Application Forms and Guidelines

We are looking for public relations, communications, brand building, and reputation management professionals from companies, consultancies, associations and NGOs, whose work has displayed exceptional talent and ability in 2011.

The postmarked deadline for all applications is October 7th, 2011. Postal applications that are received after October 14th, 2011 cannot be included in the competition.

The jury is comprised of leading communications professionals from companies, agencies and universities, as well as governmental spokespersons.

Upon receiving your application, we will first send you a confirmation of receipt by email. Thereafter, our jury will review all entries and choose the shortlist of five projects in each of the available categories. The winners will then be voted on anonymously. In mid-November, we will inform all entrants as to whether their projects have been selected for the shortlist.

Companies or organisations with which jury members are associated may still enter the Awards, however, the juror in question is not allowed to take part in the judging process for their company or organisation.

All applications will be judged on the following criteria: strategy, innovation, creativity, cost-efficiency, results.

The application fee applies per project and per category entered. Your first application will cost 240 Euro plus VAT, and each additional application submitted will cost 190 Euro plus VAT. Please note that the above prices only apply to applications submitted online. If you prefer to apply by post or email, an extra charge of 20 Euro per application will apply.

All submissions must be completed in English. Entered projects must have taken place after September 30, 2010 (i.e. an integral part of the project must have taken place after this date to be considered). The application for each nomination must contain the following elements:

Completed application form. Please note that there are different application forms for categories 2-3, which can be found at online viagra australia.

A document with a written text of at most 2000 characters (including spacing and punctuation) with an outline of the project you are applying with. This should include: a) the situation which led to the creation of the project b) the objective of the campaign c) the strategy involved in the campaign d) how the project was implemented e) the results achieved by the campaign.

A short document with bullet points, outlining: a) time frame of the project (start, peak, end); b) budget in Euros (this information will not be distributed and plays an important role in helping the jury to assess your project), c) number of staff working on the project; d) weblink to the project (if applicable). There should also be a short summary of your project at the end of this document, which should be no more than 300 characters long (including spacing and punctuation).

Supporting material should be carefully selected to illustrate the main points and essence of your project. There is a limit of up to three supporting documents (one document equals one file or copy). The material accepted as supporting material includes, for example, planning documents, press releases, pictures, brochures, powerpoint presentations of no more than 10 slides, movies of no more than 3 minutes and any online material or other unique media.

Include one picture that best represents your project (for example, the cover of a report, or a picture of your event) which will be used to illustrate your project to the jury, and if it is shortlisted.

If you decide to send in hard copies of your project, please make sure that you include one copy of the application form and the text document, plus three copies of all printed supporting material, such as publications or posters, per project. Original documents should not be submitted, as they can not be returned. All entry material should be carefully marked with the category, project title and names of the organisation and the agency (if appropriate).Please also provide your text documents in digital form, using a USB stick or CD, even if  you send it in by post.
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The following file formats can be accepted:

For text: .pdf, .doc

For pictures: .jpg/.jpeg, .gif, .png. (Ideally in print quality; 300dpi)

For videos/movies: .mov, .flv, .avi, .mpg/.mpeg (in the highest possible quality, maximum 50MB, or as a link to a website where the movie can be seen)

For presentations: .pdf, .ppt (Ideally convert PowerPoints into pdf format)

The finalists’ projects will be documented in brochures, on the website (www.excellence-awards.eu) and at the gala ceremony.