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About The Stevie® Awards
What are the Stevie Awards?
How many different Stevie Awards competitions are there?
What are The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service?
Who are the sponsors?
Who governs the Awards?
How long have The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service been in existence?
What are the categories?
What will winners receive?
Where can I find a list of past winners in The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service?
Benefits of Participation
What are the benefits of submitting entries?
What sort of publicity can Stevie Award winners and Finalists expect to receive?
Submitting Entries
Who can be nominated?
Who can submit entries for consideration?
Does a company have to be publicly held to be able to submit entries?
When is the entry deadline?
Are there entry fees?
Where can I see examples of entries that other companies have submitted?
Are entry forms kept confidential?
Judging
Who are the judges?
How can I apply to be a judge?
Awards Ceremony
When will the awards ceremony take place?
What will it cost to attend the awards ceremony?
Awards
How many Finalists and Stevie winners will there be?
Will Finalists receive an award?
Will Stevie winners and Finalists be able to purchase additional awards?
Q: What are the Stevie Awards?
A: The Stevie Awards are the world's premier business awards. The mission of the Stevie Awards is to recognize and generate public awareness of excellence in the workplace.
Q: How many different Stevie Awards competitions are there?
A: There are currently four Stevie Awards competitions: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, The Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.
The American Business Awards are open to all companies with operations in the U.S.A.
The International Business Awards are open to all companies worldwide.
The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are open to all women executives and business owners worldwide.
The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service are open to all customer service and sales departments, teams, and professionals worldwide.
Q: What are The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service?
A: The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service (formerly known as the Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards) are an awards program produced by the Stevie Awards. The mission of these awards is to recognize the accomplishments of customer service and sales professionals worldwide.
Q: Who are the sponsors?
A: The sponsors include leading business-to-business marketers. Click here to learn about our sponsors.
Q: Who governs the Awards?
A: The Awards are overseen by a Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors that includes many leading figures in sales and customer service. Click here to see the list of Board members.
Q: How long have The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service been in existence?
A: The awards were founded in 2006.
Q: What are the categories?
A: There are dozens of categories, recognizing customer service and sales professionals, teams, and organizations. For a list of categories, click here.
Q: What do winners receive?
A: Winners receive a Stevie® Award, a magnificent trophy designed by the same company that makes the Clio and Emmy Awards. To learn more about Stevie, click here. Finalists receive a certificate of recognition.
Q: Where can I find a list of past winners in The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service?
A: Click here to see the list of 2007 Stevie Award winners and Finalists.
Q: What are the benefits of submitting entries?
A: The employee-relations benefits can be significant. When you submit entries, you're telling your employees that you recognize and appreciate their accomplishments and believe that their achievements are worthy of recognition.
The benefits of becoming a Finalist or winning a Stevie will also be significant. Finalists and winners can expect to receive a tremendous amount of publicity.
Q: What sort of publicity can Stevie Award winners and Finalists expect to receive?
A: For starters, the awards ceremonies will be broadcast on radio throughout the U.S.A. and later videocast on the Internet.
Q: Who can be nominated?
A: Any for-profit or non-profit organization or individual anywhere in the world can be nominated.
Q: Who can submit entries for consideration?
A: Any person, group, or organization may submit entries.
Q: Does a company have to be publicly held to be able to submit entries?
A: No, any for-profit or non-profit company or individual can submit entries.
Q: When is the entry deadline?
A: The final entry deadline is November 14. Request an entry kit for the 2008 awards. You'll receive your entry kit by email right away.
Q: Are there entry fees?
A: Entry fees are $200 per entry in the categories that recognize the achievements of individuals and $375 per entry in the categories that recognize teams and departments. After October 15 a late fee of U.S. $35 per entry per category will be charged in addition to the entry fee. No refunds will be made after October 15.
Q: Where can I see examples of entries that other companies have submitted?
A: Click here to see the 2007 Stevie-winning entries.
Q: Are entry forms kept confidential?
A: Yes. The organizers ensure that only authorized judges will review entries, and that information about nominees is not released to anyone else without prior approval. Stevie Award-winning entries will be published on the web site, but winners will first have an opportunity to redact any confidential or non-public information from their entries.
Q: Who are the judges?
A: Preliminary-round judges are qualified business professionals around the world. Final-round judges will be members of the Awards' Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors.
Q: How can I apply to become a judge?
A: To complete the application to participate in the preliminary round of judging, click here. If your application is accepted you will be able to participate at your convenience over the Internet. You can still be a judge and submit entries - you won't be assigned categories in which you're an entrant.
Q: When will the awards ceremony take place?
A: The awards gala for the 3rd annual awards will be held in early February 2009 in Las Vegas.
Q: What will it cost to attend the awards dinner?
A: Tickets for the gala will be $375 each, or $3,600 for a table for 10.
Q: How many Finalists and Stevie winners will there be?
A: The number of Finalists will be determined by the number and quality of entries submitted. All entries that receive a high average score in preliminary-round judging will automatically become Finalists. Final judges will have a lot of leeway in determining how many of the Finalists become Stevie winners.
Q: Will Finalists receive an award?
A: Yes, all Finalist entries that don't win a Stevie will receive a Certificate of Finalist Recognition.
Q: Will Stevie winners and Finalists be able to purchase duplicate awards?
A: Yes. Stevie winners will be able to purchase duplicate trophies and/or Stevie Winner certificates. Finalists will be able to purchase duplicate Certificates of Finalist Recognition.
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