It’s almost time for us to announce the official Health Activist Award Winners. We’s so excited to introduce these amazing folks – it’s been hard to keep it a secret (in fact, Susan and I haven’t even divulged the winners to the rest of the WEGO Health team). But it will be worth the wait.
Before we start the Health Activist Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, January 31st during our 3pm ET Health Activist Tweetchat (#HAchat) we wanted to share a bit more about how the winners were chosen.
As mentioned when we announced the judging, we worked hard to ensure that these awards would not be a popularity contest and that each Health Activist (no matter their audience size, condition or community, or media) had an equal opportunity to win. Even if nominees received numerous nominations – they had the same chance to win as someone who received just one nomination.
To make the Health Activist Awards extra special (and fair) – we selected panels of Health Activist Judges who were joined by a member of the WEGO Health team to decide the winners of each award. First, the judges were given a list of every single nominee to review and select their top nominees for a Finalist short list. These short lists were combined and entered as Finalists. Then all the judges met on a conference call to discuss who should win (and vet their favorites). It was a huge success – especially thanks to all of the Health Activist Judges who took their roles very seriously and worked hard to choose the most deserving Finalists.
After the Finalists were chosen and the conference call began, all Judges reviewed the Finalists according to the following :
At the end of the call, each individual Judge secretly scored the Finalists from 1-5 points for each of these 3 criteria and submitted their final scores. We, then, tallied and averaged all the scores and selected the official award winners based on whoever got the highest numerical score. It was an extensive process but an important one – and we’re really eager to share who came out on top.
But, because it’s not just about the singular winner – we are going to share who made it to the Finals. Over the next few days we’ll highlight each of the nominees who made it to the Judges’ short lists. That way we can celebrate everyone who made it as Finalists and build momentum before we announce the winner on Tuesday. So stay turned and thanks again to everyone who has helped make this such an exciting event!
Thursday, January 26th, 2012, 10:37 am | 
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