News Group strengthens U.S. presence with wins at SNCR awards.
News Group International, the
Dubai-based worldwide leader in media monitoring, measurement, and insight has
won prestigious SNCR Excellence Awards for their work in social media measurement
from the Society for New Communications Research (SNCR). The prestigious awards
program honors individuals and organizations that pioneer the use of social
media and Internet communications technologies.
SocialEyez, the MENA’s Leading social media agency was awarded an Excellence Award in the Corporate category for its work with Etisalat, a global emerging-markets telecom company with 140 million customers across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. SocialEyez not only monitored and measured Etisalat’s image with its customers, but also identified opportunities for improvement and implemented a solution that resulted in a decline in negative conversation and an increase in favorable engagement.
SocialEyez also won an Excellence Award in the Government category for its work with Emirates ID Authority (EIDA) introducing a universal ID card to the residents of the United Arab Emirates. Its sophisticated advanced listening program identified areas of confusion about the ID card, and then worked with EIDA to engage and diffuse the objections.
KDPaine & Partners, Inc., a division of News Group’s Salience Insight, won an Excellence Award in the Non-profit category for work commissioned by an international non-profit to define and set engagement definitions.
“We are honored to recognize News Group, SocialEyez and KDPaine & Partners through this awards program,” commented SNCR Senior Fellow Paul Gillin, chair of the SNCR Excellence Awards committee.
The SNCR Excellence in New Communications Awards is a highly competitive program that honors the best individuals and organizations that are pioneering the use of social in the areas of business, media, journalism and professional communications, entertainment, education, social initiatives, government, and politics. Awards were granted in six divisions: Corporate, Government, Media, Nonprofit/NGO, Academic, and Technology Innovation. Award nominations were submitted as case studies, and reviewed by a panel of SNCR Fellows. In addition to the top award winners in each division and category, Commendations of Merit and Commendations of Excellence were presented to nearly 11 other organizations that submitted case studies in the awards program. In its seven-year history, SNCR has honored nearly 200 organizations and individuals through this prestigious awards program and all the winning case studies will be published on http://sncr.org.
About the Society for New Communications Research
The Society for New Communications Research is a global nonprofit 501(c) (3) research and education foundation and think tank focused on the advanced study of the latest developments in new media and communications, and their effect on traditional media and business models, communications, culture and society. For more information, visit http://sncr.org.
News Group International is a global leader in monitoring, measurement, and social media engagement, serving public affairs, marketing, and communications professionals in every industry. It is unique in its ability to provide a complete solution from measurement system design to monitoring and analysis of all types of media, from traditional print to the latest social networks, throughout the world.
SocialEyez, is a global leader in social media analytics and management services. SocialEyez’ unique service proposition remains its measurement-based-approach. All engagement is based on accurate and insightful findings supplied by our monitoring department. With over 120 team members, SocialEyez is based in Dubai with offices in Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Morocco, Argentina, the UK, and the USA. It has in-country researchers and analysts in every country where it operates. For more information, visit www.social-eyez.com.
KDPaine & Partners, Inc. is a New Hampshire-based consultancy that provides plans, products, and services that help PR, public affairs, and marketing professionals measure their success and make better, more informed decisions for their organizations. It is a division of Salience Insight, News Group’s integrated measurement solutions company. For more information, visit www.kdpaine.com
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“Data will become the new soil in which our ideas will grow, and data whisperers will become the new messiahs.” 
Congrats to all at KDPaine & Partners on winning the Excellence in New Communications award. Well deserved!
Posted by: Denise Boyd | November 29, 2012 at 03:26 PM
Thank you, Denise!
Posted by: Bill Paarlberg | November 29, 2012 at 03:46 PM