The final extended entry deadline for The 2013 (10th Annual) International Business Awards, the world's premier business awards competition, is quickly approaching on 10 July. (No additional late penalties or fees will be charged in association with the deadline extension. If you haven't already done so, you can request your entry kit here and it will be emailed to you right away.)

The International Business Awards recognize achievement in every facet of the workplace. All individuals and organizations worldwide -- public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small -- may submit nominations to the IBAs. Our business award categories include: annual report awards, app awards, company/organization awards, customer service awards, human resources awards, information technology awards, management awards, marketing awards, new product awards, public relations awards, support awards, and website awards, among others. See all corporate awards categories.

Stevie® Awards will be conferred at three levels of distinction: Gold, Silver and Bronze.  New for 2013, several Grand Stevie Awards will be conferred as best-of-competition prizes. The Stevie Award trophies, made by the company that makes the Oscar and other major international awards, are among the world’s most coveted prizes. Stevie Award winners will be selected by an international judging panel of more than 200 executives.

2013 Nominations should cite achievements during our eligibility period: January 2012 through 10 July 2013, the last day that late entries will be accepted. There is no eligibility timeframe for web site entries - it does not matter when the web sites were first published.

Because the 2013 awards banquet will take place on 14 October in Barcelona, Spain, all organizations in Spain may submitted an unlimited number of entries to the IBAs free of charge this year. Organizations in Spain should submit the promotion code "Barcelona" where indicated in the online entry process to have their entry fees waived.

The 2013 International Business Awards will include the People’s Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Companies, in which the general public worldwide will vote for their favorite companies. Each company honored with a Gold, Silver or Bronze Stevie Award in The International Business Awards’ company of the year categories will automatically be included in people’s choice voting.  Voting will open on 15 August.

To help you submit your entries, we have published a 3-minute video about how to enter the world's top business awards program. To view the video on YouTube, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmMKhVwQZy8.

The 9th Annual International Business Awards were presented in October 2012 in Seoul, South Korea.  Stevie winners included A.P. Moller Maersk AS, Accenture, Coca Cola Turkey, Delta Air Lines, Inc., Etisalat Group, HSBC, Hyundai Motor Company , Infosys, Lenovo Group, Qualcomm Incorporated, Samsung Electronics, TATA Power, and Unilever, among others.  2012 results are summarized at http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/iba/awards/408_2219_21728.cfm.  

Have questions regarding the 2013 IBAs? Don't hesitate to contact us or call us at + 1 703-547-8389.

We are pleased to share that video clips from the first of two award galas celebrating The 2013 (11th Annual) American Business Awards, the premier business awards program in the USA, are now available to view on YouTube. (The second gala honoring the tech awards categories will be held on Monday, September 16 at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco. Click here to order tickets.)

Watch the June 17th American Business Awards presentations here.

450 entrepreneurs, executives, and their guests from around the country attended the first of two 2013 American Business Awards Banquets on Monday, June 17th at the at the Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. Categories celebrated at the June 17th ceremony included PR awards, live event awards, annual report awards, video awards, customer service awards, HR awards, support awards, and selected categories for company/organization awards, management awards and marketing awards.

Our American Business Awards video clips from June 17th showcase business award acceptance speeches made by individuals and organizations from around the country, including:

Charles Werhane of Enterprise Community Investment, Winner of the Gold Stevie® Award for Executive of the Year - Real Estate
Charles graciously accepts the award and thanks his team for allowing him to receive the award.

College Works Painting, Winner of the Gold Stevie® Award for Company of the Year - Materials & Construction
Taylor Duncan's accepts the award on behalf of College Works Painting and thanks his colleagues and partners

Constant Contact, Winner of the Gold Stevie® Award for Human Resources Department of the Year
Christine Osborne gratefully accepts the award and highlights the important of her fellow colleagues.

National Football League, Winner of the Gold Stevie® Award for Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year
Gracefully accepting their award, the NFL thanks the ABAs and highlights the benefits of their youth, health, and fitness campaign.

