2010 Awards | NY Report

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, NY, NY

Presents

Wednesday, October 6, 2010 / 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm

The Metropolitan Pavilion / 125 West 18th Street, New York City

NOMINATION PACKAGE AVAILABLE SOON

The New York Enterprise Report Small Business Awards is the annual awards program honoring the achievements and accomplishments of the 500,000+ small businesses throughout the tri-state area. In its 5th year, the sold-out 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 Awards Gala attracts over 400+ people and is often referred to as “the networking event of the year.” Don’t miss the chance to do business with the “who’s who” of the New York small business community.

A panel of experts in the related fields will judge all award packages. Awards will be presented to those companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate competitive advantages, revenue profits and/or long-term value. The Small Business Awards will recognize 5 small businesses for their best practices and a new category of awards that fall under the “Best of the Year Awards” will recognize 4 small businesses.

BEST OF THE YEAR AWARD CATEGORIES - New for 2010

Social Responsibility Program of the Year
International Operations Program of the Year
Non Profit of the Year
Supplier Diversity Program of the Year
Advocate of the Year

BEST PRACTICE AWARD CATEGORIES

Customer Service
Green Business
Human Resources & Leadership
Sales & Marketing
Technology

The Awards program will be featured throughout a 9-month campaign in The New York Enterprise Report (and select media partners). All finalists will be mentioned in the July issue of The New York Enterprise Report. Winners will be announced at the Gala and featured in the November 2010 issue of The New York Enterprise Report (both in print and online).You may view profiles of the 2009 Small Business Best Practice Award winners here.

ELIGIBILITY

• Must be headquartered in the NYC metro area (75 mile radius from Manhattan)
• Must have more than 1 and no more than 200 employees (including owners)
• Must be a subscriber of The New York Enterprise Report (for a free subscription, visit www.nyreport.com/subscribe).
• Company must be in business for at least 2 years as of December 31, 2009
• Company can be nominated by anyone including an owner or company employee
• Winners of the 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009 Best Practice Awards may not be nominated for the category in which they won.

Any questions or help needed in completing the application, please contact HJMT COMMUNICATIONS, LLC at 516-997-1950 or info@hjmt.com.

2009 RECAP

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Don't miss the opportunity to expose your company's name to next year's attendees. If you want to broaden your company's reach in the tri-state area, there are unique sponsorship opportunities at all budget levels to leverage the 2010 Small Business Awards to get new business, generate more awareness and build new relationships.

· Brand awareness

· Lead generation

· Association with The New York Enterprise Report

· Association with the only small business award program for the NY area

· Association with the honorees and advocates

For more information contact: (212) 307- 6760 x702 or email.

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