Pet Grooming Industry Educator Awards

19/08/2020

Ballot nominations for the 2020 Pet Grooming Industry Educator Awards are now open!

Categories for this year are:
1) Best Book
2) Best Online Course or Class
3) Best Blog
4) Best Social Media Based Livestream
5) Best Virtual Trade Show
6) Best Industry Education & Certification Group

And
Lifetime Industry Achievement Award-

Please private message me your nomination & its category.

Awards ballots per category will be announced once enough nominations have been submitted.

Awards will be announced again this year on New Years Eve Day.

01/01/2020

🏆🍀🌹I want to thank everyone who nominated and voted for our amazing list of industry educators in this year‘s awards program.

Most of all I want to sincerely congratulate and give a heartfelt thank you to every pet grooming industry person who extends a hand to help another and leads by example of what it is to be a professional.

I know there are many, many people who share their knowledge and lift other groomers up around them who may have not made our nominations list this year, but you are equally important and vital to the growth and well-being of our entire industry!
PLEASE keep up your honorable work!! 🌹🍀⭐️

Keep an eye out for our Pet Grooming Industry Educator Awards next year as we grow, and shine a light on all of those who feed our minds and widen our horizons!🍀🐾🌹

~”Be the flame of inspiration that sparks the mind and lights the path for others”~

~2019 Nominees & *Winners~

Livestream:
*Colin Taylor
Malissa Conti-Diener
Blake Hernandez
Jun S Yun
Helen Schaefer
Teri Becker DiMarino

Brick & Mortar School:
*Paragon School of Pet Grooming
Merryfield School
The Whole Pet Grooming Academy
Golden Paws

Blog:
*Grooming Smarter, Debi Hilley
BBird’s GroomBlog, Barbara Bird

Webinar:
*Learn To Groom Dogs, Melissa Verplank
Pawsitive Educational Training, Mary Oquendo

Podcast:
Hey Joe!, Joe Zuccarello
*Creating Great Grooming Dogs, Chrissy Neumyer Smith
*Women Petpreneurs, Mary Oquendo
*The Groom Pod, Susy Scott & Barbara Bird

Book:
*Theory of Five- Melissa Verplank as author & Lisa VanSweden as illustrator
The Art of Grooming, Jun S Yun
Caring For the Canine Coat, Christein Pearson-Sertzel
House Call Grooming, Laura Hearn
The Difficult Dog, Barb Hoover
Beyond Suds & Scent, Barbara Bird

On site Skills Classes:
*Lisa Leady
Scott Wasserman

On Site Educational Classes:
*Dave Campanella
Mary Oquendo

Independent & Small Trade Show:
*St Louis Groom Fest, Jessica Uzzetta
Kansas City Grooming Conference, Barb Hoover & Amie Wright

The Phoenix Award for Lifetime Contribution:
*Barbara Bird
Sam Kohl

01/01/2020

Ballot closed
FINAL winner:
Paragon Pet School

01/01/2020

Ballot closed
FINAL winner: Theory of Five

01/01/2020

Ballot closed
FINAL winner: Colin Taylor

29/12/2019

Alright folks!
Here are our FINAL BALLOTS for the 3 categories where we had more than 2 nominees-

School
Paragon School of Pet Grooming
and
Whole Pet Grooming Academy

Book
Caring For the Canine Coat
and
The Theory of Five

Livestream
Colin Taylor
and
Blake Hernandez

*these three final ballots will have voting open until December 31 before we pick our winner for that category.
**So please be sure to get your final vote in!**

All other categories winners are as follows:

Blog
Debi Hilley, Grooming Smarter

Podcast
(50/50 tied ballot & leader from 2nd ballot)
Women Petpreneurs
Creating Great Grooming Dogs
AND
The Groom Pod

Independent Trade Show
St Louis GroomFest, Jessica Uzzetta

On Site Educational Seminar
Dave Campanella

Hands On Skills Seminar
Lisa Stell Leady

Webinar
Learn To Groom Dogs

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to all of our Pet Grooming Industry Educator Awards nominees!!!
🌹🐾🍀⭐️❤️

29/12/2019

Final ballot counts!
Looks like podcast category also had a tie, giving us 3 winners!
**Those categories with multiple ballots (livestream, book and grooming school) will now be re-cast as a head to head ballot between the two category leaders.
Voting on those final ballots will end on Dec. 31st!

