SGLBA Business Awards 2010

The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Business Awards will recognise and honour successful GLTB businesses and business people for their business achievement, positive workplace environment and continued community impact.

The SGLBA Business Awards are much more about enthusiasm, initiative and innovation than applying rigid performance benchmarks. Because GLBT businesses come from very diverse sectors it is necessary to be flexible in applying selection criteria. No financial data is sought from nominees making the assessment of eligible companies partly subjective.

There are no hard and fast guidelines, rather the spirit on which the SGLBA Awards was founded - i.e. success and initiative - should be the indicator of a potential nominee.

The SGLBA Business Award winners will be nominated for the ACON Honour Awards to be held later this year, with one lucky winner receiving the SGLBA Best Business Award 2010.

Why Nominate

• Promote your business to customers, clients and industry
• Create recognition and increase your profile within the community for your business
• Open up new business opportunities
• Become eligible for an ACON Community Honour Award.

Who can nominate? 

• You may nominate yourself and are encouraged to do so.
• You may be nominated by others.
• You may nominate others.

Objectives

The objectives of the SGLBA Business Awards are: 

• first and foremost to reward “excellence” by recognising business owners and managers who do what they do well
• to inspire other GLTB business people and professionals to overcome the challenges that they face in their own businesses and hopefully learn from the achievements of others
• to provide a valuable networking opportunity for GLBT business people, and
• to encourage an ongoing commitment in developing and inspiring GLBT business persons, Award Categories, particularly of young people.

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The Awards

The Entrepreneur Award

This Award is for GLBT owners or managers of a business that have shown persistence and are able to demonstrate how and why they are innovative. Innovation may be in terms of customer service, product, process or management practices.

The Enterprise Award

This award honours the outstanding business that can best demonstrate exceptional vision and leadership to achieve outstanding commercial success.

Young Business Person Award

Recognition and motivation award to encourage young GLBT business persons.

Lifestyle Entrepreneur Award

“It’s not always about the money.”  This award is for those people who take a hold of their lives and decide to pursue their passions whilst making a living out of what they love most. They may have one or many strings to their bow, engaging in multiple endeavours to attain their dreams.

The Excellence Award for Corporate Managers

The Excellence Award is awarded to a professional within the corporate world or public or community sectors who deliver excellence in service of a professional nature. 

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How to Nominate

It’s simple!

Applicants and nominees must: 

• Provide a description of you or your nominee’s business or organisation (what you do, mission/vision, products/services, accomplishments, challenges faced).
• Explain why you or your nominee should be selected to receive the award.
• Send an email outlining your nomination to: business awards@sglba.com.au

Completed nominations must be returned no later than 9am Monday, 16 August, 2010.

Further information can be obtained from Terry Preeo at business awards@sglba.com.au or on 0419777228.

 

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