史蒂夫®奖组委会宣布2023年度（第10届）亚洲-太平洋史蒂夫奖的参赛通道开启。史蒂夫®奖是亚太地区唯一的商业类奖项，致力于表彰整个亚太地区企业在过去一年的创新成就。

 

 

征稿早鸟报名截止日期为2022年11月22日，最终报名需在2023年1月17日前提交申请；若错过最终截止日期，延迟报名需交纳相关费用后，延迟申请截止日期为 2月15日。详细报名内容请查看：http://Asia.StevieAwards.com.

不论规模大小、盈利与否、公有或私营，包括中国在内的亚太地区总计29个国家的所有组织与企业均拥有参选资格。

该奖项旨在向所有形态和规模的组织及引领该组织的人们赋予名誉，表彰亚太地区企业创造的卓越成果。 以下奖项类别组将接受英文参赛作品:

• 成就
• 公司/组织奖
• 企业传播、投资者关系和公共关系奖
• 客户服务奖
• 人力资源奖
• 管理奖
• 营销奖
• 新产品和产品管理奖
• 出版物奖
• 社交媒体奖
• 技术奖
• 视频奖
• 网站奖和应用程序奖

等等

2023年的新类别组将表彰自2020年7月1日以后在战略、发展和执行方面的思想领导力创新。

在新类别的基础上，增加了公众投票部分。企业/组织类别的史蒂夫奖获奖作品将通过公众投票和专家评审团评估的特殊组合来确定。

亚洲-太平洋史蒂夫奖得主于2023年3月29日公布，获奖者由来自整个亚太地区的专业人士一同评审选出。获奖者将在5月27日在越南河内的颁奖典礼上接受祝贺。

来自整个地区的专业人员会参与到评审过程中去，并决定史蒂夫奖的获奖者。

在过去的5年间，ABS-CBN Corporation, Cisco Systems, DHL Asia Pacific Shared Services, EventsAIR, Freelancer.com, Fuji Television Network, Inc., Google, Globe Telecom, Hana Financial Group, Hong Kong Tourism Board, HP Inc., IBM, KB Kookmin Card, KT, Megaworld Corporation, MSL China, Nasdaq, Ooredoo, PT Petrokimia Gresik, Seegene Medical Foundation, Shell Philippines Exploration B.V., Shanghai Disney Resort, Singtel, SM Supermalls, Tata Consultancy Services, Telkom Indonesia, VNPT Vinaphone Corporation, Viettel等亚太地区最具创新性的组织获得了亚洲-太平洋史蒂夫奖。史蒂夫奖的奖杯由制作艾美奖和其他国际知名奖项的公司负责制作，是世界上最受认可得儿商业的奖项之一。「Stevie史蒂夫」的名字取自「Stephen斯蒂芬」, 派生于希腊语「加冕」一词。

 

关于史蒂夫奖

史蒂夫®奖共有八大奖项，包括亚洲-太平洋史蒂夫奖(The Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards)、德国史蒂夫奖(The German Stevie Awards)、美国商业奖(The American Business Awards®)、国际商业奖(The International Business Awards®)、史蒂夫女性企业家奖(The Stevie Awards for Women in Business)、史蒂夫优秀雇主奖(The Stevie Awards for Great Employers) 、以及史蒂夫销售与客户服务奖(The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service)以及新设的中东和北非史蒂夫奖(The Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards）。

史蒂夫®奖每年都收到来自70多个国家的组织所提交的12000余件参赛作品，旨在向所有形态和规模的组织及引领该组织的人们赋予名誉，表彰全世界企业创造的卓越成果。

进一步了解史蒂夫奖，请点击 www.StevieAwards.com 。

 

- Stevie®, American Business Awards®, International Business Awards®是史蒂夫大奖（Stevie Awards, Inc)的注册商标。

- adobo magazine和PR Newswire Asia是2023亚洲-太平洋史蒂夫奖的正式合作伙伴。

 

您想参加2023年亚洲-太平洋史蒂夫奖吗？

 

 

 

The only business awards to recognize innovation in business throughout the entire region

We have issued the call for entries for the 2023 (10th annual) Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the only business awards program to recognize innovation in business throughout the entire Asia-Pacific region. 

The early-bird entry deadline, with discounted entry fees, is November 22, 2022. The entry deadline is January 17, 2023, but late entries will be accepted through February 15 with the payment of a late fee. Complete entry details are available at http://Asia.StevieAwards.com.

The Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards are open to all organizations in the 29 nations 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 English in the following awards category groups:

• Achievement
• Company/Organization Awards
• Corporate Communications & Public Relations Awards
• Customer Service Awards
• Human Resources Awards
• Management Awards
• Marketing Awards
• New Product & Product Management Awards
• Publications Awards
• Social Media Awards
• Technology Awards
• Video Awards
• Website Awards and App Awards
  …and more

A new category group for 2023 will recognize Thought Leadership innovation in strategy, development, and execution since the beginning of July 2020.

In addition to a number of new categories, a public voting component has been added. Winners in the Company/Organization categories will now be determined by a unique blending of the scores of the professional judges and the votes of the general public.

Asia-Pacific Stevie Award winners will be announced on March 29. Winners will be celebrated and presented their awards during an awards banquet on May 27 in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Scores of professionals from throughout the region will participate in the judging process to determine the Stevie winners.

