OPEN Spotlight Award
We launched the OPEN Spotlight Award to shine the spotlight on organizations that have gone through an inspiring journey in which they worked for diversity and inclusion. Our aim is to cultivate an international community of business and experts promoting openness, who inspire each other by sharing stories and knowledge and lead by example to start positive changes on a large scale.
Make your work shine through the OPEN Spotlight Award if…
The OPEN Spotlight Award is for organizations that have gone through an inspiring journey in which they worked for diversity and inclusion. It features companies who are willing to talk about these challenges, and how they have mastered them to become a source of inspiration for others.
Tell your unique story and inspire others
We are looking for case studies that demonstrate the challenges and impact of building a more open, diverse and inclusive work environment.
Who is qualified to shine through the OPEN Spotlight Award?
Businesses, small and large alike, and experts from a wide variety of backgrounds (creative industry, architecture, communications, etc.) may share their stories.
We accept nominations from Europe. The awards may or may not be divided based on geographic regions.
The nominated stories shall come from the past two years or from 2019 (2018-2020).
The impact of sharing your story
- Leading by example: The collection of the shortlisted nominations will be published as an e-book distributed by WeAreOpen to inspire many other organizations out there.
- Speaking opportunity: Shortlisted organizations will get an invitation to speak at the OPEN Conference.
- Receiving the OPEN Spotlight Award: The winners will be announced and will get their Award on the first day of OPEN Conference.
- Belonging to the OPEN Community: To be able to build their belonging to the community of openness-promoting organizations, for the shortlisted works, we offer two free and additional discounted tickets (35% discount from the Regular Four-Days Ticket price) for OPEN Conference 2021 and two discounted tickets for OPEN Conference 2022.
OPEN Spotlight Award Categories
- Engine of Change: stories of people who drove an organization toward greater openness
- Innovation through Diversity: stories of how a diverse group leveraged their different background as part of innovating
- Excellence in Belonging: stories of how creating an open corporate culture contributed to the sense of belonging
- We See You Here: stories of the change that a more realistic representation of people, minorities brought to companies and communities
Nominations and Review Timeline
- Nominations close: 24 Oct 2021 (23:59 CET)
- Shortlist announced: 28 Oct 2021
- Judging sessions start: 28 Oct 2021
- Awards ceremony at OPEN Conference: 11 Nov
- The timeline may be subject to change.
There is no nomination fee.
Instructions
- Please ensure the submission is prepared in the manner you would like it to be seen as WeAreOpen will not make any corrections.
- WeAreOpen reserves the rights to edit the submission as it deems necessary.
- Stories submitted for an OPEN Spotlight Award may be featured on our website as a case study in the Resources page.
- We may share stories that inspire others in order to reach positive change on a large scale.
- Nyitottakvagyunk.hu is a bilingual site available in Hungarian and English. This allows organizations and people not just in Hungary, but all around the world to have access to important diversity and inclusion information. If you are a Hungarian organization, we strongly recommend you share the case study in both languages so people around the world may benefit from your experiences. WeAreOpen will not be able to translate the case studies.
- Organizations not based in Hungary who would like to share their story may do so only in English. Note in that case, your story will appear only in the English language version of our website.
- Send any questions you may have to openspotlight@weareopen.hu
OPEN Spotlight Award 2020 Award Winners!
Congratulations to all the winners
Engine of Change
stories of people who drove an organization toward greater openness
Winners: Spona Code - MAMFORCE
Silver Award: Tesco-Global Áruházak Zrt.
Bronze Award: Citi
Bronze Award: Hungarian Business Leaders Forum
Special mention: BT (British Telecommunications) Regional Operations Center
Excellence in Belonging
stories of how creating an open corporate culture contributed to the sense of belonging
Winners:
Silver Award: Procter & Gamble
Bronze Award: Citibank Europe plc. Hungary
Bronze Award: The Coca-Cola Company
We See You Here
stories of the change that a more realistic representation of people, minorities brought to companies and communities
Winners: INA - Industrija nafte d.d.
Silver Award: Morgan Stanley
Judges of the OPEN Spotlight Award in 2021
The creative mind behind the OPEN Spotlight Award trophies
Rebeka Rácz
Meet the amazing Hungarian artist who designed the OPEN Spotlight Award trophies this year: Rebeka Rácz! After completing her design and art theory studies, Rebeka Rácz learned the art of ceramics in an autodidact way. Accepting and highlighting randomness and imperfection is important in her work. She approaches design and creation in an unconventional way, her works reflect freedom and character.
You can see Rebeka's work on Squarespace and Instagram
OPEN Spotlight Award 2019 Award Winners!
Congratulations to all the winners
Engine of Change
BlackRock Hungary Kft.
BT RoC Hungary
Citibank Europe Plc. Magyaroszági Fióktelepe
ExxonMobil Global Business Center Hungary
Shell Hungary zRt
Winners: Citibank Europe Plc. Magyaroszági Fióktelepe
Silver - BlackRock Hungary Kft and Shell Hungary zRt
Bronze - BT RoC Hungary
Special Mention - ExxonMobil Global Business Center Hungary
Mission Possible
Magyar Telekom Plc.
MOL Nyrt
SignCoders
Winners: Magyar Telekom Plc
Silver - MOL Nyrt
Special Mention - SignCoders
Excellence in Belonging
BP GBS Europe
Eaton Enterprises (Hungary) Kft.
