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#Indiana Social Media Summit
Nominations will be accepted for #Indiana’s 2010:

~Most INfluential Dame
~Most INfluential Dude
~Most INfluential UP & Comer
~Nicest Social Media Peep
~Grooviest Social Media Campaign
~Most Ethical Social Media Company

=> All nominations must be accompanied by a small paragraph explaining the rationale behind the nomination (at least three coherent sentences)

=> ALL Nominees* must have lived and worked in #Indiana from January 1, 2010 through November 30, 2010

=> ALL Nominees* must operate in accordance with Standard Social Media Ethics (SSME): Transparency, Honesty, Accountability, Reciprocity, Gratuity (THARG)

=> ALL Nominees* must be ACTIVELY participating in at least THREE Major Social Media Platforms (simply having a presence does not constitute active participation)

=> Multiple nomination categories will not be allowed within one organization**

=> No one may nominate themselves or their company for any of the categories (if you are keen to be on the final ballot ask someone else to nominate you)

=> All reasonable nominations will be included in the final ballot

=> Nominations will be accepted from December 1, 2010, 12:01am*** through December 15, 2010, 11:59pm

=> The final ballot will be available soon after nominations close, and will remain open until 6:00pm December 29, 2010

*The word “Nominee” can signify a either a person or an organization

** If the president of Acme SM Experts, Inc. is nominated for Most Influential Dame, her company may not be nominated for Most Ethical Company or Grooviest Campaign and her vice president will not be eligible for Nicest SM Peep

***all times listed are EST
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I talked with Chris Theisen at @HareChevy As a corporate sponsor Chris and Hare Chevrolet agreed to put together the nomination form and final ballot using @formstack Thanks Chris!

CLARIFICATIONS ON ABOVE RULES:

The phrase”ACTIVELY participating…” will be changed to “All nominees must have a social media presence on at least three major platforms.” This could be a personal or a work related presence (It is – after all – a social media event )
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Grooviest “Campaign” clarification — can mean:
1) Overall Social Media activity
2) a Social Media strategy launching a business or new product line
3) a Social Media promotion / giveaway
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Ethics … is a branch of philosophy which seeks to address questions about morality; that is, about concepts such as good and bad, right and wrong, justice, and virtue. – wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics
The Most Ethical Social Media Company can be defined as a company whose actions are virtuous:
# the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
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# a particular moral excellence
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Examples of Ethical actions may include:
# Dealing fairly with prices and services – not OVER charging
# Recommending another company that may do a better job, even if it’s a competitor
# Giving credit where credit is due – NOT stealing someone else’s work (like plagiarizing a blog)
# Returning phone calls and answering correspondence in a timely fashion

-AmyStark
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When do you want to go through the list of nominees to organize the final ballot?

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Comment by Amy Stark on December 24, 2009 at 12:27am on the http://smallerindiana.com/group/SocialMediaSummit

Please forgive the long delay in updating. It’s the most wonderful time of the year and also the most exhausting! As of 11:54pm 12-23-09 There are a total of 286 bit.ly clicks to the ballot and 95 ballots have been completed. Can I just say, WOW!
It looks as if #nwindiana means business as they are leading in all three categories. Dave Woodson is in the lead for Dude with 17% of the vote. Kathy Sipple has captured a whopping 33% of the votes for most influential Dame, and Laurie Griffith has 22% of the votes as an up & comer.

I will only post updates sporadically over the next few days -for obvious reasons- but I stayed up way past my bedtime tonight to thank everyone involved for their AWESOMENESS. To my knowledge, no other state is doing something even remotely similar to this. It feels good to have #Indiana lead a social media initiative. Bravo!

Merry Christmas and God Bless us, everyone!
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Comment by Amy Stark on December 26, 2009 at 11:34pm Smaller Indiana Kibitz Group

It was my understanding the ballot on formspring allowed for just one completed ballot per IP address, but I am no expert on hacking. The nominees are randomized each time on the ballot plus there’s the captcha thingy at the bottom of the form. Beyond that it is based on the honor system and a naive hope that people would play fairly.

It would have been WONDERFUL if someone with more technological experience in hacking had been able to donate time and talent to set up an air-tight voting process, but I could only afford free applications -Smaller #Indiana, twitter, formspring, Tweetbrite, etc.. and roughly $20 for the trophies.

If someone wants to win badly enough, I suppose they could find a way around anything. The person with the most votes at this point is Kathy Sipple with 56, so I doubt there’s been any mischief so far.

Here are the ACTUAL Large and Impressive Trophies that will be awarded to the most influential Social Media Dude and Dame. I hope no one would compromise their ethics for bragging rights and 18 inches of metal with a marble base. They may do stuff like that on the East and Left coasts but surely not here in #Indiana.
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Comment by Harrison Painter on December 26, 2009 at 11:48pm SI Kibitz
“As the Social Media World Turns!”

You guys just gave me a precious nugget for a future webisode script we are working on!!!

ROTFLMAO –> LOVE IT!

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Comment by Kathy Sipple on December 27, 2009 at 9:26am SI Kibitz Group:

I’m looking forward to meeting all of you in Indy in a few days. Since I’m in the lead right now (for Dame), I feel I need to say that I have not encouraged any multi-voting or other “monkey business” among my supporters. I did post links on Twitter and on my Facebook fan page, as well as sent personal messages to clients and students via email or LinkedIn. Amy, I appreciate your efforts on this and if I do win, I want it to mean something! Thanks again and I hope it will be a fun time for all.
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Comment by Robby Slaughter on December 27, 2009 at 5:42pm SI Kibitz Group:

I’m not doing any campaigning. I am not sure if this process benefits from self-promotion, or if advertisement only serves to interrupt others and thus sour public opinion of social media.

Unlike a traditional vote in which the electorate is already a predetermined size, this contest will be won not by convincing a majority but by motivating the largest number of people. So for me, the great honor is to be nominated and get to spend time with you fine people. Whatever the outcome, I can’t wait for the luncheon!

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Comment by Harrison Painter on December 27, 2009 at 7:19pm SI Kibitz Blog:

I would assume Amy’s intent on this contest was less about defining an actual calculation of who is most influential, but simply to have fun and bring together a great group of passionate people that strongly believe in the power of social media with the hopes that it would create a discussion on how to best get Indiana firmly planted on the social media map in 2010.

………Am I missing something?
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Comment by Steve Dalton on December 28, 2009 at 5:54pm on SI Kibitz Group:

@amystark well done, although the goal may have been a get together with the #indiana influentia on Wednesday to toast the New Year … you have succeeded in also introducing us all to important viewpoints, debates, and philosophies in this 3 year old industry. The sky’s the limit in 2010. Keep collaborating all.
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