Some of the Asia-Pacific region’s most innovative organizations have won Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards in the past five years including ABS-CBN Corporation, Cisco Systems, DHL Asia Pacific Shared Services, EventsAIR, Freelancer.com, Fuji Television Network, Inc., Google, Globe Telecom, Hana Financial Group, Hong Kong Tourism Board, HP Inc., IBM, KB Kookmin Card, KT, Megaworld Corporation, MSL China, Nasdaq, Ooredoo, PT Petrokimia Gresik, Seegene Medical Foundation, Shell Philippines Exploration B.V., Shanghai Disney Resort, Singtel, SM Supermalls, Tata Consultancy Services, Telkom Indonesia, VNPT Vinaphone Corporation, Viettel, and more.

The Stevie Award is among the world's most coveted prizes. The name Stevie is taken from the name Stephen, which is derived from the Greek for "crowned."

About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in eight 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 Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 nominations each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. 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.

- Stevie®, American Business Awards® and International Business Awards® are registered trademarks of Stevie Awards, Inc.

- Sponsors and partners of the 2023 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards include adobo magazine and PR Newswire Asia.

Interested in entering the 2023 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards?

 

More than 280 Stevie® Award winners and their guests attended The 19th annual International Business Awards® gala in London, England on Saturday, October 15 at the InterContinental London Park Lane Hotel. For those unable to attend, the ceremony was livestreamed to more than 2,000 viewers. 

You can still watch the full ceremony and view/download photos from the event online.

High-achieving organizations and professionals from 67 nations were named as Stevie Award winners this year from a pool of more than 3,700 applicants. A complete list of all 2022 Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners by category is available at StevieAwards.com/IBA.

What You Missed
To kick-off festivities, gala attendees first enjoyed a formal reception at the hotel to network and forge new business relationships with other Stevie-winning professionals and leaders. Professionals from more than 27 nations around the world were able to join us this year.

Following the reception, dinner was served in the main ballroom for attendees and their guests. World-renowned emcee Simon Relph began the ceremony at 7:00 pm GMT +1 and kept the evening lighthearted and fun as we honored the 2022 winners. 

As each individual or organization received their award, guests learned about the winners’ professional, and often personal, journeys during their acceptance remarks.

Winner Highlights
Stevie-winner ASCIRA Global was one of the first companies to go on stage to accept their Stevie awards. Dr. John Sachtouras, Founder and CEO of online education and direct marketing platform ASCIRA, won the Gold Stevie Award for Chairman of the Year. 

Belynda Lee, Chief Operating Officer of ASCIRA, won a Silver Stevie Award for Woman of the Year. ASCIRA is a subscription-based company that offers personal development programs through a variety of online digital products. It aims to create a global, social lifestyle community and provide users the most diversified knowledge available.

Another winner, Empire Eagle Food Company, is the leading bubble tea manufacturer and supplier in Taiwan, exporting bubble tea materials to over 50 countries. Empire Eagle won a Gold Stevie Award for Company of the Year in Food & Beverage, and a Gold Stevie Award in Business-to-Business Products. They also won the People’s Choice Stevie Award for Favorite Companies - Food and Beverage.

Mindy Jen of Empire Eagle Food Company in Taiwan surprised the crowd when she came back to the stage for a second time to accept the Stevie Award for her second company, BOBA ChiC! BOBA ChiC is a newer global distributor of innovative tea and milk powder drinks, using tea leaves grown on their own farm in the high mountains of Central Taiwan. It won the Bronze Stevie Award in Business-to-Business Products.

The youngest Stevie-winning professionals in attendance were from the Young Hospitality Summit in Switzerland. The Young Hospitality Summit was founded in 2010 by five students who shared the vision of fostering innovation in the industry through insightful discussions between thought leaders and hospitality students. Today, The Young Hospitality Summit has become the largest student-run summit in the world. Young Hospitality Summit won the Bronze Stevie Award for Conferences & Meetings in the Summit category.

Also in attendance at the gala in London was a representative from DHL Express Mexico. DHL Express is the leading international courier service that specializes in providing comprehensive door-to-door logistics. DHL is a long time Stevie Award-winner, submitting nominations from many of their offices around the globe. DHL Express Mexico also accepted Stevie Awards on behalf of DHL Caribbean. DHL Express Switzerland was also in attendance.

DHL Express Mexico won two Silver and four Bronze Stevie Awards in categories including Support Team of the Year and Customer Service Department of the Year. 

Cecilia Ortega, Quality Assurance & Customer Experience Professional at DHL Express Mexico won a Silver Stevie Award for Woman of the Year. Luis Saturno Chiu, Vice President, Customer Experience, won a Bronze Stevie for Executive of the Year in Transportation.

Grand Stevie Winners and Closing
Nominees in the 2022 IBAs were not able to apply for Grand Stevie Awards directly. Winners were determined by a points system based on the total number of awards won in the IBAs 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, as well as having the highest average score in selected categories.

Two Grand Stevie Award winners were in attendance the night of the gala: Halkbank of Turkey and LLYC of Spain.

Halkbank won eight Gold, 11 Silver, and 13 Bronze Stevie Awards, resulting in the Grand StevieAward for Organization of the Year. Pioneering the evolution of the Turkish banking sector for 84 years, Halkbank develops products and services in finance with an expertise in small and medium enterprises.

LLYC won eight Gold, seven Silver, and five Bronze Stevie Awards in categories including Company of the Year in Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations, Communications or PR Campaign of the Year, and Public Relations Agency of the Year. These wins resulted in the Grand Stevie Award for Most Honored Public Relations Agency for the fourth consecutive year.

