewidmet haben.
  • Klimaheld:in des Jahres
    In dieser Kategorie werden Einzelpersonen ausgezeichnet, deren Bemühungen seit dem 1. Januar 2024 zu einer Verbesserung der Nachhaltigkeitsinitiativen der Organisation, für die sie tätig sind, geführt haben.
  • Aufbau nachhaltiger Lieferketten
    In dieser Kategorie wird der Aufbau von nachhaltigen Lieferketten gewürdigt.
  • Initiative zur Klimaanpassung
    In dieser Kategorie werden Kampagnen gewürdigt, die sich mit einer nachhaltigen Anpassung an neue Klimabedingungen, befassen.
  • Projekt des Jahres im Bereich Natur & biologische Vielfalt
    In dieser Kategorie werden Projekte und Kampagnen gewürdigt, die im Bereich Natur und biologische Vielfalt - wie Renaturierungsmaßnahmen, Förderung von Biodiversität, usw. - wichtige Beiträge leisten.

 

Haben Sie innerhalb Ihres Unternehmens Maßnahmen getroffen und Nachhaltigkeit in den Vordergrund gerückt? Haben Sie einen wichtigen Beitrag zum Klimaschutz geleistet?

Neugierig geworden? Alles Weitere rund um die Klimaschutz-Kategorien des deutschsprachigen europäischen Wirtschaftspreis erfahren Sie unter: https://gsa.stevieawards.com/Auszeichnungen/Kategorien/Klimaschutz-Nachhaltigkeit-Kategorien. 

 

 

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Women|Future Webinar Recap: Future-Proofing Your Organization using an AI Strategy

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Mon, Jun 29, 2026 @ 11:53 AM

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a future consideration—it is already transforming the way organizations operate, compete, and innovate.

During the first Women|Future Webinar of 2026, "Future-Proofing Your Organization: Crafting an AI Strategy to Navigate Risks and Unlock New Opportunities," industry leaders explored how organizations can develop practical AI strategies, balance innovation with risk, and prepare their workforce for a rapidly evolving future.

June Women Future Webinar

The Women|Future Webinars are an annual series of free webinars hosted by the Stevie® Awards, designed for women small business owners, executives, entrepreneurs, and anyone interested in starting a business.

The first webinar took place on June 17, 2026 and featured insights from past Stevie Award-winning women from leading global organizations. Speakers included:

  • Ipsita Mohanty, Applied Science Manager at Amazon and Vice Chair of IEEE Women in Engineering

  • Mariesa Coughanour, Head of the Growth Office and AI Workforce Transformation for Cognizant Consulting

  • Jaya Eripilla, VP, Senior Technology Manager at Bank of America

  • Casey Foss, Chief Growth Officer at Penta Group

The Cost of Standing Still
One of the strongest themes throughout the discussion was that organizations face significant risks when they delay AI adoption. While concerns about security, governance, and compliance are valid, panelists emphasized that companies that fail to build AI capabilities today may quickly lose ground to competitors that are actively experimenting and learning.

As Casey Foss noted, organizations are already seeing a widening gap between employees who embrace AI tools and those who do not. Rather than focusing solely on the risks of AI, leaders should also consider the risks of inaction.

Start With Business Problems, Not Technology
The panel repeatedly stressed that successful AI strategies begin with business objectives rather than technology selection. Instead of asking, “What is our AI strategy?” organizations should ask, “How can AI help us achieve our business goals?”

Leaders were encouraged to identify high-impact business challenges, define measurable outcomes, and then determine whether AI is the best solution. Whether the goal is to improve customer experiences, increase operational efficiency, or accelerate decision-making, AI should serve as a strategic enabler rather than a standalone initiative.

Governance and Innovation Must Work Together
While organizations are eager to move quickly, panelists emphasized the importance of balancing innovation with responsible governance. Building clear policies, involving security teams early, and establishing guardrails can help organizations reduce risk while still empowering employees to experiment and innovate.

Mariesa Coughanour highlighted that employees are often already using AI tools independently. Rather than resisting this reality, organizations should create frameworks that support responsible experimentation, encourage collaboration between business and technology teams, and provide visibility into emerging use cases.

People Remain the Competitive Advantage
Although AI capabilities continue to advance rapidly, panelists agreed that uniquely human skills will become even more valuable in the future. Trust, judgment, empathy, leadership, and relationship-building remain difficult to replicate through technology. As organizations automate routine tasks, employees will increasingly focus on supervising systems, making complex decisions, and building meaningful connections with customers and colleagues.

Jaya Eripilla emphasized that organizations should view AI as a collaborator rather than a competitor. The goal is not to replace human expertise but to augment it—allowing employees to spend more time on higher-value work that requires creativity, critical thinking, and emotional intelligence.

Creating a Culture of AI Adoption
The panelists also highlighted the importance of organizational culture in successful AI adoption. Companies that foster excitement, psychological safety, and learning opportunities are more likely to uncover innovative ideas across their workforce. Examples included AI innovation challenges, hackathons, gamification programs, and AI fluency initiatives designed to help employees build confidence and practical skills.

Rather than limiting AI exploration to a small group of specialists, organizations should encourage broad participation and provide employees with opportunities to contribute ideas and solutions.

Focus on Proof of Value
When beginning an AI journey, panelists recommended focusing on projects that demonstrate clear business value rather than small experiments that fail to generate meaningful impact.

Organizations should prioritize initiatives with measurable outcomes, whether through increased revenue, improved customer experiences, reduced operational costs, or greater employee productivity. Demonstrating tangible results helps build organizational momentum and encourages broader adoption.

One Final Piece of Advice
When asked for their most important recommendation for leaders looking to future-proof their organizations, the panelists delivered a consistent message: invest in your people.

Providing AI training, fostering a culture of experimentation, and preparing employees to work alongside AI technologies will be critical for long-term success. Organizations that empower their workforce while maintaining strong governance will be best positioned to adapt, innovate, and thrive in an AI-driven future.

As the discussion concluded, one message stood out above all others: AI is not a temporary trend. It is becoming a fundamental part of how work gets done, and organizations that combine technology, strategy, and human potential will be best equipped for what comes next.

Upcoming Women|Future Webinar Sessions

Join the next two webinars to discover practical strategies to build credibility through business awards, and get firsthand perspectives from women entrepreneurs who have successfully built and scaled their businesses. Register individually for each webinar you wish to attend:

Your Competitive Edge: How Earning Business Awards Boosts Recognition

Jul 15, 2026 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
 

July Women Future Webinar

 

The Founder Mindset: Overcoming Fear, Failure & Doubt to Build a Business

Aug 12, 2026 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
 

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German Stevie® Awards 2026 verlängern Teilnahmefrist

Posted by Jana Novatscheck on Mon, Jun 22, 2026 @ 04:49 AM

Einsendeschluss für die German Stevie® Awards 2026 bis zum 29. Juli verlängert

Die zwölfte Ausgabe des deutschsprachigen Wirtschaftspreises nimmt nun noch für einen weiteren Monat Nominierungen entgegen

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Unternehmen und Organisationen, die ihre Nominierungen für die 12. German Stevie® Awards bislang noch nicht eingereicht haben, erhalten zusätzliche Zeit: Die Veranstalter haben die Bewerbungsphase verlängert und ermöglichen damit weiterhin die Teilnahme am renommierten Wirtschaftspreis. Eigentlich sollte die Einreichungsfrist bereits gestern enden. Aufgrund zahlreicher Anfragen und des großen Interesses an einer Verlängerung haben sich die Verantwortlichen jedoch dazu entschlossen, den Teilnehmenden entgegenzukommen. Der neue und zugleich finale Einsendeschluss ist nun der 29. Juli 2026. Bis zu diesem Termin können Bewerbungen in allen Kategorien eingereicht werden.

„Die hohe Resonanz auf die German Stevie® Awards freut uns außerordentlich. Bereits jetzt haben viele namhafte Unternehmen ihre innovativen und beeindruckenden Projekte zur Bewertung eingereicht“, sagt Maggie Miller, Präsidentin der Stevie® Awards. Die Fristverlängerung biete weiteren Organisationen die Chance, ihre Erfolge und Leistungen einzureichen und sich um eine der begehrten Stevie®-Award-Trophäen zu bewerben.

Die Bewertung der eingegangenen Nominierungen beginnt am 24. Juni 2026. Insgesamt werden fünf unabhängige Fachjurys die Einreichungen eingehend prüfen und bewerten. Unternehmen, die ihre Bewerbungen erst im Rahmen der verlängerten Frist einreichen, werden dabei selbstverständlich gleichberechtigt berücksichtigt und haben keinerlei Nachteile im Wettbewerbsverfahren.

Die German Stevie® Awards sind ein hochkarätiger Wirtschaftspreis für die deutschsprachige europäische Unternehmenswelt. Ausgezeichnet werden herausragende Leistungen in vielfältigen Kategorien - vom "Manager des Jahres" über die "Marketingkampagne des Jahres" bis hin zum "Produkt des Jahres" und vielen weiteren. Umfassende Informationen über die Awards und die Teilnahmeunterlagen erhalten Sie unter https://gsa.stevieawards.com/

Den Teilnehmenden steht eine Vielzahl an etablierten Kategorien mit zahlreichen
Unterkategorien zur Verfügung. Unter anderem:

  • Awards Unternehmen/Institutionen
  • Awards für Unternehmer
  • Innovations-Awards
  • Awards für Künstliche Intelligenz
  • Marketing-Awards
  • PR-Awards
  • Human Resources-Awards
  • Awards für Kundenservice
  • Awards für neue Produkte und Dienstleistungen
  • Podcast-Awards
  • Video-Awards
  • Thought Leadership-Awards
  • und viele weitere

Neu in diesem Jahr:

Für die 12. German Stevie Awards 2026 gibt es auch einige neue Kategorien,
speziell für den Bereich der Künstlichen Intelligenz (KI).

Wieder dabei: People’s Choice Stevie Awards für die beliebtesten Unternehmen

Wer die Stevie Awards kennt, weiß, dass die Preistragenden mit einer Stevie Awards Trophäe in Gold oder einer Medaille in Silber oder Bronze ausgezeichnet werden. Auch in diesem Jahr wartet wieder eine weitere Auszeichnung auf die Teilnehmenden der German Stevie Awards: die People's Choice Stevie Awards für die beliebtesten Unternehmen. Alle Organisationen, die mit einem Gold, Silber oder Bronze Stevie Award der German Stevie Awards 2026 ausgezeichnet werden, haben die Möglichkeit zusätzlich mit dem People's Choice Stevie Award für die beliebtesten Unternehmen prämiert zu werden. Dazu findet von Ende August bis Ende September 2026 eine öffentliche Online-Abstimmung statt, bei der jeder für seinen Favoriten abstimmen kann. Das Unternehmen mit den meisten Stimmen in jeder Kategorie erhält als Auszeichnung eine wunderschöne Kristalltrophäe.

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Asiacell Advances AI, Connectivity, and Customer Experience Across Iraq

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Fri, Jun 19, 2026 @ 02:00 PM

Asiacell Communications is a major provider of mobile telecommunications and digital services in Iraq, serving nearly 20 million customers across all 19 governorates. Since its founding in 1999, the company has consistently pioneered innovation in the country’s telecom sector. Today, its 4G network reaches the majority of Iraq’s population.Asiacell logo

Over the past two years, Asiacell has strengthened its position as a digital leader through significant investments in artificial intelligence, cloud-native infrastructure, and customer experience. These efforts are helping transform not only the company’s operations but also the broader telecommunications landscape in Iraq.

AI-powered Customer Support Platform
One of Asiacell’s most notable achievements was the launch of LAILA, an AI-powered customer support platform. Introduced in 2024, the intelligent chatbot assists customers across mobile, web, and social media channels, handling thousands of inquiries each day. Building on that success, Asiacell introduced LAITH in 2025, an enterprise-grade AI assistant designed to support employees by streamlining access to information and standardizing workflows throughout the organization.

The company also completed a major modernization of its Business Support System (BSS), implementing a cloud-native, AI-enabled platform that now manages services for nearly 20 million customers. The upgrade was completed without service disruption, supported by one of Iraq’s most advanced telecom infrastructures, including 22 data centers, four of which are Tier III-certified by the Uptime Institute. Asiacell’s network currently includes more than 8,300 towers, with plans to add 1,000 more.

Beyond its commercial achievements, Asiacell continues to play an important role in Iraq’s development through initiatives supporting digital education, entrepreneurship, humanitarian relief, and youth development. Hundreds of corporate social responsibility programs have helped expand digital access and create opportunities for communities throughout the country.

Asiacell Communications PJSC won a Silver Stevie Award for Company of the Year - Information Technology - Telecommunications and two Bronze Stevie Awards for Technical Innovation of the Year - Artificial Intelligence and New Service of the Year - Artificial Intelligence in the 2025 Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence.

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Final Entry Deadline Extended in The 23rd Annual International Business Awards®

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Thu, Jun 18, 2026 @ 01:23 PM

The Stevie® Awards, organizers of The International Business Awards®, announced today that the final entry deadline for the 2026 (23rd annual) edition of the awards has been extended through 16 July by popular demand. The original final entry deadline was 17 June.

The International Business Awards are widely recognized as the world's premier business awards competition, attracting nominations from organizations in over 70 nations and territories each year.

IBA26 July 16 Deadline

All individuals and organizations worldwide—public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small—may submit nominations to The International Business Awards. Entry details are available at
http://IBA.StevieAwards.com.

“The extended entry period will give organizations additional time to prepare and submit their nominations," said Stevie Awards President Maggie Miller.

Juries featuring more than 250 executives worldwide will determine the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners. Winners will be announced on 12 August and celebrated at a joint gala award ceremony in Paris, France, at the Pullman Paris Montparnasse on Wednesday, 28 October.

Winners in the 2026 editions of The International Business Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, and the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence will be celebrated together in Paris. Grand, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and People's Choice Stevie Award trophies and medallions will be distributed to winners.

Tickets for the awards banquet will be available starting 12 August, when the winners are publicly announced.

“We are thrilled to announce that this year’s International Business Awards banquet will be held in Paris, France," added Miller. "We anticipate over 400 professionals from more than 20 nations to attend the awards ceremony.”

The International Business Awards recognize achievement in every facet of the workplace. Categories include:

There are many new and revised features of The International Business Awards for 2026:

In addition to the new AI and Public Sector category groups, The 2026 International Business Awards have expanded significantly across many existing award areas. New categories recognize achievements in areas such as data and analytics, digital transformation, operational excellence, product-led growth, customer service innovation, employee wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, and emerging leadership disciplines including cybersecurity, sales, business development, and data leadership. The awards have also introduced new industry sectors throughout the Company of the Year, Entrepreneur, and Management categories, including Agritech, Biotechnology, Cybersecurity, E-commerce, Education & EdTech, Gaming & Esports, Logistics & Supply Chain, and Venture Capital.

The program has also expanded its recognition of innovation in marketing, communications, events, creative work, mobile apps, products, and technology solutions. New categories highlight areas such as accessibility, sustainability, customer retention, employer branding, experiential marketing, hybrid and AI-powered events, as well as emerging technologies including robotics, quantum computing, AI security, digital twins, smart manufacturing, and ESG technology. These additions reflect the evolving priorities of organizations worldwide and provide new opportunities for entrants to showcase achievements in fast-growing fields and emerging business disciplines.

Notable 2025 International Business Awards winners include Azul, Cathay Pacific, Cisco, Critical Mass, Deloitte, DHL Express, EBizCharge, Foundever, GigaCloud Technology, HALKBANK, IBM, IntouchCX, Jenzabar, Manulife, Manila Electric Company, Origence, pladis, SoftPro, Tata Consultancy Services, VelocityEHS, and many more.

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Informativ Expands Automotive Compliance and Fraud Prevention Capabilities Through Unified Technology Platform

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Thu, Jun 18, 2026 @ 01:00 PM

Informativ provides fraud prevention, compliance, and credit solutions for the automotive and consumer finance industries across the United States. The company’s software is designed to help auto dealers and lenders streamline finance qualification processes, maintain regulatory compliance, and reduce risk through automation and integrated technology solutions.

