All you need to know about entering the UK & European version of the only global Employee Engagement Awards

1. North America, 2017
January 25th 2018 | Wembley Stadium
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2. CONTENTS
OUR HISTORY 3
PAST WINNERS & FINALISTS 4
WHY ENTER? 5
OUR CONTENT 6
OUR PARTNERS 7
TERMS OF ENTRY 8
TOP TIPS 9
AWARD CATEGORIES 10
JUDGES 14
HOW TO ENTER 15
KEY DATES & FEES 16
THE AWARDS NIGHT 17
THE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT CONFERENCE 18
CONTACT US 19

3. OUR HISTORY
As the first and only global dedicated Employee Engagement
Awards & 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.
In the space of under 3 years we have established our
awards and conferences in 4 continents with plans
to include 2 additional ones in 2018.
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4. PAST WINNERS & FINALISTS
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5. WHY ENTER?
Network and interact with hundreds of HR
and engagement professionals at our Awards
Gala
Provides proof that your company is
investing in their people
Opportunities to showcase your work and
learn from others at our Awards & Conference
and provide thought-leadership in the
Employee engagement sector
Rewards all those people who work hard to
make the employee engagement programme
work
Provides your brand access to global and
local marketing platforms via online and
offline media
Shows you care about employee involvement in
the future of the business making you more
attractive as an employer as well as rewarding
your employees
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6. OUR CONTENT
Watch the acceptance interview
from The People Insight
Employee Engagement Company
of the Year Award winners
Virgin Trains in the UK.
Watch the acceptance interview
from The ANZ Employee Engagement
Company of the Year Award winner
Vocus Communications from Sydney.
Watch the Employee Engagement Panel
Discussion from the Employee
Engagement Awards Conference in
London.
Watch Dr. Bob Nelson discuss The Power
of Recognition in the workplace at the
Employee Engagement Awards Conference
in London
See photos from our 2016 Employee
Engagement Awards Gala hosted at
Wembley Stadium.
See photos from our 2016 Employee
Engagement Awards Conference at the
CavendishConference Centre in London
Download one of our award-winning case
studies provided by People Insight
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7. OUR PARTNERS
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8. TERMS OF ENTRY
▪ All entries must be submitted using the official online
entry system by October 06, 2017.
▪ Work submitted must have taken place from anytime
between January 2014 to September 2017.
▪ Organizations entering must be based in Europe
▪ The shortlisted entrants will be announced during
November 2017.
▪ There is no limit to the number of projects that you
enter, providing they’re clearly different from each
other.
▪ Entrants agree to co-operate fully with the judges and their
representatives as part of the judging process.
▪ The Employee Engagement Awards and the sponsoring
organizations take no responsibility for incidental costs
incurred by entrants.
▪ By entering The Employee Engagement Awards you agree for
your logo to be used on all related websites and marketing
materials when needed.
▪ The decision of the judges is final and no further
correspondence will be considered. Due to the volume of entries
we cannot always provide individual feedback on entries and
reserve the right not to do so.
READ MORE HERE
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9. TOP TIPS
BE A COMPELLING STORY TELLER
Make sure you tell the story. Be clear and
concise. Remember our judges don’t
know you, your business or your project
and you only have 1,500 words to not only
explain to but wow them.
BUSINESS CASE – TANGIBLE RESULTS
Indicate how the project links to Employee
Engagement for the betterment of the
business. Set out what the goals of the
campaign were and ensure 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.
AVOID JARGON
Plain English enables judges to clearly
understand all sections of the entry, with
no confusion or misunderstanding.
BRING IT TO LIFE
Do you have any materials that can bring
the entry to life? Make it more real &
human? Videos; images; leaflets; websites
& testimonials.
READ MORE HERE
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10. AWARD CATEGORIES
The People Insight Employee
Engagement Company of the
Year
Employee EngagementUnsung
Hero Award
Employee EngagementSMB
Company of the Year
Employee Engagement
Enterprise Company of the Year
Award
This award will go to the organisation
that demonstrates the most
compelling and holistic approach to
their strategy for engaging their
workforce. The winning business will
provide evidence that they’ve utilised
multiple opportunities for employees
to engage with their company and
become more fulfilled in their work.