LLYC is a global communications and public affairs consulting firm that helps clients make strategic decisions within the disruptive and uncertain context in which we live, while taking into account their reputational impact. 

The last presentation of the evening concluded at 9:30 pm. Stevie-award organizers arranged for winners’ trophies and medals to be boxed up for transport. 

Most attendees ventured out to take advantage of London’s many attractions, continuing to celebrate their business accomplishments and form new alliances with fellow attendees.

Acceptance speeches and interview clips will be available on the Stevie Awards Youtube channel next week. 

Watch the full ceremony here. 
View and download photos from the event here.

This coming Saturday, October 15 we'll stage the awards banquet of The 19th Annual International Business Awards®, the world's premier business awards program, at the InterContinental London Park Lane Hotel in London, England.

Stevie® Award winners in the 2022 IBAs were announced in August.  (Entries for the 2023 edition of the IBAs will open in February.)

Close to 300 executives from around the world will attend this Saturday's IBA event.  Here is a list of the organizations that will be represented (as of October 11):

8x8, Campbell, CA USA
-99 design studio, Istanbul, Turkey
Acıbadem Healthcare Group, Istanbul, Turkey
AD Ports Group, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Adani Skill Development Centre, Ahmedabad, India
ADM Electricity Distribution, Denizli, Turkey
ADQ, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
AgeSA, Istanbul, Turkey
Ajman's Municipality & Planning Department, United Arab Emirates
Alabama Power, Birmingham, AL USA
Align Technology, Tempe, AZ USA
Alliance Traffic Systems, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Anexa BPO, Mexico City, Mexico
AS Watson, Milan, Italy
ASCIRA Global, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Aselsan A.Ş., Ankara, Turkey
Astera Software, Westlake Village, CA USA
ATOS Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey
Banco Popular Dominicano, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Better2Know, Kirkby Lonsdale, United Kingdom
Black Platinum Gold B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands
BOBA CHiC, Taichung, Taiwan
BRIGHTSPRINGS GROUP LIMITED, London, United Kingdom
Bristol Global Mobility, Phoenix, AZ USA
Cactus Communications Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, India
CARBO, Houston, TX USA
CarrefourSA, Sarıyer, Turkey
CodeTwo, Jelenia Góra, Poland
DHL Express, Muttenz, Switzerland
DHL Express Mexico, Mexico City
Divina Law Offices, Makati City, Philippines
Dolphin International, Los Angeles, CA USA
Dubai Municipality, United Arab Emirates
Eastvantage Business Solutions Inc., Taguig City, Philippines
EES Shipping, Cockburn Central, WA Australia
Emirates International Endurance Village, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Empire Eagle Food Co., Ltd., Taichung City, Taiwan
Ensana, Prague, Czech Republic
Ernst & Young, New York, NY USA
Esas Sosyal, Istanbul, Turkey
Etihad Rail, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Events DC, Washington, DC USA
Federation of Polish Entrepreneurs, Warwaw, Poland
GDRFA, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Golden Agri-Resources Ltd., Singapore
Graham Shapiro Design, Nantwich, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Halkbank, Istanbul, Turkey
HCL Technologies, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Horatio, New York, NY USA
IBM Institute for Business Value, Merion Station, PA USA
IBM, Armonk, NY USA
Icertis, Bellevue, WA USA
Informa Middle East, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
ING Business Shared Services Bratislava, Slovakia
Itl AG, Munich, Bavaria Germany
Jonckers Translation & Engineering, Brussels, Belgium
Karsan Automotive, Istanbul, Turkey
Kordsa Teknik Tekstil A.S., Istanbul, Turkey
Kyndryl, New York, NY USA
Law Creative, Harpenden, United Kingdom
Limage Media Group, Vancouver, BC Canada
LLYC, Madrid, Spain
Lytx, Seattle, WA USA
Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council, Kuala Lumpur
MDI Ventures, Jakarta, Indonesia
Megaphone Marketing, Cremorne, Victoria Australia
MGI Tech Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China
Microhealth, LLC, Vienna, VA USA
Ministry of Health and Prevention, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Ministry Of State For Federal National Council Affairs, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Ministry of Treasury and Finance, General Directorate of Information Technologies, Ankara, Turkey
NewWork Success GmbH, Urbar, Germany
Noguchi & Peters Ltd., Budapest, Hungary
NTT Data Business Solutions (UK&I), London, United Kingdom
NXP Semiconductors Germany GmbH
Octopus Energy, London, United Kingdom
OfficePartners360, Ridgefield, CT USA
PMFTC Inc., Taguig City, Philippines
Pru Life UK, Taguig, Philippines
PT Telkom Indonesia Tbk, South Jakarta
QNET, Hong Kong, China
Real Property Ventures, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Refex Group, Chennai, India
Revomed (Thailand) Co., Ltd. Nonthaburi
SAP SE, Walldorf, BW Germany
Sealand - A Maersk Company, Miramar, FL USA
Sharif Group BSC, Hidd, Bahrain
sheIQ Life Pty Ltd, Belgrade, Serbia
SOCAR Turkey, Istanbul
Solarwinds, Austin, TX USA
SSS Strawberries, Oakwood, QLD Australia
Standigm Inc., Cambridge, MA USA
Strategic Public Relations Group, Hong Kong, China
Sullivan & Stanley, London, United Kingdom
Suretrack Management Consultancy, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tata Consultancy Services Limited, London, United Kingdom
TELUS Smart Security & Automation, Vancouver, BC Canada
TM Forum, London, United Kingdom
TÜPRAS, Istanbul, Turkey
UFODRIVE, Capellen, Luxembourg
verbaneum GmbH, Nuernberg, Bavaria Germany
Viettel, Ha Noi, Vietnam
Wiser Tech, Izmir, Turkey
Young Hoteliers Summit, Lausanne, Switzerland
ZER, Istanbul, Turkey
Ziraat Participation Bank, Istanbul, Turkey

Learn more about The International Business Awards at www.StevieAwards.com/IBA. 