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Unifying Compliance, Credit, and Fraud Prevention
Since 2023, Informativ has undergone a significant transformation to simplify and modernize compliance and risk management for automotive retailers. Following a strategic rebrand, the company unified several existing platforms under the Informativ name, bringing together tools focused on identity verification, credit management, and fraud prevention into a more cohesive ecosystem.

A major milestone came in February 2024 with the launch of Total Solution, a platform integrating identity verification, credit controls, and FTC Safeguards Rule compliance into a single workflow. The launch addressed growing pressure on dealers to strengthen data security and compliance processes while maintaining operational efficiency and customer experience.

By consolidating multiple compliance and risk-management functions into a single platform, Informativ sought to address a longstanding challenge in the automotive technology sector, where dealers often rely on disconnected systems for fraud prevention, compliance oversight, and financing workflows.

Supporting Evolving Industry Demands
The company has expanded its capabilities through acquisitions and integrations, increasing both technical functionality and customer reach. These efforts contributed to broader market penetration and accelerated product development while supporting partnerships with lenders, credit bureaus, and dealer technology providers.

Operational growth has accompanied these initiatives. Informativ earned a place on the 2024 Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies and was recognized as a Great Place to Work-certified employer based on employee feedback.

As regulatory requirements continue to evolve across automotive retail and consumer finance, Informativ has focused on building tools that allow dealers to proactively manage compliance obligations while reducing friction within the financing process. The company’s emphasis on integrated workflows and automation reflects broader industry demand for more scalable and efficient technology solutions.

Informativ earned a Bronze Stevie® Award for Company of the Year – Financial Technologies in the 2025 Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence.

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Bongo Expands AI-Powered Skill Assessment Through Secure Video Evaluation Technology

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Wed, Jun 17, 2026 @ 10:38 AM

Bongo was created to address a practical challenge in higher education. A professor at Colorado State University needed a more effective way to assess communication skills in entrepreneurship and business communications courses. After finding that existing tools did not adequately measure how students communicated and applied knowledge, he developed a new solution focused on video-based assessment and feedback.

That solution became Bongo, a platform designed to evaluate not only what learners know, but how effectively they can communicate and demonstrate skills in real-world scenarios.

bongo logoInitially adopted by colleges and universities, Bongo helped educators assess soft skills through video assignments and structured feedback. As demand for scalable coaching and performance evaluation grew beyond academia, the platform expanded into corporate learning and enterprise training.

Scaling Coaching and Skill Verification
Today, Bongo supports enterprise organizations across sales, partner enablement, and customer success functions by helping teams reinforce learning and verify skills at scale. Learners record video responses that demonstrate their understanding and application of key concepts, enabling organizations to assess practical performance rather than relying solely on traditional testing methods.

The platform combines AI-powered analysis with human-reviewed feedback to help organizations identify strengths, reinforce learning objectives, and support ongoing professional development. A key advancement within the platform is Bongo’s AI Score technology, which automates the evaluation of learner-recorded videos while generating detailed feedback aligned with organization-specific requirements.

Advancing AI-Driven Performance Evaluation
Bongo’s AI Score operates through a multi-step process designed to produce tailored, scalable assessments. Organizations first upload training materials and learning content into the platform, allowing Bongo to generate customized questions and success criteria based on specific business objectives and skill requirements.

Learners then record video responses demonstrating their understanding and application of those concepts in practical scenarios. Using a combination of predefined evaluation criteria, publicly available large-language models, and Bongo’s proprietary algorithms, the platform automatically scores learner performance and provides detailed explanations for each evaluation.

The system is designed to provide actionable feedback with minimal human intervention, helping organizations scale coaching and assessment programs more efficiently.

Addressing Security and AI Bias Concerns
One of the primary challenges facing organizations adopting AI-driven evaluation systems is how to securely use sensitive company information without exposing proprietary data to public AI models.

To address this concern, Bongo developed a patent-pending process that allows learner performance to be evaluated against confidential organizational data while preventing that data from being exposed to public large-language models. This approach enables organizations to use advanced AI capabilities while maintaining control over sensitive information.

The company also developed consensus algorithms to reduce bias and response inconsistencies in AI-generated evaluations. By structuring interactions with large-language models as multi-part conversations and combining them with proprietary evaluation methods, Bongo aims to improve the fairness, consistency, and reliability of assessment outcomes.

As organizations continue to search for scalable ways to measure communication, performance, and applied skills, Bongo’s technology reflects a growing interest in AI-supported learning systems that balance automation, personalization, and data security.

Bongo earned a Gold Stevie® Award for Technical Innovation of the Year – Educational Technology in the 2025 Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence.

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Final Entry Deadline Extended to July 8 in Third Annual Stevie® Awards for Technology Excellence

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Mon, Jun 15, 2026 @ 04:20 PM

The Stevie® Awards, organizers of the world’s premier business awards, have announced a final deadline extension in the newest Stevie Awards program, the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence.

The original final entry deadline was June 11, but entries will now be accepted through July 8. Entries through the extended final entry deadline will not be penalized in any way. Entry details are available at Tech.StevieAwards.com.

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This new Stevie Awards program celebrates the remarkable accomplishments of individuals, teams, and organizations shaping the future of technology across all industry sectors.

Individuals and organizations worldwide are eligible to enter - public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. The program will recognize the world’s best technology professionals, organizations, achievements, products, and services since the beginning of 2024.

Michael Gallagher, founder and Executive Chairman of the Stevie Awards, shared his enthusiasm for the latest Stevie Awards competition and the extended entry timeline:

"Due to popular demand, we've extended the final entry deadline to July 8, giving individuals and organizations additional time to craft their nominations. We look forward to honoring the remarkable accomplishments of technology innovators from around the world in the 2026 Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence."

The program features more than 250 categories across 23 technology-industry groupings, with a broader set of categories for Information Technology. Category groupings include:

Each year, Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 nominations from organizations of all types and sizes in more than 70 nations and territories. Past Stevie Award winners include Cisco Systems, Inc., DP DHL, EY Global Services Limited, HCLTech, Google, IBM Corporation, LLYC, Meta, Procter & Gamble, Samsung, Toyota, Verizon, Viettel Group, and many others.

Juries featuring more than 100 executives worldwide will determine the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners. Winners will be publicly announced on July 23 and celebrated at a joint awards gala on October 28 in Paris, France, with winners of the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, The International Business Awards®, and the German Stevie Awards.

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The Stevie® Awards for Great Employers Final Entry Deadline Extended to July 1

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Thu, Jun 11, 2026 @ 10:15 AM

The Stevie® Awards, organizer of the Stevie® Awards for Great Employers, announced today that the final entry deadline for the eleventh annual competition has been extended to Wednesday, July 1. The Stevie Awards for Great Employers honor the world's best companies to work for and the HR teams and professionals, HR achievements, new products and services, and suppliers that help to create and drive great workplaces.

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"Each year, we hear from organizations that are doing remarkable work but need a little more time to prepare their nominations," said Stevie Awards President Maggie Miller. "By extending the deadline, we're ensuring that more organizations have the opportunity to share their achievements. Entries submitted during the extension period will not incur late fees and will be judged alongside all other nominations under the same criteria."

All organizations now have two more weeks to prepare and submit their entries. All individuals and organizations worldwide - public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small - may submit nominations to the Stevie Awards for Great Employers. The 2026 awards will honor achievements since the beginning of 2024. Entry details are available at http://HR.StevieAwards.com.

The 2026 competition introduces a variety of new categories, including a new group of 12 AI categories designed to honor individuals, teams, organizations, and solutions advancing artificial intelligence.

New HR Team categories include Leadership Development Team of the Year and Workplace Health and Wellbeing Team of the Year.

New Solutions and Implementations categories include Employee Wellbeing and Mental Health Solution Implementation - Implementation, Employee Wellbeing and Mental Health Solution Implementation - New or New-Version.

AI and People Analytics Provider of the Year is a new Solution Provider category.

AI Training for HR Professionals is a new Training Program or Media category.

20 of the 24 HR Individual categories do not require payment of entry fees, including Human Resources Executive of the Year, HR Rising Star of the Year, Employee Relations Professional of the Year, Onboarding Professional of the Year, Recruiting or Talent Acquisition Professional of the Year, and others.

Winners in the 42 industry-specific Employer of the Year categories will be determined by a unique blending of public votes and professional ratings. Public voting will take place from June 11 to July 9.

The Stevie Awards for Great Employers recognize achievement in many facets of the workplace. Categories include:

More than 100 professionals worldwide, working on several juries, will determine the Stevie Award winners. Winners in the 2026 Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Awards will be announced on July 16 and celebrated during a gala banquet in conjunction with the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence, The International Business Awards®, and the German Stevie Awards ceremony on October 28 in Paris, France.

About the Stevie® Awards

Stevie Awards are conferred in nine programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, and the newest Stevie Awards program, the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence. Stevie Awards competitions receive over 12,000 entries annually from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performance in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.StevieAwards.com.

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Who's Coming to The American Business Awards on Tuesday?

Posted by Michael Gallagher on Fri, Jun 05, 2026 @ 08:00 AM

More than 550 representatives of Stevie® Award-winning organizations, competition jurors, sponsors and other VIPs will gather in the Broadway Ballroom of New York's Marriott Marquis Hotel on Tuesday, June 9 for the 24th edition of The American Business Awards®, the USA's top honors for achievement in the workplace.

53788247230_15a54f6086_oAll individuals and organizations operating in the United States are eligible to submit nominations to the ABAs - large and small, public and private, for profit and non profit.  The 2026 ABAs recognize achievements since the beginning of 2024 in a wide variety of categories representing most aspects of work life, including management, marketing, customer service, product management. innovation, and much more.

Grand, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and People's Choice Stevie Award winners were announced in April and May.  Winners who attend Tuesday's event will be celebrated on stage and deliver short acceptance speeches.

The American Business Awards are the oldest and one of nine Stevie Awards programs, which also include The International Business Awards®, the German Stevie Awards, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, and the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence, all of which have entry deadlines in the next two weeks.

Tuesday's presentations will feature the presentation of the AI Waymakers Awards, by sponsor Persistent, and a special presentation about the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Costello School of Business at George Mason University.

Here is the list of organizations that will be represented at Tuesday's American Business Awards:

(as of June 4)
1871 & BMO Financial Group, Chicago, IL
8x8, Campbell, CA
AB Studios and Passion Struck, St Petersburg, FL
Accenture, New York, NY
Actionstep, Denver, CO
ADI Global Distribution, Melville, NY
Adler Public Relations, Scottsdale, AZ
Affortech LLC, Orlando, FL
AmeriTech Contracting, Berlin, CT
Aptia, Boston, MA
Arch Street Communications, New York, NY
Asheria Marketing, New York, NY
Automation Anywhere, San Jose, CA 
Better Parenting Plan, San Francisco, CA
Beyond Finance, Chicago, IL
Bimbo Bakeries USA, Irving, TX
Black Men's Health Clinic, Austin, TX
BrightSpring Health Services, Louisville, KY
BW Events Tech, Gilbert, AZ
CardWorks, Woodbury, NY
Carestream NDT, Rochester, NY
Catalight, Walnut Creek, CA
Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary, Newtown, CT
CCS Fundraising, New York, NY
CenterLight Health System, Flushing, NY
Channel Partners, Tampa, FL
Chargebacks911, Clearwater, FL 
Chef Works, Poway, CA
Ciber Digita Inc., Flanders, NJ
Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA
Cisco, Jersey City, NJ
Cisco Network Engineering & Operations, Rolesville, NC 
Collaborative Co-Parent, Sydney, Australia
Concept Construction Services Inc., New York, NY
Corn Refiners Association, Washington, DC
Critical Mass, New York, NY 
CVS Health, Phoenix, AZ
Dassault Systemes, Waltham, MA 
Design-Build Institute Of America, Washington, DC
DirectEmployers Association, Indianapolis, IN
DocuWare Corporation, Beacon, NY
Drc Ventures, Franklin, TN 
Emota, Philadelphia, PA
ESI Flow, San Francisco, CA
Ever.Ag, Lewisville, TX
EX.CO, New York, NY
Experis - ManpowerGroup, Milwaukee, MI
Eye Conic Spot LLC, Coral Springs, FL
First Advantage, Atlanta, GA
First Interstate Bank, Billings, MT
Ford Pro, Dearborn, MI
FrankCrum, Clearwater, FL
Fulcrum Solutions, New Rochelle, NY
Fusion5, Odessa, FL
Gema’s Childcare, West Babylon, NY 
Genzeon, Exton, PA
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Givelify, Indianapolis, IN
Glassesusa.com, College Park, GA
GTE Financial, Tampa, FL
Heraeus Incorporated, Yardley, PA
Hexaware Technologies, Iselin, NJ
History Factory, Washington, DC
Hive Group LLC, McLean, VA
IBM, Armonk, NY
Innovative Life Sciences, McKinney, TX
Iowa Department Of Human Services And Vimo, Change And Innovation Agency (C!A), Mountain View, CA
Jasmine Norris Photography, Lafayette, IN
Jelvix, Tallinn, Estonia
JFK International Air Terminal, LLC, Jamaica, NY
Khanect The Dots, Kansas City, MO
KNAPP, Kennesaw, GA
Kodak, Rochester, NY
Krupp Agency, New York, NY
Lawyer.com, Basking Ridge, NJ
Lee Andrews Group, Los Angeles, CA
LifeVantage, Lehi, UT
LifeWave, Draper, UT
LPL Financial, Princeton, NJ
LQ™ Listening Intelligence, Rancho Cordova, CA
LTG Re-Teck Renewable Energy Solutions, San Francisco, CA
Machinify Inc, Palo Alto, CA
Manulife John Hancock Retirement, Boston, MA
Marketplace PHL, Philadelphia, PA 
Merrick Bank, South Jordan, UT
MicroHealth, LLC, Vienna, VA
Microsoft Corp, Redmond, WA
Mountain View Group, Atlanta, GA
Musclesport, Ronkonkoma, NY
N-able, Burlington, MA
Naish Partners, Santa Barbara, CA
NextGen Healthcare, Fredericksburg, VA
NMFTA, Alexandria, VA
NorthGate, Flint, MI
NTT Data, Plano, TX
Ohio River South, Atlanta, GA 
OKANA Resort & Indoor Waterpark, Oklahoma City, OK
One Step GPS, San Fernando, CA
Paysafe, Jacksonville, FL
Persistent Systems, Santa Clara, CA
Picore International, Calabasas, CA
Praxis AI, Pleasanton, CA
Precision Point Partners, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Publicis Sapient, New York, NY
Q2i, Boston, MA
Remarkably Resilient, Inc., Shawnee, KS
Revolve Solutions LLC, Alexandria, VA
Rockwell Automation, Milwaukee, WI 
Ruder Finn, New York, NY
Runway 7 Fashion, New York, NY
Selerix Systems, Plano, TX
Shaker Recruitment Marketing, Oak Park, IL
Siemens Energy Inc., Orlando, FL 
Sodexo, Dilworth, MN
Sofidel, Horsham, PA
Speakcore, Pennington, NJ
SPECTRAFORCE, Raleigh, NC
SportsMed Physical Therapy, Glen Rock, NJ
SPS North America, New York, NY
Steno, Los Angeles, CA
STORE Capital, Scottsdale, AZ
Synoptek LLC., Costa Mesa, CA
Tahgis Imports Inc, Cleveland, OH
Takeda, Cambridge, MA
Tata Consultancy Services, Edison, NJ
TeamUp Remote Talent Staffing, Cincinnati, OH
TermScout, Denver, CO
The Dr Z Functional Medicine Academy LLC, Sheridan, WY
The Flora May Foundation, San Clemente, CA
The Shelf, Inc., Atlanta, GA
The Stories And Wisdom Company®, Seattle, WA
The Surplus Line Association Of California, San Ramon, CA
TIAA, New York, NY
Tribeca Softech, New York, NY
Tricentis, Austin, TX
Vensure Employer Solutions, Chandler, AZ
VEON Ltd., New York, NY
Vereigen Media, Austin, TX
Verge Therapy, Milton, MA
West Monroe, Chicago, IL
Yapp Sailing Course, Seattle, WA
YELO Software, Boston, MA

The 25th Annual American Business Awards will begin accepting nominations this coming October.  Learn more and get the entry kit at https://ABA.StevieAwards.com. 

