Preliminary judging is now open for The 2011 American Business Awards, and you're invited to participate. See the introduction and application page on the ABA web site.
If you're a working professional with experience in your discipline, you'll be assigned categories related to your expertise. The ABAs have many different categories: PR awards, marketing awards, HR awards, customer service awards, web awards, management awards, and more.
Preliminary judging will continue through May 8. This important stage of judging determines the Finalists, which each year represents the top 30-40% of all entries submitted.
The judging system is designed to be used online, and you can do as much judging as you'd like, day or night, in the categories assigned to you.
Even if you've already entered or plan to enter the ABAs this year, you can still participate in the judging process, because you can still judge categories in which your organization is not an entrant.
As a judge you learn how other organizations are achieving great things, and you'll have another significant accomplishment to add to your own resume. You'll be recognized on the ABA web site and in the awards dinner program.
And if you're one of the two preliminary judges who score the most entries, you'll be offered two tickets to the June 20 award banquet in New York.