The Women|Future Conference has selected five women-owned businesses to compete in the Women-Owned Business Pitch Competition this year. Registered attendees can watch the competition live on November 9 at 12:00 PM ET.

This “Shark Tank”-style pitch competition provides a platform for a select group of women-owned businesses to compete for a chance to win funding support for their businesses and initiatives, and provides the opportunity for international exposure to hundreds of attendees.

Over 200 applicants applied for entry, but only five finalists were selected by the Women|Future Conference leadership team to present their pitches, face questioning, have their pitch evaluated by a panel of judges, and win funding! The winner of the competition will be announced at the conference November 10 at 2:25 PM.

The 2022 Women-Owned Business Pitch Competition finalists are:

Equability
Equability is an online clothing modification service for individuals with disabilities. It was launched in 2020 after their research had identified lack of adaptive clothing as a barrier to social and professional participation. Equability gives people the ability to conveniently modify clothes to suit their style and lifestyle.

Good Mood Treats
Good Mood Treats specializes in curating baked goods that uplift customers’ mood by infusing them with healthy ingredients. Each treat box includes a positive affirmation in hopes of combating issues with mental health and providing a good mood boost. Their mission is to spread love, positivity, and mental health awareness through their treats.

The Village App
Born out of necessity during the COVID pandemic, The Village App seeks to redefine how people use technology and create a modern-day equivalent of a healthy, happy village community. The app encourages collective coordination, enabling users to connect with others in their community who are offering or seeking neighborly assistance and connection.

Tiny Fish Co.
Tiny Fish Co. aims to inspire the canned fish industry by sharing products that are sustainable, flavorful, and tell the fish’s story from water to tin. Their focus is on the tiny fish from the Pacific Northwest and encouraging consumers to create environmentally conscious eating habits.

XpertPatient LLC
XpertPatient was founded to help people new to a cancer diagnosis feel empowered through personalized education and support. With all education developed from authoritative sources such as the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Guidelines, XpertPatient has been purposely designed by nurses, doctors, and patients to help individuals with cancer achieve the best treatment results possible, clinically and financially.

The Pitch Competition will be hosted by Emmy Award-winning broadcaster Sharon Delaney McCloud, a TEDx Speaker, a Certified Executive CDE, Adjunct Professor, agency owner, and a cancer survivor. With over 30 years of experience on local and national stages and online, Sharon’s goal is to help people make an impact by understanding and embracing the power of storytelling in business to move hearts and minds, and to drive better results in their business.

Sharon is a fierce advocate for women in business and develops programs designed to elevate their career trajectory. Featured in Thrive Global, Enterprising Women, Sheryl Sandburg’s Option B platform, and co-author of Keep Going, Memoirs of Strength, Courage & Perseverance, Sharon shows people how they can inspire, influence, and ignite change. Her diverse client list includes Cisco, Lenovo, Eaton, 7-Eleven, Duke University, UNC Health, Florida State University, SAS, Biogen, Merz, and many others. 

Pitch Competition Format and Judging Criteria

The format of the pitch competition is inspired by ABC's critically acclaimed, entrepreneurial-themed TV show, Shark Tank. Each finalist will present a live, three-minute virtual pitch about their product/service, business model, and target market.

A panel of four judges will evaluate each pitch using a five-point scoring rubric provided by the Women|Future Conference. The judging rubric takes into account criteria such as leadership capabilities, innovativeness, competitive advantage, maturity of the technology or product, business model, prospects, growth, response to the live questions, and preparedness for the competition.

The judges of the 2022 Women|Future Conference Pitch Competition are:

• Kim Roxie, Founder, LAMIK Beauty, and first-place winner in the 2021 Pitch Competition
• Heather Cox, President, Certify My Company
• Sree Kanuri, Senior Product Manager, DELL Technologies
• Shubhi Nigam, Product Lead, Carta Inc.

Pitch coaching and mentorship is being provided to our finalists prior to the pitch competition by Dusty Welsh, Executive Director and Lead Program Instructor at the Sister Sprout studio, which offers business and nonprofit development frameworks to guide women founders through each step of the startup process. With over 15 years of experience, Dusty Welsh provides startup founders from around the world with a 3-step magic formula for wowing judges, impressing audiences, and delivering a killer startup story. 

Funding for the Pitch Competition Winners

At the close of the competition, the winner will receive a prize package of $5,000 cash prize to grow their business, as well as a certification ($4200 value) from Certify My Company.

If you are interested in joining us as a sponsor, judge, or participant in the 2023 Pitch Competition, sign up for event updates to get notified when entries open for next year.

Sponsor the Pitch Competition and Support Women-Owned Businesses

Sponsorships are still being accepted! Sponsorship offers visibility among a demographic of women business owners, executives, and professionals.

