A pale brown cardboard box awaited me last Thursday morning at the foot of my desk. Having ordered an iPad the week prior, my heart fluttered as i ripped open the package like a starving child would have at a candy wrapper. There lay a black cardboard box, and here i said to myself, I don't remember ordering any shoes. The weight of the box astonished me as it felt like 5 gallon water jug compressed into a space that would fit two loafers.
As i turned over the stark black shoebox, a glimmer of silver stuck my eyes as the letters SIA gleamed in the sunlight, well more like halogen bulb light. My heart began to flutter again as I came to realize, our SCA award had finally come. I removed the shoe carton like top to reveal a silky panther black surface surrounded a brilliant glass trophy with a gold plate a quarter inch from the bottom. The words "2010 Summit Creative Award" haloed out at me as a choir of angels hummed a single tone together in harmony.
For the past three years now, Tony, our beloved CEO had been nagging at me like the mother of Jaden Smith in the new Karate Kid. But instead of "Pick up your jacket!" it was more along the lines of, "When are you going to win us an award?" Having entered in exactly, lets see, i entered this many last year, and this many that year.... entering in exactly ZERO awards, the prospect that someone would just mail me one was a rather slim. So finally i grabbed the first award entry I could find on my desk and submitted three pieces of work we had done. Six months later, all three came back with awards, Gold, Silver and Silver. I'm not bragging, just blessed.
Will this push the creative into entering for more? Only time will tell, but please do look forward to some "cool and awesome" ideas from our team.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at 3:07PM 
