Nominate Yourself and Your Clients for a Social Media Award Just three days left to take advantage of discount pricing to submit your entries for the Society of New Communications Research's (SNCR) Excellence in New Communications Awards.

Details are below, but this is basically a good way to get your new-media accomplishments in front of a group of thought leaders and to get an important third-party endorsement for your great work. Jen McClure continues to cultivate an organization that is committed to guiding and advocating for adoption of social media without becoming beholden to a lot of commercial interests. SNCR gets better every year.

By the way, its annual Symposium & Awards Gala is coming up Nov. 13 & 14 in Cambridge, MA. If you want to rub elbows with some of the top journalism, marketing and PR bloggers, this is the place to do it. At $395 for the symposium, it's a good deal.

Full disclosure: I'm a SNCR Research Fellow, which means I do volunteer work for and donate money to this fine organization.

Details from the awards page:

These awards honor corporations, governmental and nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, media outlets, and individuals who are innovating the use of social media, mobile media, online communities and virtual worlds and collaborative technologies in the areas of business, media, and professional communications, including advertising, marketing, public relations and corporate communications, as well as entertainment, education, politics, and social initiatives.

Awards are granted in six divisions:

• Corporate
• Government
• Media
• Nonprofit/NGO
• Academic
• Technology Innovation (for vendors)

There are seven categories:

• Online Reputation Management
• Behind the Firewall
• Blogger Relations
• External Communications & Communities
• New Media Creation
• Collaboration & Co-creation
• Mobile Media.

It costs $49 to submit. More details here.

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