Express Finalist Pack
@ £2,500

Priority decision on your entry, giving you more time to prepare your conference talk and book diaries, and at least a mention in the Independent Winners supplement.

Includes a great selection of key optional extras.*

Standard Finalist Pack
@ £995

All you need to speak at and attend the conference, to be at the awards ceremony and to receive at least a mention in the Independent Winners supplement.

Then add the optional extras you want.[/one_third_last]

* The Express Pack comes with over £2,500 worth of premium options
Partner Recognition: your commercial partner can have their brand associated with your entry
Team Support: help from our team for your conference presentation design
Ceremony Places: four places at the awards ceremony instead of one
Independent Overview: 50 words of text about your entry in our Winners supplement
Late Visuals: more time to provide us with the visuals to accompany your entry

[callout1] What’s included with each finalist pack

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Whilst you can just have your Key Speaker attend the conference, all the Packs encourage you to be at least four people for your entry’s day at the conference:

Give the Talk
Key Speaker giving your presentation to conference.

Has no commercial interest in the entry.

Can respond in your Q&A session.

Attends whole day and votes as a Peer Award Judge.

Lend Authority
Your Director/CEO demonstrating their backing.

Can co-present if no commercial interest.

Can respond in your Q&A session.

Attends whole day and votes, or just your 1/4 day slot.

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Extra Places
See the Premium Options below for extra conference places, enhancing your team presence and so more of you may benefit from the inspirational presentations and networking.

Type of Place
The “Key Speaker” and “Offer Support” places are Peer Awards Judge whole-day places, and these people are acknowledged as such. If either person stays for part of the conference day instead, and misses some of the voting, then that acknowledgement no longer applies.

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We plan again an exciting and inspirational celebration for all the finalists, and especially for the winners when we announce the results of the votes. At the awards ceremony each winner is presented with a complimentary plaque. Also each finalist is given the certificates awarded to them by the conference judges. These are the actual votes cast by your peers, some with comments from the judges.

What you already get with the finalist pack you choose

Company Finalist Pack
Places for the Key Speaker and a number of guests at their own table.

Standard Finalist Pack
The Key Speaker receives a complimentary place at the ceremony.[/one_third_last]

Extra Places
See the Premium Options below for ceremony places for more colleagues, or your own table, to all bask in your success and network with finalists from all three Peer Awards themes.

Type of Place
The complimentary place at the ceremony is for the “Key Speaker” only. In the event that this person cannot attend, you may nominate an alternative person to take their place, but only if they are of at least the same level of seniority and could speak knowledgeably about your entry if invited to do so at the ceremony.

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As a finalist, your entry would feature in the Winners supplement planned in The Independent newspaper after the awards ceremony.

We undertake at the very least to include your company logo and name in the Winners supplement.

What you already get in the Winners supplement with the finalist pack you choose

As a winner
Company name, logo, entry title & 50 words

As a finalist (but not a winner)
Your company name and logo[/one_half_last]

Greater Media Coverage
See the Premium Options below for gaining more coverage for your entry in The Independent.[/fusion_slide]

Before you enter
You can attend an introductory conference call to find out more.

When you have submitted your entry
If your written entry is selected then we say that it is “shortlisted”. This means that you are accepted as a finalist.

The next stage is that you would join a phone conversation for you to be fully aware of key aspects of the Peer Awards, typically with the Director of the Peer Awards.
The type of call that you would have depends on your finalist pack.

What you already get with the finalist pack you choose

Company Finalist Pack
An exclusive conference call for just your finalists.

Standard Finalist Pack
A place at a conference call along with other finalists.[/one_third_last]

We try to not simply reject entries that are not yet ready to be selected. If your entry shows potential but just falls short in some way, we would normally come back to you with ideas about how you might resubmit.

When your entry is selected
If everything is in order then we would hope to select your entry as a finalist. We offer guidelines that can help you when preparing your conference presentation if shortlisted. And we may provide you with feedback when you submit any visuals to accompany your conference talk, to help you make them as good as they can be.

What you already get with the finalist pack you choose

Company Finalist Pack
Your own mentor and your own seminar and workshop.

Express Finalist Pack
A mentor and places at the seminar and workshop.

Standard Finalist Pack
A place at a conference call along with other finalists.[/one_third_last]

Enhanced Team Support
See the Premium Options below for the highly effective support that our Team offers, to help you craft an inspirational conference talk for your entry.

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This table shows the key differences between the three Finalist Packs.

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The Premium Options

Each option described, with pack differences explained in each instance.

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Recognition for your partner’s association with your entry, giving them quality exposure for their brand at this website, the conference, at the ceremony and in the Independent.

What your partners already get with the finalist pack you choose

Company Finalist Pack

Logo in The Independent and at this website – the Partner Brand option.

Standard Finalist Pack

You may include mention of your partners in your entry synopsis as appropriate.[/one_third_last]

Three premium options @ £600 for all three together

Partner Brand Option
Exposure in The Independent and throughout
@ £300

Partner’s logo (linked to their website) on your showcase page at this site.

Partner’s brand can be mentioned alongside yours throughout.

Partner’s logo displayed in the finalists’ logos gallery throughout.