Visionista, Winner of the Gold Stevie® Awardsfor Best Sales Video for Government
Camilla Sullivan's humble speech brought to light the importance of her client's support.

Want to see more from the June 17th  celebration? Watch all acceptance speeches and view photos from the event.

We've just published a 3-minute video about how to enter the world's top business awards program, The International Business Awards . Watch it here:

To view the video on YouTube, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmMKhVwQZy8.

The International Business Awards are the world's top honors in business and the only completely international business awards competition. Our brief video covers all of the information you'll need to be able to prepare and submit entries to the IBAs.

All individuals and organizations worldwide -- public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small -- may submit nominations to the IBAs. The International Business Awards recognize achievement in every facet of the workplace. Our business award categories include: annual report awards, app awards, company/organization awards, customer service awards, human resources awards, information technology awards, management awards, marketing awards, new product awards, public relations awards, support awards, and website awards, among others. See all corporate awards categories.

The final extended entry deadline for the 10th edition of The International Business Awards is 10 July. Nominations should cite achievements during our eligibility period: January 2012 through 10 July 2013, the last day that late entries will be accepted. There is no eligibility timeframe for web site entries - it does not matter when the web sites were first published. (No additional late penalties or fees will be charged in association with the deadline extension. If you haven't already done so, you can request an entry kit here and it will be emailed to you right away.)

Have questions regarding the 2013 IBAs? Don't hesitate to contact us with your questions or call us at + 1 703-547-8389.

Wednesday, July 24, is the early-bird entry deadline for the 2013 (10th annual) Stevie® Awards for Women in Business, the world's premier business awards for women executives, entrepreneurs, and the organizations they run. 

To begin your submission process, you should:

1. Request an entry kit. 
The entry kit contains all of the information you'll need to be able to prepare and submit entries to this year's awards. All entries are submitted online.

2. Review the categories.
All female entrepreneurs, executives, and the organizations they run, worldwide, are eligible to be nominated. The Stevie Awards for Women in Business feature more than 80 categories to recognize achievement in many facets of worklife, including:

• Entrepreneur Awards
• Executive Awards
• Management Team Awards
• Company of the Year Awards
• PR Awards
• Marketing Awards
• New Product Awards
• Website & App Awards
• and More

3. Submit your entries.
Select your categories, write your submissions according to the instructions, and submit your entries. The eligibility period for 2013 entries extends from July 1, 2012 - your entries should describe achievements since that date.  The only exceptions to this rule are the Best New Company, Lifetime Achievement, and web site categories - there is no eligibility timeframe period for these categories. You can begin by registering here.

Winners of the most recent edition of the Stevie Awards for Women in Business included Andrea Fishman, BGT Partners (Female Executive of the Year), Isabel Noboa de Loor, Consorcio Nobis (Female Entrepreneur of the Year in Mexico, Central & South America), Kristin Luck, Decipher, Inc. (Women Helping Women), Kim Petersen, DHL Global Forwarding (Female Employee of the Year), Friends of the Global Fund Africa (Organization of the Year), Leverage a Lawyer LLC (New Company of the Year), Sentis Pty Ltd (Most Innovative Company of the Year), and Vaco Los Angeles (Fastest Growing Company of the Year), among others. A complete list of 2012 honorees is available at www.StevieAwards.com/Women.

If you can't make the July 24 early-bird entry deadline, August 28 is the entry deadline, and September 25 is the last day that entries will be accepted with payment of $35 late fee per entry. Finalists will be announced on October 9 and 2013 winners will be celebrated at an awards gala on November 8 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.

Don't hesitate to contact us with questions regarding the 2013 Stevie Awards for Women in Business.  Email us at help@stevieawards.com  or call us at + 1 703-547-8389 and we'll get back to you right away.

