THE STEVIE® AWARDS FOR WOMEN IN BUSINESS:

A Pathway To Industry Recognition And Global Visibility

By Amanda Del Signore

The Stevie Awards for Women in Business

The Stevie Awards are the world's premier business awards. They were created in 2002 to honor and generate public recognition of the achievements and positive contributions of organisations and working professionals worldwide. Now with eight different awards programs globally, the Stevie Awards honors the millions of business executives and workers worldwide, who quietly accomplish innovative and extraordinary things in the workplace every day.

Categories encompass every aspect of work life, from management and entrepreneurship, to marketing and public relations, to product development, such as:

• Best Female Entrepreneur

• Female Executive of the Year

• Mentor or Coach of the Year

• New Product & Service (Developed for/by Women)

• Women Helping Women

• Employee of the Year

• Woman-Owned or -Run Company of the Year

• Social Media Categories

• Achievement in Equal Pay

• Achievement in Thought Leadership

• Lifetime Achievement Award benefits you can expect from entering the Stevie Awards for Women in Business.

The Stevie® Award trophy, the prize that is conferred in the Women in Business Awards and all other Stevie Award programs, is one of the world’s most coveted prizes. Many of the world’s largest and most famous companies and executives have won Stevie Awards.

Industry Recognition and Visibility

When you win a Stevie Award, all winners have the opportunity to attend an awards gala, with thousands of women executives from winning organisations around the world.

assets are perfect for adding to your social media platforms, email signature, business directories, and physical or digital storefronts.

Unleash the power of awards to boost your brand's credibility and visibility! Entering the Stevie® Awards for Women in Business is a cost-effective way to thank and honour your valued employees, and to build or burnish your brand. The prestige of winning an award from an established organisation is a long-standing testament to your success.

If you don't already, most digital media gurus will advise you to consider integrating award applications into your marketing strategy. If you aspire to garner well-deserved recognition in your industry and position yourself as the go-to authority, or if you simply seek a competitive edge to stand out among your peers, participating in awards is an excellent marketing and networking strategy.

Small organisations have just as much chance to win a Stevie, as big companies do. Every year, household-name companies are joined in the winners' circle, by small and medium-sized organisations that are still building their brands.

The Stevie Awards for Women in Business, now in its 20th year, honors the achievements of working women in all stages of their careers. All female entrepreneurs, executives, employees, and the organisations they run, worldwide, are eligible to be nominated.

With over 100 categories that highlight achievements in many facets of the workplace, you can submit a nomination(s) that showcase your unique business, work accomplishments, and values.

Past Stevie-winning organisations include Cisco, Bank of America, SAP, Verizon, Ford, and Susan G. Komen. Past notable winners include Anne Chow, former CEO of AT&T Business; Kitty ChaneyReed Chief Leadership, Culture & Inclusion Officer at IBM; and Shruti Samant, Digital Marketing Lead at Procter and Gamble.

Why Professionals and Organisations Choose to Enter Competitions

Below are some of the many

At the ceremony, you and your colleagues get to accept your award on stage and present an acceptance speech, which will be recorded by our professional videography and photography services. These assets can then be integrated into your marketing materials.

Awards presentations are also broadcast live online and subsequently published on the Stevie Awards YoutTube channel and website.

Marketing Tools and Materials

All Stevie winners get a range of free tools to promote the award, including winner logos and press release templates. These professionally designed

Your win(s) will be also promoted across our website and media. The Stevie Awards gets more than 70,000 visitors to our site every month, has more than 60,000 weekly email newsletter subscribers, and has thousands of social media followers on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.

Insights from Industry Experts

Stevie Award judges include many of the world's most respected executives, entrepreneurs, innovators, and business educators. Each of our award programs harnesses the insights and talents of more than 200 judges every year.

All Stevie Awards entrants have access to all of the judges’comments about their nominations — invaluable feedback about your personal or corporate story and how you tell it.

Exposure to Potential Customers

If you’re an advertising agency, marketing consultancy, or media production company, your work will be reviewed and honored by potential clients, not just your competitors, and there are many categories for marketing campaigns, websites and blogs, smartphone, and tablet apps, publications, video productions, live events, and other media creative for or by women.

In Short

By applying for the Stevie Awards, you open doors to a wide range of opportunities. The Stevie Awards platform allows you to share your or your organisation's accomplishments, strategies, and insights with a global audience, amplifying your reach and influence.