29/12/2019

Only 3 days left to vote on final ballots!

Ballots close for voting at midnight on Dec 31st!!

If you haven’t voted for a pet grooming industry educator, please visit our page and *scroll down to find the open and active voting ballots/polls*.
**These are set up via a poll format, with no colored background behind them**

Thank you!

Pet service

28/12/2019

Blog Nominees
*current 2 part ballot majority

28/12/2019

Independent Trade Show Nominees
*current 2 part ballot majority

28/12/2019

On Site Class Host Nominees
*current 2 part ballot majority

28/12/2019

Seminars Nominees
*current 2 part ballot majority

28/12/2019

Webinar Nominees
*current 2 part ballot majority

28/12/2019

Book Nominees
*current 2 part ballot majority

28/12/2019

Livestream Nominees
*current 2 part ballot majority

28/12/2019

Brick & Mortar Grooming School Nominees
*current 2 part ballot majority

28/12/2019

Podcast Nominees

28/12/2019

The trophies for the Pet Grooming Industry Educator Awards are complete!
I’m just waiting for the votes to continue to be cast through the end of the day tomorrow and then I can have the trophy name plaques engraved and added to each award!
They’ve turned out beautiful!
I can’t wait for our pet grooming educators to be recognized for their hard work and all they bring to our industry!
If you have not yet scrolled our page and voted for an educator that has helped you in your career, please do so!
-If you do not see an industry educator on a ballot within any one category, please submit their name to me via private message. Nominee additions end at midnight tonight!
As soon as I have at least two people in the same category, a new ballot will be generated for voting on through the end of the year.

Final category winners will be announced on New Year’s Day!

27/12/2019

Our holiday rush is past!
Now let’s concentrate on getting the rest of our educator nominees within each category onto the ballots and get those votes in by the end of the month!

15/10/2019

Update:
~THE PET GROOMING INDUSTRY EDUCATOR AWARDS & the Phoenix Award~

The lotus flower crystal pieces began arriving today for the trophies towards our Pet Grooming Industry Educator Awards program.

(https://www.facebook.com/PhoenixEdAwards/)

More will arrive throughout the week as well as our amazing hand blown glass Phoenix flame for the Lifetime Industry Contribution award.

The next thing arriving will be the local artist hand carved trophy bases. The bases we are planning will be carved to look like lily pads.

After these, the metal nameplates/title plates for these trophies from a local engraving supplier will arrive and then everything is assembled.

I settled on the lotus flower as a symbol of overcoming obstacles and giving countless opportunities for growth (with reference to the lotus petals and its ability to still grow even in hard conditions) and beautifully lifting up our industry as a professional career.
-When I visited the trophy supply house, the representative randomly mentioned “being the light” as a theme for this awards program with regard to being an educator and helping others... and everything just fell into place from there!
It was perfect!
Each lotus flower holds a votive and sparkles beautifully when lit.
(I’ll post more photos when the assembled trophies are completed)

I am honored to be able to give back to the industry that supports me and to recognize fellow industry educators who invest in the lives and livelihood of others who also call pet grooming home.

Remember that we are accepting nominations and ballot submissions towards all of the categories until the last week of December.
If you have someone who has shared an educational opportunity with you that you would like to see recognized, please visit our page and submit your nominations by message.

Thank you for supporting this wonderful program, get onto our page and VOTE— and good luck to all of those nominated!
❤️🐾🌹🍀