What is the ‘Awards Guru’ doing to change?
Posted by Awards Guru on April 2, 2008
Don’t you love referring to yourself in the 3rd person? As you can image, the ‘Awards Guru’ name is a title - it is not meant to pump up my ego or to make myself look more important to others. To me, it keeps me centered on the fact that, yes, I am in the awards industry, and yes, I do know quite a bit about awards and recogntion. Everything? Not by a long-shot!
To share what is going on in my life to improve my knowledge base, here are a couple of groups that I am involved with:
recognition.org - I am completing my certification in April to be a CRP (Certified Recognition Professional). I feel this is a great foundation of understanding the essentials of awards programs and their benefits.
ara.org - I am volunteering to be on the education committee for the Awards and Recognition Association. I feel like there is improvement that can occur in this organization. My strongest passion is around improving the education of awards and recognition vendors.
Entrepreneurs Association (EO) - Seattle - I will be serving on the EO Seattle board from July 1, 2008 for a 2 year term. For me, the EO organization fuels my entrepreneurial spirit and helps me maintain a decent work/life balance.
The new trophies.org. Ever heard of social entrepreneurship? Look for good things to come from the new and improved trophies.org in the future!
Hopefully through my energy, desire and expanding knowledge, I will be a voice of positive change for the recognition industry. I feel like the journey is just beginning…