American Express OPEN, the NFL, and P&G Among Winners of Gold Stevie® Awards;New Product and Tech-related Winners to Be Announced at Second Event
in San Francisco on September 16

CHICAGO, IL, June 18, 2013 – Shining a spotlight on the best and brightest executives, organizations and employees in America, The 11^th Annual American Business Awards^SM announced Stevie® Award Winners last night at the first of two gala award ceremonies taking place this year.

For the first time, The American Business Awards’ June banquet was held outside of New York City.  Last night’s ceremony took place at the Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park Hotel and honored winners in categories such as customer service, human resources, corporate communications, live events, publications, and selected categories for company/organization, management and marketing.  Winners in all new product and technology-related categories will be announced at an event in San Francisco on September 16. 

The American Business Awards honor an all-inclusive spectrum of American business people and organizations -- from non-profits, emerging start-ups, major public companies and government agencies, to corner-office executives, corporate communicators, support staff and customer service teams.

Notable Gold Stevie Award Winners announced last night include:

­   Most Innovative Company of the Year: Procter & Gamble

­   Best New Company of the Year: Haystak Digital Marketing

­   Communications or PR Campaign of the Year – Social Media: MSLGROUP

­   Company of the Year – Real Estate: Renters Warehouse

­   Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year: The National Football League

­   Customer Service Department of the Year: Hyatt Legal Plans

­   Executive of the Year – Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations: Michael W. Kempner, CEO of MWW

­   Human Resources Department of the Year: BDS Marketing, Inc.

­   Best Brand Experience Event: NASCAR

­   Viral Marketing Campaign of the Year: U.S. Green Building Council

­   Best Media/Entertainment Video: Sony Playstation

American Express OPEN and NASCAR both won three Gold Stevie Awards last night, more than any other organization.  Winners of two Gold Stevie Awards are Accenture, Aflac, agencyEA, ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc., AXA Equitable, BMO Capital Markets, Experian Consumer Services, EMKAY Inc., K’NEX, Makovsky, Marriott Vacations Worldwide, Quality Systems, Inc., Resonate Pictures, Slack and Company, SquareTrade, SunGard Availability Services, The Keep A Breast Foundation, The Navicor Group, LLC, and VerticalResponse.

More than 3,200 entries were submitted to The 2013 American Business Awards and 320 executives nationwide participated in judging to determine this year’s Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners. 

For a complete list of the Stevie Award winners announced last night visit  www.StevieAwards.com/ABA.

Every new product or service nominated in The 2013 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 on July 8, and the winners will be honored at The American Business Awards ceremony in San Francisco on September 16.

Last night’s presentations were taped and will be broadcast by the Business TalkRadio Network (www.businesstalkradio.net) on Wednesday and Thursday evenings.

About the Stevie® Awards

Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.  A fifth program, the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, will debut later this year.  Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide.  Learn more about the Stevie Awards at www.StevieAwards.com  and follow the Stevie Awards on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube. 

Sponsors and partners of The 2013 American Business Awards include the Business TalkRadio Network, Callidus Software, Citrix Online, Dynamic Research Corporation, Experian Consumer Services, John Hancock Funds, LifeLock, PetRays, and SoftPro.

The Stevie® Awards are pleased to announce that the PDF of the official program of the first of two awards banquets for The 2013 American Business Awards is now available for download, at http://www.stevieawards.com/uploads/file/ABA13_Program_June.pdf.

Recognized as the nation’s premier business awards program, the first of two awards banquets for The 2013 American Business Awards will take place on Monday, June 17 at the Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park Hotel. Get tickets for the event here. 

The program will be distributed to and downloaded by more than 15,000 executives over the coming year.

Can't make the awards gala? Download the full program here and listen to a broadcast recording of the June 17 awards presentations on Wednesday, June 19 at 8:00 pm ET. The 5:00 pm ceremony will be taped and broadcast on Thursday, June 20 at 8:00 pm ET. Business Talk Radio will also simulcast the broadcasts on their web site, at www.BusinessTalkRadio.net.  On their web site you'll find a list of the radio stations in the U.S.A. that carry BTR programming.