We love working with organizations that are aligned with our mission of supporting women in business. The Pitch Competition is funded entirely through the generosity of our sponsors. Available sponsorship packages can be requested at the Sponsorship and Advertising Page.

What Else to Expect at the 2022 Women|Future Conference

Hundreds of ambitious women in business will gather virtually for the fifth annual Women|Future Conference taking place from November 8-10, 2022, with pre-conference sessions on November 7.

Hosted by the Stevie® Awards, the world's premier business awards, the Women|Future Conference is a professional and personal development, learning, networking, and mentorship conference for women around the globe. 

We are pleased to highlight Opening Keynote speaker Rashmi Verma, Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion at HUGO BOSS, one of the leading companies in the premium segment of the global apparel market, employing 13,800 individuals representing 112 nationalities. The Opening Keynote will take place Tuesday, November 8, at 12:00 pm ET, followed by a live Q&A with attendees.

Conference sessions are designed for ambitious, career-driven professionals to learn and share what’s working in their organizations, troubleshoot the challenges they collectively face, and make meaningful connections. View the Full Agenda here.

Sessions fall into seven main tracks:

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Entrepreneurship
• Future of Work
• Leadership
• Marketing
• Personal Development
• Technology

The 2022 agenda includes over 80 women CEOs, founders, small business owners, entrepreneurs, coaches, and executives who will share their expertise. Conference speakers are from small businesses as well as Fortune 500 organizations including Accenture, Goldman Sachs, Hilton, IBM, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Nestle, T-Mobile, and others.

Registration for the Women|Future Conference is open. Attendees save 10% when groups of three or more individuals register together. Students may register for the Women|Future Conference at a discounted rate of $39 (with proof of a valid current student ID). Sessions are recorded and available for replay through 2022 for your convenience.👍 Get Social With the Women|Future Conference 

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Heutzutage sind die Stevie® Awards weithin als die wichtigsten Wirtschaftspreise der Welt bekannt, aber der Weg hierhin verlief nicht ohne Risiken, Herausforderungen, klare Ziele, Entschlossenheit und ein engagiertes Team.

Michael Gallagher gründete die Stevie Awards im Jahr 2002, um die Leistungen und positiven Beiträge von Organisationen und Fachkräften auf der ganzen Welt zu würdigen und öffentlich bekannt zu machen. Jahr für Jahr werden Tausende von Nominierungen in einer Vielzahl von Kategorien für acht Stevie Awards-Programme eingereicht. Alle Organisationen - öffentliche und private, gewinnorientierte und gemeinnützige, große und kleine - können Nominierungen einreichen. Einsendungen, die Leistungen im Bereich Pruduktinnovationen, Vordenker-Rolle, kreative Marketingkampagnen, hervorragender Kundenservice, unternehmerische Tätigkeiten und seit kurzem auch die Reaktion auf COVID-19 umfassen, werden von unserer angesehenen Jury geprüft.

Zu den früheren nennenswerten Stevie Award-Gewinnern gehören Aflac, Apple, Chipotle, Bank of America, Ford Motor Company, IBM, ING, PayPal, Procter & Gamble, Roche Group, Samsung, und Verizon, unter vielen anderen. In kürzester Zeit wurde die Stevie-Trophäe mit einer Kristallpyramide als Spitze zu einem der begehrtesten Preise in der Wirtschaftswelt.

In den folgenden Interviewantworten erzählt Michael Gallagher von seinem persönlichen Hintergrund und seinen Erfahrungen, die das Fundament und die Grundwerte der Stevie Awards geprägt haben.

Wie und warum sind Sie auf die Idee gekommen, die Stevie Awards zu gründen?

Nachdem ich seit meinem 16. Lebensjahr für andere Leute gearbeitet hatte, befand ich mich an einem Punkt in meinem Leben, an dem ich etwas anderes tun musste. In den 80er Jahren genoss ich es, sechs Jahre lang für eine Firma namens The New York Festivals, die Preise für Video, Werbung, Radio, Fernsehen und andere Medien vergab, zu arbeiten und dachte: Das hat mir Spaß gemacht, aber die Welt braucht keine weiteren Filmfestivals. Aber warum gibt es keine "Oscars" für die Wirtschaft?

Was war Ihre bisherige Geschäftserfahrung und welchen Hintergrund hatten Sie, bevor Sie die Stevie Awards gegründet haben?

Nachdem ich sechs Jahre lang für The New York Festivals gearbeitet hatte, zog ich nach Washington D.C. und arbeitete sieben Jahre lang in der Messe- und Konferenzbranche und anschließend bis 2001 in der Dot-Com-Welt in verschiedenen Marketing- und Vertriebsfunktionen.

Was waren einige Ihrer Ziele für die Stevie Awards, als Sie die Organisation ins Leben riefen? Haben sie sich seitdem verwirklicht und/oder verändert?

Ich wollte, dass sie als die "Oscars der Wirtschaft" bekannt werden, und bis zu einem gewissen Grad haben wir das auch erreicht, aber natürlich sind wir noch nicht so bekannt wie die Academy Awards.

Was waren die größten Herausforderungen, mit denen Sie konfrontiert wurden, als Sie die Stevie Awards ins Leben riefen?

