Make your work shine through the OPEN Spotlight Award if…

The OPEN Spotlight Award is for organizations that have gone through an inspiring journey in which they worked for diversity and inclusion. It features companies who are willing to talk about these challenges, and how they have mastered them to become a source of inspiration for others.

Tell your unique story and inspire others

We are looking for case studies that demonstrate the challenges and impact of building a more open, diverse and inclusive work environment.

Who is qualified to shine through the OPEN Spotlight Award?

Businesses, small and large alike, and experts from a wide variety of backgrounds (creative industry, architecture, communications, etc.) may share their stories.
We accept nominations from Europe. The awards may or may not be divided based on geographic regions.
The nominated stories shall come from the past two years or from 2019 (2018-2020).

The impact of sharing your story

Leading by example: The collection of the shortlisted nominations will be published as an e-book distributed by WeAreOpen to inspire many other organizations out there.
Speaking opportunity: Shortlisted organizations will get an invitation to speak at the OPEN Conference.
Receiving the OPEN Spotlight Award: The winners will be announced and will get their Award on the first day of OPEN Conference.
Belonging to the OPEN Community: To be able to build their belonging to the community of openness-promoting organizations, for the shortlisted works, we offer two free and additional discounted tickets (35% discount from the Regular Four-Days Ticket price) for OPEN Conference 2020 and two discounted tickets for OPEN Conference 2021.

OPEN Spotlight Award Categories

Engine of Change: stories of people who drove an organization toward greater openness
Innovation through Diversity: stories of how a diverse group leveraged their different background as part of innovating
Excellence in Belonging: stories of how creating an open corporate culture contributed to the sense of belonging
We See You Here: stories of the change that a more realistic representation of people, minorities brought to companies and communities

Nominations and Review Timeline

Nominations close: 15 Oct 2020 (23:59 CET)
Shortlist announced: 28 Oct 2020
Judging sessions start: 28 Oct 2020
Awards ceremony at OPEN Conference: 12 Nov
The timeline may be subject to change.

There is no nomination fee.

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