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The Orb Awards

Celebrating Excellent Online Initiatives & Solutions across platforms and Online service Providers

An initiative by Copyright 2012 -

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Introduction Executive Summary The Categories Awards Eligibility Judging the awards The event The communication Pre & Post event Sponsorship Collaborations Contacts

Introduction
Reflecting on the tremendous growth of the Internet as a tool for business, communication and indeed a huge part of our everyday living, the Online Excellence Awards initiative set up to celebrate some individuals and corporate bodies have

positioned themselves as the frontiers and the trend setters in utilizing the internet as a very handy tool, in business, communication and online service provision. The internet which was once a luxury accessory a few years ago, has not exploded to become a business and lifestyle catalytic tool thats close to impossible to live a complete day without, and with the ever increasing platforms and medium of consumption, its not an exaggeration to say the future is and will be carved out by the solutions that stem out of the internet. The Online Excellence Awards are the awards that recognize and promote the talent and effort of the best and most creative web developers, designers and web agencies in Nigeria.

Executive Summary
The Orb Awards - Mission Celebrating Excellent Online Initiatives & Solutions across platforms and Online service Providers The Orb Awards - Direction The Online Awards initiative is set up to celebrate outstanding online presence, novel & intelligent online solutions and the development of multi-platform solutions as primary and alternative media of consumption, consequently a tremendous improvement in the standard of online experience for consumption by the Nigerian consumers. The Orb Awards - Expectation Our goal is to create a meeting point where web developers, designers and agencies across Nigeria can share experiences, inspiration and knowledge: A community that bids for a more accessible, usable and eventually a beautiful Internet experience

The Initiative
The Orb Awards is an initiative is leverage healthy competition on achieving world standards in Nigerian Online presence and solutions. The awards are aimed at celebrating those who are pace setters in the Nigerian online space and also to encourage the up and coming. The executors are made up of Internet marketing, online advertising, PR, and top web site design professionals who share an interest in

improving the quality seamlessness of the general online and multiplatform experience. With the recent developments and initiatives like the Nigerian cashless society to the enormous power of social media the dependence on technology for business cannot be over emphasized, it is imperative to keep creating simple yet effective solutions that make service content consumption and service provision over the web a lot easier to use and convenient to access, and we believe it is important to recognize the people and organizations responsible for developing some of the most effective and best web sites on the Internet today. Over the next decade, we intend to foster tremendous development over the Nigerian web space, where every player knows the importance of being world class in delivery of online solutions and The Orb Awards will provides a benchmark by which all Website development, multi-platform online solutions and online service providers can be fairly and scientifically judged.

The Categories
The web awards will be divided into 4 major categories and multiple sub-categories Major categories; Website (Online presence) Service Providers Mobile apps

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Traditional Media Television Online initiatives Radio Online initiatives Print Online initiatives Social Media Twitter Blog sites Facebook Fora E-solutions Online Mobile Banking Website Mobile E-payment solution Service Providers Mobile ISPs Online application developers E-media agency

Universities Website E-solution Platforms Governments Website E-solution platforms Best Website in the following Industries Airline Hospitality Music and Entertainment E-commerce CSR and Non-profit Fashion Agency Magazines Sports Personal Best Overall Website Mobile solution ISP Initiative

Awards Eligibility and Entry


The Online Excellence Awards Competition is open to all organizations and individuals and government involved in, or owning and developing web sites and /or online multiplatform solutions & initiatives, and online internet service providers

Nominated sites, solutions, initiatives and service providers entered must have been in general use or in business on or before the previous calendar year

Websites, solutions, initiatives and service providers can be nominated by the respective companies or any individual who recommends that the nominated body meets the criteria for the specific category and a web site is considered entered after a completed entry form is received by us before the competition deadline. Multiple nominations are welcome.

Online Excellence Awards shortlisted nominees will be formally informed

The voting process will commence and winners will be awarded at the Awards event

Winners will receive a certificate and trophy personalized with the company name, awards category and the year of the award receipt

Judging the awards


Votes from the general public via the website will constitute 50% of the total of any awards category, the other 50% will be determined by the our designated panel of judges

The panel of judges will be handpicked, respected and reputable authorities in the advertising, PR, communication and IT industries

Entries will be judged on the following five criteria on a scale of 0-10 points respectively: Design Innovation Content Technology Interactivity

Voting starts from 6 weeks before the events and close a week before the event date, all results will be received from judges by this time

Only one Best Website of each industry will be given (except in the case of a tie). The awards may have multiple winners in each category. If all scores in a particular category are below the standard minimum, no award will be granted for that category.

