The CODiE Awards, which has been honoring excellence in education and business technology for more than 35 years, typically holds winner announcements live in San Francisco, bringing people together for a dinner and celebration. But when the celebration went virtual during the Covid-19 pandemic, SIIA knew they needed to do something extra special to keep the virtual community engaged.
How did they do it? We invited Jenny Baranowski, managing director of the CODiE Awards to join Chad Alger-Hardt, VP of marketing at Gather Voices, to talk about how her team created a blueprint for recognition success with user-generated video. They discussed:
Michael Hoffman is the co-founder and CEO of Gather Voices, a technology company that automates the creation, management and publishing of video content. He is also the founder of See3 Communications, a digital marketing agency in Chicago and founder of the DoGooder Video Awards which honors the best social cause video on YouTube each year. Hoffman teaches marketing at the University of Chicago and is an internationally sought-after speaker and trainer who is a trusted advisor to association leaders on engagement strategy.
Chad Alger-Hardt is the Vice President of Marketing at Gather Voices, a technology company that automates the creation, management and publishing of video content. He is an established leader known for building marketing capabilities, strong collaboration with Sales, and deep partnership experience with Fortune 100 companies. Chad is passionate about building innovative campaigns that drive business results.
Jenny Baranowski is Managing Director of the SIIA CODIE Awards, the leading awards program in the business and ed tech industries. She has spent her career building programs and partnerships to connect, promote and inform the technology industry. While collaboration, development and program leadership are her focus by day, Jenny also enjoys traveling to faraway lands, getting outdoors as much as possible and spending quality time with family.
