Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Barbara Daniels named a finalist in the Social Media AZ Awards (SMAZZIES)!

Congratulations! You are a finalist in the Social Media AZ Awards (SMAZZIES)!

The SMAZZIES are part of the Social Media AZ (SMAZ) conference, and celebrate the new and exciting things going on around Arizona in the online world. You were nominated in one of our categories by someone who thinks you're doing something pretty exciting, and we're thrilled to help share that exciting work.

The SMAZ conference is happening on September 9th at the MADCAP Theaters in Tempe. The final voting is happening via a panel of independent judges, and winners will be announced that night. As a finalist, you receive a pair of tickets to the conference so you and a guest can spend the day meeting local news media professionals, enjoy the great sessions we have planned, and attend the award ceremony.

You can learn more about SMAZ at http://socialmediaaz.org and more about the SMAZZIES at http://smazzies.com. We hope to see you at SMAZ, and thank you for all your great work representing Arizona online!

The SMAZZIES Team - Jennifer Maggiore, Jeff Moriarty and Fred Von Graf

FINALISTS:

Must Follow – The blog, twitter, or online presence you can’t get enough of
  • Arizona Highway Patrol Association
  • CenPho.com
  • WeBuildYourSocialMedia
  • Museum Association of Arizona
Business That Gets It – Non-industry company (not a social media/marketing entity) who demonstrates creative and proficient use of social media
  • The Farm at South Mountain
  • Eric Neitzel
  • Lumension
  • KOLD News 13
  • Liberty Market
  • Mesa Historical Museum
Most Social Use Of Social Media – Best/most innovative use of technology to connect to people in person
  • The Heard Museum
  • Rustler’s Rooste
  • Katie Fox
  • Liberty Market
Trailblazer – Out there doing cutting edge things, changing the way people work or think in the social media space
Up and Coming – Most notable freelance individual or agency that is notably improving its offering
  • Cesar Gamez
  • Blue Sky Interactive Group, LLC
  • Ashley Oakes
  • Villageous LLC
Homegrown Can Of Awesome – Most interesting / promising start up business, technology or tool from right here in AZ
  • Phoenix Zoo
  • Twestival Phoenix
  • Lily Wang & Braden Andreas
  • Eric Neitzel
  • Bulbstorm
  • Michael Tucker