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Grand Stevie® Award Winners Announced in the 2026 Middle East & North Africa Stevie® Awards

Posted by May Hassan on Wed, Jun 03, 2026 @ 12:01 AM

Grand Stevie winners Eastern Health Cluster “EHC” of Saudi Arabia and the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources “FAHR” of the United Arab Emirates will be celebrated at an awards gala on 11 September

The Stevie® Awards have announced two Grand Stevie Award winners in the seventh annual Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards. These are the top prizes in the competition. Grand Stevie winners will be presented their awards at a gala banquet at the InterContinental Istanbul, Türkiye, on Friday, 11 September.

The Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, sponsored by the Ras Al Khaimah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is an international business awards competition open to all organizations in 18 nations in the Middle East and North Africa. The focus of the awards is recognizing workplace innovation in all its forms.

This year, more than 1,400 nominations were considered in the judging process by more than 155 professionals, whose average ratings determined the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners announced earlier in January. For a complete list of the 2026 Stevie Award winners, visit https://MENA.StevieAwards.com.

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In addition to the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Awards, the organizations with the most award points (total number of points conferred by total Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie wins) and the highest-scoring nomination are awarded the Grand Stevie Awards, which cannot be applied for directly. These are the top prizes in the competition.

Organization of the Year: With 84.5 award points, earned through nine Gold, 19 Silver, and 14 Bronze Stevie Award wins across various categories, Eastern Health Cluster (EHC), Saudi Arabia, is the most honored organization in this year’s competition.

Eastern Health Cluster is one of the largest integrated healthcare network operators in Saudi Arabia. It serves over two million beneficiaries, making it a key pillar of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 healthcare transformation. The cluster’s extensive medical service network spans the entire Eastern Province, operating 22 general and specialized hospitals, one medical city, and more than 120 primary healthcare centers. With specialized centers of excellence in cardiology, oncology, neurosurgery, and organ transplantation, EHC’s network has an overall capacity exceeding 3,450 medical beds and a team of more than 4,500 doctors. EHC won Gold Stevie Awards in categories recognizing innovation in Academic Institution Events, Finance, Human Resources Management, Planning & Practice, Management in Health Care Industries, Thought Leadership, and more.

Highest Rated Nomination of the Year: With an average score from the judges of 9.66 out of a possible 10, the nomination submitted by the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, “FAHR,” Dubai, United Arab Emirates, received the highest average score in the 2026 competition. The nomination, about their development of their HR AI Agent, also won a Gold Stevie Award in the Award for Excellence in Innovation in Artificial Intelligence category.

FAHR is an independent federal entity responsible for managing and developing human capital within the United Arab Emirates federal government sector. Acting under the supervision of the UAE Council of Ministers, FAHR designs, reviews, and implements modern workforce policies, performance management programs, and civil service legislation across all federal ministries.

"We are delighted to announce the 2026 Grand Stevie Award winners. EHC and FAHR exemplify the outstanding caliber of nominations received for the 2026 Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards," said Maggie Miller, President of the Stevie Awards. "The judges were highly impressed by the Grand Stevie winners' creativity, resourcefulness, and expertise in driving their organizations forward over the past two years. We eagerly anticipate celebrating their achievements at the gala on 11 September."

Complete information about the awards banquet in Istanbul is available at https://mena.stevieawards.com/tickets/awards-banquet/

Press representatives interested in covering the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards ceremony on 11 September in Istanbul, Türkiye, may contact May@stevieawards.com.

The eighth edition of the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards will open for entries in late September 2026.

 

 

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Winners Announced in 2026 People’s Choice Stevie® Awards for Favorite New Products

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Thu, May 28, 2026 @ 09:00 AM

Winners have been announced in the 2026 People's Choice Stevie® Awards for Favorite New Products, an annual feature of The American Business Awards®, the USA’s top business awards program, which is now in its 24th year.

The worldwide public vote was conducted in April and May, with the highest number of votes determining the winners in dozens of product and service categories. More than 22,000 votes were cast. To win, a category’s leading vote-getter had to have received at least 100 votes.

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The winners of the crystal People’s Choice Stevie Awards will be recognized during the ABA’s awards ceremony on June 9 in New York City, along with the winners of the Grand, Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie winners announced in April and May.

All new products and services nominated in the new product awards categories of this year’s ABAs were eligible to be included in voting for the People’s Choice Stevie Awards.

The winners of the 2026 People’s Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite New Products are:

Business-to-Business Products: Carestream NDT: Carestream NDT's INDUSTREX HPX-ARC Bendable Detectors

Business-to-Business Services: Golden Hour Veterinary Telemedicine: Golden Hour's SUPER STAT Teleradiology Service

Consumer Products & Services: 2500Divorce.com: 2500Divorce.com

Education - Emerging Technology Solution For Administrators: Luxor Workspaces: CellGuard™ Cell Phone Storage Cabinet

Education – Other: Savvas Learning Company: MyPerspectives English Language Arts With SavvyWriter By Savvas

Electronic Commerce Solution: Constructor: Constructor AI Product Insights Agent

Financial Services: Manulife John Hancock Retirement: FutureStep

FinTech Solution: EBizCharge: EBizCharge

Governance, Risk & Compliance Solution: TermScout: TermScout

Health & Pharmaceuticals: Golden Hour Veterinary Telemedicine: Golden Hour's 6-Channel Veterinary ECG Device

Healthcare Technology Solution: OnMed: OnMed CareStation™

Insurance Solution: Arch Insurance: Arch APEX

Legal Solution: Opus 2: Opus 2 Cases

Payments Solution: EBizCharge: EBizCharge

Supply Chain Management Solution: RapidRatings: ActionPath

Technology Solution – Other: Vereigen Media: Verified Content Engagement

Supporting sponsors of The 2026 American Business Awards include Golden Hour Veterinary Telemedicine, Melissa Sones Consulting, and SoftPro. Persistent Systems is the sponsor of the competition’s AI Waymakers Awards categories.

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Cultivate Your Tomorrow: Join the 2026 Women|Future Webinars

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Mon, May 18, 2026 @ 02:00 PM

 

The Women|Future Webinars are back for 2026 with a new season of free virtual sessions designed to empower, educate, and connect women in business around the world.

Hosted by the Stevie® Awards, the world’s premier business awards, the Women|Future Webinars are designed for women entrepreneurs, executives, small business owners, and professionals interested in starting or growing a business. The webinar series continues the mission established by the Women|Future Conference in 2018: creating a space where ambitious women can learn from experts, share ideas, and build meaningful professional connections.

After seven successful years as a live conference, the program evolved into a webinar series to make these conversations and resources accessible to even more women globally. Registration is free, and attendees may register individually for each session.

This year’s webinar lineup features three sessions taking place in June, July, and August 2026—in line with the 23rd annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business, which is now accepting nominations. The early-bird entry deadline, with discounted entry fees, is June 24.

Women Future Webinars

What to Expect

The 2026 Women|Future Webinars will feature practical insights and expert guidance centered around some of today’s most relevant business challenges and opportunities. Led by accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and Stevie Award winners, each session is designed to help attendees grow as leaders and prepare for the future of business.

This year’s webinar topics include:

  • Future-proofing your organization and developing strategies to adapt in a rapidly changing business environment
  • Crafting an AI strategy to navigate risks, embrace innovation, and unlock new opportunities for growth
  • How earning business awards can strengthen brand recognition, credibility, and visibility in a competitive marketplace
  • Developing a founder mindset by overcoming fear, doubt, and failure in business and leadership

Attendees will gain practical tools, fresh perspectives, and real-world advice they can apply to their organizations, careers, and entrepreneurial journeys.

Who Should Attend?

The Women|Future Webinars are designed for women professionals at every stage of their careers and across all industries. Whether you are an entrepreneur, small-business owner, executive, manager, consultant, student, or someone exploring a new professional path, the sessions offer valuable insights and meaningful conversations for ambitious women seeking personal and professional growth. 

Our Mission and Tagline

Our mission is to inspire and accelerate women in business by fostering professional and personal development through live educational sessions. Cultivate Your Tomorrow is our tagline. We chose this phrase because The Women|Future webinars encourage you to not only embrace your tomorrow, but to walk away with inspiration and thought leadership to tackle your career, personal, and life aspirations!

Sign up individually for each webinar session you wish to attend below.

WFW26 Session 1

June 17, 2026, 2:00 PM ET
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July 15, 2026, 2:00 PM ET
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August 12, 2026, 2:00 PM ET

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Sponsorship/Partnership Opportunities

Want to connect with a global community of ambitious women? Sponsoring the Women|Future Webinars is an opportunity to showcase your brand to a global network of business leaders and entrepreneurs. Sponsors receive visibility across our website, social media, email campaigns, and live webinar sessions. Email Lindsey@stevieawards.com for 2026 sponsorship opportunities.

 

Grand Stevie® Award Winners Announced in 2026 American Business Awards®

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Tue, May 05, 2026 @ 09:01 AM

The Stevie® Awards announced today the Grand Stevie Award winners in The 24th Annual American Business Awards® competition. Winners will be honored during an awards banquet on June 9, 2026, in New York City. Registration for the event is now open.

All organizations operating in the USA—large and small, public and private, for-profit and non-profit—are eligible to submit nominations to the ABAs in a wide range of categories, honoring achievement in every aspect of work life, from customer service and management to public relations and product development.

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This year, more than 3,700 nominations were considered in the judging process by more than 230 professionals on nine juries. Their average ratings determined the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners announced earlier this month. For complete lists of those Stevie Award winners, visit ABA.StevieAwards.com.

The Grand Stevie Awards are best-of-competition prizes awarded to the organizations that submit the best body of work to the competition, in their own name or in the names of one or more clients. Grand Stevie Awards cannot be applied for directly.

Grand Stevie winners in the 2026 program are as follows:

Organization of the Year: Delta Dental of Kansas, Wichita, is the most honored organization in the 2026 competition, earning four Gold, six Silver, and seven Bronze Stevie Awards, collecting a total of 34.5 award points. Delta Dental also won this Grand Stevie Award in 2024.

Most Honored Public Relations Agency of the Year: MikeWorldWide, New York, New York, wins the honor this year with 30 award points earned on behalf of itself and clients American Dairy Queen, ICSC, and the Travelers Championship. MikeWorldWide is among the world's leading independent, integrated PR agencies with five offices across the United States, Latin America, and the United Kingdom. The agency won this top honor in 2025 as well, in addition to winning Grand Stevies in the ABAs in 2013-2016.

Most Honored Marketing Agency of the Year: Mountain View Group, Atlanta, Georgia, earned 12 award points with two Gold and four Bronze Stevie wins for videos produced for clients Amneal Pharmaceuticals, GE Healthcare, and RTX Corporation.

Highest-rated Nomination of the Year: With an average score from the judges of 9.88 out of a possible 10, the nomination entitled “From Vision to Legacy: AstraZeneca and Emota Driving Sustainable Innovation,” submitted by the Emota Experience Agency in London, United Kingdom, is this year’s highest-rated nomination. The entry, which won the Gold Stevie for Best Cause & Green - Sustainable Event, describes the agency’s work with AstraZeneca to create the pharmaceutical giant’s presence at the 2025 edition of The American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting, the world’s largest oncology congress.

Highest-rated New Product Nomination of the Year: Praxis AI, Pleasanton, California, wins this year’s top product-nomination honor for “The AI That Showed Up for the Students Nobody Else Scaled For,” a submission about their use of artificial intelligence in education, specifically “Human-First Digital Twins — AI powered by an expert’s real brain, personality, and wisdom, with constitutional governance and patent-pending IP protection.” Deployed across education, workforce development, and enterprise, their 1,000+ twins have driven 70% student engagement, 3× wage increases, and full letter-grade improvements. The nomination won the Gold Stevie for Best AI Solution in EdTech.

The 2027 edition of The American Business Awards will begin accepting nominations this October. Learn more and get the entry kit at ABA.StevieAwards.com.

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Award Writing Services’ Approach to Long-Term Visibility and Brand Credibility

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Fri, May 01, 2026 @ 02:21 PM

AWARD WRITING SERVICES LOGO 1Founded in 2024, Award Writing Services is an Australia-based agency specializing in award submissions and thought leadership strategy for businesses and entrepreneurs. Established by Annette Densham, the company is built on more than four decades of journalism and communications experience, with a focus on helping organizations strengthen their visibility, perception, credibility, and digital presence.

The agency was launched following a business transition, beginning with two clients and a lean operational model. Within 12 months, Award Writing Services expanded to support 21 clients across industries, including legal, wellness, education, nonprofit, and ecommerce.

Award Writing Services’ approach centers on simplifying how organizations manage visibility and perception across multiple channels. Rather than treating PR, awards, and SEO as separate activities, the company integrates them into a single strategy designed to build sustained recognition and measurable business outcomes.

Developing a Unified Visibility Framework
A defining feature of the company’s work is its proprietary “Breadcrumb Method,” a framework that connects awards, PR, SEO, and content into a coordinated system. The approach is designed to ensure that each piece of content contributes to a broader digital footprint, supporting search visibility, media opportunities, and brand credibility over time.

The method was developed in response to changes in the communications landscape, where traditional PR and marketing efforts often operate in isolation. By aligning these functions, Award Writing Services provides clients with a more consistent and strategic approach to building visibility across platforms.

This integrated model has supported clients in achieving more than 80 finalist or winning placements in national and industry awards programs. In parallel, the company has contributed to securing over 70 media placements across outlets, including News.com.au, ABC News, and SmartCompany.

Measurable Impact for Clients
The company’s work focuses on delivering outcomes that extend beyond visibility alone. Clients have reported measurable improvements in organic search performance, including traffic increases of up to 130% within three months of implementing award-driven PR strategies.

Additional outcomes include increased lead generation, improved brand positioning, and expanded business opportunities. In some cases, award recognition and media exposure have contributed to higher investor engagement and conversion rates, demonstrating the commercial impact of integrated communications strategies.

Operationally, Award Writing Services has combined traditional communications expertise with modern tools to enhance efficiency and scalability. These include AI-assisted data tracking, and workflow automation systems designed to streamline internal processes and client delivery.

Leadership and Industry Experience
Founder Annette Densham brings 45 years of experience across journalism, corporate communications, publishing, and business storytelling. She began her career in newspapers at age 15 and has since worked across editorial and corporate environments, developing expertise in media relations, executive communications, and brand strategy.

Prior to launching Award Writing Services, she founded Publicity Genie and co-founded The Audacious Agency, where her work earned multiple industry recognitions, including a Grand Stevie® Award. In addition to client work, Densham has contributed to industry education through workshops, keynote presentations, and mentorship initiatives focused on helping small business owners navigate PR, awards, and visibility strategy.

Award Writing Services and Annette Densham’s recent recognition reflect the growing importance of integrated communications approaches in supporting business growth and long-term visibility.

Award Writing Services won a Bronze Stevie Award for Company of the Year – Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations – Small, Grand Stevie for Most Honored Award Agency, and Annette Densham won a Silver Stevie Award for Communications Professional of the Year in The International Business Awards®.

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Topics: International business awards

Winners in the 2026 Middle East & North Africa Stevie® Awards Announced

Posted by May Hassan on Thu, Apr 30, 2026 @ 01:00 AM

Seventh Annual Awards Sponsored by RAK Chamber of Commerce and Industry Recognize Innovation in 18 MENA Nations

Winners in the seventh annual Middle East & North Africa Stevie® Awards, the only awards program to recognize innovation in the workplace throughout 18 nations in the Middle East and North Africa, have been announced. The awards are sponsored by RAK Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The list of Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners is available at http://MENA.StevieAwards.com.

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The 2026 Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards have recognized organizations in 15 nations including Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Türkiye and United Arab Emirates. More than 1,400 nominations in Arabic and English were evaluated in this year’s competition. Winners were determined by the average scores of 155 professionals worldwide, acting as judges on five juries to recognize innovative apps, achievements, entire organizations, public relations, customer service, human resources, individual professionals, live and virtual events, management, sustainability, technology, thought leadership, and more. 