Kara Goldin, CEO of HINT Inc., in San Francisco, California, USA, was named Female Entrepreneur of the Year for Business Products in the 2012 Stevie® Awards for Women in Business, the world's premier business awards for women executives, entrepreneurs, and the organizations they run. (Entries are now being accepted for the 2020 Stevie Awards for Women in Business. If you haven't yet done so, you can request an entry kit here and it will be emailed to you right away.) Here we look at how a successful businesswoman—and, more important, a mother of four--became a business award- winning pioneer in the beverage industry.

Kara Goldin is an innovator who is changing the habits of the beverage-drinking consumer. Kara started HINT because her family, like so many others across America, needed a healthy, yet flavorful, alternative to sugary sodas and juices.

On receiving her Stevie Award in November 2012, Kara commented: “Winning the award for Best Female Entrepreneur is AWESOME!  All the hard work is finally starting to pay off. The Stevie Awards are a great recognition and I am really honored and grateful!”

Calorie Counting
In 2004, Kara was determined that her family should switch to a healthier lifestyle when she realized how many calories they was consuming from juice, soda, and other beverages. 

Kara laid down the law and banned everything except plain water and milk in her house. That worked for her (at least for a little while), but the other members of her family were not happy.  She realized that she had to find something more interesting than plain water, so she studied the labels of every beverage she could find, but each drink she picked up contained either loads of calories or questionable diet sweeteners.

The Aha! Moment
Finally, out of desperation, Kara started slicing fruit into water to provide a little bit of flavor without adding a lot of calories. Surprisingly, this simple solution was a hit with her family. One day, she received a call from a friend whose child had been over at her house several times: “You have to tell me where you got the raspberry water my daughter keeps talking about.”

Kara laughed and explained that it wasn’t actually a product you buy. That 2004 conversation was Kara’s Aha! moment: she realized then that someone should make a simple, unsweetened, fruit-flavored water as a substitute for all the calorie-laden or artificially sweetened beverages on the market.

A Woman’s Intuition
Despite her inexperience in the beverage industry, the tough economic climate, and having to compete with the likes of Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, Kara followed her intuition that this was a product that would sell, and created HINT Water.

In just six years, her perseverance, determination, and innovation brought HINT Water to the shelves of nationwide retailers like Whole Foods, Starbucks, Stop&Shop, The Fresh Market, and many other stores nationwide.

Adding Sparkle
With the success of HINT secured, Kara was ready to take on the soda category.  In January 2012, Kara launched HINT Fizz, a sparkling version of HINT that is available in four flavors. Staying true to Kara’s vision, HINT Fizz offered a refreshing alternative to consumers trying to break the soda habit.

Consumers loved it. HINT Fizz won Better Homes and Gardens Best New Beverage of 2012.

A Simple Mission
With one simple mission of providing a delicious and healthy beverage, Kara has been able to turn HINT into a multi-million dollar company offering a product that consumers trust and enjoy. The biggest lesson she has learned to date is if you make a product that you believe in and stay true to your message, your loyal consumers will become your best advocates and help spread the word.

HINT is a brand that’s been built around an important message: Drink Water, Not Sugar®, and Kara firmly believes in her message.

About Kara Goldin:
Since 2005, Kara Goldin has served as the Founder and CEO of HINT, Inc., maker of the HINT all-natural, no-calorie essence waters. Kara has built HINT's reputation as one of the leading health-driven beverages through its message: “Drink Water, Not Sugar”. This has resonated with the increasingly health-conscious consumer, and has attracted the endorsement of celebrity investor and 9-time Grammy winner John Legend.

Prior to conceptualizing HINT, Goldin built her career as Vice President of Electronic Commerce and Shopping at AOL, helping to turn its online shopping business into a billion-dollar entity in the 1990s.In 2011 Goldin was selected as one of Fortune Magazine’s Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs. Goldin continues to expand HINT, most recently by introducing HINT Fizz, a carbonated version, in 2012.