Judges will be looking for varied
engagement methods and metrics
used to measure their return on
investment.
This award is designed for companies
to nominate that one person in your
company who is your linchpin, the
person that ensures employee
engagement strategies succeed rather
than fail. Who is in the frontline day-
to-day. The person that might not be
responsible for creating the strategy
but without them it would never be
rolled out. This is your chance to give
that person the recognition they rarely
receive or expect to receive.
This award follows the same criteria
as The People Insight Employee
Engagement Company of the Year
Award but focuses on those
companies with 0-500 employees
and reflects the budgets they may
have to work with. The winner of the
SMB Company of the Year will have
triumphed over pressures with
budgets or resources to truly create
a culture of employee engaged plus
show ROI
This award follows the same
criteria as The People Insight
Employee Engagement Company
of the Year Award but focuses on
those companies with 500+
employees and reflects the budgets
they have to work within. The
winner of the Enterprise Company
of the Year will show how
engagement initiatives have
affected the company as a whole.
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11. AWARD CATEGORIES
Employee EngagementPublic
Sector Company of the Year
Award
Employee EngagementNon-
Profit/Charity Company of the
Year Award
Internal Communications
Award
Employer Brand Award
This award will be presented to a public
sector organisation that has
undertaken a project in the past year
that has driven employee engagement
in the organisation. All projects,
whether around wellness, internal
communications, technology or
reward, can be entered. Judges would
like to see information around the full
project lifecycle including planning,
implementation, measurement and
reflection.
This award will be presented to a not-
for-profit or charitable organisation
that has undertaken a project in the
past year that has driven employee
engagement in the organisation. The
winning organisation will have shown
how engagement lead to improved
outreach or performance of goals.
Noted by many engagement
consultancy companies as the
biggest issue of concern for
disengaged employees, this award
will be presented to the company
or organization who has gone to
considerable lengths to improve
internal communications.
Candidates must demonstrate a
well thought out Internal
Communications programme that
delivers proven results that have
the employees at the heart of the
campaign.
One of the best ways to engage staff
and keep them engaged year-on-
year is to connect them to the
company brand, culture and values.
This award will recognise the
businesses that can demonstrate
they have an excellent employer
brand strategy, which delivers:
proof of measurable benefits to the
business, engagement of key
stakeholders within the business,
impact & understanding of
messaging and positioning across
workforce etc.
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12. AWARD CATEGORIES
Overseas Project of the Year
Award
Employee WellbeingAward Employee Reward and
Recognition Award
Employee Diversity Award
This award follows the same criteria as
The People Insight Employee
Engagement Company of the Year
Award but focuses on those
organisations outside the UK & Ireland.
Any submission from overseas must be
tangibly different from a UK
submission from the same company.
There are no boundaries on number of
employees within a business for this
award.
This award will be presented to an
organisation that uses wellness
initiatives to better engage staff with
the organisation’s goals and future,
improve day-to-day productivity and
create a better working environment
for all. Judges would like to see
evidence of how the organisation has
encouraged staff uptake of wellness
initiatives and the results this
produced.
Of course reward & recognition are
important parts of any business –
and some organisations go above
and beyond to create additional
value. We want to hear from these
companies. This award will go to a
company that ties their reward &
recognition strategy to business
objectives and engages employees
beyond simple transactional
elements such as salary or private
medical insurance.
This award recognises an
organisation that can clearly
demonstrate that it actively
executed a strategy that put
diversity and inclusion at the heart
of its business. It may focus on one
minority group but preferably the
winner will communicate a strategy
that provided clear support and
inclusion for all whether women,
people from BME backgrounds,
people from the LGBTQIA
community, disabled people and
other minorities.
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13. AWARD CATEGORIES
Social Responsibility Award Customer EngagementAward Best Use of Technology
Award
Employee Engagement
Consultancy of the Year Award
Employees continue to want their
work and their company to
contribute to more than just profit.
This award will recognise a project
dedicated to engaging employees
through a social responsibility
initiative or program. The judges
would like to see evidence of the
impact the project has had on both
the workforce and also the wider
social contribution it has made.
As one of the most integral part of a
company’s profile, this award
focused on how companies and
organizations relate to their
customers. Candidates must
demonstrate new and innovative
examples of customer engagement
specifically how each organization
delivers on customer satisfaction.
