Net Visionary Shortlist Announcement

It’s an exciting morning in the IIA. We have just announced the Shortlist for this year’s IIA Net Visionary Awards. It’s now over to you to start voting. Please take the time to choose your favourites among those shortlisted. I really think it’s a representative shortlist and that is down to all of you who took the time to nominate last month. You can vote once in every category and please do vote in every category if you feel like it.

Congratulations to all the nominees and here is the full list:

Best Business Blogger

* Amy Dillon: Makeup and Beauty.ie
* Fiona Hilliard: ArgusCarHire
* Karl Deeter: Irish Mortgage Brokers
* Krishna De: Biz Growth News
* Peter Donegan: Peter Donegan Landscaping Ltd.

Best Business Video & Podcasting

* Amy Dillon: Makeup and Beauty.ie
* Andrew Jenkinson & Niall O’Driscoll: vStream for Digital Marketing School
* Colm Hanratty: Hostelworld.com Videos and Podcasts
* Marcus Doherty: RTE Player
* Ruth Kearney: DIT Hothouse

Best Online Financial Service

* Debbie Kiernan: Ge Capital
* Elaine Murphy: insure.ie
* Tony Doyle: Bestquote.ie

Best Online Trader

* Ciaran Crean: MicksGarage.ie
* Daragh Murphy: HairyBaby Clothing Company
* Darren Grant: The Oragnic Supermarket
* Grainne Barry & Kevin Greene: AnotherFriend.com (WebDev Ltd.)
* Stephen O’Sullivan: Printing.ie

Best Use of Social Media

* Aedan Ryan: PuddleDucks
* Amy Dillon: Makeup and Beauty.ie
* Brid O’Connell: Truvo Ireland
* Israel Finnerty: Firesale Limited
* Michele Neylon: Blacknight Solutions

e-Government Award
sponsored by AIB Merchant Services

* Joanne Grehan: Western Development Commission for LookWest.ie
* Larry McEvoy: South Dublin County Council for Mapping South Dublin County in Time
* Professor Eamonn Murphy: University of Limerick for BlueBrick.ie
* Rick Love: Mayo County Council
* Ruth Kearney: DIT Hothouse

Innovation Award

* Conor O’Neill: LouderVoice
* Ed Hendrick: Sonru Ltd
* Eoghain Ryan: Mocks.ie
* Ian Lucey: Lucey Technology
* Tony Corrigan: TenderScout

Internet Entrepreneur

* Amy Dillon: Makeup and Beauty.ie
* Chris Watson: Chain Reaction Cycles
* Darren Grant: The Organic Supermarket
* Dr Des O’Mahony: Bookassist
* Ronan O’Brien: Zatori Results Ltd

Internet Marketer

* Eoin Ó Súilleabháin: Bord Gais Energy for The Big Switch
* Mark Leech: MicksGarage.ie
* Mick Dillon: CarsIreland.ie
* Steven Courtney: Lovely Productions
* Vanessa Johnston: Pigsback.com

Journalist Award

* Adrian Weckler: Thomas Crosby Media / Sunday Business Post
* Barry Alistair: IrishDev.com
* John Collins: Irish Times
* Mark Little: Mark Little
* Sheila Averbuch: ElectricNews.Net

Mobile Internet Innovation

* Bob Nixon: Georgina Campbell’s ireland-guide.com
* Donald Douglas: Return2Sender
* Gavin Burke: Future Audio Workshop
* Greg Cawley: Snap2Interact
* John Clarke: WorldNet TPS

Online Tourism Award
sponsored by Failte Ireland

* Bob Nixon: Georgina Campbell’s ireland-guide.com
* Christy Tighe: Cromleach Lodge 4* Country House Hotel
* Eoghan O’Mara Walsh: BookAnAttraction.com
* Fergal Walsh: DayOut.ie
* William Cotter: Net Affinity

Social Contribution

* Jimmy Cahill: DSPCA
* John Handelaar: KildareStreet.com
* Kevin De Barra: Comhdhail Naisiunta na Gaeilge
* Michelle Farrell: Gaelick
* Ruth Kearney: DIT Hothouse

Web Designer Excellence

* David Behan: Web Together for Fetch.ie, Medguard.ie, ManagementBriefs.com
* John Mooney: Xwerx for Ecocem.ie, PrimaryScience.ie, Skip.ie
* Laura Hodson: Dara Creative for Campus.ie, ITForce.ie, InsureMyVan.ie
* Lisa Westermann: Fusio for Unicef.ie, ButlersChocolates.com, BarrysTea.ie
* Niall Reck: Graphedia for Medentech.com, SenatorWindows.ie, WestgateCC.com

Web Developer Excellence

* Ciaran McDonnell: Newmedia for Toyota.ie
* David Henry: Modus for Phantom.ie
* Kevin Gill: CastingZone.ie
* Michael Crean: MicksGarage.ie
* Morgan Lynch: Strata3 for RDS.ie, BusinessAndFinance.ie

Voting closes on 30 April 2010 at midnight.

The shortlist appears in alphabetical order by first name.

1. You may vote only once in each category.

2. Only one set of votes per person will be counted, and a maximum of three sets of votes from any one organisation.

3. Only the FIRST three voters from any one organisation will be counted.

4. You must complete the details required on the voting form (name, email address and organisation name).

5. The IIA will analyse the votes and disregard duplicate votes.

6. The choosing of the Overall Net Visionary winner will be decided on by the Board.

The full set of rules is available to download

Contact the Net Visionary Team with any questions.