COMPETITION DETAILS
Nothing distinguishes your work and brings recognition to you and your team more than honors from the 2012 Impact Awards.
The Impact Awards recognizes the outstanding people, practices, programs and partnerships in Public Relations and Communications during the past twelve months. From Abbott to Zurich Financial, organizations large and small compete against peers of similar size, staff, and means to earn recognition for their organization's achievements.
Here's your chance to earn due recognition for your hard work in communications. As one of the the world's premiere strategic communications competitions, the Impact Awards provides a platform for communications professionals to demonstrate the value they're delivering to their organization.
JUDGING PROCESS
Judged across a broad range of criteria, awards are presented across two tiers: winner and honors. Ratings are based upon an evaluation point system, which considers a number of factors measuring the effectiveness of communications materials.
In order to maintain equity during the evaluation process, materials are also classified and considered according to organization size and revenue. Further, individual honors are also being awarded to entrants participating in category-specific competitions.
WHO SHOULD ENTER
Whether you focus on communications for a corporation, non-profit organization, governmental, or educational entity, LACP's Inspire Awards competition is a chance to have the high quality of your work validated by one of the most respected competition forums in the world.
The Call for Entries concludes 12 April 2013. (26 April 2013 with extension fee.) So don't delay; be sure to submit your entry today!
BEST IMPACT AWARDS COMPETITION YET
Best of all, this year's Inspire Awards Competition is better than ever before. Here are just a few reasons why:
• Full-Blown Winners Kits. Tailored especially to you and your results, these kits walk you through the entire judging process and provide you with your individual results. This kit is an excellent addition to any communicator's portfolio.
• New, Detailed Scorecards. All entrants receive individualized score cards highlighting their entry's performance across a broad range of categories. The thumbnail analysis provides a clear and simple picture about your communications materials. strengths & weaknesses.
• Award Certificates for All Honorees. Handsomely designed for framing, these attractive, embossed certificates describe the winning entry and the person(s) who led and contributed to its development.
• Online Winners' Showcase. Individual Winners' Profiles are developed and posted online for each honoree. Highlighting the winning entry and the team that made it possible, this online showcase is a great resource to promote your hard work.
• Winners' Logos on CD. All honorees gain access to their specific award logo for reproduction through the CD-ROM enclosed with their Results Kit—a perfect way to showcase your entry's achievements.
• More Defined Competition Classifications. This year's competition better pinpoints exactly which companies you should be competing against in order to create the fairest competition. Based on a logarithmic scale, the classifications will ensure that your competitors are of similar size and means.
• Recognition with the News Media. Top-performing honorees are highlighted in LACP's Impact Awards press announcement, sent to the top news outlets around the world.
• Expanded Competition Categories. A good number of PR pros, just like you, have asked for expanded competition categories in areas where communications materials can most shine. We've responded to that request, broadening the number of optional competition categories from eight to nine.