Enterprise Social Networks - INgage Networks Awards and Recognition

INgage Networks™ (formerly Neighborhood America) is a finalist for the Red Herring 100 North America Award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures across North America. The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative companies from a pool of hundreds based on financial performance, technology innovation and quality of management.

INgage Networks (formerly Neighborhood America), a two-time SIIA CODiE Award Winner for Best Social Networking Solution, is one of only three vendors named as finalists in this category, alongside LexisNexis and Salesforce – this year’s winner.

The annual CODiE Awards are among the most esteemed in the software industry, celebrating outstanding achievements and vision in software, digital information and education technology industries. Nominated products undergo an intensive review by subject matter experts, analysts, journalists and others with deep experience in the field, with only the highest scoring entries making it to the final round.

Kim Kobza, president and CEO of INgage Networks (formerly Neighborhood America), earned the TechAmerica 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The awards highlight high-tech leaders who have made a significant contribution to the technology industry in Florida.

INgage Networks (formerly Neighborhood America) wins the 2009 Excellence in Web 2.0 Award from ITFlorida. ITFlorida is a non-profit membership organization that represents Florida’s diverse information technology communities on a statewide basis. From 250 nominees, INgage Networks was one of 16 awarded the highest honor of achievement. The Excellence in Web 2.0 Award recognizes the impact that the new use of web technologies continues to have in the information age.

INgage Networks (formerly Neighborhood America) wins a 2009 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in Website Development. The award, presented by the Web Marketing Association, recognizes INgage Networks’ 'Standard of Excellence' in the technology category. This is the second consecutive year the company wins this award.

The Web Marketing Association reviewed more than 2,000 sites from 45 countries in 96 industry categories during this year's competition. Entries were judged on design, copy writing, innovation, content, interactivity, navigation, and use of technology.

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) selected INgage Networks (formerly Neighborhood America) for the second consecutive year as the winner of the CODiE Award for "Best Social Networking Solution."

The annual CODiE Awards are among the most esteemed in the software industry, celebrating outstanding achievements and vision in software, digital information and education technology industries.

Through a unique combination of journalist and expert peer review, the CODiE Awards recognize 70 winning products from more than 850 nominations submitted by 600 companies.

The SIIA is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to more than 800 leading software and information companies.

INgage Networks (formerly Neighborhood America) proudly accepted five Awards of Excellence, which is the highest and most prestigious Gold Communicator Award. The winning submissions for the Print category included an advertising campaign, our corporate brochure and business card. Our company story won in the Video category for Corporate Image and our Adidas customer story won in the Video/Interactive for Technology.

The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program honoring creative excellence for Communications Professionals. Founded by communication professionals over a decade ago, The Communicator Awards received over 7,000 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes, making it one of the largest awards of its kind in the world.

Rodale earns a 2009 Best of the Web Award in the Community/Social Networking category for its Men’s Health Belly Off! Club, developed by INgage Networks (formerly Neighborhood America). The Belly Off! Club enables members to find inspiration and encouragement for their peers to shed belly fat. Within the first six months, members collectively shed 58,000 pounds with 13,000 success stories shared to date.

Members witness results and so does the brand, boasting a 10x ROI and a continuous stream of new advertising revenue. MinOnline says, “Rodale and partner INgage Networks demonstrated that online community can add bulk and strength, not flab, to a traditional franchise.”

View the 2009 min's Best of the Web winners:
http://www.minonline.com/awards/bestofweb09/

Kodak Gallery wins a 2009 Effie Award for The Idea Center, developed by INgage Networks (formerly Neighborhood America). The Effies recognizes any and all forms of marketing communication that contribute to a brand’s success, “great ideas that achieve real results and the strategy that goes into creating them.”

The Idea Center is an online community that empowers members to exchange ideas on how to use Kodak products to create personalized gifts and other creative projects using their digital photos. The peer-to-peer recommendations result on average in 10-25% more visitors buying products, than compared to the rest of the Kodak Gallery site.