Für jedes neue Unternehmen ist das erste Jahr ist immer das schwierigste. Jeder Prozess, jedes Verfahren und jedes System muss zum ersten Mal erdacht, entworfen und umgesetzt werden. Das Geld war knapp, also mussten wir für das Meiste um jeden Cent kämpfen. Aber der Vorteil daran, dass man fast alles selbst machen muss, ist, dass man lernt, wie man so ziemlich alles macht.

Wie definieren Sie Erfolg bei den Stevie Awards?

Ein gut besetzter Wettbewerb, der von einer ausreichenden Anzahl erfahrener Fachleute geprüft und bewertet wird, was zu einem vielfältigen Gewinnerpool führt und eine gut besuchte Preisverleihung ohne größere Probleme ermöglicht.

Was ist etwas, das alle Stevie Award-Gewinner gemeinsam haben?

Das Bestreben, dass ihre Leistungen von einem größeren Publikum als nur ihren Kollegen gewürdigt werden.

Was bedeuten die Stevie Awards für Sie?

Ich versuche, nicht zu sehr in der Vergangenheit zu schwelgen. Ich denke, ich bin sehr zukunftsorientiert. Ich betrachte die Stevie Awards als eine Bewegung und nicht als ein Unternehmen oder eine Organisation. Eine Bewegung hin zu einer breiteren öffentlichen Anerkennung der Leistungen von Menschen am Arbeitsplatz, jenseits der schlagzeilenträchtigen Milliardäre, die einen Großteil der Berichterstattung über die Wirtschaft beherrschen. In einigen Ländern und Regionen haben wir dies bereits weitgehend erreicht, in anderen kaum. Wir haben also noch einiges zu tun.

Was hat Sie in den letzten 20 Jahren bei den Stevie Awards am meisten überrascht?

Dass ich es immer noch tue und jeden Tag genieße.

Wie sieht Ihre Rolle heute aus, verglichen mit der Zeit, als Sie die Stevie Awards 2002 ins Leben riefen?

Ich muss nicht mehr alles wie in den ersten Jahren selber machen - juhu! Wir haben jetzt ein gutes Team und ich sorge mich nicht mehr wie früher um jede Kleinigkeit.

Welche Awards-Programme versprechen das größte Wachstum für die Zukunft?

Awards-Programme wachsen in der Regel in den ersten Jahren langsam, dann in den Jahren fünf bis zehn schnell und danach schrittweise jedes Jahr. Alle acht unserer Programme sind mehr oder weniger nach diesem Muster verlaufen. Ich kann nicht sagen, welches unserer bestehenden Programme am stärksten wachsen wird. Vielleicht werden es die sein, die wir noch nicht gestartet haben.

Was hat sich in den letzten 20 Jahren bei den Stevie Awards am meisten verändert?

In den ersten Jahren herrschte große Skepsis, ob ich es schaffen würde, und ob ich es danach auch noch am Laufen halten könnte. Diesen Punkt haben wir jetzt weit hinter uns gelassen. Ich glaube nicht, dass es heute noch viele gibt, die daran zweifeln, dass die Stevie Awards ernst zu nehmen sind und Bestand haben werden.

Was glauben Sie, wie die nächsten 20 Jahre der Stevie Awards aussehen werden?

Größere Akzeptanz und Wachstum in Gebieten, die die Stevie Awards noch nicht wirklich akzeptiert haben, wie Mittel- und Südamerika, Japan und andere Länder. Und alle drei bis fünf Jahre ein neuer Stevie-Award-Wettbewerb in irgendeiner Form.

 

 

Konnten wir Ihr Interesse an den Stevie Awards wecken? Derzeit läuft die erste Anmeldephase der German Stevie Awards, für Unternehmen aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum, also aus Belgien, Deutschland, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Österreich und der Schweiz.

Weitere Informationen erhalten Sie unter https://stevieawards.com/GSA.

 

 

 

 

Stevie-winner Annature has exploded onto the world stage with its next-generation eSigning platform. Gone is the single-use digital signing solution – in its place is a platform transforming the future for eSigning, Know Your Customer/Anti Money Laundering, global ID Verification and Payments.

Annature is headed by Amreeta Abbott, an award-winning entrepreneur behind the development of the ground-breaking cloud-based document suite for accountants, NowInfinity. Amreeta completed a successful sale of NowInfinity for $25 million in 2020. 

As the first lines of code were being written in early 2020, she set Annature on a mission to transform the traditional and insecure electronic signature offering she predicted wouldn't last in a digital business world.

Today Annature has achieved ISO 27001 certification as a technology company that operates an integrated digital signature, identity verification and payment platform facilitating global transactions with organizations of all sizes.

Built on blockchain technology, heavily featured and noted for an exceptional low-friction experience. And as a business principle, considerably more value-centric compared to overseas providers.

eSigning accelerated during Covid lockdowns when it became physically impossible to get people into offices to put pen to paper. Business was transformed forever. In just months global organizations accelerated the digitisation of their customer and supply chain interactions and their internal operations by what management consultants McKinsey estimated was three to four years. Annature had already positioned itself to respond to that with agility and strength.

The company formally launched in August 2020. From the start, integrating with any major existing digital document system and incorporating a global ID, payment, billing and invoicing verification powered by global giant Stripe into its workflow solutions.

Annature planned the development timeline accurately knowing that Stripe's powerful ID and Payment API's were easy to embed into the Annature e-signing process as an integral part of the user flow. Enabling Annature to provide the holistic contract execution experience required by many fintech, insurance and other companies.

