21 People You Need to Impress - Judges #WCA13

The judges of the 2013 World Communication Awards could arguably be the 21 most influential people in global telecoms, certainly they are amongst the most important to the entrants to the Awards.

So who are the 15?

Chair of Judges for the second year is Tony Lavender, the CEO of Plum Consulting with an enviable record at Analysys Mason, Ovum and Oftel and joining him are a list of expert, high profile and respected names, listed below in alphabetical order.

For tips on how to win, view our earlier post featuring Tony's tips on what the judges are looking for

• Anil Prakash: Secretary General - ITU-APT Foundation of India
• Annette Nabavi: Partner - AHV Associates
• Audrey Mandela: Independent Consultant - Mandela Associates
• Carl Geppert: Partner and Global Media & Telecommunications Industry Advisory Leader -KPMG LLP
• Claus Hetting: Consultant & Founder - HETTING Consulting
• David Molony: Principal Analyst, Enterprise Telecoms - Ovum
• Euan Connor: A/VP Infrastructure & Operations - AstraZeneca
• Ewan Sutherland: Independent Telecommunications Policy Analyst
• Fred Knops: Partner and Vice President - Booz Allen Hamilton
• Isabelle Paradis: President - Hot Telecom
• Janet Watkin: Director - Ocean82
• John Delaney: Research Director - IDC
• Jon Neville: Independent Consultant - Voilex
• Manoj Menon: Managing Director Asia Pacific & Partner - Frost & Sullivan
• Marlene Sellebraten: Founder - Close to Market Analytics
• Mary Lennigan: Editor - Total Telecom
• Michael Batholomew: Executive Director/Board Member - Center for Social Responsibility in the Digital Age
• Robert Millington: Principal - Constance PW
• Rosemary Sinclair: Board Member - TUSMA
• Ton Brand: Senior Director Marketing and Industry Development - Wireless Broadband Alliance

So if you think you can impress them, get your entries in for the 15th World Communication Awards

www.worldcommsawards.com 

Clarity and Evidence Drives Success

Just finalising your World Communication Awards entries? Watch the interview with Chair of Judges, Tony Lavender for future tips.

Entry deadline for the World Communication Awards is the 12 July 2013 - visit the website for categories and the entry form.

EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE...

Four categories do not work to the same deadline:

1. CEO of the Year - this is an industry vote - we ned your nominations by Friday, but voting starts later
2. Users Choice - this is an end user survey in conjunction with Ocean82
3. Best Place to Work - this is an employee survey
4. Best Network Operation Initiative - this is a new category, and has a deadline of the 31 July

More information on all of these is one the website.

Tip to write the winning entry...

The 2013 World Communication Awards are open for entries, so how do you write a winner? Here's some tips from the judges:


"The judges look for the entries that get their attention right from the start and are written with clear conviction. It is important to be economical and clear about what it is exactly that you believe your company or product does better than anyone else's. Keep statements short and always follow up with an example or data to support it. Customer testimonials are key, but it is vital to present the case first."

Entries must:
"...show clear innovation and have measurable business benefits. [They must] stand out from the crowd and should extend beyond just being telecommunications solutions, e.g. into sustainability."

"...include facts and figures in context, for example relative market information and benchmarks... and reasons underpinning figures."

"...provide clear linkage to a significant industry issue or trend and how the product/service enables companies to respond to that issue or trend."

"...give a clear indication of the innovative new value creation to the users of the service."

Entry deadline is the 5 July, so get writing! www.worldcommsawards.com

Meet the judges #WCA2012

As entries are open for the 2012 World Communication Awards, it's a great time to think about who you have to impress!

Tony Lavender (Plum Consulting)

We are delighted to have a number of new judges this year, acting under the knowledgeable direction of Chair of Judges, Tony Lavender.

He'll be joined by newcomers to the WCA Judging team, Claus Hetting, Ewan Sutherland, Isabelle Paradis, and Joe Kelly as well as long term respected judges including David Molony, Audrey Mandela and Marlène Sellebråten.

To meet all the judges visit the awards website.

This year we have 18 awards, including the new Best Place to Work category. This is based on an extensive industry survey of employers and employees, and we need your help to get the best possible picture of what it is like to work in the telecom industry. There is more information on this category on Total Telecom.

Not easily impressed: #WVA2012 judges

Meet the judges for the 2012 World Vendor Awards. These are the men and women you've got to impress if you hope to win at this years awards, and between them they have a formidable track record in the telecom industry and knowledge second to none.


They include representatives of your customers, telecom operators who buy hardware, software and solutions, and industry commentators including analysts, journalists, and trade associations.

For the 2012 World Vendor Awards we are delighted to be able to welcome some new faces to join the established names, including:

Matthew Finnie, the CTO of Interoute;



Rob Staples, the Partner who is leading development of the Telecoms and Media practice at BearingPoint;

Isabelle Paradis, President of Hot Telecom.

In total this brings to 13 the number of judges for the WVA and without insulting anyone a collective experience of more than 200 years in telecoms...


If you can impress these people, you are indeed worthy of a World Vendor Award!
Meet all the judges at: www.terrapinn.com/2012/worldvendorawards/judges.stm

Enter now - DEADLINE 30 November 2011 www.worldvendorawards.com