CELEBRATING YOUR WINS WITH
BUSINESS AWARDS
Multi International Award Winner Trish Springsteen shares why Business
Awards are a great opportunity to step up and celebrate you, your business and
your message.
H
ow many of you have
considered celebrating
your wins with Business
Awards? I know some
of you are saying you have to
win the award first to celebrate
your win! Yes it would be great
to win the award you have been
nominated for, however when it
comes to celebrating your wins
the business award nomination
provides as opportunity to shine
before, during and after the
award event.
LET’S START WITH THE
NOMINATION:
Firstly, if you are nominated
or nominate yourself (which is
perfectly okay) you are already
celebrating your wins in
business, you are stepping up
and saying hey this is what has
been happening and working
for me. Second, when you are
completing the nomination
information it is giving you
an opportunity to look at your
business and highlight the
many wins you have had and
most probably had not even
recognized you have had.
Completing the nomination
allows you to really look back on
your business and see what you
have achieved. It allows you to
shine a spotlight on what you
have been doing. Look at those
testimonials, videos and photos.
You can often get caught up in
your business and not realise
just how awesome you are! Then
share your nomination around
your networks, celebrate your
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win of being nominated with your
clients and on social media. Send
a media release to your local news.
Shout it out – being nominated is
brilliant – share it.
AT THE AWARD CEREMONY:
Prepare to win – prepare your
acceptance speech. You only
have a short time and a prepared
speech will allow you to make
the most of that short time. This
is your opportunity to shine a
light on your business and your
message – take it. Be concise
and genuine. There may be an
opportunity to be videoed. Do
it - have your sound bites ready
highlighting your business and
expertise. Ask for a copy of the
video and where it will be posted –
get the link to share. Be prepared
for any media at the award event.
Know what you want to say and
take the opportunity to celebrate
your win and celebrate being
there. Network at the event –
there will be like-minded people
who you may want to connect
with. Take a deep breath and
say hello, start a conversation,
exchange ideas. The potential is
enormous.
signature. You will often be
supplied with an image which
has the award logo and words:
nominated, finalist, winner.
Share your photos and videos.
Share your experience and your
awesome business and message.
Acknowledge you and what you
have done and share it. It’s
okay to say “wow I did good,
my business achieved my team
achieved I was awesome”.
Too often we don’t speak up – if
you don’t who will? Take time
to acknowledge your journey
and challenges. By sharing your
wins you could be encouraging
someone else to look at what
they have done and to step up
and share their wins. Start that
ripple effect and be proud of you
and your business and message.
Celebrate your win!
AFTER THE AWARD EVENT:
It doesn’t matter if you won, were
a finalist or a nominee. Now is
the time to really celebrate that
win. Share the outcome and your
experience with your networks,
on social media and with the
news media. If they provide you
with a logo for the event put it on
your website and on your email
AUTHOR
Trish Springsteen
CONTACT
+61 (7) 5220 0277
WEBSITE
trishspringsteen.com