About Hint, Inc.:
HINT Inc. is the maker of the no-calorie, unsweetened essence waters HINT and HINT Fizz. Founded in 2005 by mother-of-four Kara Goldin, HINT and HINT Fizz have doubled revenues year over year and become the preferred alternative to sugary beverages. For more information, go to www.drinkhint.com or www.facebook.com/drinkhint.

The first of two awards banquets for The 2013 American Business Awards will take place on Monday, June 17 at the Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park Hotel. Tickets are still available.  This is the first time the ABAs will be held in Chicago, after 10 years in New York.  Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners for management, overall organizational achievement, PR, marketing, customer service, HR, publications, video, and live events will be presented on Monday. 

See the lists of Finalists by category for this year's ABAs, and download the program for next Monday's awards banquet.

The second banquet, to announce Stevie winners in categories for new products and services and technology-related industries, will be held in San Francisco on September 16.

We're expecting around 450 Finalists and their guests at next Monday's banquet.  Who's coming so far?  Here are the organizations who have already confirmed their attendance.

ABS Associates  Inc. Rolling Meadows  IL
Accenture  Chicago  IL
Actiontec Electronics Sunnyvale CA
Adconion Direct  San Diego  CA
AECOM  New York  NY
Aflac  Columbus  GA
agencyEA  Chicago IL
Alex and Ani Cranston RI
American Bar Association  Chicago  IL
American Medical Response Colorado Springs CO
Americas’ SAP Users’ Group (ASUG) Chicago IL
ARIAD Pharmaceuticals  Inc. Cambridge  MA
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Redondo Beach CA
AT&T Inc. Dallas TX
Avion Pharmaceuticals Alpharetta GA
AXA Equitable  New York NY
Bandwidth  Raleigh  NC
BCI/Bath Planet  Palatine  IL
BDS Marketing Inc. Irvine CA
BenefitMall Dallas TX
Best Doctors Inc. Boston MA
Bhava Communications  Berkeley CA
Blackboard Inc. Washington DC
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Durham NC
BMO Capital Markets New York NY
Booz Allen Hamilton McLean VA
borro New York NY
Bulldog Solutions  Austin TX
Cabell Huntington Hospital  Huntington  WV
CAIS  New York NY
CallidusCloud  Pleasanton CA
Capital Access Network  Inc.  New York  NY
Capstrat Raleigh NC
CareerBuilder.com Chicago IL
Cellairis  Alpharetta  GA
CFS2 Tulsa OK
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Annapolis MD
Cisco Systems  San Jose CA
College Works Painting  Irvine  CA
Constant Contact Waltham MA
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust New York NY
Creative Lodging Solutions  Lexington  KY
Creative Media Productions LaGrangeville NY
Crocs Inc.  Niwot  CO
Cross Country Home Services Sunrise FL
CyraCom International Inc. Tucson AZ
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Dallas TX
DHL Express Tempe AZ
Diligent Board Member Services New York NY
Direct Edge Jersey City NJ
Direct Energy Pittsburgh PA
Domino's Pizza  Ann Arbor MI
DRC Reston VA
Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp.  Malibu CA
Durée & Company  Inc.  Ft. Lauderdale  FL
Edmodo  Inc. San Mateo  CA
Electric Insurance Company Beverly MA
EMKAY Inc. Itasca IL
Empire Today Northlake IL
Enterprise Community Investment Columbia MD
Enterprise Fleet Management St. Louis MO
Everblue Huntersville NC
ExactTarget  Indianapolis  IN
Expedia Media Solutions  Bellevue WA
Experian Consumer Services  Costa Mesa CA
EZCOM Software  Englewood  NJ
Fazoli's Italian Restaurants Lexington KY
FBMC Benefits Management Tallahassee FL
Fitness Consulting Group Elizabethtown KY