MOL NYRT - INA
Nielsen
Telenor
Winners: Eaton Enterprises (Hungary) Kft
Silver - MOL NYRT - INA
Bronze - BP GBS Europe
Special Mention - Nielsen & Telenor
We See You Here
The Coca-Cola Company, Hungary
Winners: The Coca-Cola Company, Hungary
No other awards were given out in this category
Innovation through Diversity
MOL RomaniaSpecial Mention: MOL Romania
No other awards were given out in this category
The OPEN Spotlight Award Ceremony is open for Supporting Members, OPEN Conference attendees as well as members of the OPEN Community. Attendance requires prior registration and is subject to available seats.
Please register here to book your place.
OPEN Stories: We would like to collect 50 personal stories to inspire changes in the workplace.
Would you share yours?
There is always a story to tell: each and every workplace experience is different, and all of them count.
Do you feel accepted at your workplace? Have you sensed any sort of discrimination based on gender, sexuality, race etc.? Do you wish for improvement in diversity and inclusion?
Tell us what you’ve been through at your own workplace experiencing diversity and inclusion regardless if it was positive or negative, because we believe that every story is important in order to build a more inclusive and open workplace culture. Share your personal experience and inspire others to do so as well. Be part of the conversation and tell your story either anonymously or with your name.
We would like to collect 50 stories and share their essence through our social media channels and with the audience of OPEN Conference, the meeting point for decision-makers who are driving their businesses toward openness. We invite you to be part of it. These stories show why diversity and inclusion are important. If you want to inspire changes by opening up about what you’ve been through regarding diversity and inclusion, please submit your story in the form below.
Terms of Submission
- By submitting a story, you allow WeAreOpen to share the story on such platforms as it deems fit including but not limited to WeAreOpen's website, OPEN Conference website, and social media channels.
- The submission may be recreated in audio visual format, print, digital and any other formats that are available at the time.
- The submission may be paraphrased, edited and/or translated into other languages. However, WeAreOpen shall always make best efforts to ensure the intent and message of the submission is not altered.
- WeAreOpen reserves the right to publish a submission at it's own discretion and a submission does not automatically qualify it to be featured by WeAreOpen.
OPEN Spotlight Award
The OPEN Spotlight Award Ceremony is open for Supporting Members, OPEN Conference attendees as well as members of the OPEN Community. Attendance requires prior registration and is subject to available seats.
Please register here to book your place.
In 2019 we are launching the OPEN Spotlight Award at OPEN Conference and sharing the spotlight with organizations that have gone through an inspiring journey in which they worked for diversity and inclusion.
Our vision
Our vision is that organizations leverage diversity and inclusion when building their success. We believe openness makes people feel happy and safe at work. These feelings enhance their creativity and ability to innovate, and give organizations a wider lens through which to view today’s challenges, so that they can contribute to a better future for us all.
In launching OPEN Spotlight Award, our aim is to cultivate an international community of business and experts promoting openness, who inspire each other by sharing stories and knowledge and lead by example to start positive changes on a large scale.
Make your work shine through the OPEN Spotlight Award if...
The OPEN Spotlight Award is for organizations that have gone through an inspiring journey in which they worked for diversity and inclusion. It features companies who are willing to talk about these challenges, and how they have mastered them to become a source of inspiration for others.
Their stories may be about how people were able to start a change; or about how diversity and inclusion positively impacted their core business, or how an open corporate culture helped build a sense of belonging in the organization, and the benefits of this cohesion. Or maybe it is about how a new approach in communications or in advertisement ensured a more real representation of people. The stories will be nominated in the form of case studies.
Tell your unique story and inspire others
We are looking for case studies that demonstrate the challenges and impact of building a more open, diverse and inclusive work environment.
Who is qualified to shine through the OPEN Spotlight Award?
We encourage businesses, small and large alike, and experts from a wide variety of backgrounds (creative industry, architecture, communications, etc.) to share their stories.
We accept nominations from Europe. The awards may or may not be divided based on geographic regions.
The nominated stories shall come from the past two years or from 2019 (2017-2019).
The impact of sharing your story
- Leading by example: The collection of the shortlisted nominations will be published as an e-book distributed by WeAreOpen to inspire many other organizations out there.
- Speaking opportunity: Shortlisted organizations will get an invitation to speak at the OPEN Conference.
- Receiving the OPEN Spotlight Award: The winners will be announced and will get their Award on the first day of OPEN Conference.
- Belonging to the OPEN Community: To be able to build their belonging to the community of openness-promoting organizations, for the shortlisted works, we offer two free and additional discounted tickets (35% discount from the Regular Two-Days Ticket price) for OPEN Conference 2019 and two discounted tickets for OPEN Conference 2020.
OPEN Spotlight Award Categories
- Engine of Change: stories of people who drove an organization toward greater openness
- Innovation through Diversity: stories of how a diverse group leveraged their different background as part of innovating
- Mission Possible: stories about how diversity and inclusion supported the core business of a company
- Excellence in Belonging: stories of how creating an open corporate culture contributed to the sense of belonging
- We See You Here: stories of the change that a more realistic representation of people, minorities brought to companies and communities
Nominations and Review Timeline
Nominations close - Extended till Sept 27 (23:59 CET)
Shortlist announced - Oct 1
Judging sessions - Oct 6
Awards ceremony at OPEN Conference - Nov 6
The timeline may be subject to change.
There is no nomination fee.OPEN Spotlight Award Nomination
You can nominate your company via the form below. We are looking forward to hearing your story!
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