Winners of multiple Gold, Silver, or Bronze Stevie® Awards include Abu Dhabi Heritage Authority, UAE; Abu Dhabi Housing Authority, UAE; ADNEC Services, UAE; ADNOC Drilling, UAE; Al Dhafra Region Municipality, UAE; Batı Anadolu Group of Companies, Türkiye; Byrne Equipment Rental, UAE; Capital 360 Event Experiences, UAE; CarrefourSA, Türkiye; Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, UAE; Dubai Customs, UAE; Eastern Health Cluster, Saudi Arabia; Etihad Water and Electricity (EtihadWE), UAE; Federal Authority for Government Human Resources, UAE; FLO Group, Türkiye; GSTC, Saudi Arabia; Hail Region Municipality, Saudi Arabia; Samsung, Saudi Arabia ; Le Chene, UAE; National Partnerships and Capacity Development Agency, Ministry of Culture, Saudi Arabia; NEOVA KATILIM SİGORTA, Türkiye; NMDC Energy, UAE; Ooredoo Kuwait, Kuwait; Qatar Foundation, Qatar; Qatar Vision Production Company, Qatar; QNET, Hong Kong; Quill Communications, UAE; Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (MODON), Saudi Arabia; Saudi German Health UAE, UAE; TCS Dubai, UAE; Tosyalı Holding, Türkiye; Türkiye Sigorta, Türkiye; Ülker Bisküvi Sanayi A.Ş., Türkiye; and VakıfBank, Türkiye, among others.

Stevie winners will be presented their awards at a gala banquet at the InterContinental Hotel, Istanbul, Türkiye on Friday, 11 September. Tickets for the event will be on sale this summer.

“We are delighted to recognize the achievements of such a diverse group of organizations across the MENA region in the 2026 edition of the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards,” said Stevie Awards President Maggie Miller. “We look forward to celebrating Stevie winners during our gala event on 11 September in Istanbul, Türkiye. The quality of nominations received this year was exceptional. The program has grown considerably every year, showing the vast amount of innovation in the MENA region.”

Topics: Middle East Stevie Awards

Stevie® Award Winners Announced in The 24th Annual American Business Awards®

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Thu, Apr 23, 2026 @ 09:00 AM

Winners to be celebrated during an event in New York City on June 9.

The Stevie® Awards, organizers of the world's premier business awards programs, today announced the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie winners in The 24th American Business Awards®.

All organizations operating in the USA - large and small, public and private, for-profit and non-profit - are eligible to submit nominations to the ABAs in a wide range of categories honoring achievement in every aspect of work life, from customer service and management to public relations and product development.


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More than 3,700 nominations were considered in the judging process this year by more than 230 professionals worldwide, whose average scores determined the winners.

Winners of three or more Gold Stevie Awards include:

A-One Janitorial LLC, Newport Beach, CA (5), MikeWorldWide & American Dairy Queen, New York, NY (5), Cisco, San Francisco, CA and Jersey City, NJ (4), Delta Dental of Kansas, Wichita, KS (4), Invision, Walnut Creek, CA (4), VelocityEHS, Chicago, IL (4), VUMI Group, Miami, FL (4), Azul, Sunnyvale, CA (3), Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary, Newtown, CT (3), Critical Mass, New York, NY (3), Deloitte Services LP, New York, NY (3), EBizCharge, Irvine, CA (3), Espresa, Palo Alto, CA (3), GigaCloud Technology, El Monte, CA (3), IBM, Armonk, NY, USA (3), Jenzabar, Boston, MA (3), London Computer Systems, Cincinnati, OH (3), Manulife John Hancock Retirement (3), MikeWorldWide, New York, NY (3), Origence, Irvine, CA (3), Proximity, Centerville, UT (3), SoftPro, Raleigh, NC (3), SynergySuite, Sandy, UT (3), The Holliday Collaborative Agency, Indianapolis, IN (3), and The Surplus Line Association of California, San Ramon, CA (3).

For a complete list of the Stevie Award winners announced today, visit https://aba.stevieawards.com.

Winners of five best-of-show prizes will be awarded Grand Stevie Award trophies, to be announced the week of May 4.

2026 Stevie winners will be celebrated during an awards banquet on Tuesday, June 9 at the Marriott Marquis in New York City. Tickets for the event are now on sale.

The categories that recognize outstanding new products and services introduced in the USA are among the most heavily subscribed to in the ABAs. Every new product or service nominated in the program will be included in voting for the People's Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite New Products, an annual feature of the ABAs in which the general public votes for their favorite new products. Voting opens on tomorrow, April 27 at https://aba.stevieawards.com/Awards/PeoplesChoiceVoting/ and will conclude on May 23. People's Choice Stevie winners will be announced the week of May 25 and will be honored during the June 9 awards presentations.

“We’re proud to recognize the breadth and quality of achievements demonstrated by organizations and individuals honored in The 2026 American Business Awards,” said Michael Gallagher, founder and Executive Chairman of the Stevie Awards. “This year’s nominations reflect the many ways organizations across the United States are driving progress, from advancements in artificial intelligence to excellence in communications and beyond. We look forward to celebrating the accomplishments of the 2026 Stevie winners at our June 9 awards ceremony in New York City.”

Supporting sponsors of The 2026 American Business Awards include Golden Hour Veterinary Telemedicine, Melissa Sones Consulting, Persistent, and SoftPro.

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How businesses can earn recognition that truly matters

Posted by Alyona Tolstova, ZONE3000 on Tue, Apr 21, 2026 @ 11:17 AM

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Business awards can be easy to dismiss as vanity metrics. In practice, the right recognition can do much more: validate a company’s credibility, strengthen trust with clients and partners, support employer brand, and give internal teams proof that their work stands out beyond their own market. That is especially true when the judging process is structured and based on expert review.

In this article, I will share practical steps that can help businesses pursue credible international awards more strategically and effectively. It will be especially useful for PR managers, marketing leaders, founders, and business owners who want to turn real achievements into recognition that strengthens reputation, trust, and market positioning.

Awards: Vanity metrics or business impact?

Choosing the right awards program is just as important as preparing the entry itself. For business owners and PR managers, a good starting point is to look at credibility, relevance, and long-term value. Ask simple questions:

  • Is the award recognized in your industry or region?
  • Is the organizer a credible source?
  • Is the judging process transparent?
  • Are judges independent and experienced?
  • Does the program attract strong companies and meaningful competition?

It is also worth considering what happens after the announcement, including:

  • Feedback from the judges
  • Media coverage and visibility
  • Networking opportunities.

The best awards are those that align with your business goals, reflect real achievement, and earn recognition respected by clients, partners, and future talent.

This is one of the reasons Stevie® Awards programs are widely respected in the business world. Founded in 2002, the Stevie® Awards now run multiple international competitions, receive thousands of nominations from more than 70 nations, and use judging panels made up of more than 1,000 professionals worldwide each year. Each entry is reviewed and rated by at least five judges, and entrants receive judges’ comments after results are announced. 

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At ZONE3000, we have experienced that firsthand. Our company received a Gold Stevie® Award in the 2025 Middle East & North Africa Stevie® Awards for Innovative Achievement in Organization Recovery. We also received a Bronze Stevie® Award in the 2026 Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service in Achievement in AI-Driven Sales Automation.

How to prepare an entry that deserves to win

From my perspective as a PR & Communications manager, a strong award is not only a logo for a website footer. It is a framework that helps you package achievements clearly, test whether your story is convincing to outside experts, and turn business results into a credible market narrative. A very important thing to remember is understanding how to prepare an entry that deserves to win. Below, I share tips based on my own experience that helped my company win credible business awards.

1. Start with business significance, not with self-praise

One of the most common mistakes in award submissions is trying to sound impressive instead of being specific. Judges do not need adjectives. They need evidence, context, and outcomes.

When we prepared ZONE3000’s organization recovery case, the story was not “we are resilient.” The real story was much more concrete. The majority of our team was based in Ukraine when the full-scale Russian invasion began. The challenge was to evacuate people, secure infrastructure, protect continuity, and keep client delivery stable under extraordinary pressure. The case became strong because it showed actions and results: safe workplaces, evacuation support, remote work readiness, cybersecurity enhancements, backup planning, stronger internal communications, and continuity of service.

The same principle worked in our AI-driven sales automation case. Instead of presenting AI as a trend, the entry focused on a real business problem: fragmented sales data, manual qualification, and limited visibility into opportunity readiness. The story became compelling when connected to the solution, technologies used, and business outcomes such as faster sales cycles, stronger forecasting, and better use of sales resources.

My first recommendation is simple: do not think like, “How do we make this sound award-worthy?” Emphasize, “What changed in the business, why did it matter, and what can we prove?”

2. Choose the category as carefully as you write the entry

A great story placed in the wrong category can easily become an average entry.

This is where many PR teams lose points. The temptation is to choose the broadest or most prestigious-sounding category. In reality, awards are won by relevance. The closer the fit between your case and the category criteria, the easier it is for judges to understand why the nomination belongs there.

In my experience, category selection is a strategic step. You need to study the category, compare it to your actual achievement, and decide on the strongest angle. Is your case about innovation, leadership, customer impact, technology implementation, team performance, or market growth?

If you are not fully sure which category fits best for your story, it is absolutely fine to contact the organizers and ask for guidance. A short clarification can help you avoid a mismatch and significantly improve the chances of placing your case in the category where it has the strongest potential.

3. Treat communication with organizers as part of the process

One thing I value in awards programs is the quality of communication with organizers. Good organizational communication reduces uncertainty and helps applicants navigate categories, deadlines, and practical requirements with more confidence.

With Stevie® Awards, the process is structured and transparent, supported by entry kits, category descriptions, FAQs, and competition-specific materials. They also regularly run free live webinars for entrants on topics such as choosing categories, understanding the judging process, and crafting stronger nominations. In my own experience, attending these webinars was genuinely helpful: they made it easier to see that we already had strong stories worth submitting and helped me understand how to shape them into award-ready entries.

My advice is to approach organizers’ materials the same way you would approach a media brief: read carefully, use the available resources, and take advantage of webinars and Q&A opportunities to strengthen your submission before you enter.

4. Write for judges, not for your website

Award entries are not marketing brochures. They are evidence-based narratives. A strong submission usually has three qualities.

    • It gives enough context for an outside reviewer to understand the scale of the challenge.
    • It explains the solution in plain business language, not only internal terminology.
    • It proves outcomes with facts, metrics, or credible indicators.
    • It includes strong supporting materials that back up the claims made in the nomination, through links, visuals, case examples, testimonials, or other relevant evidence.

This is also where PR expertise becomes especially valuable. A communications professional knows how to structure a story so that technical, operational, and business details become readable without losing precision. In many companies, the achievement already exists, but the narrative does not. Building that narrative is the real work.

5. Respect the judging process and use the feedback

What makes awards especially useful is that the process does not end when results are announced. In the Stevie® Awards, entrants receive judges’ anonymous comments, which also function as a valuable external review mechanism. Based on my experience with other awards programs, receiving judges’ comments is not always typical, which makes this a real advantage of the Stevie® Awards process.

That is valuable for two reasons. First, feedback helps you understand how your story was perceived by external reviewers. Second, it can make future submissions stronger. Sometimes, comments show that the case itself was strong but presented too broadly. In other cases, they highlight that the business impact was compelling, but the evidence was not supported clearly enough, for example, through stronger supporting materials, external links, or proof points.

The smartest way to approach awards is not to submit once and simply hope for the best. It is to learn from the process, refine your approach, and build a stronger recognition strategy over time.

6. Do not underestimate the ceremony and networking value

Awards ceremonies are often viewed as symbolic, but they can also be highly practical. Stevie® Awards ceremonies bring together winners, judges, executives, and guests from multiple industries, and official ceremony information highlights networking, on-stage recognition, photography, and interviews as part of the experience.

For communications teams, this creates additional value around the award itself. The ceremony can become an opportunity for content, establishing relationships, and visibility.

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7. Plan your post-award communication before the result arrives

Winning is not the end of the story. It is the start of a communications cycle. If you wait until the award is announced to decide what to do with it, you lose momentum.

Prepare a post-award plan in advance:

  • internal communications
  • LinkedIn content
  • media outreach
  • leadership commentary
  • website updates
  • case-study repackaging
  • award page integration
  • partner-facing materials.

The goal is not to overpromote. The goal is to translate recognition into trust.

Final thoughts: Turn recognition into business assets

If I had to sum it up in one principle, it would be this: business awards are won through strong achievements, clear storytelling, solid evidence, and professional communication.

At ZONE3000, our strongest award results have come not only from the recognition itself, but also from how we turned that recognition into a credible business narrative. Our awards and recognitions also support marketing and sales efforts by helping demonstrate trust, credibility, and proven expertise when approaching new leads. Referring to winning cases allows us to show the business community tangible results, strengthen our market positioning, and attract new partners and clients.

My advice: Identify what is truly meaningful inside the business, shape it into a credible narrative, and present it in a way the market can trust. That is how awards become more than recognition. They become business assets

Sheetcast: Turning Spreadsheets Into Scalable Web Applications

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Mon, Apr 20, 2026 @ 10:58 AM

Launched in 2021, Sheetcast is a cloud-based business technology solution that helps organizations convert Excel spreadsheets into secure, fully functional web applications.

Built as an Excel add-in, the platform enables users to transform familiar spreadsheet models into interactive apps in minutes, without writing code. The approach addresses a common operational challenge: modernizing spreadsheet-driven workflows without rebuilding them from scratch.
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Sheetcast is positioned primarily for non-technical users. Rather than relying on developers, teams can build and publish applications directly within Excel using tools they already understand. This makes it possible to streamline internal processes, replace fragmented spreadsheet systems, and centralize data collection across multiple users simultaneously. The result is improved efficiency while preserving the flexibility that has long made Excel a workplace standard.

The platform supports a broad range of functionality. Applications built with Sheetcast can include custom data-entry forms, automated workflows, interactive dashboards, file attachments, signature capture, and integrations with external data sources such as web APIs, media files, and GPS inputs. Outputs can range from structured datasets and charts to PDFs, automated email notifications, and API calls to other systems. In effect, the technology converts static spreadsheets into dynamic, database-driven web tools.

Security and governance are central components of the system. Administrators can assign user-specific access permissions, lock or hide formulas, enforce validation rules, and maintain audit trails.

By shifting users from editing raw spreadsheets to interacting through controlled forms and reports, organizations reduce the risks of formula errors, accidental overwrites, and data leaks. At the same time, intellectual property embedded within Excel models remains protected.

Sheetcast won a Silver Stevie® Award for Best Cloud Application/Service Business Technology Solution in The 2025 International Business Awards®.

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Topics: International business awards

Who’s Coming to the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards® on Friday?

Posted by Michael Gallagher on Wed, Apr 15, 2026 @ 08:57 PM

This Friday, April 17 we’ll stage the 13th annual Asia-Pacific Stevie® Awards at the Venetian Hotel in Macao, China. More than 250 executives from across the region will gather to celebrate the recent achievements of organizations and individuals.

54518869088_3243b5913e_cThis Stevie Awards program celebrates the innovative achievements of working professionals across a wide variety of categories. The 2026 Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners in the competition were announced in early March. As in all Stevie Awards programs, winners were invited to attend the event to be celebrated on stage and to make an acceptance speech, but attendance isn’t required to win.

Download the digital version of the program book for the awards evening.

Here is the list of organizations that will be represented at Friday’s event in Macao.

2GO Group, Inc.

Aboitiz Construction, Inc.

ACCIONA

Adobo Magazine

Angel One

Arcadyan Technology Corporation

Bank For Investment And Development Of Vietnam

Bases Conversion And Development Authority

BDMS Wellness Clinic

Big Picture Asia Incorporated

B'yond Platforms

Bytedance - TikTok

CleverTap

Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Inc.

Delivery Hero Philippines Inc.

Dermorepubliq

DITO Telecommunity

DocuWare

Dynamic Insurance Services

Earthlab Inc.

Eastern Communications

Floridablanca Enviro Corp

GARASI TRAVEL (PT GARA INDONESIA GROUP)

Generali Hong Kong

Gosoft (Thailand) Co.,Ltd.

Guild Solutions

G-Xchange Inc. (GCash)

HGC Global Communications Philippines Inc.

HSBC

Hylove Business Inc.

IBM

IBM India

IBM Institute For Business Value

ID8, Inc.

