I usually hand out the awards based on my gut feel for things I'm familiar with.
I'm going to do that again.
However, this year, I also accepted nominations.
People could nominate themselves or someone else.
Nominators had to create their own categories.
I promised that the names of nominators wd not be revealed.
I said clearly that
- I might not use the nominations for my awards - but that I wd give a website badge to nominees who want one.
The Benefit of a Website Badge: Outsiders will see it and think you're a somebody - which maybe UR.
Here are samples of past awards.
Show of the Year
Social Media Rookie of 2009
Social Media Rookie of 2008.
Boolean Huggy Bear - Gary Cozin
Female who is cut off the most and never permitted to finish a full sentence on the @animal show - Cathy Mannis
Animal Crew Member with the most ADD and OCD - @JobSearchCoach
Most Evil Facial Hair - LevyRecruits
Most Obnoxious Member of the Animal Crew - Jerry Albright
Most Likely to Take Over the After-Show - Mike Astringer
Person showing the most clear desperation to stand in someone else's spotlight - Mike Astringer
Mentor of the Year - Glen Cathey
Niche Social Network - BrainGain
General Cook Guy - MySenSay
Best Cheeks - Havrilla
Name Butcher - Animal
Corporate Social Mediac - AstraZenecaJobs
Animal Rookie of the Year- Recruit4U
Best Catfight - BarbFosse1
He Who Has Given Much - Shally
She Who Has Given Much - BarbaraLing
He Who Doesn't Say Much - DManaster
Highest-rated non-recruiter Guest - August Cohen
Best Guest - Rebecca Sargeant
Voice of the Candidate - Derek Stolpa
Voice of the Vet - Blake Cannon
Most Likely to Overthrow a Monarch - Mike Astringer
Best All-Round Good-Guy - LevyRecruits
Best One Liner Commentary - on the mark jabs that cut through the blather -
Indy Andy
Best One Liner - Travis Yeager, "Marge Schott"
Best Quasi-Howard Stern - @Animal
Social Media Community etc - @HRMargo
Nicest Twitter Avatar Smile - Kimberly Roden
Best play-by-play analysis of the Animal show - ResumeStrategy
Most Resistant Twitter Name Holder -
Hurricane Ripping Thru a Junkyard -
When are you going to post the awards given with your comments (p.s. I'd love a badge). I liked last year's award better, "social networker of the year," but getting the "creative award" shows some growth. Thanks so much. All in good fun, my friend.
Posted by: Margo | Jan 05, 2012 at 07:05 PM
Oh, you don't think this year's award is as good as last year's?
Some might disagree but it's possible that you plateaued this year and did not make as big a bang as you did while you were on your way up.
You can't win em all. You've got lose some. And much of life is learning how to tolerate loss. That's what humility is you know - learning to acknowledge our limits without overdoing it.
Posted by: Social Networker | Jan 06, 2012 at 12:24 AM