Grand Canyon University Phoenix AZ
Haystak Digital Marketing  Ft. Myers  FL
Heineken USA  White Plains  NY
Home Instead Senior Care  Omaha  NE
Hyatt Legal Plans  Cleveland  OH
IDEXX Laboratories Westbrook ME
Information Builders New York NY
INSZOOM.COM INC.  San Ramon  CA
Interactions Corporation  Franklin  MA
Intermec Technologies Corp. Everett WA
International Financial Data Services Toronto Canada
inVNT  New York  NY
Isagenix International LLC Chandler AZ
Jacobs Agency  Chicago  IL
JDNA & Subsidiaries Chino CA
John Hancock  Boston MA
Junction Networks  New York  NY
K'NEX  Hatfield PA
Kno Santa Clara CA
Learning@Cisco San Jose CA
LifeLock Tempe AZ
Makovsky New York NY
MarketBridge Bethesda MD
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation  Orlando  FL
Marsh Urbandale IA
McKinsey Development Warrenton VA
Melissa Sones Consulting  New York NY
Motive Interactive Inc San Diego CA
MSA  The Safety Company  Pittsburgh  PA
MSLGROUP  Chicago  IL
NASCAR  New York  NY
National Football League New York NY
National Retail Federation Washington DC
Newlight Technologies LLC Irvine CA
Nongshim America Rancho Cuamonga CA
North American Power  Norwalk  CT
Northwestern Mutual  Milwaukee  WI
Omintracs  Inc.  San Diego  CA
Orbis Technologies Inc. Annapolis MD
Oshkosh Corporation  Oshkosh WI
Panasonic   Wesley Chapel FL
Piedmont Healthcare  Atlanta  GA
PrintingForLess.com Livingston MT
Procter & Gamble  Cincinnati  OH
ProposalHelper Reston VA
Quality Systems Inc. Irvine CA
R.S. Owens  Chicago IL
Randstad US Boston MA
ReachForce Austin TX
Renters Warehouse Minnetonka MN
Response Mine Interactive Atlanta GA
RiseSmart Inc. San Jose CA
Rising Medical Solutions  Chicago  IL
Rodan + Fields San Francisco CA
Rosewood Services  Inc.  Great Bend KS
Roth Staffing Companies L.P. Orange CA
SAP  New York  NY
SBA Communications Corporation Boca Raton FL
SchoolMessenger Los Gatos CA
SCRA  Charleston  SC
ShareBuilder by Capital One  Seattle WA
Siemens Building Technologies Buffalo Grove IL
Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc. Malvern PA
Siteworx LLC Reston VA
Slack and Company  Chicago IL
SMITH  Seattle  WA
SoftPro  Raleigh NC
Sony PlayStation  Foster City  CA
Sparks Grove Atlanta GA
Squarespace New York NY
SquareTrade  San Francisco  CA
Sun Life Financial  Wellesley Hills  MA
SunGard Availability Services  Wayne  PA
Tanis Communications  Inc.  San Jose  CA
The Ken Blanchard Companies Escondido CA
The Navicor Group LLC Westerville OH
The Remi Group Charlotte NC
The Visionary Group LA  Los Angeles  CA
thebigword  New York City  NY
Theresa Bradley-Banta Real Estate Consultancy Denver CO
Thomson Reuters Elite Culver City CA
Travelzoo  New York  NY
U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)  Washington DC
USHEALTH Advisors Grapevine TX
Vantage Communications San Francisco CA
Verivo Software  Waltham  MA
VerticalResponse  San Francisco CA
Virtusa Corporation Westborough MA
Visionista Falls Church VA
Wells Fargo Bank San Francisco CA
WePay Inc. Palo Alto CA
Westjet Calgary AB Canada
William Grant & Sons USA  New York  NY
Zipcar Cambridge MA

By overwhelming demand, the final entry deadline for The 2013 (10th Annual) International Business Awards, the world's premier business awards competition, has been extended through 10 July. No additional late penalties or fees will be charged in association with the deadline extension.

All individuals and organizations worldwide -- public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small -- may submit nominations to the IBAs. If you haven't already done so, you can request your entry kit here and it will be emailed to you right away.

