2018 Shoalhaven Business Awards
Awards Gala, Friday 31st August, Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre
The Shoalhaven Business Awards is the region’s most anticipated annual business event.
Just by entering the Awards you are giving yourself the opportunity to review your business operations, reconnect with your vision and strategy, and measure performance against objectives. Many entrants see the Awards as a time for forced self-assessment, which helps keep them accountable to their goals.
You are also giving yourself the opportunity to represent the Shoalhaven in the Illawarra Business Awards, and as we have seen in the past, the State Awards (if you enter an aligned category).
The Awards are about so much more than just winning. In addition to recognising and honouring the most outstanding businesses in the region, they provide an opportunity to celebrate the combined success of the Shoalhaven business community.
The 2018 Awards will open on Monday 14th May and will close at 11.59pm on Monday 9th July.
Awards contacts
For general Awards enquiries
Julia O’Keefe
Awards Manager
0438 287 578
awards@shoalhavenbusiness.com.au
For all portal support and technical enquiries
Lee Toomey
NSWBC Member Support Centre
1300 139 910
Award categories
Our 2018 categories have been announced.
For more information on each individual category please view the Award entry Pack.
Goodluck and we look forward to receiving your nomination.
Sponsors
Our Awards sponsors play an essential role in making the Awards possible.
If you are interested in sponsoring the Awards, please contact Julia O’Keefe, Awards Manager on 0438 287 578 or email awards@shoalhavenbusiness.com.au.
Award Entry Workshop
A practical and hands on style workshop, participants will have the opportunity to work on their submission and get immediate feedback from past judges.
Places are limited so please register your interest to secure your place at the workshop.
How to enter
Entries are completed online using the NSW Business Chamber awards entry portal. The portal makes the entry, judging and management process efficient, and levels the playing field for entries. Learn more about how to use the portal here.
Read more on how to enter the 2018 Shoalhaven Business Awards with our Awards Entry Pack by clicking the link below.
Benefits of entering
The benefits of entering the Awards extend well beyond winning and glory. As a process of entering the Awards, you will review your business operations, reconnect with your vision and strategy, and measure performance against objectives. Many entrants see the Awards as a time for forced self-assessment, which helps keep them accountable to their goals.
Involving your team in the entry process is also an exceptional opportunity for team building. And being able to celebrate with you at the Awards Gala, whether as a finalist or winner, is the perfect way to say thank you to the people who make your business what it is.
Awards Ambassadors
Our past Awards winners are often our best advocates for the Awards.
So this year we have selected two of our past winners, and regular supporters of the Awards, and asked them to become our official Awards Ambassadors.
Sian Ludlow, 2017 Young Entrepreneur Winner, and Garry Wilbraham, 2007 & 2017 Business Leader Winner, are passionate and outspoken about the plethora of benefits that entering the Awards brings to your business.
Awards Gala
The Awards Gala evening will be held on Friday 31st August at the Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre. The pinnacle of the business year, the Awards provide unrivalled networking opportunities, the chance to share remarkable stories, and ongoing brand exposure to the entire region.
The theme of the 2018 Awards will be announced at the launch on Monday 14th May. Tickets for the event will go on sale in July.
Awards Insider Podcast
Craft a standout business awards entry with practical tips from our guests who have won, judged or supported a range of business awards programs in Australia.
Available for download in iTunes, our show is sponsored by TAFE NSW.
It is hosted by multi award winning business owner, MC and radio host, Chance Hanlon, and 2017 Awards Manager, Miranda Packer, and produced locally in the HEV Studio. Check out our guests and discover our exciting podcast competition.