News by subject: CONTESTS AND AWARDS

The international services group Arvato has been named as an All Star Company in the 2017 Global Outsourcing 100 list by IAOP -- the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals. The Global Outsourcing 100 is an annual listing of the...

Since 2013, the U.S. Department of Energy, on behalf of the Better Buildings Alliance's Advanced Rooftop Unit Campaign, annually recognizes organizations for their energy efficiency leadership in replacing and upgrading rooftop units (RTUs) in...

Spirax Sarco, the leader in products and services for steam system solutions, was recently presented a Commendation of Excellence award by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce for exemplary top safety records at its two sites, Carolina Pines and...

ComputED Gazette named Istation, a comprehensive e-learning program, as the 2017 winner of the Multi-Level, Multi-Subject Best Educational Software Award (BESSIE). "Istation is thrilled to be acknowledged for the fifth consecutive year by ComputED...

Girls on the Run International is grateful to be named the recipient of a $50,000 grant through the LIDS Foundation's annual "Tip the Hat Award", which supports nonprofits that promote active and healthy lifestyles as well as leadership and growth...

Today the Illinois Technology Association (ITA) awarded cash prizes and scholarships to eight students across two Tech Challenge programming skills competitions. The competitions were held the first two weeks of April in conjunction with Information...

The Center for Digital Education (CDE) announced the winners of its 2016-17 Digital Community Colleges Survey today. Now in its twelfth year, the Digital Community Colleges Survey analyzes how community colleges use a range of technologies to improve...

AF Group has announced the recipients of its annual employee and leadership awards.2016 Leader of the YearTracy Bain, regional director, business development, United Heartland, has been recognized as the 2016 AF Group Leader of the Year. Bain, based...

Composting sometimes gets a bad rap. Some fear that it's smelly. And many composters are, shall we say, less than easy on the eye. But one, groovy-looking Worm Farm Composter sold in the U.S. by Gardener's Supply Company, is being recognized with an...

The Canadian Magazine Awards / Grands prix du magazine will announce and celebrate the Magazine Grands Prix winners at the inaugural awards presentation and fête held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto on April 27, 2017.The Magazine Grands Prix...

Connected Nation (CN) and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds honored Governor Terry Branstad on Monday, April 17, with the Connected Nation Broadband Visionary Award. Governor Branstad was presented the award in a small, afternoon ceremony at the state capitol in...

In an unprecedented seven-year streak, Trex Company, the world's leader in high-performance, low-maintenance outdoor living products, received top honors from one of the industry's most respected reader surveys -- Green Builder Media's 2017 Reader's...

SparkFun Electronics will be hosting this year's Autonomous Vehicle Competition (AVC 2017) at the Denver Maker Faire on October 14-15. The event will include the Classic AVC ground course, now in its ninth year of competition, as well as the return...

MobileHelp®, a leader in mobile Personal Emergency Response Systems (mPERS) and healthcare technology solutions, announced today it has received the "Best Overall Consumer Score" award in the medical alert industry space by BestCompany.com, an...

All-new, second-generation Armada selected as winner in the Best SUV categoryNoted by Popular Mechanics editorial staff for three-row seating and "luxury-SUV experience at a Nissan price"Equipped with new 390-horsepower 5.6-liter Endurance® V8 and...

The Canadian Magazine Awards / Grands prix du magazine are pleased to announce that the inaugural "Editor Grand Prix" honour is awarded to Carole Beaulieu for her work at L'actualité.This prestigious award was created to acknowledge the editor who...

Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas continues to lead the industry in customer satisfaction for Digital Radiography (DR) systems in the U.S. The company announced today that it has been awarded MD Buyline's #1 Rating in User Satisfaction for Digital...

The 2017 Canada Global Impact Challenge (GIC), hosted by Deloitte, ReMAP and ventureLAB is pleased to announce a tie for Canada's next Exponential Leader. Two of Canada's best and brightest minds won coveted spots at SingularityU's Global Solutions...

More than 25 Loan Originators at Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc. (PRMI) were ranked as tops in the mortgage industry from Scotsman Guide, National Mortgage News, and Mortgage Executive Magazine, three major publications in the mortgage lending...

It brings AWeber - Email Marketing tremendous pleasure to announce that its Customer Solutions team was named Service Team of the Year during the National Customer Service Conference in Atlanta yesterday. The annual All-Star awards, presented by the...

Avaya announced today that TMC, a global, integrated media company helping clients build communities in print, in person and online, has named Avaya IP Office Contact Center as a 2017 Unified Communications Product of the Year Award winner.The Avaya...

The national "2020 Women on Boards" campaign has recognized Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) as a 2016 Winning Company. The 2020 Women on Boards organization is a nonprofit 10-year campaign focused on increasing the number of women who serve...

Ironworker apprentice Shakiyla Briana Phillips won the apprentice competition at the Iron Workers (IW) Local 44 defeating her male counterparts. She is the first female ironworker apprentice to compete at the district level. The Competition was held...

MaxLite has been named a 2017 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year -- Sustained Excellence Award winner for continued leadership in protecting our environment through superior energy efficiency achievements. MaxLite's accomplishments will be recognized by...