Inclusive Mamas Club

JingAn Kerry Centre, Kerry Properties Limited

Johnson&Johnson

Junior Achievement of the Philippines

Junior Chamber International Manila

Just Right Parking

MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY (MERALCO)

Mason Korea

Massive Act Inc.

Max's Restaurant

MedAsian

MediaOne

Megaworld Lifestyle Malls

Metro Manila Persons With Disability Vendors’ Association, Inc.

Metro Pacific Iloilo Water

Metro Pacific Investments Corporation

Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank)

Million Advertising & Silk-Screen Pte Ltd

Mission Ready HQ Ltd

MR. DIY Philippines

MRANTI Corp.

NeuroLead

New Aim

New Image International

OHIO Myanmar International Co.

ONEBPO

Palo Alto Networks

Pertamina Gas Negara

PLDT And Smart and PLDT Global

PRN Asia

Pru Life UK

Prudence Foundation

PT ABM INVESTAMA Tbk

PT Petrokimia Gresik

PUNX

Q Media 360 Advertising Corp.

Quezon City Business Permits and Licensing Department

Rebel Manila Brand Marketing Services

SAGAEVENTS, INC.

Samsung Electronics Philippines Corporation

San Miguel Global Power

SANAME - Multi-Collagens, Bone Broths & Soups

Schweigen

Seattle's Best Coffee

Shanghai XuanKe Technology Co., Ltd.

Shell companies in the Philippines

Siam Kubota Corporation

SM Supermalls (China)

Strategic Public Relations Group

Sun Life of Canada (Philippines) Inc

Tata Consultancy Services

TTEC

UnionDigital Bank

Uniquecorn Strategies

Vivant Corporation

Wells Fargo

Women Impact Studio

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Zoho Corporation


The 2027 edition of the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards will begin accepting nominations this October. Join the mailing list to be sent the entry kit as soon as it’s available.

Topics: Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards

Freelancer.com: Scaling Human Intelligence Through an AI-Driven Platform Pivot

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Wed, Apr 08, 2026 @ 12:03 PM

Freelancer.com has evolved from a traditional freelancing marketplace into a platform designed to coordinate complex, enterprise-level innovation in the AI era. With more than 80 million users globally, the company’s recent transformation reflects a broader shift in how organizations access and deploy specialized talent at scale.

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As AI adoption accelerates, organizations are encountering a growing challenge: while automation reduces the need for routine work, it simultaneously increases demand for highly specialized human expertise. Projects involving AI development, validation, and multilingual data training require niche skills that are globally distributed and difficult to source through traditional hiring models.

A Platform Built for Coordination, Not Replacement
Freelancer’s response was to rethink the role of its platform. Rather than positioning AI as a substitute for human work, the company developed systems that use AI to coordinate human expertise more effectively.

This shift is reflected in several key developments:

Intelligent Talent Orchestration: AI-driven systems that match and coordinate teams across disciplines, languages, and geographies—demonstrated through large-scale projects spanning more than 50 languages.

Enterprise-Grade Infrastructure: Financial and technical systems capable of supporting high-value, complex engagements, including transactions reaching tens of millions of dollars.

Moonshot Innovation Program: A framework for tackling large-scale, multi-phase challenges by coordinating distributed teams, managing intellectual property, and structuring collaborative research.

Together, these capabilities move the platform beyond task-based freelancing into coordinated innovation delivery.

Positioning for Emerging Technologies
Freelancer’s model is increasingly aligned with emerging fields such as quantum computing and advanced AI, where expertise is scarce and globally dispersed. By enabling organizations to access and coordinate that expertise, the platform is positioning itself as infrastructure for a new category of innovation work.

Rather than replacing human input, the company’s approach reinforces the role of human judgment, creativity, and problem-solving—supported by systems that enable large-scale collaboration.

Freelancer.com earned a Gold Stevie® Award for Best Business Technology Pivot in The 2025 International Business Awards®.

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Virgin Voyages: Redefining Modern Cruise Experiences Through Innovation and Guest-Centered Design

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Wed, Apr 08, 2026 @ 12:00 PM

Virgin Voyages is an adults-only luxury cruise line reshaping the hospitality and leisure industry with a modern, experience-driven approach to ocean travel. Founded in 2014 by Richard Branson, the company launched its first voyage in 2021 and has since established itself as a distinct alternative to traditional cruise models.

With a fleet of “Lady Ships” and a focus on inclusive, no-surprise pricing, Virgin Voyages delivers a streamlined, elevated travel experience across destinations in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, and beyond.
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The global cruise industry has long been defined by legacy operators, standardized offerings, and incremental innovation. Virgin Voyages entered this space with a fundamentally different model—targeting adult travelers seeking a more contemporary, flexible, and design-forward experience.

By eliminating common industry practices such as surcharge-heavy pricing and gratuity-dependent service structures, the company addressed long-standing friction points in customer experience while aligning more closely with modern hospitality expectations.

A Distinctive and Technology-Forward Approach
Virgin Voyages has introduced a range of innovations across both onboard experience and operational strategy. Its ships feature award-winning dining, entertainment, and wellness offerings included in the base fare, reducing complexity for travelers. The brand has also invested in advanced connectivity, offering high-speed internet capabilities that rival land-based environments, supporting both leisure and remote work needs at sea.

Beyond onboard features, the company has expanded rapidly, introducing 19 new destinations and 27 itineraries through April 2025, with routes spanning Europe, the Caribbean, and additional global markets. Strategic initiatives, including new market entries and experiential partnerships, position the brand as both a travel provider and a broader lifestyle offering.

Delivering Measurable Growth and Industry Recognition
Since 2023, Virgin Voyages has achieved significant industry recognition across multiple independent platforms. The company was named the #1 Mega-Ship Ocean Cruise Line by Travel + Leisure and earned top rankings in the Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards. It also received multiple honors from Cruise Critic, including Best Overall Cruise Line, Best Dining, and Best Service.

Operationally, the company has supported its growth with a capital raise to accelerate international expansion and enhance customer experience. At the same time, it has maintained a strong focus on workforce practices, implementing policies that ensure crew members receive living wages independent of gratuities—an approach that contributes to employee satisfaction and service quality.

What distinguishes Virgin Voyages is its integrated approach to innovation, employee experience, and brand positioning. Rather than adapting existing cruise frameworks, the company has built a model centered on transparency, design, and cultural relevance. Its adults-only positioning, emphasis on inclusivity, and continued investment in both technology and global expansion reflect a broader shift toward experiential travel.

Virgin Voyages earned a Gold Stevie® Award for Company of the Year – Hospitality & Leisure – Large and a Gold Stevie Award for Most Innovative Instagram Feed in the 2025 International Business Awards®.

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Topics: International business awards

Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey’s Expansion of Community-Based Behavioral Health Services

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Wed, Apr 08, 2026 @ 11:54 AM

cspnjFounded in 1985, Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey (CSPNJ) is a peer-led nonprofit organization that provides community-based services promoting recovery, wellness, and independence for individuals with lived experience of behavioral health conditions. Over four decades, CSPNJ has grown from three drop-in centers into a statewide network offering community wellness centers, supportive housing, advocacy, and outreach services.

Today, CSPNJ serves more than 16,000 community wellness center members and 600+ supportive housing residents across New Jersey. The organization employs over 360 staff, many of whom bring lived experience to their roles, reflecting CSPNJ’s commitment to peer-led service delivery.

Expanding Housing, Outreach, and Crisis Services
CSPNJ has expanded significantly in recent years, particularly in homelessness outreach and crisis response services. Through partnerships with state agencies and community organizations, the organization provides preventative services, street outreach, and warming centers across multiple counties. Since 2023, CSPNJ has launched several new statewide and county-specific programs, including initiatives supporting veterans and individuals experiencing homelessness.

The organization has also strengthened its crisis response capabilities. Its Peer Wellness Respite programs, which serve as alternatives to hospitalization, increased occupancy rates from 72.2% to 92.6% between 2023 and 2024. In 2025, CSPNJ introduced Mobile Crisis Outreach Response Teams (MCORT), providing rapid, community-based mental health support through peer specialists and behavioral health professionals.

Growing Impact and Community Reach
Since October 2023, CSPNJ has grown by 28%, reflecting the addition of new programs and increased demand for services. Over the past year alone, the organization has reached more than 12,000 individuals through homelessness outreach and related services.

The organization is also seeing increased engagement from younger populations. Across its statewide network, CSPNJ has welcomed hundreds of new members aged 18–30, reflecting shifting community needs and the ongoing impact of mental health challenges following the pandemic.

Internally, CSPNJ has focused on workforce development and organizational culture. The organization has been recognized as a Top Workplace in both 2024 and 2025, with 90% of employees reporting that their work is meaningful.

Strengthening Visibility and Communications
Alongside program expansion, CSPNJ has increased its public visibility and communications efforts. Historically operating with a limited external presence, the organization has expanded its reach across digital platforms, media outlets, and community partnerships, increasing awareness of its services and mission.

These efforts have supported greater accessibility to services and strengthened CSPNJ’s role as a resource for individuals and communities across New Jersey.

Supporting Communications Leadership
This work has been supported in part by Chelsea Triano, CSPNJ’s Marketing Coordinator, who was also recognized in The 2025 International Business Awards®. As a one-person communications team, Triano has led efforts to expand CSPNJ’s digital presence, increasing social media engagement and building stronger connections with community partners.

Her initiatives include developing accessible communications tools, expanding partnerships, and leading events that support community engagement and awareness. These efforts have contributed to increased visibility and improved access to CSPNJ’s services across the state.

Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey won a Silver Stevie® Award for Organization of the Year – Non-Profit or Government Organizations – Large, and Chelsea Triano won a Silver Stevie Award for Communications Professional of the Year in The 2025 International Business Awards.

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Advancing AI-Driven Talent Acquisition in a Competitive Hiring Market

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Wed, Apr 08, 2026 @ 11:29 AM

Apexon is a technology services firm that works with organizations across industries, including financial services, retail, and automotive. The company focuses on digital engineering, technology solutions, and transformation initiatives that help clients modernize systems, improve operations, and support long-term business growth.

Because that work depends on specialized technical talent, recruitment plays an important role in the company’s ability to deliver for clients. Finding candidates with expertise in cloud computing, cybersecurity, AI/ML, and full-stack development has become increasingly important as technology needs continue to evolve.Mischelle Martis headshot

Apexon Talent Acquisition Manager Mischelle S Martis has developed a structured and forward-looking approach to technical recruitment, combining over eight years of experience with evolving technologies and market insights. 

Working across industries including automotive, banking and financial services, and retail, Mischelle has focused on aligning hiring strategies with business priorities. Her work emphasizes efficiency, scalability, and responsiveness to changing technical skill demands—particularly in high-growth areas such as AI/ML, cloud computing, cybersecurity, and full-stack development.

A key aspect of her approach has been integrating AI-powered tools into recruitment workflows. By automating sourcing, screening, and candidate engagement, she has helped streamline processes and improve the speed and consistency of hiring outcomes.

Strengthening Recruitment Operations Through Process Innovation
Since early 2023, Mischelle has led the implementation of GenAI-driven recruitment solutions across the hiring lifecycle. These tools have enabled more targeted candidate matching, reduced manual workloads, and improved overall efficiency.

In addition, Mischelle introduced enhanced technical assessment processes and developed an Interview Training Program for hiring managers. These efforts resulted in a 20% improvement in quality of hire, reflecting stronger alignment between candidate capabilities and organizational needs.

Mischelle has also prioritized integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) principles into recruitment strategies. Her work has focused on building more inclusive talent pipelines across technical disciplines.

One of her key initiatives was the launch of a DEI-focused Employee Referral Bonus Program, designed to encourage internal advocacy and broaden access to underrepresented talent. By collaborating with external partners and supplier networks, she has supported the development of more diverse candidate pools and strengthened inclusive hiring practices throughout the recruitment lifecycle.

Beyond sourcing and hiring, Martis has contributed to operational improvements within talent acquisition. She led a Reporting Optimization Initiative that standardized recruitment dashboards and key performance metrics, improving data accuracy and enabling more informed decision-making.

Her experience in areas such as vendor management, zero-based budgeting, and margin optimization has also supported cost efficiency and scalability across recruitment functions. These efforts have helped position talent acquisition as a more strategic contributor to business performance.

Mischelle was recognized with a Silver Stevie® Award for Recruiting Professional of the Year in the 2025 Stevie Awards for Great Employers.

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German Stevie® Awards 2026 nehmen Bewerbungen entgegen

Posted by Jana Novatscheck on Thu, Mar 26, 2026 @ 04:00 AM

Erste Teilnahmefrist läuft bis zum 13. Mai 2026

Spannende neue Kategorien für 2026

Die Stevie® Awards verkünden den Start der Nominierungsphase für die German Stevie Awards 2026. Damit geht der Wirtschaftspreis für das deutschsprachige Europa in die zwölfte Runde seines Bestehens. Interessierte Unternehmen und Organisationen aus Belgien, Deutschland, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Österreich und der Schweiz können sich ab sofort mit ihren Unternehmensleistungen und Projekten in zahlreichen Kategorien bewerben.  

GSA26 Call for Entries - HORIZONTAL

Bis zum 13. Mai 2026 profitieren die Teilnehmenden von der vergünstigten Preisträgergebühr. Teilnahmeberechtigt sind Unternehmen und Organisationen jeder Größe, öffentliche und private Organisationen, gewinnorientiert oder gemeinnützig, aber auch Einzelpersonen aus der Wirtschaft dürfen teilnehmen. Umfassende Informationen über die Awards und die Teilnahmeunterlagen erhalten Sie unter GSA.StevieAwards.com.

Den Teilnehmenden steht eine Vielzahl an Kategorien zur Verfügung. Unter anderem:

  • Awards im Bereich Künstliche Intelligenz (neu in 2026)
  • Awards für Unternehmen/Institutionen
  • Awards für Unternehmer*innen
  • Marketing-Awards
  • PR-Awards
  • Human Resources-Awards
  • Kundenservice-Awards
  • Awards für Produktentwicklung
  • Awards für App-Entwicklung und Webseiten
  • Thought Leadership-Awards
  • Podcast-Awards
  • u.v.m.

Neu in diesem Jahr

Für die 12. German Stevie Awards 2026 gibt es eine ganze Reihe neuer Kategorien. Ein besonderes Highlight ist der neue Fachbereich Künstliche Intelligenz, der Innovationen, Anwendungen und spezifische Branchenlösungen würdigt. Auch in den bestehenden Kategorien gibt es Zuwachs: So wurden im Bereich Klimaschutz & Nachhaltigkeit Kategorien für Green-Tech-Lösungen und Climate-Tech-Startups ergänzt, während im Bereich Unternehmen & Unternehmensleistungen nun auch das 'Business-Netzwerk des Jahres' ausgezeichnet wird.

„Wir freuen uns, den führenden Unternehmen im deutschsprachigen Europa nicht nur unsere bewährten, langjährigen Award-Kategorien zu präsentieren, sondern – so hoffen wir – auch einige spannende neue Ergänzungen im diesjährigen Wettbewerb“, sagt Maggie Miller, Präsidentin der Stevie Awards. „Unser Team bei den Stevie Awards ist schon jetzt gespannt auf die Beiträge, die uns in diesem Jahr erreichen werden.“

Wieder dabei: People’s Choice Stevie Awards für die beliebtesten Unternehmen

Wer die Stevie Awards kennt, weiß: Die Gewinnerinnen und Gewinner werden mit einer Stevie® Award-Trophäe in Gold oder einer Medaille in Silber oder Bronze ausgezeichnet. Auch in diesem Jahr erwartet die Teilnehmenden der German Stevie Awards eine zusätzliche Auszeichnung: die People’s Choice Stevie® Awards für die beliebtesten Unternehmen.

Alle Organisationen, die bei den German Stevie Awards 2026 mit einem Gold, Silber oder Bronze Stevie® Award ausgezeichnet werden, haben die Chance, einen People’s Choice Stevie® Award zu gewinnen. Hierfür findet von Ende August bis Ende September 2026 eine öffentliche Online-Abstimmung statt, bei der jede*r für seine Favoriten abstimmen kann. Die Unternehmen mit den meisten Stimmen in den jeweiligen Kategorien werden mit einer Kristalltrophäe ausgezeichnet.

