Forrester Research Announces The 2012 Forrester Groundswell Award Winners For Excellence In Social M
Forrester Research Announces The 2012 Forrester Groundswell Award Winners For Excellence In Social Media
Recipients Honored At Forrester's 2012 Fall Forums
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Forrester Research, Inc. (NAS: FORR) honored 12 Forrester Groundswell Award winners for excellence in effective use of social media to advance an organizational or business goal. The winners were announced at Forrester's inaugural Forum For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals in Chicago. The sixth annual Forrester Groundswell Awards support and recognize the principles outlined in the Forrester books Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies (Harvard Business Press, 2008) and Empowered: Unleash Your Employees, Energize Your Customers, and Transform Your Business (Harvard Business Review Press, 2010).
"Once again this year we received many outstanding entries for the Forrester Groundswell Awards," said Forrester Vice President and Principal Analyst Nate Elliott. "It's clear that social media has reached a tipping point, where savvy companies are using social tools to pursue real business objectives rather than simply chasing fans and followers. The 2012 winners put social programs to practical use in their organizations — successfully marketing their wares, supporting their customers, and generating insights."
This year, there were more than 100 Forrester Groundswell Award entries. The awards presented today represent the top entries in the Business-to-Consumer (B2C) and Business-to-Business (B2B) divisions. Winners in the Business-to-Employee (B2E) division were announced last week at Forrester's Forum For CIOs. In all, 15 Forrester Groundswell Award winners have been honored this year.
Winners of the Forrester Groundswell Awards were chosen across a range of categories, representing the strategic goals that Forrester advises organizations to consider when using social media to interact with their customers. A detailed overview of each winning entry, along with the finalists in each category, is available on the Empowered website.
Here are the winners of the 2012 Forrester Groundswell Awards:
Business-To-Consumer (B2C) Division:
Talking: Glidden My Colortopia by Digital Influence Group
Energizing: New Kind of Social Shopping by sneakpeeq and Badgeville
Supporting: Engaging and Energizing Experts for Superior Support by Hewlett-Packard
Embracing: Fueling Innovation with Community Built on Lithium by Barclaycard Ring
Social Impact: ABC News Million Moms Challenge by BlogFrog
Business-To-Business (B2B) Division:
Listening: London 2012 Social Media Listening by Cisco Systems
Talking: SmartBear Gets Smart on Social by SmartBear Software
Energizing: Create Now — Adobe Creative Cloud Launch Social Activation by Adobe
Spreading: Using Gamification to Drive Software Trial Adoption by Autodesk and Badgeville
Supporting: The element14 Community by Premier Farnell
Embracing: Customer Advisory Council — Fostering CXO Intimacy and Growth by HCL Technologies
Mobile Application: Cisco Mobile Technical Support by Cisco Systems
Business-To-Employee (B2E) Division:
Collaboration Program: Using Social Knowledge Powered by Lithium to Reinvent Customer Support by Cisco Systems' Technical Support Services
Innovation Program: ANA Intelligent Network (ANA IN) by ANA — Aeroportos de Portugal, S.A.
Mobile Application: Mobility Transforms the Manufacturing Process with Eaton's PowerSource App by Eaton Corporation
Forrester's Forum For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals 2012
More than 600 people attended the Forrester Forum For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals in Chicago, which in its first year explored the role of digital disruption in eBusiness. Digital marketing professionals received practical advice for weighing the tradeoffs presented by digital opportunities for top-line growth and customer convenience against the risks of disruptor-induced margin and loyalty pressure. The Forum served marketing and strategy executives in a variety of professional roles, including eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals, Consumer Product Strategy Professionals, Interactive Marketing Professionals, and Technology Marketing Professionals.
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