Presentation regarding 2012 BE2Awards (social media in the built environment), looking back at the 2011 event and forward to the September 2012 event

1. BE2Awards 2012
& BE2talks
Building Centre, London
26 September 2012

2. Introduction
• Remember
– Be2Awards 2011
– @ConstrucTALKS
• Social Media Week 2012, Pt 2
– BE2Awards 2012
– BE2Talks 2012
• How you can get involved

3. 2011 Be2Awards
Be2Awards by numbers
• 16 award categories
• 110 nominations
• 90 shortlisted candidates
• 15 days for online voting
• 9,934 unique visitors to website …
• … from 85 countries/territories

4. Best AEC use of photo /
video content
Winner: Andy Marshall

5. Best charity, third sector
or not-for-profit
Winner: EACH Treehouse Appeal

6. Best education /
learning project
Winner: Virtual Maths

7. Best virtual / hybrid
event
Winner: Sustainability Now

8. Best AEC PR/marketing
campaign
Winner: SMPR for Camfil Farr's Low
Energy Air Filters

9. Best Web 2.0 application
for construction products
Winner: Reed Harris Tiles

10. Best AEC online
community, network
Winner: tCn – the Construction network

11. Best 'old media/
new media'
Winner: The Construction Index

12. Best AEC collaboration
application
Winner: BIW Technologies

13. Best mobile AEC app
Winner: Woobius Eye

14. Best 'internet of things'
Winner: Tales of Things

15. Best location-based
AEC application
Winner: Nearmap

16. Best AEC use of Twitter
Winner: @EEPaul

17. Best sustainability blog
Winner: Joe Peach "This Big City"

18. Built Environment
blogger
Winner: Joe Peach – “This Big City”

19. AEC social media blog
Winner: Su Butcher "Just Practising"

20. @ConstrucTALKs 2011

Six leading edge thinkers

Paul Carder – LinkedIn, collaboration and
real estate.

Phil Oakley – Mobile and the future of mobile
printing.

Tony Carroll – 'Big Society' and Garden
Gorilla.

John Lorimer – A client's view of BIM.

Don Ward – Constructing Excellence and
social media.

Lucy Marcus – 'Future-proof' boards and the
low-carbon economy.

21. Social Media Week
Now annually each September
• 24-28 September 2012

22. 26 September 2012
Building Centre, London WC1
• BE2Awards
• BE2Talks
• Sponsor the event
• Sponsor an award

23. BE2Talks 2012
TED and TEDx-style Talks

cross-disciplinary

creating connections..., sharing ideas
and knowledge

changing attitudes, behaviours and
industry practices

short prepared talks ... to foster
learning, inspiration and wonder - and to
provoke conversations that matter

24. BE2Talks 2012
TED and TEDx-style Talks

an 18-minute talk by a single presenter

no panels

no break-out sessions

usually, no podium

“… and you may not pay your speakers
to present”

25. BE2Awards 2012
• Crowd-source new categories
• Ideas:
– Best Facebook campaign?
– Best LinkedIn group?
– Best integrated campaign, etc
• Deadline: Friday 29 June 2012
• Maximum 20 Awards

26. BE2Awards 2012
• Crowd-source the nominations
• Deadline: Friday 27 July 2012
• Shortlists announced Monday 13 August

27. BE2Awards 2012
• 25 days of online voting
• 28 August - Friday 21 September 2012
• BE2Awards announced live on
Wednesday 26 September 2012

28. BE2Talks 2012
• Crowd-source topics?
• Crowd-source speaker nominations
– Must be thought-leaders
– Talking on Built Environment technology
themes

29. Get involved
• Sponsor the event
• Sponsor an award
• Suggest a BE2Awards category
• Nominate a candidate
• Suggest a BE2Talks speaker
• Vote for your favourites
• Come to the Be2Awards/Be2Talks 2012

30. Thank-you
www.BE2Awards.com
• Follow @BE2Awards on Twitter
• Email BE2Awards@pwcom.co.uk