Teilnahmefristen und Termine

Alle Unternehmen und Organisationen dürfen kostenfrei beliebig viele Nominierungen einreichen. Erst bei erfolgreicher Nominierung - die mit einem Gold, Silber und Bronze Stevie Award ausgezeichnet wird - fällt eine Preisträgergebühr an. Teilnehmende, die ihre Bewerbungen bis zur ersten Teilnahmefrist, dem 13. Mai 2026, abgeben, profitieren von einem Rabatt auf diese Preisträgergebühren. Wer die Teilnahmefrist am 13. Mai verpasst, darf seine Bewerbungen noch bis zum 18. Juni 2026 einreichen.

Mehrere Fachgremien werden dann die Gold, Silber und Bronze Preisträgerinnen und Preisträger ermitteln. Die Gold-, Silber- und Bronze-Gewinner*innen werde im Rahmen des Stevie Awards Super Events am 28. Oktober in Paris gemeinsam mit den Gewinnern der International Business Awards, der Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence und der Stevie Awards for Great Employers geehrt.

Zu den Preisträgerinnen und Preisträgern der German Stevie Awards 2025 zählen unter anderem BITZER Kühlmaschinenbau GmbH (Sindelfingen, Deutschland), boneArtis AG (München, Deutschland), EuroTube Foundation (Dübendorf, Schweiz), Globus Handelshof St. Wendel GmbH & Co. KG (Koblenz, Deutschland), HASE & IGEL GmbH (Oldenburg, Deutschland), Mamer (Mamer, Luxemburg), PALFINGER AG & Tchitii Communication (Salzburg, Österreich), Raiffeisen Bank International (Wien, Österreich), Werner Schmid GmbH (Fulda, Deutschland), ZDF (Mainz, Deutschland) und ZF (Bielefeld, Deutschland).

Eine Übersicht über alle Preistragenden der German Stevie Awards 2025 finden Sie unter https://gsa.stevieawards.com/Auszeichnungen/Stevie-Award-Gewinner/.

Die German Stevie Awards sind Teil der Stevie® Awards, welche die renommierten International Business Awards® ausrichten und in insgesamt neun Wettbewerbsprogrammen jedes Jahr mehr als 12.000 Einreichungen aus über 70 Ländern erhalten.

Pressefotos der Stevie Awards Trophäen und das German Stevie Awards Logo finden Sie unter https://gsa.stevieawards.com/Die-Presse/Fotos-und-Logos. Weitere Pressefotos stellen wir Ihnen auf Wunsch gerne zur Verfügung.

 

Topics: German Stevie Awards, German Stevie Awards 2026

Blancco’s Advancements in Secure Data Erasure for the Circular IT Economy

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Wed, Mar 25, 2026 @ 04:06 PM

Founded in 1997, Blancco Technology Group develops secure data erasure and device diagnostics solutions designed to help organizations safely manage end-of-life IT assets. As companies face growing data privacy requirements and rising volumes of retired hardware, Blancco’s technology enables enterprises and IT asset disposition (ITAD) providers to securely remove data and prepare devices for reuse or resale.

From its early focus on certified data sanitization software, the company has expanded its capabilities to address broader operational and sustainability challenges tied to the lifecycle of IT equipment. Each year, tens of millions of Blancco erasures are performed worldwide, helping organizations protect sensitive information while allowing data storage assets to be redeployed or responsibly recycled.

Today, Blancco’s technology is used by enterprises, mobile industry stakeholders, recyclers, and ITAD providers that process large volumes of retired devices. The company’s diagnostic tools and erasure solutions help organizations securely transition devices into the secondary market while meeting increasingly strict privacy and compliance standards.

Linking Data Security With the Circular Economy
A defining feature of Blancco’s approach is its focus on combining data security with sustainability. As global electronic waste continues to grow, extending the usable life of IT equipment has become a priority for many organizations. Blancco’s solutions support this shift by enabling secure data removal while helping devices move safely into the circular economy rather than being destroyed or discarded.

The company continues to expand its technology portfolio, supported by more than 40 patented or patent-pending innovations. In November 2024, Blancco introduced Autopilot Detection, a feature designed to address a growing challenge for ITAD providers when processing enterprise devices enrolled in Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) systems, such as Microsoft Windows Autopilot and Intune.

Devices enrolled in these management systems can automatically reconnect to enterprise networks and resynchronize data even after initial erasure, creating a potential security risk if the device is intended for resale. Prior to the development of Autopilot Detection, identifying these enrollments often required manually powering on devices and inspecting them individually—an approach that slowed processing and introduced the risk of human error.

Automating Detection During the Erasure Process
Blancco Autopilot Detection was developed to automate this process. Integrated within the company’s flagship Blancco Drive Eraser software, the feature programmatically identifies and flags devices enrolled in UEM systems during the erasure workflow. This allows ITAD providers to detect potential risks in a single automated step rather than through manual inspection.

Industry trends highlight the significance of this challenge. Microsoft operating systems account for more than 70% of the global desktop OS market, and a substantial share of devices processed by ITAD providers are enrolled in enterprise management systems. By automating detection, Blancco’s technology reduces labor requirements, improves processing accuracy, and helps organizations protect sensitive data.

The operational benefits are measurable. Blancco reports that the automated detection process can reduce device processing time to roughly 2.5 minutes per asset, representing a significant improvement over previous manual workflows. For ITAD providers handling thousands of devices per week, this efficiency gain can shorten the time to bring refurbished devices back to market while reducing operational risk.

Continuing Product Expansion
Since the launch of Autopilot Detection, Blancco has continued expanding its capabilities. In 2025, the company acquired Key Deploy from Blair Technology Group and integrated it into its software platform as Blancco Asset Reimaging, allowing ITAD providers to reinstall the Windows operating system on sanitized devices as part of the preparation process for resale.

Blancco has also broadened its device support across the Apple ecosystem. Its erasure technology now supports Apple Watch®, AirPods®, iPhone®, iPad®, Mac® computers, and related accessories, reflecting the growing demand for secure processing of used consumer electronics entering secondary markets.

Together, these developments illustrate how Blancco continues to refine the infrastructure supporting the circular IT economy, helping enterprises protect data while extending the useful life of millions of devices worldwide.

Blancco won a Gold Stevie® Award for Technical Innovation of the Year – Information Technology in the 2025 Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence.

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Winners Announced in 2026 People’s Choice Stevie® Awards for Favorite Companies in 13th Annual Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Mon, Mar 16, 2026 @ 09:00 PM

Seven winners of a public vote for favorite organizations honored with crystal People’s Choice Stevie Award trophies.

The Stevie® Awards, organizer of the world’s premier business awards programs, announced winners of seven People’s Choice Stevie® Award trophies in the 13th annual Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the only awards program to recognize innovation in the workplace throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

APSA26 Peoples Choice Horizontal

The People’s Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Companies, a long-time feature of several Stevie Awards programs, was introduced to the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards in 2023. All nominees in the Company/Organization categories in the 2026 competition were automatically included in voting for the People’s Choice Awards. Voting was conducted from 16 February through 13 March, with the highest number of votes determining the winners in several industry categories. More than 35,000 votes were cast this year by members of the general public worldwide.

Each People’s Choice winner received at least 100 votes, the minimum number required to be eligible to win.

The winners of the 2026 People’s Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Companies are:

Business Products & Services: Just Right Parking Co., Ltd., Taiwan

Education: Megaworld Foundation, Inc., the Philippines

Healthcare Industries: SANAME, Australia

Startups: Garasi Travel (PT GARA Indonesia Group), Indonesia

Tech Startups: Deegenics Pvt. Ltd., Sri Lanka

Technology Industries: ASRock Inc., Taiwan

All Other Industries: Quezon City Business Permits and Licensing Department, the Philippines

These honorees will receive crystal People’s Choice Stevie Award trophies.

The 2026 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards have recognized organizations in 23 markets, including Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, and Vietnam. More than 1,000 nominations about innovative achievements were considered by the judges this year.

Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners in various categories were announced on 12 February. Those awards were determined by the average scores of more than 250 executives worldwide acting as judges. Five Grand (“best of show”) Stevie Award winners were announced on 24 February.

Winners in attendance will be celebrated on stage during a gala event at the Venetian Hotel in Macau, China, on Friday, 17 April.

The 2027 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards will begin accepting nominations this October. Sign up to get the entry kit at https://Asia.StevieAwards.com.

Topics: Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards

Little Windmill’s Steady Rise in Australia’s Children’s Apparel Market

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Mon, Mar 16, 2026 @ 12:37 PM

2025 Winner Spotlight - RESIZED IG-7-3Founded in 2017 as a home-based venture on a cattle station in regional Australia, Little Windmill Clothing Co. began with a simple idea: create practical, sun-safe clothing suited to rural life.

Established during Founder Katie Eslick's maternity leave, the business initially focused on cotton children’s wear inspired by a Western aesthetic. What started as a small creative project quickly gained traction among parents seeking durable, stylish alternatives to mainstream children’s fashion.

By 2020, demand had grown enough for the company to formalize its own label and original designs. In its early years, operating around the demands of a young family, Katie steadily expanded production and distribution.

Today, Little Windmill operates two retail shopfronts, a warehouse facility, and employs eight staff members. The product range has broadened to include unisex adult apparel, accessories, footwear, baby items, and curated gift hampers featuring products from other local businesses.

A defining feature of the brand has been its emphasis on quality and durability. The company reports a return rate of under five percent, significantly below broader apparel industry averages. Its clothing is designed for longevity, with customers frequently citing fit and fabric durability as distinguishing characteristics. Ethical sourcing and careful material selection are core to its operating model, reflecting a deliberate move away from fast-fashion production cycles.

Growth has been steady and measurable. Retail sales have risen substantially since the company’s first year. Online sales now account for approximately 80% of total revenue, with website visits continuing to increase annually. Wholesale expansion has also played a role, with more than 22 wholesalers stocking the brand, including partners in the United States. The company regularly participates in trade events such as Rockhampton’s Beef Week to maintain in-person engagement with customers.

Beyond financial performance, the business remains closely tied to its regional roots. It supports local events, school fundraisers, and community initiatives, and has created retail and customer service jobs in rural areas. While its online presence drives most sales, its physical stores continue to serve as community gathering points.

From its beginnings on a cattle station to its current national and international reach, Little Windmill illustrates how a niche concept, grounded in authenticity and operational focus, can evolve into a scalable enterprise.

Little Windmill won a Gold Stevie Award for Small Retail Company of the Year, and two Bronze Stevies for Company of the Year- Consumer Products - Durables - Small and for Startup of the Year - Consumer Products Industries in The 2025 International Business Awards®.

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Stevie® Awards Extends The 2026 American Business Awards® Final Entry Deadline

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Thu, Mar 05, 2026 @ 09:00 AM

Top Business Honors to Accept Final Nominations Through April 7

The Stevie® Awards, organizer of The American Business Awards®, announced today that the final entry deadline for the 24th annual competition has been extended through April 7. No additional late fees will be charged. Entries submitted through the new deadline will not be penalized in any way in the judging process.

“We’ve received so many requests for individual deadline extensions that we’ve decided to extend the deadline for everyone,” said Stevie Awards President Maggie Miller. The original final deadline was March 4.

ABA26 Extended deadline

The American Business Awards are widely considered to be the premier business awards program in the U.S.A. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations— public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large, and small. The 2026 awards will honor achievements since the beginning of 2024. Entry details are available at http://www.StevieAwards.com/ABA.

The American Business Awards recognize achievement in every facet of the workplace.

Categories include:

Achievement Categories

AI Categories (New for 2026)

App Categories

Company / Organization Categories

Achievement in Corporate Communications, Investor Relations, & Public Relations Categories

Creative Categories (New for 2026)

Customer Service Categories

Entrepreneur Categories

Event Categories

Human Resources Categories

Achievement in Management Categories

Achievement in Marketing Categories

New Product & Product Management Categories

Podcast Categories

Publication Categories

Social Media Categories

Support Categories

Sustainability Categories

Technology Categories

Thought Leadership Categories

Video Categories

Web Achievement Categories

More than 200 professionals nationwide will participate in the judging process through mid-April. The Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie® Award winners will be announced on April 24 and celebrated during a ceremony in New York City on June 9.

Every new product or service nominated in The 2026 American Business Awards will automatically be included in voting for the People's Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite New Products, an annual feature of the ABAs in which the general public votes for their favorite new products. Voting will open on April 27.

The list of past Stevie Award winners in The American Business Awards reads like a who’s who of innovation and business success in the U.S.A. Explore the list of last year’s winners.

Topics: American business awards

Who's Coming to the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service on Thursday?

Posted by Michael Gallagher on Tue, Mar 03, 2026 @ 09:47 AM

More than 300 representatives of Stevie-winning organizations, jury members, and sponsors will attend the 20th annual Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City this Thursday, March 5.

53652034223_f0738913c4_wThe Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service are the world's top honors for achievement in business development, customer service, and sales.  All organizations and individuals worldwide are eligible to submit nominations in a wide variety of categories.

More than 2,100 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry, in 41 nations and territories, were considered in this year's competition. Winners were determined by the average scores of 150 professionals worldwide on eight specialized judging committees. Entries were considered in more than 100 categories for customer service and contact center achievements, including Contact Center of the Year, Award for Innovation in Customer Service, and Customer Service Department of the Year; more than 70 categories for sales and business development achievements, ranging from Senior Sales Executive of the Year to Sales Training or Business Development Executive of the Year to Sales Department of the Year; more than 20 categories for AI in sales and customer service including Customer Service AI Trainer or Specialist of the Year, AI & Tech-Focused Customer Service Team of the Year, Best Use of AI Integration in Contact Centers, and Sales AI Trainer or Specialist of the Year; and categories to recognize new products, services, and solution providers. 

Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners were announced in January.

Here is the list is the list of organizations that will be represented at Thursday's event.

Abdulla Fouad for Medical Supplies, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Achievers Solutions Inc, Toronto,  ON Canada
ACT - Advanced Call Center Technologies, Berwyn, PA USA
Aires, Pittsburgh, PA USA
Alaska Communications, Anchorage, AK USA
Allstate Identity Protection, Scottsdale, AZ USA
American Airlines, Phoenix, AZ USA
Ametros, Wilmington, MA USA
Banco Do Brasil S/A., Brasília, Brazil
Blackhawk Network, Pleasanton, CA USA
Blue Ocean Contact Centers, Halifax, NS Canada
Boston Globe Media, Boston, MA USA
CNP Seguros Holding Brasil, Distrito Federal DF, Brazil
Community First Health Plans, Inc., San Antonio, TX USA
Congruity HR, Winston-Salem, NC USA
Cornerstone OnDemand, Santa Monica, CA USA
Cotiviti Inc., South Jordan, UT, USA
CXAI, Mississauga, ON Canada
DataCore Software Inc., Ft. Lauderdale, FL USA
DMA - Digital Made Accessible, São Paulo, SP  Brazil
Dow Jones & Company, New York, NY USA
e.Republic, Folsom, CA USA
Element Fleet Management, Toronto, ON Canada
Elevance Health - Anthem, Indianapolis, IN USA
eMoney Advisor, Radnor, PA USA
EXL, New York, NY USA
EY, London, United Kingdom
Golden Hour Veterinary Telemedicine, Spring, TX USA
GS1 Global Office, Brussels, Belgium
Guusto, Vancouver, BC Canada
Heavy Construction Systems Specialists, Sugar Land, TX USA
Hilton Grand Vacations, Orlando, FL USA
HireVue, Herriman, UT USA
Huntress, Columbia, MD, USA
IBM, Armonk, NY USA
Ignite Selling, Inc., Asheville, NC USA
Infrascale, Raleigh, NC USA
Inktel Contact Center Solutions, Miami, FL USA
Ironclad, San Francisco, CA USA
ISN Software Corporation, Dallas, TX, USA
Judi Health | Capital Rx, New York, NY USA
Kneat Solutions, Limerick, Ireland
Kobie, St. Petersburg, FL USA
Lantern, Dallas, TX USA
LG Electronics, Englewood Cliffs, NJ USA
LifeStation, Union, NJ USA
L'Occitane En Provence, New York, NY USA
LTIMindtree Limited, Mumbai, India
MetTel, New York, NY USA
National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc. (NMFTA)™, Alexandria, VA USA
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH USA
PassportCard Europe GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
Percepta, Allen Park, MI USA
Petronect - Procurement Negocios SA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Phenom, Ambler, PA USA
Planet Labs, San Francisco, CA USA
Policygenius, Topeka, KS USA
QNB Turkiye, İstanbul, Türkiye
Quest, Austin, TX USA
QuidelOrtho, San Diego, CA USA
ResultsCX, Norristown, PA USA
Revenue Storm Corporation, Schaumburg, IL USA
SalesboxAI, New York, NY USA
SAP, Newtown Square, PA USA
Second Nature AI, Covina, CA USA
Siam Kubota Corporation, Pathum Thani, Thailand
Snappy, New York, NY USA
SoftPro, Raleigh, NC USA
StoneX Group Inc., New York, NY USA
SYL Grup, Istanbul, Türkiye
TATA Consultancy Services Limited, Edison, NJ USA
TATA Consultancy Services, Iselin, NJ USA
TechSee, Edison, NJ
TTEC, Austin, TX USA
UnitedHealthCare Provider Service Operations, Minneapolis, MN USA
UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh, PA USA
ValuseSelling Associates, Rancho Santa Fe, CA USA
Vertisystem (A MOURI Tech Company), Fremont, CA, USA
Voya Financial, Gilbert, AZ USA
VXI Global Solutions, Los Angeles, CA USA
WebCE Dallas, TX USA
Western and Southern Financial Group, Cincinnati, OH USA
Window Nation, Fulton, MD USA
Wipro Ltd., Nodia, Uttar Pradesh, India
WP Engine, Austin, TX USA
ZT SYSTEMS, Secaucus, NJ USA

Entries for the 2027 edition of the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service will open later this summer.  Join the mailing list to get the entry kit as soon as its available.

