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“The membership organisation
dedicated
 Corporateto helping the
           Members    – Weworld  create
                           will pay your
    workplacesentry
                that people
                     fee!!  love”

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OUR HISTORY

As the first and only global dedicated Employee Engagement Awards &            In the space of under 4 years we have established our awards
                                                                               and conferences in 4 continents
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.

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PAST WINNERS & FINALISTS

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WHY ENTER?

Provides proof that your company is investing in                Network and interact with hundreds of HR
their people                                                    and engagement professionals at our Awards
                                                                Gala

Opportunities to showcase your work and
learn from others at our Awards & Conference and provide
                                                                Rewards all those people who work hard to
thought-leadership in the
                                                                make the employee engagement programme
Employee engagement sector
                                                                work

Provides your brand access to global and local                  Shows you care about employee involvement in the future
marketing platforms via online and offline media                of the business making you more attractive as an employer
                                                                as well as rewarding your employees

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SOME OUR INDEPENDENT JUDGING PANEL

     TIFFANY TAYLOR             MARJORIE STRACHAN               PAUL GILLIAM           NATALIE SIGONA                DOUGLAS LAMONT
     VP, Deputy Chief             Global Head of               HR Director UK &      Diversity & Inclusion                 CEO,
      People Officer,               Inclusion,                     Ireland,         Consultant, Rolls Royce           Innocent Drinks
    Teach for America                  RBS                          L'Oreal

      SIMON GARCIA                 DREW MCMILLAN              DAN HARDAKER             RUTH JACKSON                 ALYSON DAICHENDT
 Head of Communications & Head of Colleague Communication & Head of HR, Star Pubs   Group People Director,           Managing Director,
Employee Engagement, HSBC    Engagement, British Airways    & Bars, Heineken UK       Côte Restaurants             Human Capital, Deloitte
        Technology

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UK & EUROPE TERMS OF ENTRY

▪ All entries must be submitted using the official online entry   ▪ Entrants agree to co-operate fully with the judges and their representatives
  system by October 05, 2018.                                       as part of the judging process.

▪ Work submitted must have taken place from anytime between       ▪ The Employee Engagement Awards and the sponsoring organizations take
  January 2014 to September 2018.                                   no responsibility for incidental costs incurred by entrants.

▪ Organizations entering must be based in UK and/or Europe        ▪ By entering The Employee Engagement Awards you agree for your logo to be
                                                                    used on all related websites and marketing materials when needed.
▪ The shortlisted entrants will be announced during November
  2018                                                            ▪ The decision of the judges is final and no further correspondence will be
                                                                    considered. Due to the volume of entries we cannot always provide
▪ There is no limit to the number of projects that you enter,       individual feedback on entries and reserve the right not to do so.
  providing they’re clearly different from each other.

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TOP TIPS

BE A COMPELLING STORY TELLER                                   AVOID JARGON

Make sure you tell the story. Be clear and concise.
Remember our judges don’t know you, your                       Plain English enables judges to clearly understand
business or your project and you only have 1,500               all sections of the entry, with no confusion or
words to not only explain to but wow them.                     misunderstanding.

BUSINESS CASE – TANGIBLE RESULTS                               BRING IT TO LIFE

Indicate how the project links to Employee                     Do you have any materials that can bring the
Engagement for the betterment of the business. Set             entry to life? Make it more real & human? Videos;
out what the goals of the campaign were and ensure             images; leaflets; websites & testimonials.
that you provide credible proof that you delivered,
or even surpassed those goals. A clear ROI will
always be seen in a positive light by our judges.

                                                      READ MORE HERE

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KEY DATES & FEES

                  KEY DATES                                         FEES

   ENTRIES OPEN                 JUNE 01, 2018         SUBMISSION FEE               £165 excl. VAT

 ENTRIES DEADLINE             OCTOBER 5TH 2018
                                                      EARLY BIRD TABLE            £2500 excl. VAT

FINALIST ANNOUNCED             NOVEMBER 2018

                                                       FINALIST TABLE             £2750 excl. VAT

 AWARD CEREMONY               JANUARY 24TH 2019

                                                  NON-FINALIST TABLE              £3500 excl. VAT
   CONFERENCE                  APRIL 16TH 2019

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How to create a winning
        award submission
Facilitator: Echo Ilott (Company Director, Boost Marketing)
Echo.ilott@boost-marketing.co.uk
Introducing Boost

                    ▪ Boost Marketing Ltd (est. 2006) – the first and
                      largest award entry consultancy
                    ▪ Boost Evaluation Ltd (est. 2011) – impact
                      evaluation consultancy
                    ▪ 3 UK offices (Brighton & Hove, Bournemouth and
                      Cambridge)
                    ▪ 16 employees and 6 regular associates

                     Over 1,100 awards won

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Agenda

•   Preparation
•   What makes a winning entry
•   Writing and presentation tips
•   Evidencing your entry

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Some important facts

                Deadline: 5th October 2018

                Finalists announced: November 2018

                20 categories

                4-5 questions tailored for each category

                Online submission with supporting material

                Judges score against: Objectives, Innovation, Execution, Success

                Word count guide (1500 words)

                £165+VAT entry fee (credit card online)

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What makes for a
 winning entry?