This award recognises the use of
technology to support and drive
employee engagement and will be
looking for a people-first approach
to using technology effectively
rather than a technology-first
approach. Entries that can quantify
the measurable impact of the
technology on employee
engagement and how the
organisation has gained employee
uptake will be looked upon
favourably.
This award focuses on the efforts
and achievements of consultancies
that aim to bring employee
engagement into the forefront of a
business. We want to award the
consultancies that deliver their
expert skills to the benefit of their
clients and employees.
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14. DAVID LITTLECHILD
Head of Culture &
Engagement
Lloyds Banking Group
CATHY BROWN
Exec Director
Engage for Success
RUTH DANCE
Managing Director
The Employee Engagement
Alliance
OUR JUDGES PAST & PRESENT
ALAN WILD
VP, Employee Relations
& Engagement
IBM
KELLY JOSCELYNE
Global Chief Talent
Officer
Mastercard
AMANDA ATKINS
Head of Internal
Communications
Slack
AIMEE LUCAS
VP, Customer Experience
Transformist
Temkin Group
ROB CATALANO
Co-Founder
WorkTango
MACY ANDREWS
Global Talent Brand
& Culture
Cisco
JASON LAURITSEN
EE Awards Advisor
JasonLauritsen.com
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15. HOW TO ENTER
1. What problem/goal did the
project set out to solve/achieve?
2. Tell us about the planning stage
of the project.
3. How did you ensure the project
implementation went smoothly?
4. How did you include the
opinions of employees in the
project to ensure long-term
uptake and buy-in?
5. Tell us about how you
brought an employee-centric,
collaborative approach to
delivering the project.
6. What was the quantifiable
business impact and results
achieved?
7. What learnings did you take
from running this project and
how would you approach it
differently next time?
Go to: www.ee-awards.com to start the entry process
The entry form is as follows:
Clearly answer the following questions. Attempt to be as clear and concise as possible. Each question has a maximum limit of 300 words.
Consultancy & Vendor of the Year have different entry criteria to the above. Please visit the site for more details
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16. KEY DATES & FEES
ENTRIES OPEN JUNE 01, 2017
ENTRIES DEADLINE OCTOBER 6TH 2017
FINALIST ANNOUNCED NOVEMBER 2017
AWARD CEREMONY JANUARY 25TH 2018
CONFERENCE MARCH 1ST 2018
SUBMISSION FEE £150 excl. VAT
EARLY BIRD TABLE £2000 excl. VAT
FINALIST TABLE £2499 excl. VAT
NON-FINALIST TABLE £3000 excl. VAT
KEY DATES FEES
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17. Wembley Stadium is the natural home for great events. In the
shadow of the imposing arch, one of London’s most iconic
landmarks, pass through the dedicated entrance and there you’ll
find the capitals most tempting array of beautiful, flexible and
inspiring conference and banqueting spaces, each unique in
design and decor. Add superb facilities, our creative food policy
and an outstanding event management team and you have the
ultimate venue.
Event Itinerary
- Champagne Reception
- Black Tie Event
- Pre & Post Gala Entertainment (to be announced)
- Awards Ceremony
- Three Course Meal
Host: TBA
THE AWARDS NIGHT
“A well put together awards package, providing
good exposure and profile for us (as a category
winner) and, of course, a cracking night out at
the presentation itself”
“Fantastic celebration for people in this area
and the hard work and commitment they give.
Also a great venue and well organised event.”
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18. THE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AWARDS CONFERENCE
The Employee Engagement Awards Conference 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.
VENUE: Cavendish Conference Centre
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“Good range of speakers sharing
practical their experience from across a
range of industry sectors.”
“I found the presentations a really good balance of speakers
and companies of different sizes. The information was
really relevant and useful for our engagement survey.”
“The EE Awards stands out as the leader in
what is becoming a very crowded market
place.”
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19. MATT MANNERS
CEO & FOUNDER
matt@ee-awards.com
CONTACT US
If you have any questions or queries regarding the
application process, entries and other issues regarding
the Employee 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
USA Landline: +1 (212) 380-1246
Finally, you can reach us through our Twitter:
@ee_awards
STEFAN WORBURTON
stefan@ee-awards.com
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