Stevie® Awards will be conferred at three levels of distinction: Gold, Silver and Bronze.  The Stevie Award trophies, made by the company that makes the Oscar and other major international awards, are among the world’s most coveted prizes. Stevie Award winners will be selected by an international judging panel of more than 200 executives. Results will be announced on 14 August and the 10th annual awards banquet will be held on 14 October at the W. Hotel in Barcelona, Spain. Entry details are available at www.StevieAwards.com/IBA.  

The International Business Awards recognize achievement in every facet of the workplace. Our business award categories include: annual report awards, app awards, company/organization awards, customer service awards, human resources awards, information technology awards, management awards, marketing awards, new product awards, public relations awards, support awards, and website awards, among others. See all corporate awards categories.

Nominations should cite achievements during our eligibility period: January 2012 through 10 July 2013, the last day that late entries will be accepted. There is no eligibility timeframe for web site entries - it does not matter when the web sites were first published. When you're ready to enter, begin here.

The 2013 International Business Awards will include the People’s Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Companies, in which the general public worldwide will vote for their favorite companies. Each company honored with a Gold, Silver or Bronze Stevie Award in The International Business Awards’ company of the year categories will automatically be included in people’s choice voting.  Voting will open on 15 August.

Because the 2013 awards banquet will take place on 14 October in Barcelona, Spain, all organizations in Spain may submitted an unlimited number of entries to the IBAs free of charge this year. Organizations in Spain should submit the promotion code "Barcelona" where indicated in the online entry process to have their entry fees waived.

More than 350 entrepreneurs, executives, and their guests from around the world attended the 2012 IBA gala celebrated on Monday, October 15th, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Seoul, South Korea. 2012 Stevie winners included A.P. Moller Maersk AS, Accenture, Coca Cola Turkey, Delta Air Lines, Inc., Etisalat Group, HSBC, Hyundai Motor Company , Infosys, Lenovo Group, Qualcomm Incorporated, Samsung Electronics, TATA Power, and Unilever, among others.  2012 results are summarized at http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/iba/awards/408_2219_21728.cfm. 

Don't hesitate to contact us with your questions about how to choose categories, prepare and submit entries to The 2013 International Business Awards.

Wednesday, 12 June, is the final entry deadline for The 2013 (10th Annual) International Business Awards, the world's premier business awards competition. If you haven't already done so, you can request your entry kit here and it will be emailed to you right away.

The International Business Awards recognize achievement in every facet of the workplace. All individuals and organizations worldwide -- public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small -- may submit nominations to the IBAs. Categories include:

• Management Awards
• Company of the Year Awards
• Customer Service Awards
• Human Resources Awards
• Information Technology Awards
• Marketing Awards
• New Product Awards
• Public Relations Awards
• Web Site Awards, Smartphone and Tablet App, and other media awards

See the full list of international business awards categories.

Stevie® Awards are conferred upon top-scoring nominations in each category, as chosen by an international judging panel of more than 200 business leaders. Nominations should cite achievements during our eligibility period: January 2012 through 12 June 2013, the last day that late entries will be accepted. There is no eligibility timeframe for web site entries - it does not matter when the web sites were first published.

Because the 2013 awards banquet will take place on 14 October in Barcelona, Spain, all organizations in Spain may submitted an unlimited number of entries to the IBAs free of charge this year. Organizations in Spain should submit the promotion code "Barcelona" where indicated in the online entry process to have their entry fees waived.

The 9th Annual International Business Awards were presented in October 2012 in Seoul, South Korea.  Stevie winners included A.P. Moller Maersk AS, Accenture, Coca Cola Turkey, Delta Air Lines, Inc., Etisalat Group, HSBC, Hyundai Motor Company , Infosys, Lenovo Group, Qualcomm Incorporated, Samsung Electronics, TATA Power, and Unilever, among others.  2012 results are summarized at http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/iba/awards/408_2219_21728.cfm.  

Have last minute questions regarding the 2013 IBAs? Don't hesitate to contact us or call us at + 1 703-547-8389.