The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) announced today 32 recipients of its 2017 Visionary Voice Awards -- a multidisciplinary group of honorees from across the nation selected for their outstanding work toward ending sexual violence....

Guaranteed Rate, the eighth largest retail mortgage lender in the nation, congratulates its 50 loan originators named to Scotsman Guide's 2016 Top Producers List. This is the fifth year that Guaranteed Rate leads the list with more top mortgage...

Designing Digitally, Inc. is a full-service, custom content eLearning development corporation that focuses on being a catalyst for corporate behavior change. Designing Digitally has developed a variety of serious games, training simulations, gamified...

It's been a decade of growth and change within the composite decking industry, but despite a multitude of new players and products, there's still no question as to which brand industry professionals turn to most -- Trex. For the 10th consecutive...

Toronto's Presse Internationale, Bloor Street has been named Magazines Canada's Retailer of the Year for 2016, Magazines Canada announced today.Since August 24, 2005, this magazine superstore has been run by husband and wife team Huashan Liu and Qing...

Broadway Technology, a leader in high-performance fintech solutions, is pleased to announce that the Broadway Order Router & Algo Engine has again won "Best Smart Order Routing Product/Tool" at this year's Sell-Side Technology Awards held at the New...

CallMiner, a leader in speech and customer engagement analytics, announced today that customer HomeServe USA, a leading provider of home emergency repair service plans, was recognized with three Silver Stevie Awards for Contact Center Solution,...

Leading hearing solutions manufacturer Oticon, Inc. needs your help to identify outstanding people with hearing loss who through their accomplishments are helping to show that hearing loss does not limit a person's ability to achieve, contribute and...

AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer and supplier of passive components and interconnect solutions, has won Medical Design Briefs' 2016 Readers' Choice Product of the Year Award for its Accu-P® MP Series medical-grade thin film chip capacitors for...

Marin Software Incorporated , a leading provider of cross-channel, cross-device, enterprise marketing software for advertisers and agencies, announced today that it topped the customer satisfaction category in G2 Crowd's spring 2017 rankings. Marin's...

The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) has been declared as one of Atlanta's top small workplaces by The Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC). Founded in 1934, the not-for-profit medical association has a staff of 85 who provides specialized...

The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) has received the 2017 American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) Industry Partner Award, in recognition of its work on finance education and certification for nurse leaders. The two...

Tractor Supply Company, the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, has just announced the launch of its first ever 'Great Neighbor' essay contest. The competition is a new component of the retailer's Mobile Fair Tour -- a 19-stop...

Guaranteed Rate, the eighth largest retail mortgage lender in the nation, and the Chicago White Sox this week announced the Guaranteed Impact contest, which will honor kids and teens who are making a positive difference in their communities or...

Comverge, Inc., the leading provider of cloud-based demand response and energy efficiency solutions for electric utilities, congratulates Central Hudson Gas & Electric for its Peak Perks program receiving the PLMA Program Pacesetter award. The award...

ShippingEasy, an innovative provider of the leading cloud-based shipping, inventory management, and customer management solutions for e-commerce sellers of all sizes, has been named as a Top 10 Fastest Growing Retail Solution Provider by Insights...

IT solutions leader Winslow Technology Group (WTG) announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named WTG to its 2017 Tech Elite 250 list. This annual list honors an exclusive group of North American IT solution providers that have...

Girls on the Run International is honored to be recognized as one of the National AfterSchool Association's Most Influential in Health and Wellness. Girls on the Run is a physical activity-based positive youth development program that helps girls in...

SPi CRM, a pioneering leader in business process outsourcing, announced today that its executive team has been recognized as the industry's "Best C-Suite Team" at the recent 2017 International ICT Awards.The International ICT Awards is an annual...

The International Card Manufacturers Association (ICMA), a global trade association for card manufacturers, personalizers, issuers and suppliers, has announced its winners of the 2017 Élan Awards for Card Manufacturing Excellence.Jeffrey Barnhart,...

The independent selection panel of the 12th Annual Bay Area CFO of the Year Awards is proud to announce their 2017 Bay Area CFO of the Year finalists across six categories. The Bay Area CFO of the Year Awards will be held at 6 p.m. on Wed., May 24 at...

The Canadian Magazine Awards / Grands prix du magazine today announced the finalists for the inaugural awards."We are proud to be launching the first Magazine Grands Prix awards: a chance for our industry to celebrate and recognize our very best,"...

Tyfone has been named a Top 10 Mobile Banking Solution Provider by Banking CIO Outlook, honoring the company's nFiniatm Digital Banking Suite and its ability to provide functionally rich and secure banking experience across all digital channels --...

Rauxa, the largest woman-owned independent advertising agency in the U.S., today announced that it has been honored, together with Vans, with the American Advertising Federation/Orange County 2017 Addy Award for best Online/Interactive Consumer...

United Heartland, a leading national workers' compensation insurance company, proudly announces M3 Insurance of Madison, Wis., as its 2016 Agency of the Year. M3 Insurance, with five locations throughout Wisconsin, has been a United Heartland agency...

Government Technology magazine today announced its 2017 Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers. This year's Top 25 honorees are 22 individuals and three teams who demonstrate that innovative technology use can transform government operations, dramatically...