#eventprofs Blog Awards . nominees announced

Thank you to everyone who submitted a blog to the Eventprofs Blog Awards! We received over 40 submissions and have seen some fantastic event industry sites. Over the weekend the judging panel reviewed the submissions to ensure they were in the correct categories and met the award guidelines. Although there was a phenomenal list of blogs to choose from, the submissions were short-listed to a maximum of 7 per category. We would like to congratulate our nominees and thank everyone who participated.

And the Nominees are…

BEST INDUSTRY ADVANCEMENT BLOG

Events Man
McCurry’s Corner
PlusPoint
Smart Meetings Blog
SocialFishing
Trade Show Institute
Velvet Chainsaw’s Midcourse Corrections

BEST CORPORATE BLOG

FACTOR168 Creative Event Company – Muse
Shotgun Marketing Blog
Skyline Trade Show Tips
Sound n’ Sight
Splash: Refreshment for Your Small Staff Organization
Tradeshow Insight

BEST EYE CANDY BLOG

David Stark Sketchbook
Design Dawgs
Today’s Creative Blog
Zinke Design Weblog

BEST INSPIRATION BLOG

Dreamers Events
Grosh Backdrops Blog

BEST THOUGHT PROVOKING BLOG

ABCey Events: *Event Planning *Social Media* Technology
Conferences That Work
Corporate Incentive Travel
Event Industry Thoughts
Eventzilla
Howard Givner’s blog
Liz King Events

NEW KID ON THE BLOG
Engage
Event Lounge
Event Strategy Solutions
Jen’s Blog
Magic Moments Parties and Events
Mike Granek, CSEP
Rosa Garriga’s blog

BEST WEDDING BLOG

Landlocked Bride
A Big To Do Event: Inspiration and Education
Sensational Weddings
The French Bouquet Blog
Wedding Overdose

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

A new category has been added to the roster: The Eventprofs People’s Choice Award. This award will be given to the blog with the most overall votes – so, nominees, spread the word and get people voting!

How to vote

You should see a pop up on this page for voting. If you’ve closed it or if it didn’t appear, you can also click here to take survey. Voting closes at 9:00am EDT on September 9, 2010. The blog with the highest number of votes in each category will be announced as the winners.

Nominees, please click here to download 1) Your nominee badge, which you can place on your website and 2) A link to the survey so you can start promoting the awards right from your own site.

Tune in to see the winners

Don’t forget that the winners will be announced at Event Camp Twin Cities on September 9th, 2010 at 5:00 pm CST. For those who won’t be able to attend, I’m delighted to share that the event will be live streamed so you’ll be able to participate along with us!

Meet the Judging Panel

Cynthia Martyn, Ray Hansen, Samuel J. Smith, Christina Coster, Paul Salinger, Ruth Moyte and myself made up the 2010 Judging Panel.

Award Guidelines

  • Blog must serve the event industry to be nominated
  • A blog can only be nominated in one category
  • Blogs must meet the category’s description (i.e. Category: Best Corporate Blog | Description: A rockstar corporate blog that knows how to connect, converse and add value to its clients)
  • Blogs must provide a majority of original content to be considered for any category (i.e. aggregators of other blog’s information will not be considered for this year’s awards)