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The 2019 Founders Awards
The 2019 Founders AwardsBACKGROUND
The SMPS SFBAC Founders’ Awards Program began in 2001 as a forum to recognize excellence in Marketing Communications in the built environment and to recognize an individual Marketer of the Year whose extraordinary expertise and achievements serve as a model for A/E/C marketing professionals. The Founders’ Awards Program is named to pay homage to a group of marketers who came together in the 1970s and called themselves BD Anonymous until the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of SMPS was incorporated in 1982.
Held every two years, this prestigious awards program culminates at a networking-filled gala with more than 100 people in downtown San Francisco. The 2019 Founders Awards will recognize individuals for their strategic excellence and the teams who create outstanding communication vehicles for architectural, engineering, design, and construction firms.
This is the only Bay Area awards program that highlights the critical role and immense value marketing professionals bring to the design and building industry. The award winners will be announced that evening.
AWARDS Ceremony
Thank you to everyone who attended the 2019 Founders Awards Gala! Awarded winners are announced below.
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Thank you to our amazing emcees for 2019 Heidi Bilodeau, Associate Principal and Director of Marketing and Business Development at Ratcliff, and Sam Fajner, Principal, Executive Vice President at TEECOM. Celebrities in the Bay Area A/E/C industry, Sam and Heidi have some of the most connected networks and the sharpest wits in the business!
DATES TO REMEMBER
Next Founders Awards is in 2021!
Interested in sponsoring the Founders Awards? Contact our Financial Development Director Melissa Moulton ([email protected]). Visit our Sponsorship Opportunities Page for more information.
2019 AWARDS winners
Lifetime Achievement Award
Judi Sayler
Volunteer of the Year
Christina Benedict
Marketer of the Year
Laurie Lumish
Best of Show
Truebeck Construction, Video
People’s Choice
Degenkolb, Holiday Piece
Corporate Identity
A consistent graphic image applied to a firm’s print and collateral materials used to promote firm branding in the marketplace.
Award of Excellence - O’Connor Construction Management
Holiday Piece (Print or Digital)
A piece such as a card, holiday party invitation, client appreciation gift, calendar etc. produced for one-time use during a specific holiday.
Award of Honor – Pfau Long Architecture
Award of Excellence – Flint Builders
Inbound Digital Marketing Program
A series of whitepapers, emails, blog posts, webinars, web pages, or other digital content that includes prospect activity tracking for the purpose of converting leads to sales.
Award of Honor – TEECOM
Recruitment Campaign
A program designed to recruit potential and retain current employees through print and/or electronic communications, including but not limited to ads, brochures, form letters, pamphlets, postcards, announcements, and email promotions.
Award of Honor - Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
Special Event
A print or electronic piece produced for one-time use to promote a special event such as an anniversary, new name, office opening, dedication, party, or ground breaking.
Award of Excellence – Truebeck Construction
Specific Project Marketing (Print Or Digital)
An item or series of items developed in support of winning one specific project. Materials may include qualification packages, proposals, PowerPoint presentations, leave-behinds, blog, or any print or digital piece that contributed to the total effort to win a specific project.
Award of Excellence – Lionakis
Social Media
Any marketing effort that uses online social media tools to provide a platform for thought leadership, collaboration, and user interaction. Can be one platform or a combination of platforms.
Award of Excellence – ARUP
Video (Internal or External)
External: A video created for external communication purposes.
Award of Honor – Charles M. Salter Associates
Award of Excellence – Truebeck Construction
Website (Internal or External)
External: An external, public website that either promotes your firm or has been launched by your firm for a specific project.
Internal: Internal websites or intranets that have been launched for the purposes your firm’s internal communications
Award of Honor – Degenkolb Engineers
Award of Excellence – Harris
