Final call for nominations
HONG KONG, Nov. 12, 2010 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Corporate figures,
NGO heads, the media and members of the public are today invited to
nominate their candidate as the PublicAffairsAsia Gold Standard
Political Communicator of the Year, which is sponsored by
eBay.
The nominations process is open to any political figure who is seen
to be breaking new ground in effective communications in Asia or in
a role related to Asia. PublicAffairsAsia and eBay will honour a
politician or public figure in Asia who is achieving "gold standard
excellence" in their engagement with business, civil society or
stakeholder groups.
Members of the public, corporations, trade groups and politicians
themselves can nominate in this category by submitting a supporting
statement of no more than 300 words to
[email protected] no later than November 22,
2010.
The award was, last year, won by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono whose
historic second election victory persuaded the senior-level panel
of judges that he was breaking new ground in political
communications.
The award is judged by a panel of over 40 senior figures from
corporations, consultancies, governmental bodies, NGOs and the
media, and forms one of the centrepieces of The Gold Standard
Awards programme.
There is no charge to make a nomination for The Gold Standard Award
for Political Communications and the category is open to
nominations from both senior PA practitioners and members of civil
society, the media, NGO groups and others.
Commenting on the award and the engagement with eBay,
PublicAffairsAsia's vice president, Mark O'Brien, said: "Regardless
of their systems of government, politicians in all countries in
Asia Pacific need to effectively deploy modern communications
techniques and strategies to make the case for their programmes. We
are proud that eBay is to sponsor this year's award and look
forward to receiving nominations over the coming weeks."
Steven Liew, eBay Senior Director for Asia Pacific Government
Relations and Legal Counsel, said: "Effective communications often
go both ways, through the recognition of mutual benefits. For
example, as the largest ecommerce platform with access to over 90
million users worldwide, eBay work closely with many politicians
and public figures to share information and discuss regulatory
undertakings to support entrepreneurship and drive sustainable
ecommerce in many parts of Asia."
The nominations process for The Gold Standard Award for Political
Communications runs until November 22 and the award itself will be
announced at a gala cocktail reception in Hong Kong on January 20,
2011.
For more information on this award, and the wider Gold Standard
Awards programme, please visit
http://www.goldstandardawards2010.com
About PublicAffairsAsia:
PublicAffairsAsia is the network for senior government relations,
public affairs and corporate communications professionals operating
across the Asia Pacific region. It offers news, features, analysis
and intelligence on practice and policy through PublicAffairsAsia
magazine, online channels, intelligence and high-level events,
roundtables and conferences. It also operates the flagship Gold
Standard Awards for public policy and communications.
About eBay:
With more than 90 million active users globally, eBay is the
world's largest online marketplace, where practically anyone can
buy and sell practically anything. Founded in 1995, eBay continues
to connect a diverse and passionate community of hundred of
millions of individual buyers and sellers, as well as small
businesses -- and we continue to find new ways to help people do
business. Their collective impact on e-commerce is staggering: In
2009, the total worth of goods sold on eBay was $60 billion -
$2,000 every second.
Enabling ecommerce and entrepreneurship is at the heart of what we
do, which is why we actively partner profit and not-for-profit
organizations to advocate on policy issues that impact buyers,
sellers and small business owners.
To learn more about our latest and ongoing efforts in supporting
entrepreneurship and small business, drive sustainable ecommerce,
and enable millions of people to shop, pay and communication online
through our global portfolio of businesses, visit and join our
Government Relations grassroots network
http://www.ebaymainstreet.com
For more information, please contact:
PublicAffairsAsia
Mark O'Brien
Tel: +66-801-458-697
Email: [email protected]
eBay
Isabelle Neo
Email: [email protected]
Eimi Lu
Email: [email protected]
SOURCE PublicAffairsAsia