Topics: customer service awards, Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, sales awards

Winners Announced in 2026 People’s Choice Stevie® Awards for Favorite Customer Service

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Wed, Feb 25, 2026 @ 09:00 AM

More than 33,000 votes were cast for favorite customer service providers

Winners of the 2026 People's Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Customer Service, a worldwide public vote, were announced today. Voting was conducted from January 30 through February 20, with the highest number of votes deciding the winners in a number of industry categories. More than 33,000 votes were cast this year.

All organizations honored in the Customer Service Department of the Year categories of this year’s Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service were eligible to be included in voting for the People’s Choice awards. The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, now in their 20th year, are the world’s top honors for customer service, contact center, business development, and sales professionals.

SASCS26 Peoples Choice Winners

More than 2,100 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry, in 41 nations and territories, were evaluated in this year’s competition. Winners were determined by the average scores of more than 150 professionals worldwide on eight specialized juries.

Entries were considered in more than 100 categories for customer service and contact center achievements, including Contact Center of the Year, Award for Innovation in Customer Service, and Customer Service Department of the Year; more than 70 categories for sales and business development achievements, ranging from Senior Sales Executive of the Year to Sales Training or Business Development Executive of the Year to Sales Department of the Year; more than 20 categories for AI in sales and customer service including Customer Service AI Trainer or Specialist of the Year, AI & Tech-Focused Customer Service Team of the Year, Best Use of AI Integration in Contact Centers, and Sales AI Trainer or Specialist of the Year; and categories to recognize new products, services, and solution providers.

Winners in all peer-reviewed categories were announced on January 29. Stevie Award winners will be recognized at an award ceremony on March 5 in New York City. More than 300 winners and their guests from around the world are expected to attend.

This year’s People’s Choice winners, who will each receive the coveted crystal People’s Choice Stevie Award, are:

  • Airlines, Distribution & Transportation: DHL Express Worldwide
  • All Other Industries: Dow Jones & Company Inc., New York, NY USA
  • Consumer Product & Services: Hendrick Autoguard, Charlotte, NC USA
  • Financial Services - 100 or More Employees: Banco do Brasil S.A, Brasília, Brazil
  • Global Operations: UnitedHealthcare Provider Service Operations, Minneapolis, MN USA
  • Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals: Golden Hour, Spring, TX USA
  • Retail: L'Occitane en Provence, New York, NY USA
  • Software - 100 or More Employees: Heavy Construction Systems Specialists, Sugar Land, TX USA
  • Software - Up to 100 Employees: DataCore Software Inc, Ft. Lauderdale, FL USA
  • Telecommunications: AireSpring, Clearwater, FL USA

Nicknamed the Stevie, derived from the Greek word “crowned,” the Stevie Award trophy is one of the world's most coveted prizes. Since 2002, the Gold Stevie Award has been conferred for achievement in the workplace to organizations and individuals in more than 70 nations and territories.

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Grand Stevie Winners Announced in 2026 Asia-Pacific Stevie® Awards

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Tue, Feb 24, 2026 @ 11:15 AM

The Stevie® Awards, organizer of the world's premier business awards programs, announced the winners of five Grand Stevie® Award trophies in the 13th annual Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the only awards program to recognize innovation in the workplace throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners in various categories were announced on 12 February. Those awards were determined by the average scores of more than 125 executives worldwide acting as judges.

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The 2026 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards have recognized organizations in 23 markets, including Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, mainland China, France, Hong Kong SAR, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan region, Thailand, the United States, and Vietnam.

The Grand ("best of show") Stevie Award trophy is awarded to only a handful of organizations in each of the nine Stevie Awards competitions. In the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, one Grand Stevie Award is presented to the most honored organization, and one to each of the highest-scoring nominations in the four markets that submitted the most nominations.

ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR: SM Supermalls, across China and the Philippines, is this year’s most honored organization, with 52 award points earned through four Gold, 11 Silver, and 12 Bronze Stevie wins. The organization also won this honor in the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards in 2019. SM Companies won Grand Stevies in the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards in 2020, 2021, and 2025.

Grand Stevie Awards will also be conferred upon the highest-rated nominations from the four nations that submitted the most nominations to this year’s competition. These winners are:

AUSTRALIA: Neurolead, of Tanawha, Queensland, received an average score from the judges of 9.0 out of a possible 10 for their nomination entitled “Neurolead: Scaling Health and Safety Excellence Through a Perfect NPS 100 Global Model,” which won the Gold Stevie Award in the category that recognizes Innovative Achievement in Health and Safety Excellence.

CHINA: Publicis Influence China, based in Shanghai, wins this honor with an average score of 9.1 for their nomination called “Publicis Influence: Transforming China's Influencer Investment with Data-Driven Precision,” winner of the Gold Stevie for Innovation in Social Media Marketing.

INDIA: Cisco Systems Ind Pvt Ltd, of Bengaluru, Karnataka, won the Gold Stevie in the category Innovation in AI-Driven Customer Service – Computer Industries, with an average score of 9.3—the highest in the entire competition—for the nomination “SPectra: Revolutionizing Service Provider and Hyperscaler Experience with AI-Driven Innovation, Powered by RADKitPulse and Agntcy.” This is the third Grand Stevie Award earned by Cisco Systems in India in the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, having won also in 2022 and 2023 (Organization of the Year).

THE PHILIPPINES: Manila Electric Company (Meralco), Pasig City, wins for the nomination “No One Left in the Dark: How Meralco Brought 24/7 Sustainable Power to Cagbalete Island.” The nomination earned the Gold Stevie for Innovation in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Videos, with an average score of 9.14.

The 2026 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards also includes the People’s Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Companies, a worldwide public vote for all nominees in the competition’s Company/Organization categories. Voting is ongoing through 13 March. People’s Choice winners will receive a crystal People’s Choice Stevie Award trophy.

Winners in the 2026 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards will be celebrated during an awards banquet on 17 April at the Venetian Hotel in Macau. Tickets for the awards banquet are on sale now.

PR Newswire Asia is the official news release distribution partner of the 2026 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards.

adobo magazine is the official Creative Media Partner of the 2026 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards.

George Mason University Korea and the university’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship are sponsors of the Startup of the Year categories.

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ValueSelling Associates Marks 19th Consecutive Year Supporting Workplace Excellence as a Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service Sponsor

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Wed, Feb 18, 2026 @ 11:11 AM

The Stevie® Awards, organizer of the world’s premier business awards programs, has announced that ValueSelling Associates will sponsor the 2026 (20th annual) Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service for the 19th consecutive year.

ValueSelling has been a sponsor of the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service since 2009. ValueSelling Associates are again sponsoring the Sales Individual Categories, which include Woman of the Year in Sales, Senior Sales Executive of the Year, Virtual and Pre-Sales Professional of the Year, Sales Representative of the Year, and Sales Training or Education Professional of the Year, among others.

Complete details on the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service are available at Sales.StevieAwards.com.

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Winners were announced in the 2026 competition on January 29. More than 2,100 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry, in 41 nations and territories, were evaluated in this year’s competition. Winners were determined by the average scores of more than 150 professionals worldwide on eight specialized juries.

Eligible nominees for this competition include departments, teams, and professionals from around the world who work in customer service, contact centers, business development, and sales. New products and services and solution providers used by those professionals are also eligible. The 2026 awards recognized achievements since July 1, 2024. Explore the full list of categories.

ValueSelling Associates is the creator of the ValueSelling Framework®, a sales methodology, training, and toolset that aligns your revenue engine with a common language, enabling sales professionals to compete on value rather than price, and saving time in all selling scenarios. Since 1991, ValueSelling Associates has helped thousands of sales professionals realize immediate revenue growth and achieve results they never thought possible. They offer bespoke training to FORTUNE 1000, mid-sized, and start-up companies to drive sales results.

“Maggie Miller, President of the Stevie Awards, said, ‘ValueSelling has been a loyal supporter of the competition from its earliest days and has contributed greatly to its growth. We’re delighted to partner with ValueSelling once again to honor exceptional sales professionals and organizations around the world. The Stevie Awards is proud to work with partners like ValueSelling who believe in the importance of recognizing excellence in the workplace.’”

President and Chief Executive Officer of ValueSelling Associates, Julie Thomas, said, “The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service is an excellent platform for recognizing the accomplishments of our customers and business partners. We look forward to celebrating those sales professionals who found ways to connect, secure new business, and propel their companies forward in this tough selling environment.”

Winners will be celebrated during an awards banquet on March 5 in New York, NY USA.

View full details for the 20th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service at Sales.StevieAwards.com.

About ValueSelling Associates
ValueSelling Associates, a leading global sales training company, offers a practical methodology for selling on value, not price. The ValueSelling Framework® is a proven formula that simplifies complex B2B sales, and the Vortex Prospecting™ program provides a repeatable process that increases connections and conversions to the revenue pipeline. Once trained on the ValueSelling method, organizations grow revenue and increase productivity. Since 1991, thousands of professionals around the world have chosen ValueSelling Associates for customized training, reinforcement, and coaching to drive sales results. Learn more at ValueSelling Associates, Inc.

 

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Transforming Workplace Learning and Safety With Learning Dimensions Network

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Fri, Feb 13, 2026 @ 11:44 AM

Learning Dimensions Network (LDN), based in Fitzroy, Victoria, has established itself as a leader in corporate training, specializing in leadership and workplace safety.

With more than 30 years of experience, LDN has partnered with organizations across Australia and internationally to design and deliver bespoke training programs that produce measurable results. The company’s approach prioritizes adult learning principles, inclusivity, and the creation of engaging, empowering learning experiences tailored to each client's unique needs.

Under the guidance of CEO Melissa Williams, LDN has achieved remarkable outcomes for clients. The organization maintains a 95% client retention rate, 89% of participants meet their learning objectives, and 94% recommend LDN’s training to others. Programs are designed to develop leaders, enhance workplace safety, and drive organizational performance, equipping teams with practical strategies to inspire, motivate, and create safer work environments.

LDN is also Australia’s only provider of qualifications in creating Safety Leadership Cultures and one of the country’s largest corporate Registered Training Organizations specializing in leadership and safety, with over 23,000 enrollments.


In 2023 and 2024, LDN expanded its global footprint, delivering programs to organizations across Europe, Asia, and North America. The company introduced new initiatives addressing emerging workplace challenges, including diversity and inclusion, emotional intelligence, and leading through change. Bespoke programs have delivered tangible results, such as a 20% increase in employee engagement for a healthcare provider, a 15% reduction in workplace incidents for a construction company, and a 10% improvement in leadership effectiveness scores for a global technology firm.

LDN also partners with major infrastructure organizations to transform safety culture. The “Safety Builders for Frontline Leaders” program, developed with Webuild, was rolled out across multiple Australian projects, including the Melbourne North East Link. Designed to resonate with frontline teams, the program addresses cultural adaptation, short-service employees, and the leadership skills necessary to foster safe, productive workplaces. Over 500 participants completed the program, with 97% reporting that it met or exceeded expectations, demonstrating the program’s measurable impact on safety outcomes.

Beyond its client programs, LDN exemplifies thought leadership in corporate learning. Melissa Williams has spearheaded initiatives leveraging AI tools and interactive platforms to enhance accessibility and engagement, developed a custom IT platform to streamline project management, and shared insights with broader audiences through publications and social media. The organization’s commitment to innovation, adaptability, and high-quality delivery ensures that clients receive not only training but transformative learning experiences that drive lasting change.

LDN earned three Stevie® Awards: Gold for WHS Program of the Year; Silver for Thought Leader of the Year – Business Services, awarded to CEO Melissa Williams; and Bronze for Company of the Year – Business or Professional Services – Small in The 2025 International Business Awards®.

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Teeny Tiny Homes’ Approach to Sustainable, Accessible Housing

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Fri, Feb 13, 2026 @ 11:27 AM

Teeny Tiny Homes logoTeeny Tiny Homes, based in Caboolture, Queensland, is redefining homeownership in Australia. Founded in 2016 by David Antonacci, the family-owned business began by renovating transportable granny flats and has since evolved into designing and constructing custom-made tiny homes.

With a focus on high-quality materials, functional design, and durability, Teeny Tiny Homes has built a reputation for delivering affordable, sustainable, and beautiful homes to Australians from all socioeconomic backgrounds.

Since its inception, the company has responded to growing demand for accessible housing. By 2022, the business had relocated to a larger facility to increase production, now building 12 homes per month, a threefold increase from previous capacity. This expansion reflects Teeny Tiny Homes’ commitment to efficiency, innovation, and customer satisfaction while maintaining personalized service and direct communication with clients.

Innovation extends beyond production. The company has implemented time-saving technologies, such as a carpenter trolley system, and has pioneered transparent pricing based on material and labor costs. These practices empower customers with clarity and confidence while also reducing environmental impact by sourcing materials locally and partnering with Australian suppliers.

Teeny Tiny Homes has continued to take on ambitious projects, including its largest build to date: 16 custom portable units for a strawberry farm. The team has also grown to 20 skilled employees, enabling the company to deliver complex projects while maintaining the high-quality craftsmanship for which it is known. The business has garnered attention in local, national, and international media, further highlighting its leadership in the tiny home market.

At its core, Teeny Tiny Homes is more than a construction company; it is a solution provider addressing the Australian housing crisis. With housing affordability challenges, rising property prices, and increasing unmet demand, the company offers a sustainable, cost-effective alternative that empowers individuals to achieve homeownership and financial freedom. Each project contributes not only to a client’s personal goals but also to the broader community, reinforcing the company’s commitment to social impact.

TeenyTiny Homes earned two Gold Stevie® Awards for Company of the Year – Materials & Construction and Best Entrepreneur – Materials & Construction in The International Business Awards®.

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Winners in the 2026 Asia-Pacific Stevie® Awards Announced

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Wed, Feb 11, 2026 @ 08:59 PM

Winners in Thirteenth Annual Competition to Be Celebrated at 17 April Award Ceremony in Macau

Winners have been announced in the thirteenth annual Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the only awards program to recognize innovation in the workplace throughout the entire Asia-Pacific region. The list of Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners is available at https://Asia.StevieAwards.com.

The Stevie Awards are widely considered the world's premier business awards, conferring recognition for achievement over the past 24 years through programs such as The International Business Awards® and The American Business Awards®. The name Stevie is derived from the Greek word for “crowned.”

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More than 1,000 nominations about innovative achievements from the 29 markets of the APAC region were considered by the judges this year in categories such as Innovative Achievement in Product Innovation, Award for Innovative Management, and Award for Excellence in Innovation in AI Strategy & Implementation, among many others.

