What are the Rich Media Impact Awards?
Sonic Foundry created the Rich Media Impact Awards program in 2005 to recognize excellence in the practical and creative integration of Mediasite in business, education, health and government.
Members of the Mediasite user community are invited to nominate organizations that achieved measurable improvements in information accessibility, cost savings, efficiency and productivity through Mediasite.
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How many organizations will be selected for recognition as Rich Media Impact Award finalists?
Typically the panel selects at least 2 finalists per category.
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What are the Rich Media Impact Award categories?
- Enterprise Award: recognizes a company who improved its business outcomes through rich media communication.
- Excellence in Education Award: recognizes a higher education institution that enhanced learning and outreach through rich media.
- Facility Design Award: recognizes a Mediasite customer and/or professional AV design or consulting firm that created innovative rich media rooms and facilities.
- Global Reach Award: recognizes any successful initiative that connected the international community through rich media.
- Government Award: recognizes a local, state or federal government initiative that implemented rich media for training and outreach.
- Healthcare Award: recognizes an organization that implemented rich media to benefit health and wellness.
- Prolific Use Award: recognizes an organization that has dramatically scaled its rich media program to achieve broad deployment across its enterprise, or a large number of presentations or presentation views.
- Rapid ROI Award: recognizes an organization that used rich media to quickly achieve a measurable ROI in its training, communications or outreach initiatives.
- Scholastic Achievement Award: recognizes a school district or other organization serving the K-12 educational community that harnessed the power of rich media to improve communication, learning and outreach.
- Student Impact Award: recognizes an individual student, as well as his/her college or university, whose educational experience has been enhanced through rich media.
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What organizations should apply?
Any current customer of Sonic Foundry is eligible. We welcome nominations from organizations of any size, across all industries, around the world.
You can be a current user of the Mediasite webcasting platform or a client of Sonic Foundry Event Services.
You may also apply in more than one category, and past winners are welcome to apply again. Please note in some cases, we may reassign your nomination to a different category to ensure the best fit.
If you have questions about eligibility, categories or anything RMIA-related, don’t hesitate to contact us.
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What is the deadline for applications?
March 9, 2010
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If I’m a finalist, why do you need a publish-to-go file of my nomination presentation?
Sonic Foundry will host your presentation in the finalists catalog. You presentation will also be shown in a montage as part of the awards ceremony during UNLEASH, the Mediasite User Conference.
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How do I apply?
Just record a 3-5 minute Mediasite presentation and fill out a short form. Visit the How to apply page for detailed instructions.
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Is there an application fee?
No, it is free.
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May I apply in more than one category?
Absolutely. And note in some cases, we may reassign your nomination to different categories to ensure the best fit.
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When will winners be notified?
March 19, 2010
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Is the program open to organizations outside of the United States?
Yes, absolutely.
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Who are the judges?
The judging panel rotates each year, featuring both past Rich Media Impact Award winners and Sonic Foundry employees.
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How much detail should I include in my presentation?
It’s entirely up to you. In the past the nominations that have fared best have included photos/screen shots, succinct statements of results and answered each of the questions outlined in the How to apply section.
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What do finalists/winners receive?
- One free conference registration to UNLEASH, the Mediasite User Conference
- Recognition in the Sonic Foundry press release announcing finalists, linking to your nomination presentation
- Recognized at luncheon ceremony that is webcasted live during UNLEASH
- Press release announcing winners from UNLEASH, linking to the ceremony and your nomination presentation
- Individual media outreach campaign to targeted media we determine with you
- Rich Media Impact Award logo for your website
- Engraved award presented at UNLEASH (or shipped to remote finalists)
- Named in Streaming Media Magazine print ad and other ad placements throughout the year
- Template PR tools you can use to promote your win
- Presentation featured on sonicfoundry.com, Sonic Foundry’s blog and other social media sitse
- Finalists often go on to be featured in Sonic Foundry webinars, speaking at major conferences and to serve as experts for reporter inquiries
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Who can I contact for more information?
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