Search for the 2012 UK Business Speaker of the Year

(PRWEB) October 27, 2011

Wimborne-based branding, creative and digital agency, RT Media, sponsor of the first UK Business Speaker of the Year, has announced its support for the 2012 competition, now launched.

Last month (Sept) Phillip Khan-Pannis, a copywriter from Bromley, wowed an audience at Bournemouths Pavilion Theatre, winning the first ever UK Business Speaker of the Year competition with a motivational speech, What it means to be second.

The speech included stories about Mr Khan-Pannis rivalry with an older sibling and how he overcame disappointments in life.

As well as sponsoring the event, RT Media founder and creative director, Ross Thornley sat on the judging panel. He said: The whole competition was extremely well run, with the eight finalists selected from auditions posted onto YouTube. At the final, there was the added tension of the judges selecting just three contestants for the audiences deciding vote.

It was a great night - there are some really talented speakers out there and this competition is a real opportunity to be independently recognised. Were looking forward to building the reputation and scope of next years competition.

The event was devised by the UK Speechwriters Guild, which hosts its annual conference at the Bournemouth University Executive Business Centre. Professor Max Atkinson, one of the countrys leading public speaking experts, author of Lend Me Your Ears and a much-acclaimed blogger, sat as Chairman of the Judges.

Khan-Panni, CEO of PKP Communicators, a training company that helps business leaders to speak in public without fear and in a way that makes others want to listen, said: The UK Business Speaker of the Year is a splendid and worthwhile initiative that attracted some quality speakers. Much credit to Brian Jenner, whose idea it was, and to RT Media, the brand agency that recognised its potential. I was delighted to take part and honoured to have been voted the inaugural winner.

Aspiring or professional speakers over the age of 18, with an unusual story to tell can register their interest to take part in next years competition at http://www.ukbusinessspeakers.co.uk.

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Go2 Gets Set for 2012 Olympics Holiday Rental Onslaught

Honiton, Devon (PRWEB UK) 14 July 2011

Having established its position as a provider of cottage and holiday let search and comparison in the UK, Go2 Holidays (http://www.go2-holidays.com) is seeking to build on the success of its first year by targeting the 2012 Olympic Games.

Everyone knows the best ideas are the simplest. And Go2 Holidays began with a very simple idea to bring together holiday lets and cottages from different companies, and individual owners, into one website where users could then search, compare and review them to their hearts content. It sounds obvious, and we all know its an idea which has worked well online for gas, electricity and insurance, but for some reason, its a facility which has been somewhat lacking in the holiday rental sector - in the UK at least.

After several years of frustration at having to trawl through the offerings of individual holiday company websites, jumping from one to another via a search engine, repeatedly entering the same details into each site, Ian Potts, the founder of Go2 Holidays, decided to do something about it. Go2 (http://www.go2-holidays.com) is the result. Not only does this site bring together a vast range of properties from both large self catering providers such as Hoseasons and area specialists such as Imagine Ireland, it also provides its own private listing facility in a bid to combine the best of all worlds in one place (agency-run and direct private owner properties). To cap it all off there are area guides, user reviews and even hotels to search too all presented in a clear, colourful and easy to use design.

Going on holiday is meant to be relaxing, Ian comments, but sometimes just finding the right accommodation is too much like hard work. With Go2 we simply wanted to take the stress out of the process, and give folks one place where they search and compare cottages in Newquay, for example, without the need to go jumping about from site to site. We made Go2 because we had a need for it, and I think our visitors feel the same way.

Building and maintaining a site like Go2 is a lot of work, but if its first year has been a busy one, the next twelve months look set to get busier yet! With the 2012 Olympic Games coming to London there looks set to be a run on accommodation throughout many parts of the UK, and Go2 Holidays is in a good place to cater for the demand. And with an entry in this years Good Web Guides Website of the Year award, Go2 has its gaze firmly set on a medal of its own.

Go2 Holidays launched in the middle of 2010 the fruition of an idea by its founder Ian Potts and the desire to take the stress out of finding and booking self-catering holidays. Now in its second year this South West based Search, Comparison and Review website continues to build upon its strong foundations, with an ever-increasing range of properties now over 17,000 in the UK and Ireland alone.

To learn more about Go2 and how it can speed up your search for a holiday visit: http://www.go2-holidays.com

Media Contact:

Ian Potts

ian(at)go2-holidays(dot)com

http://www.go2-holidays.com

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Frank Magnera, Catalyst Account Director, to Judge Prestigious 2012 BMA International ACE Awards

Rochester, NY (PRWEB) November 03, 2011

Frank Magnera, an award-winning business-to-business marketing expert and account director at Catalyst (Rochester, New York), has been chosen to judge the 2012 Business Marketing Association (BMA) ACE awards.

Hailed as one of the industrys best creative awards by The New York Times, The ACE (Advertising Creative Excellence) Awards recognize the years top creative campaigns and executions, the people who conceive them and the agencies and clients who successfully elevate brand and drive demand. Sponsored by the Business Marketing Associations New York City chapter, the competition will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2012.

Magnera has developed B2B programs for Catalyst since 2005, specializing in strategy development and customer relationship management. He brings a broad range of expertise to the ACE awards, including predictive analytics, Web analytics, lead generation and prospect nurturing, email marketing, creative development, search engine marketing (SEM), search engine optimization (SEO), non-profit marketing, and copywriting. His B2B client experience includes The Eastman Kodak Company, Heraeus Kulzer, ITT, Pitney Bowes, Weyerhaeuser, Carestream Health, and Xeikon, among others.

Other 2012 ACE judges include Lisa Abbatello, Leo Burnett; Jerry Canning, Google; Kathleen Delaney, AON Corporation; Dale Durrent, LinkedIn; John Favolo, Eric Mower and Associates; Marie MacLean, Pall Corporation; Dana Mangnuson, J.P. Morgan; Katerina Martchouk, Winsper Advertising; Nicola Morris, Verizon; Kathleen OMalley, OMalley Communications; Judy Pribe, Kodak; Joe Rivas, Y&R; Bruce Rogers, Forbes; Laura Rogers, Campbell-Ewald, and Keith Turco, GYRO NY.

For more information about the ACE awards, visit the BMA-NY at http://www.marketing.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=5509.

About the BMA-NY

The New York chapter of the Business Marketing Association, the largest association of B2B-centric marketers in the world, provides a like-minded community of New York area business professionals and numerous opportunities to network, exchange ideas, and learn from experienced experts. The community comprises a spectrum of marketing and communications disciplines, working with--and for--companies operating in complex industries in the fields of advertising, marketing management, research and data analysis, media relations, social media, direct marketing, product management, channel management and more.

About Catalyst

Catalyst (http://www.catalystinc.com) is a direct and digital marketing agency that helps clients acquire, retain and develop long-term relationships with their customers. We combine intellectual curiosity and inquisitiveness with hard-core analytics, deep customer insight and a measurement mindset to take the guesswork out of marketing decisions. We call it Science + Soul. Headquartered in Rochester, NY, our clients include AAA, Assurant Health, Eastman Kodak Company, First Niagara Financial Group, GE Money, Heraeus Kulzer, Neff Motivation Inc., Oreck, and Valvoline, among others.

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