The SC Awards: How To Put Your Best Foot Forward
It's that time of year again, as the security industry turns its attention to the looming deadline of September 3 to submit for the prestigious 2011 SC Awards. Headed into its 14th year, the SC Awards continues to be top of mind for security professionals, as some have likened them to the Oscar's or Emmy's of the security industry.
This year's program is highlighted by 32 categories across the Reader Trust Awards (20), Excellence Awards (5) and Professional Awards (7).
Last year's SC Awards program received over 650 entries, so the competition to take home a prized trophy is fierce. So, what can you do to put your organization's best foot forward to be have a chance at being named a finalist or even better, taking home the hardware as one of the prestigious winners?
To help answer that question and more, we invited SC Magazine's Editor-in-Chief, Illena Armstrong to the studio at Schwartz Communications and she was gracious enough to sit down and share her thoughts about the awards and to offer some guidance on best submission tactics. Click on the video below to check out what Illena had to say...
Key Information To Know:
Nomination entry fees:
Reader Trust Awards and Excellence Awards categories is $275 per entry and Professional Awards categories is $200 per entry.
Deadline for nominations:
The deadline for nominations is September 3. However, all nominations received after September 3 will incur a penalty of $115 per entry. Late entries will be accepted until September 10.
Finalists announced:
Finalists in each of the categories will be informed by the SC Magazine staff in the late October-early November timeframe and will be published in the January 2011 issue of SC Magazine.
The Awards Gala:
The winners will be announced at the 2011 SC Magazine Awards U.S. Gala, which will be held on February 15, 2011 in conjunction with the RSA Conference in San Francisco.
Posted by Tim Whitman on August 30, 2010 at 3:11 PM
