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Customer Focused Sales and Marketing Training - the 2004 Professional Society for Sales & Marketing Training Annual Conference. An experiential 2 ½ day event designed to help you create and deliver training that matters to your organization and its stakeholders. Join us in Boca Raton, Florida, November 8 - 10, 2004.
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Stevie Awards Calendar & Links
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Welcome to the October issue of The Stevie Awards newsletter.
| Winners Announced in 2004 Stevie Awards for Women Entrepreneurs
 Shining a spotlight on outstanding women behind the fastest-growing segment in small business today, The 2004 Stevie Awards for Women Entrepreneurs, sponsored exclusively by Advanta, announced winners in 18 categories on Friday, October 22 in New York.
The awards ceremony and reception were held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City's Times Square. The masters of ceremonies were Bill Rancic, spokesperson for Advanta and winner of the hit television show "The Apprentice," and Rhonda Schaffler, New York Stock Exchange Correspondent for CNN.
Learn about more about The Stevie Awards for Women Entrepreneurs:
* Read the Announcement Press Release...
* See the List of Stevie Award Winners and Finalists...
* Download the Awards Show Program Book (1.3 mb PDF file)...
* View Photographs From the Awards Ceremony...
* Watch the Video of the Entire Ceremony...
Go to the Stevies for Women Entrepreneurs web site... »
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Call for Nominations for 2005 International Business Awards
The 2005 International Business Awards marked the launch of its second annual "Call for Nominations" this month with the debut of several new categories, including Best Corporate Social Responsibility Program.
Nomination forms for The Second Annual International Business Awards can be downloaded from www.steviea wards.com/iba. The deadline for submission of nominations is December 17, 2004. Winners will be honored at an internationally broadcast ceremony in New York City in April 2005.
Companies all over the world are eligible to compete in The International Business Awards, including American companies that generate at least 10% of their sales internationally.
More than 500 nominations from organizations in 30 countries were submitted for consideration for The First Annual International Business Awards. 2004 International Stevies were conferred to organizations and individuals in 19 countries including Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, Germany, India, South Korea, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the U.S.A.
Go to the IBA web site... »
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Call for Nominations for 2005 American Business Awards
Nomination forms for The Third Annual American Business Awards may be downloaded at www.steviea wards.com/aba. The 2005 awards will honor accomplishments made in 2004. Companies that enter before the early bird deadline of November 12 will receive a discount on the entry fee. The final deadline for all nominations is January 21, 2005.
The American Business Awards are overseen by the Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors including business luminaries such as Donald Trump, chairman, president and CEO of The Trump Organization, author and business guru Tom Peters, and marketing consultants Don Peppers and Martha Rogers.
Nominations may be submitted in dozens of categories ranging from Best Executive to Most Innovative Company. New categories making their debut at The 2005 American Business Awards include Best Corporate Social Responsibility Program, Best Customer Service Executive, and Best MIS & Systems Team. The competition is structured so that nominees will compete only against other firms of their size, in their industry.
The Second Annual American Business Awards were presented last April to a diverse range of outstanding American companies, including Nextel, UPS, PACCAR, MDU Resources, KB Home and Blackboard, Inc.
Go to the ABA web site... »
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