C4F Awards 2011
C4F = COMMUNICATION FOR FUTURE
Annual Excellence Award for Communication Professionals with creative innovative visions of the future development of communications!
The award is given to individuals with major influence on the improvement of communications and effective contribution to the new trends in the development of the communication industry.
Stages of nominees' selection:
1st stage: Long-listed candidates can apply via email with an attached comlpeted entry form, or they can be filed upon recommendation by partners, regional representatives, and social network members of World Forum “Communication on Top”.
2nd stage: Short-listed candidates are selected via monitoring of the received applications and further research on adjacent documentation.
Final stage: Voting procedure within the Committee of World Forum "Communication on Top".
The winners receive a trophy of excellence and the right to a permanent free participation with a Special Guest status in each of the main annual editions of World Forum “Communication on Top”!
The trophy and the certificate of the award are to be given to the winners during the gala dinner of the annual World Forum “Communication on Top” held in Davos, Switzerland.
C4F is positioned within 4 nomination categories:
Titan web 2.0 - due to be given to the blogger who uses best efforts in promoting transparency, authenticity, and humanitarian values, while tackling the future of communications
Liz Strauss
Winner for 2011
Liz Strauss is a social web strategist and community builder. Coming from a background of publishing, business, and instructional design, Liz understands how people perceive a blog or a product and how head & heart are best engaged to make a fiercely loyal customer.
Image of the Future - due to be given to the manager or designer who has created the best innovative brand and/or image
Diane McEachern
Winner for 2011
Diane McEachern states in her "Big Green Purse" blog that the best way to fight industries polluting the planet is to mobilize the world's most powerful consumer force - women. Her message is simple but revolutionary. If women harness their "purse power" and intentionally shift spending money onto commodities with environmental benefit, they can create a cleaner, greener world.
Media of the Future - due to be given to the most efficient media manager working in the area of new media, internet, and TV
Svetlana Mironyuk
Winner for 2011
Svetlana Mironuyk, Editor-in-Chief of RIA Novosti, is a PR professional, she has won several national awards for development of network digital technologies and public relations. She was also recognized as a Media Manager of the year in 2007. She is also a member of a number of civil organizations including WWF and Russian Geographic Society.
Relations of the Future - due to be given to the corporate manager who has developed the most effective corporate communications trends aiming at partnerships, transparency, openness, and a genuine ecologically-friendly environment
James Gillies
Winner for 2011
James Gillies is head of communication at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. He holds a doctorate in physics from the University of Oxford, and began his research career working at CERN in the mid-1980s. In 1993, he left research to become Head of Science with the British Council in Paris. After managing the Council’s bilateral program of scientific visits, exchanges, bursaries and cultural events for two years, he returned to CERN in 1995 as a science writer.