The Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON), the largest and most established community of shared services and outsourcing professionals, is now accepting nominations for its Personal Contribution to the Industry Award. The award – determined by public vote for the first time – will honor an influential industry professional whose impact pushes the boundaries of innovation and idea sharing.

1. SSON Accepting Nominations for “People’s Choice” Award for
Personal Contribution to the Industry
Industry Award to Recognise Outstanding Shared Services and Outsourcing
Professional
MELBOURNE, Australia (28 March 2011) - The Shared Services & Outsourcing
Network (SSON), the largest and most established community of shared services and
outsourcing professionals, is now accepting nominations for its Personal Contribution to
the Industry Award. The award – determined by public vote for the first time – will honor
an influential industry professional whose impact pushes the boundaries of innovation
and idea sharing.
Due to the nature of the award, SSON opened the nomination and voting process to
make it “The People’s Choice” for the professional who contributed above and beyond
their role in the shared services and outsourcing industry.
“We’re looking for that individual who is respected and admired throughout the industry
– the person who gave a presentation that continues to impress you or that contact
whose business card you filed away carefully,” stated Naomi Secor, Global Program
Director at SSON. “Rather than have a panel of judges select this person, the SSON
decided to make it ‘The People’s Choice.’”
To submit a nomination, please email SSO Week Australia Program Director, Natalie
Williams, natalie.williams@iqpc.com.au. Nominations must be received by Thursday
March 31.
The “People’s Choice” for Personal Contribution to the Industry in the Australasian
shared services and outsourcing space will be unveiled as part of the 2011 SSON
Excellence Awards during the 14th Annual Australasian Shared Services & Outsourcing
Week.
The premier shared services and outsourcing event will take place at the Palladium at
Crown in Melbourne, Australia from April 11 - 14, 2011. Over the course of three days,
the event will engage more than 450 shared services and outsourcing professionals
with more than 35 presentations by industry experts from Qantas, ANZ, NSW
Government, Bluescope Steel, and Mission Australia. Executives and subject matter
experts from companies such as Macquarie, BP Elite, Telstra, University of Sydney,
Deloitte, The Salvation Army, Schiavello Group, Chemtex Group of Companies,
Suncorp, Schweppes, and NAB will share a full series of interactive presentations and
workshops covering key topics including benchmarking, change management, cloud
computing, effective governance, automating P2P, and how to stay ahead of the
innovation curve.

2. The 2011 event is set to emphasize one-on-one networking and personal development,
as SSON introduces new award categories for the 2011 SSON Excellence Awards –
including “The People’s Choice” for Personal Contribution to the Industry Award. The
Awards Ceremony will be take place on April 12.
About the Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON)
SSON is the largest and most established community of shared services and
outsourcing professionals, with over 40,000 members.
SSON provides the roof under which key industry experts and organisations share their
experience, knowledge and tools, and practitioner peers connect with other all over the
world, both face to face and online.
SSON focuses on developing its members through providing training, tools, and
networking opportunities. Its staff works from international offices in New York, London,
Singapore, Sydney, Berlin and Dubai to research current trends and developments in
shared services.
More information about the Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON) can be
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