Annature delivers a cryptographically verifiable database and audit trail for all digital signatures. Establishing a tamper-proof digital certificate for critical compliance information. Laying the basis for any client to embed Stripe into their payment, collection and ID verification solutions.

Milestones

• Process 5,000 Australian Government JobKeeper applications to keep people employed on one night in March - as proof of use and scalability 
• Joined the Xero connected app marketplace
• Annature replaced global competitor, DocuSign for the Real Estate Institute of Victoria 
• Core eSigning Partner with FYIdocs for Xero accounting firms
• Signed fastest-growing legal firm in Asia Pacific, LegalVision, Illumin8; partnership with APS Reckon, and more.

2020 was a massive build year. Client integrations of the customized platform performed seamlessly by an Australian-based team determined to ensure there were no technical surprises.

Qantas Business Rewards Exclusive Partnership

Annature is the only Australian eSigning company chosen to partner with iconic aviation brand, Qantas Airlines and showcased in the global airline's Back to Business campaign for COVID-impacted Australian businesses. Annature's eligible clients now earn Business Points on every document they eSign.

Commitment to eSigning for the Future

The focus will be on secure acceptance and signing documents online, exploring the ability to take payments and incorporate bio-metrics.

With the accelerating shift towards digital onboarding forecasters estimate the global market for Identity Verification will grow by more than 20 per cent in five years, with four billion digital identity verification checks conducted annually. 

Annature provides the highest level of security assurance with its ISO 27001 certification - the world’s highest level of information security management. Our digital signature technology is compliant with all major eSign laws and regulations including the ETA 1999, ESIGN ACT 2000, EUTA, GDPR Compliance and eIDAS.

Annature's Accomplishments Since Submitting their Stevie-Winning Nomination

Since winning their Stevie Award, Amreeta Abbott has not eased up in her tireless pursuit of methods to solve the business frustrations that dominated her early life as an accountant. 

We are excited to announce that Rashmi Verma, Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion at HUGO BOSS, will be the 2022 Opening Keynote Speaker for the Women|Future Conference. The Opening Keynote will take place Tuesday, November 8, day one of #WomenFuture22 at 12:00 pm ET, followed by a live Q&A session with attendees.

The 5th annual Women|Future Conference brings together hundreds of ambitious, forward-thinking women across industries and career stages to connect and discuss key issues that impact their industries, careers, and lives.

HUGO BOSS is one of the leading companies in the premium segment of the global apparel market, employing 13,800 individuals representing 112 nationalities. As the Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion, Rashmi develops creative methods to increase team engagement while establishing an inclusive culture across the company globally.

Rashmi’s life and career have spanned continents. She grew up in India in a conventional family yet managed to excel in the tech industry. She started her career working for General Electric (GE) where she led and drove multiple high-profile strategy projects within various GE businesses. Rashmi paused her career around 2008 to focus on raising her son. The family moved to Germany soon after, and Rashmi navigated the difficult task of raising her child in a strange country with a drastically different culture and language.

Rashmi spent the next 10 years at SAP, a German multinational software company, serving in multiple positions of increasingly higher levels of responsibility. During this time, she expanded her personal and professional networks in Germany and pivoted to her current role at HUGO BOSS.

But being a mother and holding a high-level role at a global fashion giant were not enough; Rashmi also launched her own business recently. YogaDaan is a charitable organization that offers yoga classes to raise money for a school for the underprivileged and differently abled children in India.

In her Women|Future Conference Keynote, "Dream Big & Chase It," Rashmi will share how she navigated these work and life challenges, including managing cultural differences and experiences, and ways to carve out possibilities and dreams along the way. The session aims to inspire attendees to dream big and show them how to chase those dreams wholeheartedly.

Keeping with our tradition of past Stevie® Award winners keynoting the conference, HUGO BOSS is a multiple-time Stevie winner in the Stevie Awards® for Great Employers for COVID Response and HR Achievement in 2019 and 2020. The organization also won three Gold Stevies in the 2021 German Stevie® Awards.

What to Expect at the 2022 Women|Future Conference

Hundreds of ambitious women business leaders, entrepreneurs, and executives from around the world will be tuning in to the fifth annual Women|Future Conference November 8-10, 2022. The Women|Future Conference is a professional and personal development, learning, networking, and mentorship conference hosted by The Stevie® Awards.

The agenda features over 20 panels, workshops, and breakout sessions hosted by 70+ women CEOs, founders, small business owners, entrepreneurs, thought leaders, coaches, and executives from organizations such as Accenture, Goldman Sachs, Hilton, IBM, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Nestle, T-Mobile, and others. 

Below is a partial list of the 2022 Women|Future Conference panels, sessions, and workshops.

• Building Your Community of Mentors​​​​​​​​
• Crafting and Delivering the Perfect Pitch
• Cultivating an Inclusive Workplace: How Diversity Creates Opportunity​​​​​​​​
• FearLESS: Facing Adversity ​​​​​​​​
• Generational Work Styles: Understanding the Old and the New​​​​​​​​
• “Shark Tank” style pitch competition for newly founded woman-owned businesses​​​​​​​​
• Silencing Self Doubt: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome​​​​​​​​
• Strategic Storytelling: Advertising and PR Tactics for Your Business​​​​​​​​
• The Balancing Act: Self-Care and a Sustainable Work Life
• The Next Generation of Tech​​​​​​​​
• The Ever-changing World of Social Media
• The Evolution of Connection: In-person vs Virtual Networking
• The Snowball Effect: How Women-Led Businesses Create an Impact
• Think Like an Investor: How to Get the Funding You Deserve​​​​​​​​
• Turning Passion into Profit
• ...and many more.