View the 2009 Effie winners:
http://www.effie.org/downloads/2009_winners_list.pdf

For the second consecutive year, INgage Networks (formerly Neighborhood America) MOVO powers a mobile campaign recognized for global excellence by the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA). Our customer Adidas won a 2008 MMA Global Award for Overall Excellence for its “Brotherhood” campaign. INgage Networks, through Isobar, was among the campaign partners that played an integral role connecting the various mobile solutions to deliver the experience to consumers.

INgage Networks (formerly Neighborhood America) wins a 2008 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in Website Development. The award, presented by the Web Marketing Association, recognizes INgage Networks’ 'Standard of Excellence' in both the computer software and technology categories.

The 2008 WebAwards recognize the best website in 96 industry categories, with nominations spanning more than 47 countries from around the world. INgage Networks' entry consistently rated above the 2008 WebAward average in all categories including design, ease of use, copywriting, interactivity, use of technology, innovation and content.

INgage Networks (formerly Neighborhood America) receives ITFlorida’s 2008 Award for Excellence in IT Leadership for the Southwest region. The award is among a handful of prestigious recognitions given out annually that spotlight notable achievement in the information technology industry within Florida. INgage Networks was recognized for its technological innovation, which has served to advance both public and private sectors nationwide, with particular emphasis on the State of Florida.

INgage Networks (formerly Neighborhood America) is named a finalist in the 2008 Forrester Groundswell Award competition. The Groundswell Awards honor excellent and effective use of social technologies to advance an organizational or corporate goal. Applicants must provide compelling data and metrics that provide proof of business value.

The global competition drew 150 submissions which were filtered down to a handful of finalists within each category. INgage Networks' entry, Men's Health's Belly Off! Club, was named a finalist in the 'Supporting' category. Social technologies enabled club members to interact and support each other while participating in an eight-week program toward trimming their bellies, getting fit and reclaiming a healthful body. The community drove a 10x ROI for INgage Networks' customer, Rodale (publisher of Men's Health).

INgage Networks (formerly Neighborhood America) has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the AO Global 250 Winners. Inclusion in the AO Global 250 signifies major developments in the creation of new business opportunities in the global technology industries. INgage Networks was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and other industry experts spanning the globe, based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.

INgage Networks stood out among the nominees in many ways. First, its ELAvate platform was named the 'best social networking solution' for enterprises, previously honored with the Software Information Industry Association's 2008 Codie Award; second, it retains a focus on strategic and long-term sustainable revenue growth; and third, it has built a leadership team with the experience and vision to assure INgage Networks' dominance in what is expected to be one of the highest growth segments in the software industry over the next decade. A full list of all the AO Global 250 winners can be found on the AlwaysOn Web site at http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/27959

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) selected INgage Networks (formerly Neighborhood America) as the CODiE Award Winner for "Best Social Networking Solution." The annual CODiE Awards are among the most esteemed in the software industry, honoring the achievements and vision in software, education technology and digital content.

More than 1,100 CODiE nominations were submitted by 600 companies in a total of 75 categories. INgage Networks was among the 340 distinguished finalists that were selected by a panel of expert judges during the first round of competition. From the impressive list of finalists, only 75 were honored with CODiE Awards during the evening Gala on May 20, 2008, each representing the single best solution in each of the established categories.

The SIIA is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to more than 800 leading software and information companies.

INgage Networks (formerly Neighborhood America) submitted the Adidas "Basketball is a Brotherhood" campaign, on behalf of Isobar, to compete against more than 400 entries in the 2008 Suncoast Chapter of the America Advertising Federation (AAF-Suncoast) ADDY Competition.

Isobar won a Gold ADDY – the highest level of creative excellence – in the Online, Mobile Marketing category and an Amy Award in Interactive Media for the highest scoring entry within the major division. Through it's partnership with Isobar, INgage Networks managed the text-messaging component of the community.

Work is entered into the ADDY competition on the local level through over 210 local Advertising Federations nationwide. Work that is selected as the very best in each local market advances to compete on the regional level. Finally, regional winners from the 14 American Advertising Federation (AAF) Districts across the country compete in the national level of competition, making a National ADDY one of the toughest awards in the industry to win.

