ABPM World Class Briefing Awards

2014 Awards Ceremony: April 10, 2014, Santa Clara, CA

What are the World Class Briefing Awards?
Through the ABPM World Class Briefing Awards Program, the ABPM hopes to raise the level of all member programs toward World Class status. World Class status is judged based upon the "Characteristics of World Class" which were first developed by ABPM founder Franklyn Thiebaud, and which have evolved over time as the briefing profession has become ever more strategic.  A pdf of the Characteristics of World Class can be downloaded in the ABPM Resource Library here.  Each year submissions are judged by a panel of jurors who have many years of management experience with briefing programs. Jurors are selected based on their strategic experience, deep understanding of the World Class Characteristics, and leadership in the briefing industry. World Class status is recognized in the following categories:

• Marketing
• Planning
• Measurement
• Management
• World Class New or Renovated Center
• World Class Single Space
• One Program of the Year award will be presented to the program that has demonstrated the most success of all candidates that submit in each of the 'Characteristics of World Class' categories 

All awards are subject to juror discretion.

Those recognized as World Class in 2014 be presented with engraved awards at the ABPM conference Awards Gala Dinner in Santa Clara, CA on April 10, 2014, and will be recognized in the Briefly... newsletter and on www.abpm.com.

Should My Program Enter?
If your team has not yet worked with the Characteristics of World Class for Briefing Programs, we suggest you begin with a benchmarking process.  Download the "Characteristics of World Class Briefing Programs" document from the www.abpm.com web site (sign in first as the document is free to members).  Review each category with your team, and rate your program carefully on its strengths with regard to each criterion.  Then implement the necessary initiatives to raise your program to “World Class” achievement in one or more categories.  Once you feel that your program has achieved World Class in a category (a general rule of thumb: the program averages a "5" rating overall), enter in your strongest category and thoroughly document a case that will demonstrate to the jurors that your program has in fact achieved World Class in that category.  In time, when you believe your program has achieved World Class in each of the four categories, that’s the year to begin the documentation process early, and enter in all four categories in order to be eligible for consideration for “Program of the Year”!

World Class Briefing Awards Call for Entries will be available in July of 2013

World Class Briefing Awards Call for Entries - Center Categories will be available in July of 2013

Click here to access the "Characteristics
of a World Class Briefing Program" document

Those programs recognized
as World Class in 2013

Click here to download a history of
World Class Briefing Awards since 2002

If you have questions about the
ABPM World Class Briefing Awards,
please contact us.