THE BEST LOGO’S ARE WORTH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS…OR RECOGNITION FROM CIVILENGINEERINGCENTRAL.COM!

WE ARE EXCITED TO BRING TO YOU THE 1st ANNUAL

THE GIST

1. All nominated logos (tag lines should be included if you have one) must be from civil engineering firms who operate within the United States.
2. If the logo has a story behind it, we would like to know about it.
3. Logo nominations can be submitted via:

EMAIL:     info@CivilEngineeringCentral.com
DIRECT TWEET:  http://twitter.com/civilengineers
LINKEDIN:  By responding directly to our announcements you see on any LinkedIn groups

CRITERIA

Logo’s will be judged on a sliding scale based on the following criteria:

1. Does the logo make an immediate impact by grabbing one’s attention right off the bat?
2. Is the logo memorable? Is it uniquely applicable to what the firm does – enough so that it will positively embed itself in the memory of clients, employees, peers, etc?
3. Is the logo appealing to the eye?
4. Does the logo accurately represent the company and its services?
5. Does the nominated logo accurately represent the firm’s corporate and employment branding initiatives?

JUDGES

1. Ron Worth
   Chief Executive Officer
   Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS)
2. Lizz Pellet
   Chief Executive Officer
   EMERGE International
3. Matt Barcus
   Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com
4. Carol Metzner
   Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com

WINNER

Contest winner will be notified by CivilEngineeringCentral.com during the week of October 5th, 2009.  Winner will receive:

1. Corporate logo prominently displayed on CivilEngineeringCentral.com‘s October 2009 e-Newsletter (12,000+ distribution).
2. One month as sponsor on our weekly LinkedIn Group e-update, “The LinkedIngineer.”  This e-update goes out every Friday morning to all 2800 (and growing!)  members of the Civil Engineering Central Group on LinkedIn.
3. 10 free job postings on CivilEngineeringCentral.com + Featured Employer upgrade.
4. Bragging rights until next year

DEADLINE

All entries must be received by September 30th, 2009

NOTE

Gist, Criteria, Judges, Prizes & Deadline are subject to change without notice as determined by A/E/P Central, LLC, home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com