Based in Australia & New Zealand and put your employees at the heart of your business - then you should enter The 2017 ANZ Employee Engagement Awards. Deadline September 16, 2017
1. IN ASSOCIATION
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North America, 2017
Deadline: September 16, 2017
Conference & Awards: October 26th 2017 | Sydney Cricket Ground
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ENTRY PACK 2017
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2. CONTENTS
OUR HISTORY 3
PAST WINNERS & FINALISTS 4
WHY ENTER? 5
OUR CONTENT 6
OUR PARTNERS 7
TERMS OF ENTRY 8
TOP TIPS 9
AWARD CATEGORIES 10
JUDGES 11
HOW TO ENTER 12
KEY DATES & FEES 13
THE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT CONFERENCE 14
CONTACT US 15
3. OUR HISTORY
As the first and only global dedicated Employee Engagement
Awards & Conference business, we believe in inspiring & educating
people to remake the way organisations think about, and engage,
people to achieve their purpose.
That's why we created and continue to improve the Employee
Engagement Awards; to champion best practice in engagement
that inspires action and drives the industry and the employee
experience forward.
Our evolution has now enabled us to publish unique content and is
creating a global community of EE professionals to enable global
collaboration.
In the space of under 3 years we have established our
awards and conferences in 4 continents with plans to
include 2 additional ones in 2018.
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5. WHY ENTER?
Network and interact with hundreds of HR
and engagement professionals at our Awards
Conference
Provides proof that your company is
investing in their people
Opportunities to showcase your work and
learn from others at our Awards & Conference
and provide thought-leadership in the
Employee engagement sector
Rewards all those people who work hard to
make the employee engagement programme
work
Provides your brand access to global and
local marketing platforms via online and
offline media
Shows you care about employee involvement in
the future of the business making you more
attractive as an employer as well as rewarding
your employees
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6. OUR CONTENT
Watch the acceptance interview
from The People Insight
Employee Engagement Company
of the Year Award winners Virgin
Trains in the UK.
Watch the acceptance interview
from The ANZ Employee
Engagement Company of the Year
Award finalist Vocus
Communications from Sydney.
Watch the Employee
Engagement Panel Discussion
from the Employee Engagement
Awards Conference in London.
Watch Dr. Bob Nelson discuss
The Power of Recognition in the
workplace at the Employee
Engagement Awards Conference
in London
See photos from our 2016 Employee
Engagement Awards Gala hosted at
Wembley Stadium.
See photos from our 2016 Employee
Engagement Awards Conference at the
Cavendish Conference Centre in London
Download one of our award-winning case
studies provided by People Insight
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Watch the acceptance interview
from The CultureNext Employee
Engagement Company of the Year
Award winners Chili’s Grill & Bar
in North America.
8. TERMS OF ENTRY
§ All entries must be submitted using the official online
entry system by September 16, 2017.
§ Work submitted must have taken place from anytime
between January 2014 to September 2017.
§ Organizations entering must be based in the ANZ
region.
§ One entry per company
§ Entrants agree to co-operate fully with the judges and their
representatives as part of the judging process.
§ The Employee Engagement Awards and the sponsoring
organizations take no responsibility for incidental costs
incurred by entrants.
§ By entering The Employee Engagement Awards you agree for
your logo to be used on all related websites and marketing
materials when needed.
§ The decision of the judges is final and no further
correspondence will be considered. Due to the volume of
entries we cannot always provide individual feedback on entries
and reserve the right not to do so.
READ MORE HERE
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9. TOP TIPS
BE A COMPELLING STORY TELLER
Make sure you tell the story. Be clear and
concise. Remember our judges don’t
know you, your business or your project
and you only have 1,500 words to not only
explain to but wow them.
BUSINESS CASE – TANGIBLE RESULTS
Make sure you tell the story. Be clear and
concise. Remember our judges don’t
know you, your business or your project
and you only have 1,500 words to not only
explain to but wow them.
