With the onrush of virtual association conferences, annual meetings and tradeshows, the need to find a replacement for an in-person awards ceremony and other member-recognition events is on the rise. The David James Group created a web-based “virtual” awards hall for the Society of Women Engineers’ 2020 annual meeting to help SWE members celebrate awards related to women in engineering.
The SWE Virtual Awards Hall proved to be a popular tool for SWE, and could be for you, too. Planning an in-person event? This tool offers you a new way to enhance your member recognition initiatives!
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"SWE members loved our virtual awards hall, the virtual replacement for the two awards banquets we normally host. It's been a great way to recognize our award recipients, and from our volunteer leaders to the awards recipients themselves we've had nothing but positive feedback."
Karen Horting, MBA, CAE
Executive Director and CEO, Society of Women Engineers
The virtual hall includes:
- The ability to search award recipients by award type and name
- Award recipient details, images and videos
- Commenting and providing kudos
- Google Sheet integration to dynamically load award-recipient information
- Content management/backend approval and comment monitoring
- Sharing comments/kudos on social media
- Sponsorship opportunities including digital banners and video
Our virtual approach to an awards ceremony was a hit with:
- 475 recipients recognized
- 8,000 unique visitors
- 2,800+ comments
- Constant positive feedback to recipients
- A high amount of attendee engagement
