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5th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service People’s Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Customer Service Press Release Template You do not have to use this template for your press release if your company has won a People’s Choice Stevie Award for Favorite Customer Service. However, if you use the paragraphs in red, we ask that you keep them intact. Also note the usage of the trademark® and servicemarkSM symbols.

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[ORGANIZATION NAME] WINS 2011 PEOPLE’S CHOICE STEVIE® AWARD FOR FAVORITE CUSTOMER SERVICE

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MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA – February 22, 2011 – [ORGANIZATION NAME] was presented with a People’s Choice Stevie® Award for Favorite Customer Service in the [CATEGORY NAME] category in the fifth annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service last night.

The awards are presented by the Stevie Awards, which organizes several of the world’s leading business awards shows including the prestigious American Business AwardsSM and International Business AwardsSM.

Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word for “crowned,” the specially-design People’s Choice Stevie Award trophies were presented to honorees during a gala banquet on Monday, February 21 at the Eden Roc Renaissance Hotel in Miami Beach. Nominated customer service and sales executives from the U.S.A. and several other countries attended. The event benefited Camfed, which supports the education of girls and women in Africa.

More than 177,000 votes were cast by the general public worldwide, during the period January 14 through February 11, for their favorite providers of customer service in eight categories. All organizations nominated for Customer Service Department of the Year, that were then chosen as Finalists in the peer-reviewed section of the Stevie Awards competition, were automatically included in people’s choice voting.

[PARAGRAPH ABOUT THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE-WINNING NOMINATION(S) AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS, INCLUDING A QUOTE FROM A COMPANY EXECUTIVE CONGRATULATING THOSE NOMINATED.] “We offer a special congratulations to this year’s People’s Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Customer Service honorees, because they got the seal of approval from the most important judges of all, their customers,” said Michael Gallagher, president of the Stevie Awards.

Details about the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service and the list of honorees in all categories are available at www.stevieawards.com/sales.

The Businesss TalkRadio Network will broadcast the awards presentations from 8:00 pm ET on Thursday, February 24 across the U.S.A. The broadcast may be heard worldwide on their web simulcast, at http://www.businesstalkradio.net.

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About The Stevie Awards Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at www.stevieawards.com.

Sponsors of the 5th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service include American Support, the Business TalkRadio Network, Competence Call Center, Infogroup, the Sales Management Association, and ValueSelling Associates.