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The 2014 Yeggies nominees are…
There are no glitzy gowns, press scrums or gifs to spin out of this announcement – we’re saving the real party for the awards ceremony May 9, 2015. After 300 community-submitted nominations in our sixteen categories, we’re readying our envelopes and are able to announce the official 2...
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There are no glitzy gowns, press scrums or gifs to spin out of this announcement – we’re saving the real party for the awards ceremony May 9, 2015. After 300 community-submitted nominations in our sixteen categories, we’re readying our envelopes and are able to announce the official 2...
Published at The Yeggies
Nominate the best of 2014!
It’s time for you to think of the your favourite blogs, Twitter accounts, YouTube channels and podcasts that are produced here in Edmonton and nominate them for a Yeggie! It’s true: we’re back for our third year. Our objective this year, as it was in the previous two, is to reco...
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It’s time for you to think of the your favourite blogs, Twitter accounts, YouTube channels and podcasts that are produced here in Edmonton and nominate them for a Yeggie! It’s true: we’re back for our third year. Our objective this year, as it was in the previous two, is to reco...
Published at The Yeggies
Announcing the 2013 Yeggies nominees!
After receiving over 200 community-submitted nominations in sixteen categories, we’re finally able to announce the official shortlist nominees of the 2013 Yeggies (which, you’ll recall, we celebrate in 2014). The Yeggies organizing committee is excited at the diversity of the nominati...
Published at The Yeggies
After receiving over 200 community-submitted nominations in sixteen categories, we’re finally able to announce the official shortlist nominees of the 2013 Yeggies (which, you’ll recall, we celebrate in 2014). The Yeggies organizing committee is excited at the diversity of the nominati...
Published at The Yeggies
Nominate your favourites from 2013
It’s the 2nd Annual Edmonton New Media Awards, and we want you to nominate yourself or any other deserving Edmontonian(s)! When the Yeggies were created last year, I expected some interest from Edmonton’s online community. What I wasn’t expecting was over 200 nominations in the ...
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It’s the 2nd Annual Edmonton New Media Awards, and we want you to nominate yourself or any other deserving Edmontonian(s)! When the Yeggies were created last year, I expected some interest from Edmonton’s online community. What I wasn’t expecting was over 200 nominations in the ...
Published at The Yeggies
Judgment Day
We’ve had a lot of people ask about the judging process for the Yeggies. While we had a subcommittee of our planning committee shortlist the over 200 nominess in eleven categories (for any category that had more than 6 unique nominees), we believed we needed a panel of social-media-literate...
Published at The Yeggies
We’ve had a lot of people ask about the judging process for the Yeggies. While we had a subcommittee of our planning committee shortlist the over 200 nominess in eleven categories (for any category that had more than 6 unique nominees), we believed we needed a panel of social-media-literate...
Published at The Yeggies
And the nominees are…
Members of the Edmonton social media community submitted a total of 215 nominations for the first annual Yeggies. Considering this event was just conceived of, we (members of the organizing committee) were floored by the level of enthusiasm shown by fans and social media creators alike. But given...
Published at The Yeggies
Members of the Edmonton social media community submitted a total of 215 nominations for the first annual Yeggies. Considering this event was just conceived of, we (members of the organizing committee) were floored by the level of enthusiasm shown by fans and social media creators alike. But given...
Published at The Yeggies
Less than 2 days left: get your Yeggies nominations in
At the time this post was written, there were 174 nominations for the Edmonton New Media Awards, lovingly referred to as the Yeggies. As of the publishing of this post, there are just over 39 hours to get nominations in. I’ve set a personal goal to get to 200 nominations. We’re almost...
Published at The Yeggies
At the time this post was written, there were 174 nominations for the Edmonton New Media Awards, lovingly referred to as the Yeggies. As of the publishing of this post, there are just over 39 hours to get nominations in. I’ve set a personal goal to get to 200 nominations. We’re almost...
Published at The Yeggies
Celebrating the best in Edmonton social media
I’ve made a living out of social media for the last five years. It started in true serendipitous fashion: a chance meeting with a fellow many in Edmonton might know as Wanye Gretz back in 2007. Wanye had an idea for creating an Oilers fan website — which many of you will know as OilersNatio...
Published at The Yeggies
I’ve made a living out of social media for the last five years. It started in true serendipitous fashion: a chance meeting with a fellow many in Edmonton might know as Wanye Gretz back in 2007. Wanye had an idea for creating an Oilers fan website — which many of you will know as OilersNatio...
Published at The Yeggies
