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Call for Nominations: Lifetime Achievement Award

ASBPE expands criteria; submission deadline is March 31.

Download a Nomination Form

• You may nominate as many individuals as you like.

• Separate forms must be filled out for each person.

• Nominees need not be ASBPE members.

Get the nomination form (32K Word doc).

Please return completed form by March 31, 2006 to:

ASBPE
214 N. Hale St.
Wheaton, IL 60187
info@asbpe.org
Fax: (630) 510-4501
Phone: (630) 510-4588

The criteria for ASBPE’s Lifetime Achievement Award (LAA) have been broadened to include not only individuals with direct editorial experience but also others who have solidly contributed to editorial excellence in other ways.

“ASBPE believes there are individuals who have mightily contributed to business-to-business editorial excellence who have not been long-time editors, but who may have been academicians, consultants, or art directors, who should be recognized,” said committee chair Rob Freedman, ASBPE immediate past president and senior editor of Realtor magazine.

This marks a significant and official change to the criteria. Last year, ASBPE honored University of Missouri journalism professor emeritus Dr. Don Ranly, who had been an editorial practitioner in his earlier years, but spent the bulk of his career in academia and on the road teaching business publishing professionals.

The new LAA criteria

1) Significant involvement (25 years or more) with business publications. Nominees need not currently hold editorial positions, and may be retired, but ideally will have spent the bulk of their careers in senior editorial positions or will have served the industry in some significant way. Nominees need not be members of ASBPE. Past nominees not selected in previous years are encouraged to reapply.
Please provide the nominee’s current title and employer/business (if retired, please state such). Provide a brief description or résumé of the nominee’s job history. Include dates, job titles, magazines, companies.

2) A commitment to editorial excellence. This may be demonstrated by general reputation of their publication(s); industry-related awards (e.g., ASBPE Azbees, Neal Awards, Folio:, Tabbies); internal company awards; other forms of recognition or other valid measures of editorial success.

3) A commitment to the business/professional press. Nominees should be or should have been involved in lending their experience and time to benefit others in the business press. For example, this may be participation in local or national business press or related organizations; corporate or university teaching; mentoring programs; or significant research or publication of articles on business press issues.

4) A commitment to the industry(ies) the nominee’s publication(s) serve. Examples might include committee work with trade or professional associations or standards groups; frequent speaking engagements at industry events; significant research or publication of articles on industry issues; or significant advocacy work with government agencies.

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American Society of Business Publication Editors
214 North Hale St.
Wheaton, IL 60187
(630) 510-4588
Fax: (630) 510-4501
info@asbpe.org