AVOID JARGON
Make sure you tell the story. Be clear and
concise. Remember our judges don’t
know you, your business or your project
and you only have 1,500 words to not only
explain to but wow them.
BRING IT TO LIFE
Do you have any materials that can bring
the entry to life? Make it more real &
human? Videos; images; leaflets; websites
& testimonials.
READ MORE HERE
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10. AWARD CATEGORIES
The 2017 Top 10 ANZ Employee Engagement Organisations
There will be one overall winner.
The other nine to be recognised will be listed in alphabetical order.
This award will go to the organisation that demonstrates the most compelling
and holistic approach to their strategy for engaging their workforce. The
winning business will provide evidence that they’ve utilised multiple
opportunities for employees to engage with their company and become more
fulfilled in their work. Judges will be looking for varied engagement methods
and metrics used to measure their return on investment.
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11. DAVID LITTLECHILD
Head of Culture &
Engagement
Lloyds Banking Group
CATHY BROWN
Exec Director
Engage for Success
RUTH DANCE
Managing Director
The Employee Engagement
Alliance
OUR JUDGES PAST & PRESENT
ALAN WILD
VP, Employee Relations
& Engagement
IBM
KELLY JOSCELYNE
Global Chief Talent
Officer
Mastercard
AMANDA ATKINS
Head of Internal
Communications
Slack
AIMEE LUCAS
VP, Customer Experience
Transformist
Temkin Group
ROB CATALANO
Co-Founder
WorkTango
MACY ANDREWS
Global Talent Brand
& Culture
Cisco
JASON LAURITSEN
EE Awards Advisor
JasonLauritsen.com
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12. HOW TO ENTER
1. What problem/goal did the project set out
to solve/achieve?
2. Tell us about the planning stage of the
project.
3. How did you ensure the project
implementation went smoothly?
4. How did you include the opinions of
employees in the project to ensure long-term
uptake and buy-in?
5. Tell us about how you brought an employee-
centric, collaborative approach to delivering
the project.
6. What was the quantifiable business impact
and results achieved?
7. What was the quantifiable
business impact and results
achieved?
Go to: www.ee-awards.com to start the entry process
The entry form is as follows:
Clearly answer the following questions. Attempt to be as clear and concise as possible. Each question has a maximum limit of 300 words.
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13. KEY DATES & FEES
ENTRIES OPEN JULY 14th 2017
ENTRIES DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 16th 2017
AWARD CEREMONY &
CONFERENCE
OCTOBER 26th 2017
SUBMISSION FEE $150
CONFERENCE TICKET $500
CONFERENCE TICKET TO
ENTRANTS
$250
KEY DATES FEES
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14. THE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AWARDS CONFERENCE
The Employee Engagement Conference hosts employee engagement award winners &
thought leaders across a powerful day to maximise the value you receive for the time out
of the office. During the conference, we present some of the case studies from some of
out award winning entries. No other event can offer the mix of award winning campaigns
that we can.
Shortly after the conference, we will be holding The Employee Engagement Awards
ceremony listing the top 10 winners in the ANZ
VENUE: SGC Sydney
“Good range of speakers sharing practical
their experience from across a range of
industry sectors.”
“I found the presentations a really good balance of speakers
and companies of different sizes. The information was really
relevant and useful for our engagement survey.”
“The EE Awards stands out as the leader in what
is becoming a very crowded market place.”
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15. MATT MANNERS
CEO & FOUNDER
matt@ee-awards.com
CONTACT US
If you have any questions or queries regarding the
application process, entries and other issues regarding
the Employee Engagement Awards, you can access our
website at:
uk.ee-awards.com
UK Landline: +44 (0)203 3711 877
UK Mob: +44 (0)7799 876473
USA Landline: +1 (212) 380-1246
Finally, you can reach us through our Twitter:
@ee_awards
STEFAN WORBURTON
stefan@ee-awards.com
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