Partner Guests Option
Bring clients or prospects to the Conference
@ £200 for three guests

What better way to promote your company to your other clients and prospects than to bring them with you to the conference for the day?

They will witness your client presenting their entry, be inspired by the day’s presentations and help judge the other finalists.[/one_third_last]

Extras

More places
Your partner can have additional conference and ceremony places for colleagues, clients and prospects at the same rates as apply to you – see the Extra Places section below.

More exposure
Your partner may wish to benefit even further from their connection with your shortlisted entry in The Independent by taking their own special feature.[/fusion_slide]

Take full advantage of the wealth of experience of our team members, a select group of professionals that have participated in the peer awards and conference in previous years, and who are generously offering help and advice for finalists when preparing their conference presentations.

What you already get with the finalist pack you choose

Company Finalist Pack

Includes this entire Team Support Pack for each of your selected entries, with the option of a dedicated Seminar and Workshop.

Express Finalist Pack

Includes the entire Team Support Pack, comprising a Mentor and a place for your key speaker +1 at the Seminar and the Workshop.

Standard Finalist Pack

Includes places at our regular conference calls where we explain and discuss all aspects of the Peer Awards process.[/one_third_last]

Three premium options @ £600 for all three

Mentor Option
One-to-one advice
@ £300

We assign to your Key Speaker a team member that has Peer Awards experience, to provide one-to-one mentoring over the phone for preparing the conference presentation.

Workshop Option
Constructive feedback
@ £300

A half-day workshop for your Key Speaker giving you the opportunity to dry-run your presentation ahead of time and receive constructive feedback from our team.[/one_third_last]

Seminar and Workshop Details
The seminars and workshops are on Friday 16th and Friday 30th May.
They are being kindly hosted by Radisson Blu Edwardian New Providence Wharf Hotel in Canary Wharf.

Extras

More places
Additional seminar or workshop places for people connected with the same entry are @ £200.[/fusion_slide]

Places for more colleagues and contacts, at the conference and the awards ceremony.

The places you get with the finalist packs

Company Finalist Pack

For each selected entry:
> Four conference places
> Four ceremony places.

Standard Finalist Pack

For one selected entry:
> Four conference places
> One ceremony place.[/one_third_last]

More Conference Places

The whole day as a Peer Awards Judge
@ £200 per day-place

Attend all entries for two award categories you choose and vote at the end.

Included free of charge you get…
* A 2014 Peer Awards Judge Certificate
* Inclusion on the online Judges list

Part of the day as a Conference Delegate
@ £495 per day-place
Attend just the sessions you want, and leave before the voting if you wish.

Additional Beneficiaries
@ £50 per day-place
Staying for part or all the day.[/one_half_last]

More Ceremony Places
Fees for places and tables will be confirmed once the ceremony venue has been announced.

Extras

If some of these places are for colleagues at other companies connected with your entry, you may also want to take a Partner Pack, so they can be acknowledged as well.[/fusion_slide]

What you already get in the Finalists supplement with the finalist pack you choose

Company Finalist Pack

Includes a whole page dedicated to your brand and your selected entries. Plus your company logo at the top of the logos gallery.

Standard Finalist Pack

If you entered before the 7 April deadline, includes your company name and entry title in the body of the feature, and your company logo in the gallery of logos.[/one_third_last]

What you already get in the Winners supplement with the finalist pack you choose
Whichever pack you choose, you will have your company name and logo featured in this additional supplement as well. If your entry is a winner, we plan to also include your entry title and up to 50 words bout your entry.
You can order additional space after the awards ceremony, as below.

Four additional exposure options

1. Overview in the Independent
@ £600

Up to 50 words.
Already included for the Finalists supplement in the Express Finalist Pack

2. Description in the Independent
@ £1,000

Up to 100 words with your logo (and logos of partners that take the Partner Brand Option).

3. Feature in the Independent
@ £2,000

Up to 250 words with your logo (and logos of partners that take the Partner Brand Option) + a picture
As for Devere Academy for Hospitality previously, shown here…

4. Focus in the Independent
@ £4,000

Up to 500 words + your (and logos of partners that take the Partner Brand Option) + two pictures
Like for Bupa International previously, shown here…

A Whole Page in the Independent
Only available within the Company Finalist Pack[/fusion_slide]

More time to get your conference presentation visuals accepted.

What you already get with the finalist pack you choose

We aim to ensure a very high quality conference with engaging visuals (such as PowerPoint, Prezi and/or video clips), whilst always appreciating that our finalists have many other calls on their time. So we review all conference visuals ahead of time, and support finalists to be as well prepared as possible. Finalists can subsequently tweak their actual presentation at any time before the conference, and are encouraged to bring their final version (which should still essentially be the same as the one that was accepted by us) with them on the day.

We have these two conditions for accepting visuals to accompany conference talks…

1. Appropriate
The content should have text, visuals and messages that are suitable for a professional business conference.

2. Visual
No more than ten words on a display.
No more than a hundred words in total.
You can distribute a handout at your talk.[/one_half_last]

Visuals Deadlines
To submit your acceptable visuals in time for the conference…

Standard Pack
Friday 23 May 2014

Express or Company Pack
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Two Date Extension Options
To submit your acceptable visuals at a date nearer the conference…

Late Deadline
Friday 6 June 2014
@ £300