The 2026 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards have recognized organizations in 23 markets, including Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, France, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, and Vietnam. Winners in attendance will be celebrated on stage during a gala event at the Venetian Hotel in Macau, China on Friday, 17 April.

Among the top overall winners in the 2026 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards are SM subsidiaries including SM City La Union, SM Foundation, Inc., SM Supermalls and Ripple8, Inc. with 32 Stevie wins from their facilities in China and the Philippines. They won in categories including Award for Innovation in Cultural or Community Events, Award for Innovation in Purpose-Driven Marketing, Innovative Achievement in Diversity & Inclusion, Award for Innovation in Cultural or Community Events, and Award for Innovation in Non-Profit/NGO Publications, among others.

Megaworld Corporation of Taguig City, Philippines and its subsidiaries, including Megaworld Foundation, Inc. and Megaworld Lifestyle Malls, won 19 Stevie Awards in categories including Award for Innovation in AI-Driven Customer Service, Award for Innovation in Lifestyle Videos, Award for Excellence in Innovation in Non-Profit Organizations or NGOs, and Award for Excellence in Innovation in Education, among others.

Other winners of five or more Stevie Awards include IBM (12), Watsons (10), Manila Electric Company (9), PJ Lhuillier Inc. (Cebuana Lhuillier) (9), Tata Consultancy Services / Tata Consumer Products (9), The Catalyst For Lenovo Legion, Lenovo, and Lenovo Technology Sdn Bhd (9), Globe Telecom (8), IntouchCX (8), Kenny Rogers Roasters (7), PLDT and Smart / PLDT Global (7), Cisco Systems Inc. (6), Singapore Telecommunications Limited (6), Aboitiz (5), ACCOR (5), Bank of the Philippine Islands (5), and Samsung Electronics Philippines Corporation (5).

Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners were determined by the average scores of more than 250 executives worldwide who served as judges from December through February.

The 2026 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards also includes the People’s Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Companies, a worldwide public vote for all nominees in the competition’s Company/Organization categories. Voting will be open 16 February through 13 March 2026. Category winners in the public vote will receive a crystal People’s Choice Stevie Award.

“The thirteenth Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards drew a highly competitive and impressive range of submissions,” said Stevie Awards President Maggie Miller. “Judges noted the strong emphasis on innovation, execution, and measurable impact throughout the nominations. We congratulate this year’s Stevie Award winners and look forward to formally honoring them in Macau on 17 April.”

For details about the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the 17 April awards ceremony in Macau, and the list of Stevie Award winners, visit http://Asia.Stevieawards.com.

Grand Stevie® Award Winners Announced in 20th Annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Mon, Feb 09, 2026 @ 09:25 AM

The Stevie® Awards have announced the winners of Grand Stevie Award trophies in the 20th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, recognized as the world's top honors for achievement in business development, customer service, and sales.

Nominees in the 2026 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service were not able to apply for Grand Stevie Awards directly. These are “best of show” honors. Winners were determined by a points system based on the total number of awards won in the program, with a Gold Stevie win counting for three points, a Silver Stevie win for two points, and a Bronze Stevie win for 1.5 points.

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This year's Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners in the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service were announced on January 29. All winners in attendance will be recognized on stage during an awards ceremony on March 5 in New York City.

Winners of the Grand Stevie Awards in the 2026 competition are:

1. IBM, worldwide, earned 59.5 points on the back of seven Gold, eight Silver, and 15 Bronze Stevie wins across a broad range of categories. This is the tenth consecutive year that IBM has earned a Grand Stevie Award in the competition, and the second time they’ve won the #1 spot.

2. DP DHL, worldwide, scored 53 points with eight Gold, seven Silver, and 10 Bronze Stevie wins by DHL affiliates across the Americas, Asia, and Europe. This is the 14th consecutive year in which the international transportation and logistics firm has won a Grand Stevie in this program.

3. ValueSelling Associates, the sales consultancy headquartered in Carlsbad, California USA, won eight Gold, three Silver, and six Bronze Stevies, for a total of 39 points, for wins on behalf of clients Abdulla Fouad For Medical Supplies and Services, Alaska Communications, e.Republic, Element Fleet Management, Ironclad, Phenom, Quest Software, and Snappy. This is the sixth Grand Stevie won by ValueSelling in the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.

4. Unitedhealthcare Provider Service Operations, Minneapolis, Minnesota USA, takes the fourth Grand Stevie spot with 38 points earned through four Gold, 10 Silver, and four Bronze Stevie wins.

5. Allianz Services Private Limited, Kerala, India, delivered 34.5 award points (three Gold, three Silver, and 13 Bronze Stevies) to earn themselves the final Grand Stevie spot. The firm also earned a Grand Stevie in the program in 2024.

More than 2,100 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry, in 41 nations and territories, were evaluated in this year's competition. Winners were determined by the average scores of more than 150 professionals worldwide on eight specialized juries.

The 2026 awards will begin accepting nominations this July. Those interested in participating may request the entry kit at https://Sales.StevieAwards.com.

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Winners Announced in 20th Annual Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Thu, Jan 29, 2026 @ 09:00 AM

Winners in the 20th annual Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service, recognized as the world's top customer service awards and sales awards, have been announced. A complete list of all 2026 Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners by category is available at https://Sales.StevieAwards.com.

Winners will be recognized during a gala banquet at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City on Thursday, March 5. Tickets are on sale now.

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More than 2,100 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry, in 41 nations and territories, were considered in this year’s competition.

Winners were determined by the average scores of 150 professionals worldwide on eight specialized judging committees.

Entries were considered in more than 100 categories for customer service and contact center achievements, including Contact Center of the Year, Award for Innovation in Customer Service, and Customer Service Department of the Year; more than 70 categories for sales and business development achievements, ranging from Senior Sales Executive of the Year to Sales Training or Business Development Executive of the Year to Sales Department of the Year; more than 20 categories for AI in sales and customer service including Customer Service AI Trainer or Specialist of the Year, AI & Tech-Focused Customer Service Team of the Year, Best Use of AI Integration in Contact Centers, and Sales AI Trainer or Specialist of the Year; and categories to recognize new products, services, and solution providers.

The top winner of Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Awards is IBM, worldwide, with 30 Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award wins.

Other winners of three or more Gold Stevie Awards include:

DHL Express, worldwide (8), BELBİM, Istanbul, Türkiye (5), Tata Consultancy Services, Dallas, TX and Edison, NJ USA (5), UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA USA (5), HALKBANK, Istanbul, Türkiye (4), MEXC, Mahe, Seychelles (4), Percepta, Allen Park, MI USA (4), UnitedHealthcare Provider Service Operations, Minneapolis, MN USA (4), Voya Financial, Gilbert, AZ USA (4), WNS, Mumbai, India, and New York, NY USA (4), ACT, Berwyn, PA USA (3), Allianz Services Private Limited, Kerala, India (3), AT&T, Dallas, TX USA (3), Blackhawk Network, Pleasanton, CA USA (3), CarrefourSA, Istanbul, Türkiye (3), eMoney Advisor, Radnor, PA USA (3), Heavy Construction Systems Specialists, Sugar Land, TX USA (3), RAIN Group, Boston, MA USA (3), Revenue Storm Corporation, Schaumburg, IL USA (3), and TTEC, Austin, TX USA and Krakow, Poland (3).

Winners in sponsored categories for SOCAP International will be announced in April. SOCAP International is the nation’s leading membership community for customer care and CX professionals.

Five winners of Grand Stevie Award trophies, for the five most-honored organizations in the competition, will be announced the week of February 9.

All organizations worldwide are eligible to compete in the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service and may submit any number of nominations in a wide range of award categories for sales, customer service, solution providers, business development, solutions and implementations, and thought leadership.

Nominations for the 2027 edition of the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service will be accepted starting this July. The entry kit may be requested at https://Sales.StevieAwards.com.

The awards are presented by the Stevie Awards, which organizes nine of the world’s leading business award programs, including the prestigious International Business Awards® and American Business Awards®.

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Worthy: Advancing Sustainable Design Through Full-Circle Innovation

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Wed, Jan 21, 2026 @ 10:05 AM

2025 Winner Spotlight - RESIZED IG-4-Jan-21-2026-03-00-53-4776-PMStevie winner Worthy is an Australian company founded by Angela Michel that is redefining sustainable product design by creating what they describe as the most sustainable drink bottle on the planet.

Built entirely from ethically sourced and sustainably produced sugarcane, Worthy’s bottles are carbon-negative and manufactured with zero waste—an approach that sets a new benchmark for environmentally responsible consumer products.

Central to Worthy’s model is its use of renewable resources and clean energy. The bottle is made from sugarcane stems, while the plant waste (bagasse) powers the factory, ensuring no material is discarded. The agricultural process for the raw materials relies solely on sunlight, rainwater, and natural sugarcane waste for fertilization, significantly reducing the overall environmental impact. Compared with traditional bottle materials, the process minimizes exposure to harmful chemicals, reduces industrial emissions, and supports a healthier manufacturing ecosystem.

A full-circle lifecycle is foundational to Worthy’s ethos. While the bottles are fully recyclable through standard household systems, customers are encouraged to return broken or unwanted components for repurposing into new sugarcane-based products. This closed-loop model ensures continual reuse of resources and helps keep plastic waste out of landfills and communities.

Worthy’s commitment to sustainability extends beyond environmental outcomes. The company partners with Vision Rescue, contributing 10% of each bottle’s proceeds to support education, nutrition, and clean water programs in Mumbai’s slum communities. Angela's firsthand visits to these neighborhoods reinforced the need for solutions that address both environmental and social challenges. Additional partnerships include RAMS, an Australian nonprofit that provides resilience programs for at-risk adolescents. Through workshops and student engagement, Worthy aims to inspire young people to pursue sustainability and social impact.

Ethical sourcing is equally central to Worthy’s operations. Its sugarcane resin supplier in Brazil is recognized for responsible environmental practices, fair wages, and safe working conditions. Worthy’s packaging further reflects these values, using FSC-certified recycled cardboard, compostable mailers, and solar-powered production facilities that recycle all manufacturing scraps.

In recent years, Worthy has earned recognition across multiple sustainability and consumer product awards, reflecting the strength and credibility of its mission. Since receiving a Stevie Award, founder Angela Michel has expanded the company’s reach, transitioning from her part-time radiography career to focus fully on growing Worthy globally. The brand secured a major partnership with an Australian supermarket, producing nearly 10,000 bottles for their centenary campaign. The company has also grown from a sole operation to a small team supporting its ongoing scale.

Worthy received a Silver Stevie® Award for Product of the Year - Sustainability and Climate Protection in the 2025 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards.

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Final Entry Deadline in 2026 Asia-Pacific Stevie® Awards Extended to 30 January

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Fri, Jan 16, 2026 @ 09:54 AM

The Stevie® Awards, organizer of the world’s premier business awards programs, announced that they have revised the schedule for the 2026 (13th annual) Asia-Pacific Stevie® Awards.

By popular demand, the final entry deadline has been extended to 30 January. The judging process will extend through 6 February. Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners will be announced on 12 February. Winners will be celebrated during an awards ceremony on 17 April at the Venetian Hotel in Macau.

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Asia-Pacific Stevies 2026 Deadline Extended

The Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards is the only business awards program to recognize innovation throughout the entire Asia-Pacific region. The competition is open to all organizations across 29 markets of the Asia-Pacific region: large and small, for-profit and non-profit, public and private.

The awards focus on recognizing innovation in all its forms, wherever it is achieved in the workplace. Entries will be accepted in 30+ languages in the following award category groups:

All organizations in the Company/Organization categories will automatically be included in voting for the People's Choice Stevie® Awards for Favorite Companies. People’s Choice winners will receive a special People’s Choice Stevie Award trophy, giving honorees in the Company/Organization categories the opportunity to receive a second award, as voted by the general public worldwide. Voting for the People’s Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Companies will open on 16 February and go through 13 March.

Scores of professionals from throughout the region will participate in the judging process to determine the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners.

Some of the Asia-Pacific region’s most innovative organizations won Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards in 2025, including AstraZeneca Philippines (Philippines), Ayala Land, Inc. – Makati Development Corporation (Philippines), Cathay Financial Holdings Co., Ltd. (Taiwan), City of Sydney (Australia), CK Hutchison Holdings Limited (Hong Kong), Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Holdings Inc. (Japan), DigiPlus Interactive Corp. (Philippines), Dong-A Pharmaceutical Co. (Korea), Eastern Communications (Philippines), Extendmax Vietnam Company Limited (Vietnam), Generali Hong Kong (Hong Kong), HP (Greater Asia) (Singapore), IBM Singapore (Singapore), IntouchCX (India), Kacific Broadband Satellites Group (Singapore), Link Asset Management Limited (Hong Kong), Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (Philippines), Ooredoo Maldives (Maldives), PJ Lhuillier Inc. (Philippines), PLDT and Smart (Philippines), PT Pertamina (Persero) (Indonesia), SM Supermalls (China), and Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting Asia Pacific (Australia).

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Teacher PA: An Emerging Companion Technology Designed to Support Educators

Posted by Amanda Del Signore on Tue, Jan 13, 2026 @ 02:38 PM

The global education sector is facing significant challenges related to teacher retention, burnout, and staffing shortages, a trend reflected in multiple international surveys such as the Teacher Wellbeing Index 2023. Educators increasingly report high levels of stress and job dissatisfaction, and many school systems are experiencing difficulties filling classroom positions and maintaining stable staffing.

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Stevie-winner Jannic Education Solutions was founded on a clear, deceptively simple question: How can we give teachers the support they actually need without adding to their workload? The company grew from the combined expertise of its founders Janet Moeller and Nick Spragg. Janet brings decades of experience in education across three continents, and Nick offers a long career designing conversational technologies and leading application development teams.

Early conversations revealed a shared interest in leveraging advanced AI for real-world, classroom-level impact, though the technology at the time was accessible only to large corporations with highly specialised systems. As generative AI matured, the opportunity finally emerged to build a tool tailored to the needs and working styles of teachers.

This led to the creation of Teacher PA, an AI-powered companion designed not to replace teachers or add another complex system, but to support educators in the moments they need it most—seamlessly, intuitively, and without increasing administrative burden. Teacher PA integrates Large Language Models (LLMs), Large Action Models (LAMs), and machine learning into a unified assistant that adapts to individual teaching styles and classroom realities. Instead of juggling multiple tools for lesson planning, communication, and documentation, teachers can rely on a single platform designed to reflect the relational and contextual nature of teaching.

Teacher PA centres on three virtual agents engineered to address the primary causes of teacher burnout: excessive workload, work intensification, and insufficient support. Hanna, the curriculum expert, drafts standards-aligned lessons, differentiates materials for diverse learners, and assists with marking. Ravi, the learning support specialist, guides teachers through identifying student challenges and provides immediate strategies for intervention—particularly valuable when working with students who have undiagnosed needs. Marlene, the professional coach, supports reflective practice and emotional resilience, helping teachers navigate stressful interactions and reduce feelings of isolation.

To assess its early impact, Jannic Education Solutions conducted a six-week pilot in which nine educators engaged with the MVP version of Teacher PA more than 400 times. Participants reported increased student engagement, more effective handling of emotionally sensitive communications, improved accessibility for students with learning disabilities, and streamlined administrative work such as incident reporting. Some educators saved up to three hours per week, while many noted a reduction in emotional strain due to the ongoing support provided by the agents.

Looking ahead, Teacher PA is evolving into a single, fully orchestrated virtual assistant capable of tracking student progress, generating report-card comments, drafting incident reports, and integrating LLM and LAM capabilities for more advanced task management. To ensure long-term reliability and trust, the system is being built to meet ISO 27001 and SOC 2 standards, and is supported by relational and vector databases to deliver personalised, continuity-based responses over time.

Rooted in the founders’ combined expertise and driven by a mission to support teachers in meaningful, practical ways, Jannic Education Solutions continues to refine a tool designed to work the way teachers do. When educators have the right support, they can focus on what truly matters—their students.

Jannic Education Solutions won a Gold Stevie Award for Innovation in Education or Training Apps, a Gold Stevie Award for Innovation in Education Technology (EdTech) – Other Service Industries, and one Bronze Stevie Award for Innovation in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) – Other Service Industries in the 2025 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards.

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