It’s always a pleasure to be invited to judge awards, and I’ve been involved in the Premier Digital awards/conference for a long time. A day’s work of judging has arrived in my inbox – and if you click on the image, you can see the categories/other judges:
As judges we are given the shortlist, which has been created by a number of others, then we make the final decisions. You can also vote for the People’s Choice Awards until 11pm 20th October.
Shortlisted
It was a nice surprise to see that I’d been nominated and shortlisted for ‘Influencer of the Year’, thank you to whoever did that (and no, you can’t vote for me, and I won’t be judging this category):
Is it the Best?
If you’ve ever seen my presentation for my job interview, you’ll be aware that I’m not a fan of the idea of ‘best’, so I’m looking for ‘fitness for purpose’ and ‘something to celebrate’, working within the criteria that Premier create. I worked with Kevin a few years ago seeking to reframe as e.g. ‘website of the year’ rather than ‘best website’:
Speaking at the Conference
I enjoy speaking at the conference too, although it’s been a challenge over the past couple of years, dealing with treatment fatigue. This year I co-presenting with Joanne Cox-Darling. I am awaiting an operation, which was anticipated to be October, but now looking more like November – so if this falls at the wrong date, I can still contribute via video (and social media), though I would miss seeing everyone, and the wonderful awards dinner! Hopefully the timing will all work, but cancer forces you to be quite ‘flexible’:
2 replies on “[EVENT] Being a Judge for #PremDac19”
Love PremDac. I am among those who do the first cut for the awards. It is quite an interesting activity. I might even join you for the awards just to see if my top fav has won.
Sit next to meeeee (well, that’s assuming my op isn’t until after the conference date!) x