To learn more about the conference, keynote, other speakers, and registration, visit www.womenfuturconference.com.

Registration for the Women|Future Conference is OPEN.

•  Get $15 off registration by using promo code RASHMI15 at checkout
• Groups of three (3) or more who register together get 10% savings with our group discount
• Student tickets are $39, with proof of a valid student ID

The Stevie Awards are pleased to announce Stella Wong, Founder and Brand & Marketing Strategist of Brand Soul International, as our representative in Malaysia. Stella will serve as a representative for all eight Stevie Awards programs, but particularly for the 10th annual Asia-Pacific® Stevie Awards, which opens October 3 for nominations. These are the only business awards to recognize innovation throughout the entire Asia-Pacific region. We look forward to recognizing innovative companies in Malaysia this year.

Stella’s company, Brand Soul International, is an independent and innovative brand strategy and design consultancy that specializes in brand development, brand strategy & architecture, digital development, public relations, and content development including storyboarding, animation, and video production.

Before embarking on her journey of entrepreneurship, she was the Corporate Communications Manager of Baker Tilly, the eighth largest accountancy and business advisory network worldwide. Now with over 14 years of practical experience in brand strategy and digital marketing, Stella caters to multiple industries, including financial institutions, corporate organizations, food and beverage, technology, fashion, and logistics.

Stella has been featured in newspapers and magazines, including Marketing in Asia and on the Go-Ecommerce portal by Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC). The Klang Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCCI) also invited Stella as a guest speaker to share best practices in branding & marketing for SMEs. She has also been featured in the book Successful People in Malaysia.

Stevie Awards President Maggie Miller commented, “We are thrilled to have Stella join the Stevie Awards team to help reach outstanding organizations in Malaysia. With her branding and digital background, and winning business awards herself, we know Stella will spread the message on what winning a Stevie Award in 2023 can do for brand recognition, employee happiness, and more. We are very excited to work with her for the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards and all of our other international competitions.”

"The Stevie Awards have been recognized as the world’s premier business awards for many years. By partnering with the Stevie Awards team to represent Malaysia at the Stevie Awards, we firmly believe that we are in a strong position to achieve our aspiration to help innovative companies enter the global arena and elevate their brand recognition,” said Stella Wong.

The Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards focus on recognizing innovation in all its forms, wherever it is achieved in the workplace. The competition is open to all organizations across 29 nations of the Asia-Pacific region: large and small, for-profit and nonprofit, public, and private. 

Some of the Asia-Pacific region’s most innovative organizations have won Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, including ABS-CBN Global, Cisco Systems, Delta Air Lines, Dentsu, DHL Express International (Thailand) Ltd., EventsAIR, Freelancer.com, Google, Great Eagle Holdings, Globe Telecom, HLC Group, Hong Kong Tourism Board, HP Inc., KEB HANA Bank, KEPCO, KT, MSLGROUP China, Ooredoo, PT Petrokimia Gresik, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Singapore Power, SM Supermalls, Sony, Strategic Public Relations Group Limited, Telkom Indonesia, VNPT Vinaphone Corporation, Viettel, Xiaomi, and more.

Nominations will be accepted in the 2023 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards starting October 3, 2022.

Stevie^®-winner Kacific Broadband Satellites Group is bringing reliable, high-speed broadband access to rural and suburban communities across Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

Founded in 2013 by a core team of senior satellite professionals, Kacific is backed by a group of investors with experience in global telecommunications and infrastructure. Kacific uses advanced, multi-beam space and ground communications technologies to provide high-quality service to businesses, governments, and communities.

Their distribution model is based on a new product called Gigstarter, a flexible, prepaid, prepackaged, broadband plan on a monthly model. Internet service providers sell bandwidth to end-users plan-by-plan, site-by-site, tailoring it to each customer and packaging it without heavy infrastructure investments or wholesale contracts. The plan includes unlimited data and full service management, which is appealing to smaller enterprises and entrepreneurs.

A second new product, Community Wi-Fi, supported this new distribution model. A fully managed service, it allows anyone in a village to access high-quality, affordable satellite broadband internet by purchasing prepaid Wi-Fi vouchers for less than $2 USD for 1GB. While the pandemic raged, Kacific could rapidly deploy Community Wifi sites within weeks to communities that most needed them.

Today, Kacific has over 9,000 sites in 25 countries, less than two years after the Kacific 1 satellite was launched. Kacific has reduced the price per GB and cost of each remote satellite terminal by at least 50%, revolutionizing the cost of connectivity in various markets in the Asia-Pacific region, such as Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and others.

More recently, Kacific has launched a new product that aims to provide critical connectivity in times of disasters and emergencies—the Kacific CommsBox. Being pre-configured and solar-powered, the CommsBox is designed to provide broadband access instantly and reliably in emergency or disaster zones without effort. It is designed to be an all-in-one emergency communication product that can be instantly activated to establish connection in disaster areas. 

Kacific Broadband Satellites Group won two Gold Stevie Awards for Most Innovative Tech Startup of the Year - Services and Most Valuable Technical Innovation, and a Silver Stevie Award for Innovative Achievement in Sales or Revenue Generation in the 2022 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards. 

Entries open for the 2023 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards on October 3, 2022.