The event
The awards will be a classy event held at the Civic Center Lagos on the of August 2012. It will be a black tie event, with heads of industries, media houses, government parastatals and Upwardly mobile high net-worth individuals relevant in the IT industry and all other associated institutions.

During the evening we will be announcing and celebrating the finalists in the respective categories and the most important of the awards will be given out at the event. We will be having a Guest Speaker at the event of the person of, who is authority in the field of Smooth entertainment will be provided by Asa and Bez The awards presentation ceremony will involve the physical presentation of the plaques to the respective awards winners in the categories. The event will be covered by a number of media houses.

The communication
The following means will be the awards and total initiative communication platforms; Online Awards Website Social Media

Web adverts Links from other websites and online PR Traditional media Radio Press adverts Engagement points Competitions Event and initiative collaborations and endorsements

Pre & Post event


Pre Event Competition Engaging competitions will be done to raise the awareness about the event. One of such competitions will be for the most creative response to a selected concept, most innovative IT idea solution etc.

These competitions will start at the point when websites are begin submitted and the winners will be awarded and presented on the awards day. Exhibition Preceding the awards event will be an online solutions exhibition where corporate bodies can display their products, solutions and innovative ideas to the visitors and the audience. There will be stands to be purchased and this exhibition will last from noon till evening when the awards proper starts -----------Post Event Communication Online excellence awards will keep having fresh content updated on the website, useful content to help aspiring awards winners on how to get and stay on top of their industries with world class and cutting edge technology features. Initiatives Holding seminars and continuous online data collection via polls for scientific analysis

Sponsorship
We intend to have classes of major sponsorships; they will be Platinum, Gold and Silver sponsors. Other smaller corporate can also explore avenues we will create that are not as financially committing as the major sponsorship avenues. Complete Sponsorship N20million This will provide exclusive right to all branding of the event by the sponsor ---------------------Platinum Sponsor N15million - only one available

The awards platinum sponsorship package provides maximum exposure before the event and during awards event. Only one sponsorship position at this level is available. Benefits include: Addressing the Conference The platinum sponsor is the only sponsor given the opportunity to address the conference. As the platinum sponsor you will have the opportunity to address the conference for 5 to 10 minutes during the event ceremony. Press Conference As the platinum conference sponsor your company is entitled to organize a press conference before and during the event. Name Badges The platinum sponsor is the only sponsor whose company logo appears along side The Orb Awards logo on the attendee name badges. The Event Binder As the platinum sponsor your company logo will appear along side The Orb Awards logo on cover of the attendee binders. Conference Bags As the platinum sponsor your company logo will appear prominently along side The Orb Awards logo on the attendee bags. Signage Rights The platinum sponsor is entitled to provide appropriate signage at the main Event Ceremony and the event registration area. The platinum sponsor signage will be more prominent than those of any co-sponsors. Conference Projection Backdrop As the platinum sponsor your company logo will appear along side The Orb Awards logo and more prominently than those of any gold sponsors on the default projection backdrop in the main conference hall. This backdrop will be used during press briefings and at the Awards event Exclusive The Orb Awards Sponsor Logo

As the platinum conference sponsor your company is entitled to exclusive use of the Orb Awards Logo to place on your website and other communication materials to reinforce your company's commitment to the 2012 Awards. Pre-Conference Promotional Material and Conference Brochures As the platinum conference sponsor your company's name and logo appear more prominently than those of any co-sponsors and will be featured (within productions schedule) in the event binder, on the Orb Awards website, on a display board in the conference registration area and in any other pre-conference promotional material. Company Literature and Giveaway As the platinum conference sponsor you have the opportunity to distribute your company's brochure and a gift/giveaway to be included in the attendee pack that is distributed to participants upon registration at the conference. Acknowledgements As the platinum sponsor you will be thanked during the opening and closing conference sessions. ------------------------------Gold Sponsor N10million 5 spots available --------------------------------Silver Sponsor N5million 10 spots available -----------------------------------

Bronze Sponsor N2million 20 spots available ------------------------------Other Sponsorship Avenues

Collaborations and Partnerships


Media Collaborations Industry Collaborations

Contacts

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