The video captures the Thought Leadership segment of the 20th Annual American Business Awards (Stevie Awards). The segment opens with a sponsor acknowledgment for the New Thought Leadership Award categories, introduced by Peter Winick, founder and CEO of Thought Leadership Leverage. Three organizations are honored with Gold Stevie Awards for thought leadership achievements: (1) IBM Institute for Business Value, recognized for its two‑decade‑long role as IBM’s independent think‑tank that produces over 120 research‑informed insights annually and demonstrates that thought leadership delivers 16 × the impact of a typical marketing campaign; (2) The Change and Innovation Agency (now part of VMO), awarded for its work improving child‑welfare capacity in government, with Bill Bott accepting on behalf of public servants dedicated to vulnerable children; and (3) Greater Prairie Business Consulting, celebrated for Media Hero of the Year and Thought Leader of the Year in Business Products, represented by James J. Tallarico Jr., who highlighted his judging experience, the importance of innovation, and thanked his fiancée for support during COVID. The segment concludes with a thank‑you to Peter Winick and Thought Leadership Leverage for sponsoring the awards. The content primarily consists of award announcements, brief organizational overviews, and concise acceptance remarks, emphasizing the value and impact of thought leadership across corporate, government, and consulting sectors.
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And we would like to take a moment to welcome and thank the sponsor of the New Thought Leadership Award categories and the 20th Annual American Business Awards. Here to present a few Stevie Awards to some of the Thought Leadership category winners, please welcome Peter Winick, founder and CEO of Thought Leadership Leverage of New York, New York.
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It's now my pleasure to congratulate some of tonight's thought leadership category winners. This is a first category, so it's a pleasure to be here partnering with the Stevies tonight. A thought leadership Stevie Award winner in the 2022 American Business Awards, please welcome the IBM Institute for Business Value of Armonk, New York.
The IBM Institute for Business Value won the Gold Stevie Award for achievement in thought leadership. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the IBM Institute for Business Value serves as the independent thought leadership think tank for IBM, producing more than 120 research-informed business insights every year.
So for 2 decades, the IBM Institute for Business Value has served as the thought leadership think tank for IBM. What inspires us is producing research-backed, technology-informed insights that help leaders make more informed and smarter business decisions. Thanks to the Stevies for recognizing our amazing team's work with this first Gold Award. And now we've turned the research lens on our own thought leadership practice, interviewing 3,000 executives globally, and discovered that thought leadership delivers 16 times more than the average marketing campaign. Stay tuned for more.
Please join me in congratulating a Thought Leader in 2022 Stevie Award winner in the 20th Annual American Business Awards, the Change and Innovation Agency of Liberty, Missouri.
The Change and Innovation Agency won 2 Gold Stevie Awards for Achievement in Management Among Government Organizations for the State of Indiana Child Welfare Innovation and for Thought Leader of the Year in Government or Nonprofit for Bill Bott, Director of Performance Improvement, for addressing the capacity crisis in child welfare. The Change and Innovation Agency, now part of VMO, is dedicated to helping government human service organizations build capacity, improve operations, and exploit technology to get radical results.
So first, I'm very humbled to be up here accepting this on behalf of the numerous public servants that I've had the honor of working with over the last several years. The Change and Innovation Agency is an organization that is dedicated To helping our most vulnerable citizens, and particularly for these awards, helping children who live in abuse and neglect and helping them out. So thank you, Stevie's. We appreciate it.
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Greater Prairie Business Consulting won 2 Gold Stevie Awards for Media Hero of the Year and Thought Leader of the Year in Business Products for James J. Tallarico Jr., author, speaker, nationally recognized SME expert, and CEO. Greater Prairie Business Consulting is a national consulting practice focused on small to mid-sized privately held and family-owned businesses.
Thank you. I've been a Stevie Award judge since 2019, and I continue to do it because of the innovation and incredible leadership that I get to learn about from the companies like the ones in this room. During COVID I wasn't able to travel quite as much, and so I focused on thought leadership. I'm honored to receive both of these awards. Thank you to the committee, and thank you to Michael for creating such a great organization. Last, I'd like to thank my fiancée, who was very supportive to me during COVID Thank you.
And a big thank you to Peter and Thought Leadership Leverage for your generous support of the American Business Awards. Thank you, Peter, so much.