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Three elements

      1.Angle
 Tell a story! Challenges or
   ambitious objectives.
                               2. Innovation
   Industry implications.      What superlatives can you
                                   apply? First? Only?          3.Impact
                                 Biggest? A first for your
                                company or sector? How
                                 you did something is as           More than just
                               important as what you did.    engagement stats. What
                                                             has been the impact on
                                                              the business’ strategic
                                                                   objectives?

              You can win with 2, but rarely just one.
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Is an amazing project enough?
                       An OK story   An amazing story
        Well written
                 and
                                       Serious
      Well presented   Contender
                 and                  contender
      Well evidenced

       Badly written
                  or
     Badly presented   No hoper       Long shot
                  or
     Badly evidenced

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Tips and Tricks

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Now plan

           STRATEGIC     TACTICAL    RESEARCH /
           OBJECTIVES   OBJECTIVES    STRATEGY

           STRATEGIC     TACTICAL
                                      DESIGN /
           OBJECTIVES   OBJECTIVES
                                     EXECUTION
              MET          MET

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Now write

                                                                  Great first
                                         Strong narrative
                      Bigger picture                         impression (grab
    Headings first                       (passion). Tell a
                       (“Why?” x5)                           the judges in the
                                              story.
                                                              first paragraph).

                       Back up your
                                                             Choose person
                     claims (combine       Answer the
      Be brave!                                               (I, we or they)
                       statistics with      question
                                                             and stick with it.
                        examples).

                     Skimmable (no       Get someone
                        waffle!)         else to read it.

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Presentation tips
  (written entry)

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Presentation is about appropriate use of

Storytelling    Bullets    Photographs     Captions

                                           Graphic
 Diagrams      Headings       Graphs
                                           design

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Which won?

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Evidencing tips

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Evidence of...

                   IMPACT

                 INNOVATION /
                   INGENUITY

                    PROJECT
                 OBJECTIVES MET

                   STRATEGIC         CSR          CULTURE
                 OBJECTIVES MET

                                  CUSTOMERS         CASH

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Evidence gathering tips

                   • Existing data?

                   • Benchmark
                   • Look at the bigger picture
                   • Use surveys if needs be (your own team,
                     end users)
                   • Research uniqueness
                   • Balance quantitative with qualitative
                     evidence (bring it to life – what does it
                     mean ‘on the ground’)
                   • Cost savings
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Summary of your next steps

                         ▪ Get dates in diaries

                         ▪ Confirm sign off process
                         ▪ Confirm story

                         ▪ Check evidence is ready

                         ▪ Sign up to Boost award entry
                             deadline reminders
                         ▪ Bump this up your to do list

                         ▪ Blow the judges’ socks off

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Good luck!

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GLOBAL KEY DATES

UK DEADLINE                                          OCTOBER 05, 2018

ANZ DEADLINE                                         OCTOBR 05, 2018

NORTH AMERICAN DEADLINE                              MARCH 2019

AFRICA DEADLINE                                      MARCH 10, 2019

ANZ CONFERENCE (SYDNEY)                              NOVEMBER 15, 2018

UK CONFERENCE (LONDON)                               APRIL 16, 2019

NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE (NYC)                      JUNE 20, 2019

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THE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT CONFERENCES

                                                                                         The Employee Engagement Awards Conferences around the world
                                                                                         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.

“Good range of speakers sharing practical their        “I found the presentations a really good balance of speakers and        “The EE Awards stands out as the leader in what is
experience from across a range of industry sectors.”   companies of different sizes. The information was really relevant and   becoming a very crowded market place.”
                                                       useful for our engagement survey.”

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KEY NEXT STEPS

▪ VISIT - www.ee-awards.com and choose your categories

▪ DOWNLOAD THE ENTRY PACK

▪ REGISTER AT https://ukeeawards.awardstage.com/ and create draft entry(ies)

▪ DRAFT OFFLINE SO YOU CAN REVISE AND REFINE EASILY

▪ SEEK CLIENT APPROVAL WHERE NECESSARY

▪ PASTE ENTRY INTO THE ONLINE PLATFORM

▪ SUBMIT BEFORE OCTOBER 5TH

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LAST BUT NOT LEAST - WHAT YOU CAN WIN

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CONTACT US

                            If you have any questions or queries regarding the application
MATT MANNERS
                            process, entries and other issues regarding the Employee
CEO & FOUNDER
matt@ee-awards.com          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
STEFAN WORBURTON            USA Landline: +1 (212) 380-1246
stefan@ee-awards.com
                            Finally, you can reach us through our Twitter:
                            @ee_awards

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Corporate Members – We will pay your
            entry fee!!

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