# 2016 Social CEOs Awards open for nominations

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/09/14/2016-social-ceos-awards-open-nominations/
- Published: 2016-09-14T09:10:32+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**This year’s [Top 30 Charity CEOs on Social Media Awards](http://www.socialceos.org/)
have opened for nominations.**

Launched by digital marketing specialists [Zoe Amar](http://zoeamar.com/) and Matt
Collins from [Platypus Digital](http://www.platypusdigital.com/), the awards are
now in their fourth year. Previous award winners have included Peter Wanless from
the [NSPCC](http://www.nspcc.org.uk/), to Jan Tregelles of Mencap and Ruth Hunt 
from Stonewall. Any leader of any registered charity, of any cause or size, based
anywhere in the world, can be nominated.

As well as voting for the top 30 CEOs, for the first time this year, the judges 
will also select an overall winner. There are also four awards to recognise individuals’
social media presences in the following categories:

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 * Best trustee
 * Best senior leader (director or equivalent i.e. head of)
 * Best rising star (senior manager/manager level)
 * Leader with the most innovative social media presence (CEO or director or equivalent
   level)

Simon Blake, CEO of the [NUS](http://www.nus.org.uk/), has returned for the fourth
year as Chair of the judging panel, joined by Peter Wanless, CEO of the NSPCC, Karl
Wilding, director of public policy and volunteering, NCVO, Caron Bradshaw, CEO of
CFG, Rohan Hewivasenti, group director of resources at RNIB, Beth Kanter, US-based
social media specialist, Lucy Caldicott, charity leadership and governance specialist.

This year’s awards will take place at [JustGiving](http://www.justgiving.com) on
the evening of Thursday 17th November.

The four individual awards are sponsored by TPP Recruitment, and Grant Thomson providing
additional sponsorship.

[Nominations must be made online](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfap_IirO5RaQtZqzeAFlQ2mCpNAXLTcgaF-rYVeZGhJNwkXQ/viewform?c=0&w=1)
by midnight on Friday 30 September.

 * **[Change.org announces partnership with Wochit](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/09/26/change-org-announces-partnership-wochit/)**(
   26 September 2016)
 * **[Nominet Trust awards £400,000 investment to social tech ventures](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/09/30/nominet-trust-awards-400000-investment-social-tech-ventures/)**(
   30 September 2016)
 * **[Report predicts £6 billion funding shift towards social investment](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/05/30/report-predicts-6-billion-funding-shift-towards-social-investment/)**(
   30 May 2017)

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