Celebrate Success!
Excellence Inspires, Join Us to Celebrate Business Success
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Our 15th year of celebrating excellence continues with our 2010 Celebrate Success! Awards Gala scheduled for May 18th 2010 in Saskatoon.
Tickets for our 15th Annual Celebrate Success! Gala are here, purchase yours today! Click Here for a Gala Ticket Registration Sheet.
Saskatoon and region offer many shining examples of organizations that have raised the standards for the community, industry at large and even the world in the quality of their products, services and economic and community contributions. Our thriving economy has been referred to as "Sask-a-boom." The businesses in our region are growing and thriving in our New Reality. Does this sound like your business? Are you new to Saskatoon? Like the idea of free marketing? Help us tell the community about your business, apply for a SABEX Award today!
Excellence inspires - Let us celebrate Saskatoon's growth with a resounding celebration of business success, and strong economic development! Begin by nominating your favourite businesses for our prestigious awards; let us recognize and celebrate with our community their successes and achievement. Do you know of a business going above and beyond for its customers? Found a new product or service you can't live without? Help us find the businesses in our community worthy of distinction and let them know their efforts have been noticed.
To make it easier we have developed a two-stage process - an easy Nomination Process, and the Application Process. To request an application form click here. A completed and signed Nomination Form must be received Wednesday, March 3rd 2010. Once the Nomination Form has been received, the nominee will be contacted regarding the Application process. The completed Application Form, including supporting documentation and letters of support, must accompany the Application Form and all materials must be submitted in full triplicate. Completed application packages, in TRIPLICATE must be received Tuesday, March 16th 2010..
Our mission
"To deliver with integrity, a high-quality, enjoyable and celebratory series of business events, wherein true business excellence is recognized, promoted and celebrated, and networking potential encouraged and enhanced."
Celebrate Success! Information and Forms
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2010 Award Categories
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Award Categories
SABEX Community Involvement
SABEX Community Involvement: Awarded to the business demonstrating exceptional performance in its support of the arts, culture, amateur sports, and education or volunteer groups. Greater consideration will be given for involvement that is not an extension of the firm's main business activities. (pdf file) (Word document) ADJUDICATION CRITERIA.
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SABEX Customer Service
SABEX Customer Service: Awarded to the business demonstrating exceptional customer service (wholesale and retail trade, purchasing and distribution, transportation, brokering, professional services, communications, and financial). (pdf file) (Word document) ADJUDICATION CRITERIA
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SABEX Environmental & Sustainabiltiy
Awarded to a business that has demonstrated a strong commitment to environmental sustainability through, taking action to reduce its environmental footprint which has resulted in a measurable environmental improvement in its own business; providing innovative products/services which has resulted in a footprint reduction and environmental improvement elsewhere and/or; actively promoting and engaging in environmental sustainability with its stakeholders. (pdf file) (Word document) ADJUDICATION CRITERIA
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SABEX Growth & Expansion
SABEX Growth & Expansion: Awarded to the business that has made significant changes in their business resulting in "Growth" or "Expansion" of 15% or more of business markets, physical locations, number of employees, etc. and, which in turn has made an impact on the company's overall ability to increase its revenues, investments and profits now, or in the future. (pdf file) (Word document) ADJUDICATION CRITERIA
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SABEX Marketing
SABEX Marketing: Awarded to the business demonstrating exceptional performance in marketing. (pdf file) (Word document) ADJUDICATION CRITERIA
SABEX New Business Venture
SABEX New Business Venture: Awarded to a new business venture which has been in existence for three years or less and, which has shown positive performance in terms of current or expected profitability, job creation or entrance into new markets. (pdf file) (Word document) ADJUDICATION CRITERIA
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SABEX New Product
SABEX New Product: Awarded to the business demonstrating exceptional performance in launching a new Saskatchewan-made product or device in the last three years, which is both original and currently available to customers. (pdf file) (Word document) ADJUDICATION CRITERIARITERIA
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SABEX Business of the Year
SABEX Business of the Year: Size of the businesses is not a criterion. Awarded to the business that clearly demonstrates excellence in the areas they consider key to their success, including profitability, customer service, growth and/or expansion, marketing, and employment creation. The recipient must also have been in business for a minimum of three years, with their head office located in the Saskatoon and region. (pdf file) (Word document) ADJUDICATION CRITERIA
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SABEX Small Business of the Year
SABEX Small Business of the Year: Awarded to a business with 15 or less employees. The recipient must clearly demonstrate excellence in the areas they consider key to their success, including profitability, customer service, growth and/or expansion, marketing, and employment creation. The recipient must also have been in business for a minimum of three years, with their head office located in the Saskatoon and region. (pdf file) (Word document) ADJUDICATION CRITERIA
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SABEX Hall of Fame
One individual or business is inducted into the SABEX Hall of Fame each year. The presentation is made at the Annual Celebrate Success! Business Awards Gala. The recipient is a long-standing member of the Greater Saskatoon business community and exemplifies community spirit here in Saskatoon. An independent committee notifies the Celebrate Success! Committee of the recipient annually.
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Award of Innovation
University of Saskatchewan ILO is actively promoting evolution of research into marketable products. The Award of Innovation has been established by Innovation Place and University of Saskatchewan ILO to honour individuals or groups at the University of Saskatchewan who have created, developed, and promoted a new concept, procedure, process, or product.
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Stragic Alliance Award
Saskatoon Community Foundation's Strategic Alliance Award acknowledges the importance of bringing together resources through partnerships involving businesses and charities. This award encourages the development of such alliances by recognizing business and charities, which have worked together over time to enhance Saskatoon's quality of life. For more information please click here.
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Community Leadership Award
Leadership Saskatoon presented award to a community member that has displayed values in alignment with Leadership Saskatoon including citizen engagement, collaboration, inclusion/diversity and life long learning. The candidate must live in Saskatoon and area and have made a significant contribution that has reflected positively on the community of Saskatoon.
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