Today, the Stevie® Awards issued the call for entries for The 2017 (15th Annual) American Business Awards, the premier business awards competition in the U.S.A. which attracts more than 3,000 nominations from organizations nationwide each year. Entry details are available at http://www.stevieawards.com/aba.
All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations -- public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. There are two early-bird entry deadlines this year – November 17 and December 14 – with discounted entry fees. The final entry deadline is February 16, but late entries will be accepted through March 15 with payment of a late fee.
The 2017 awards will honor outstanding work since the beginning of 2016.
More than 200 professionals nationwide will participate in the judging process in February through April. The Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie® Award winners will be announced on May 1, and celebrated during a gala event in New York City on June 20.
The American Business Awards recognize achievement in every facet of the workplace. Categories include:
-Information Technology Awards
-Web Site Awards, App, Video, Live Event, and Other Media Awards
New categories for 2017 include:
- Mobile Site & App Awards: Family & Kids, Fashion & Beauty, Financial Services, and more
- Video Awards: Travel & Tourism
- Company/Organization Awards: Each of the 34 Company of the Year categories have been broken into 3 sub- categories by company size and/or revenue
- Management Awards: Apparel, Beauty & Fashion, and Consumer Services
- Marketing Awards: Branded Utility of the Year
- New Product Awards: Data Visualization Technology, Endpoint Security Management Solution, Event Management Solution, and more
- PR Awards: Communications Research, Healthcare, Media Relations, and more
Every new product or service nominated in The 2017 American Business Awards will automatically be included in voting for the People's Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite New Products. Voting will open to the general public in May, and the winners will be honored at The American Business Awards banquet on June 20.
Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award® winners, selected from more than 3,800 nominations received from organizations and individuals in more than 60 nations, 
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Mary Ann Henker is president of The Henker Group, an integrated marketing communications firm serving clients up to the national level. She founded The Henker Group in 2005 to fully leverage her skills and experience to deliver powerful and proven results for companies and organizations. Prior to The Henker Group, Mary Ann was the executive director of the Giant Screen Theater Association, the worldwide association for the IMAX theater and film industry. In that role, she completed business and contract negotiations with individuals and companies in 22 countries. Her management and business style is that of aggressive marketing, detailed planning, and strict fiscal management. 
Since the founding of 
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A diverse group of organizations and individuals around the world are among those recognized. The leader among winners is the Dubai Statistics Center. The Emirati government organization won five Gold Stevie Awards, including Employer of the Year – Government or Non-Profit. The five Gold Stevie wins earned the organization the Grand Stevie Award trophy for Most Honored Organization. 
These categories recognize the achievements of solution providers for sales, contact center, and customer service professionals.
The PJ Lhuillier Group of Companies, the Manila, Philippines-based conglomerate that owns and operates a portfolio of financial services businesses, has won People’s Choice Stevie Awards in three industry categories. Freelancer.com, the Sydney, Australia-based outsourcing and crowdsourcing marketplace for small businesses, has won two People’s Choice Stevie Awards. The organization that received the most votes overall is the Dubai Statistics Center.
Today we will highlight the 
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