Two posts in one day for all you lucky readers. Normally I don’t write stuff that people ask me to, but in the case of my favourite country bumpkin Chris Johnson, I’m prepared to make an exception.
Chris has asked me to write about the A4U Awards, nominations for which are now open.
Why are the A4U Awards important? There are many grumblings that the awards are divisive and small affiliates are prevented from attending by cost etc. I can understand this but as anyone who has spoken to me over the last year will tell you, I firmly believe that in order to secure the future of our industry, we all have to start behaving a bit more professionally. For me the A4U Awards are the greatest demonstration of how far we’ve come and why our industry deserves to be taken more seriously. You can’t get further removed from the picture of a grubby affiliate than a bunch of us at a swanky black tie event in Mayfair can you?
So the details… The event this year is being held at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane on 9th June, and as I mentioned the nomination phase is now open. The community choice awards are typically fiercely fought over and my desire would be to see a great deal more votes being cast and more people being nominated. There are a lot of talented people in this industry and it would be good to see them rewarded instead of it just turning into a popularity contest amongst the same few faces from the forum.
So get voting everyone. Every vote counts…
We’d love to increase the number of nominations and votes this year by 100%! Quite a task so please do nominate everyone – it takes just a few minutes.
Networks and Agencies work often tirelessly throughout the year and this is an opportunity for their efforts to be recognised.