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February 2003 Newsletter

 

 

 

 

 

 


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American Business Awards Update
February 2003 Issue

February 13, 2003
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in this issue
-- How to See the Nominations Submitted to the Awards
-- February 28 Is Entry Deadline
-- Nominee Profile: Entergy Corporation
-- Nominee Profile: Oracle Corporation
-- Nominee Profile: Spirit Airlines
-- Stevie Awards Founder Profiled in The Washington Post
-- Frequently Asked Questions
-- Don't Hesitate to Contact Us!

Welcome to the February issue of the newsletter of The American Business Awards - "The Stevies."

In this issue we'll bring you up to date on happenings and developments leading up to The 2003 American Business Awards.

How to See the Nominations Submitted to the Awards
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Would you like to see the nominations that other companies have submitted to The 2003 American Business Awards? Then
apply today to be a preliminary round judge. Judging began this week.

As a prelimary-round judge you'll be able to review and rate nominations submitted by companies nationwide. You'll be assigned categories based on your function and experience. And you'll be able to judge as many nominations as you'd like, at your convenience, over the Internet between now and the end of March.

Whether or not you have already submitted your company's nominations to the Awards, being a preliminary-round judge will be a great way to see who else has submitted nominations, and how they have prepared them.

Click here to apply to be a preliminary-round judge.

February 28 Is Entry Deadline
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We extended the entry deadline through February because we received so many requests for extensions. We may not be able to extend the deadline further, so prepare your nominations now! There are three ways to begin:

1) Prepare and submit your nominations through our Web site. It's very easy to do.
2) Download nomination forms from our Web site, and submit them by mail.
3) Request that a nomination kit be sent to you by mail.

Learn more about how to submit your nominations today...

Nominee Profile: Entergy Corporation
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Each month in the Update we profile several of the companies that have submitted nominations to the 2003 Awards. This month we profile three companies. Visit our Web site for more profiles.

Entergy Corporation, with annual revenues of nearly $10 billion, is a major integrated energy company engaged in power production, distribution operations and related diversified services, with more than 15,000 employees.

"You learn the true measure of an organization, not in good times, but in a crisis," said Curtis Hébert, Entergy Executive Vice President of External Affairs...

Read the full profile...

Nominee Profile: Oracle Corporation
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Oracle Corporation is the world's largest enterprise software company, providing enterprise software to the world's largest and most successful businesses.

"The innovative tools and processes we have developed and put in place over the past few months have served our customer base as never before," said Mike Runda, Vice President, Product Support Services at Oracle...

Read the profile...

Nominee Profile: Spirit Airlines
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Celebrating its 13th year, South Florida-based Spirit Airlines is the largest privately-held airline in the United States.

"Winning a Stevie would be an acknowledgement of the hard work and dedication shown by the entire Spirit Airlines family," said Tom Anderson, Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer of Spirit Airlines...

Read the profile...

Stevie Awards Founder Profiled in The Washington Post
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Stevie Awards President and founder Michael Gallagher was profiled in The Washington Post on Thursday, February 6.

"This kind of service is vital now more than ever," he was quoted in the article. "There are executives and gifted people running 5 million businesses here, but just a few bad managers are giving all
of the business world a bad name..."


Read the article...


Frequently Asked Questions
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A Frequently Asked Questions page is available on The American Business Awards Web site.

There you'll find answers to questions such as, what sort of publicity can Stevie winners and Finalists expect to receive, and when will the awards ceremony take place?

View Frequently Asked Questions...

Don't Hesitate to Contact Us!
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The Awards staff are here to help you. Please don't hesitate to contact us with your questions.

email: info@stevieawards.com
phone: (212) 946-4773
fax: (212) 504-3014