Kim Patrick Kobza, president and CEO of INgage Networks (formerly Neighborhood America) was recognized by Gulfshore Business as one of this year's "50 Top Power Players." The publication describes their role: "whatever the source of their power, the real movers and shakers exercise those personal resources along with their talents and intelligence to make a difference in their business and their community, whether it be geographical, professional, jurisdictional or otherwise."

Kobza is highlighted for founding "a Naples-based company that has established a foothold in the global market with its innovative, Web-based communication tools."

David Bankston, executive vice president and CTO of INgage Networks (formerly Neighborhood America), earned the distinction of one of the top 2008 Modern-Day Technology Leaders from U.S. Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine and will be recognized at the 22nd Black Engineer of the Year Awards Conference.

The awards are presented annually to recognize and honor the technical and professional achievements of African-American men and women who are shaping the future of engineering, science, and technology. An industry-wide committee chooses recipients from a competitive field of candidates selected for their academic credentials, career achievements and community outreach efforts. Bankston ranked highly among an impressive list of high-level executives from companies such as Booz Allen Hamilton, IBM Corporation, Texas Instruments, The Boeing Company, and Lockheed Martin.

INgage Networks (formerly Neighborhood America), along with adidas and Isobar, are the winners of the 2007 Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) Global Award for "Best Use of Mobile Marketing, Cross-Media Integration." The winning campaign leveraged INgage Networks' MOVO Mobile solution to extend the reach of the adidas brand and engage the nearly 500,000 fans visiting Las Vegas during the NBA All-Star Week 2007.

The MMA is the premier global non-profit association established to lead the growth of mobile marketing and its associated technologies. This year the Awards Selection Committee - comprised of industry leaders from wireless carriers, technology and content providers, agencies and leading industry publications - received more than 260 submissions from companies across the globe.

During PartnerWorld 2007, IBM Global Public Sector recognized INgage Networks (formerly Neighborhood America) as one of IBM's Public Sector Top Star business partners. The award highlights the company's innovative technology, dedicated and trusted services, and its continued loyalty and strategic commitment to IBM.

IBM's Public Sector channel sales teams and industry executives selected business partners from government, education and healthcare/life sciences who consistently demonstrate the "Best of the Best" qualities that ensure successful partnership with IBM, as well as success in the marketplace.

BPT Partners is one of the world's leading authorities on Customer Relationship Management. The 2007 Steppin' Out Award is the only award in the industry that looks at a CRM company's vision, corporate worldview and how well integrated it is into the company's plans.

From 81 companies, Chief Customer Officer Paul Greenberg narrowed the field to six. INgage Networks (formerly Neighborhood America) was recognized as one of the finalists, and as providing sustained business value to its customers - in good company with Microsoft, Netsuite and Salesforce.com.

The Economic Development Council of Collier County (EDC) honored INgage Networks (formerly Neighborhood America) with the Innovation Award at its Excellence in Industry 2006 Gala Celebration. The Innovation Award is representative of companies that demonstrate leadership within their industry through their development of new and innovative technologies or programs that result in job creation and economic diversification in Collier County, Florida.

The 2003 American Planning Association (APA) National Awards Jury selected Imagine New York, a project of the Municipal Art Society, for special recognition. The APA annual awards honor the most outstanding efforts in the art, science, and profession of community planning.

Because of the uniqueness of the challenge and the high quality of the project, APA created a special category - the American Vision Award - to recognize Imagine New York. Imagine New York began in March 2002 to give voice to the people's vision for rebuilding the World Trade Center site, the city and the region. Through its region-wide outreach effort, which included facilitated workshops and a dedicated project website (www.imaginenewyork.org), the project collected over 20,000 ideas. INgage Networks (formerly Neighborhood America) provided the web-based system to manage the team collaboration and public involvement for this project.

The Economic Development Council of Collier County (EDC) presented INgage Networks (formerly Neighborhood America) with the Innovative Achievement Award at its Excellence in Industry 2001 Gala Celebration. The local awards event is held every year in honor of Florida's Industry Appreciation week. The EDC's mission is to attract better paying, higher level jobs in Collier County, Florida.