Reworked IMPACT Awards

• The IMPACT Awards is a prestigious recognition program, celebrating exceptional work in the field of employee experience. Honors are bestowed on both exceptional practitioners (individuals, departments and teams) and vendors (companies and their customers).

• Visit awards.simplermedia.com/ex to apply.

• In recognition of the evolving nature of employee experience and the role leaders play in shaping the digital workplace, we have split the Employee Experience Leader of the Year award into two new awards:
  • Workplace Technology Leader of the Year
  • Workplace Culture Leader of the Year
    
• We have restructured the fees for our practitioner awards. There is now no cost to apply for Workplace Technology Leader of the Year or Workplace Culture Leader of the Year while the fee to apply for the Employee Journey Innovation award is now $149.
  
• We have added 4 new awards for vendors. The following awards recognize innovation, implementation and impact in vendor platforms/solutions:
  • Excellence in Knowledge Management & Search
  • Excellence in Work Management & Project Management
  • Excellence in Employee Experience & Recognition
  • Excellence in Intranet & Communications
    
• The following awards are no longer offered:
  • Employee Experience Leader of the Year
  • Collaboration Excellence
  • Innovative Use of Workplace Technology
  • Most Innovative Workplace Productivity Solution
  • Excellence in Employee Intranet and Communications Platforms
  • Best Learning Innovation for the Hybrid Workplace

• Nominees for the practitioner awards should be employee experience or digital workplace leaders, departments and teams who have deployed impactful initiatives or technology solutions over the past 12 months.
  
• Nominees for the vendor awards should be vendors who have either solved a particularly impressive challenge for one of their clients or produced particularly impactful capabilities for their products or solutions within the last 12-24 months.
  
• You may self-nominate for any award.

• If you want to showcase your company’s internal practices you should apply for the practitioner awards.
  
• Companies whose business model includes EX programs, platforms or solutions may not apply for the practitioner awards.
  
• If you want to showcase your platform, solution or the work you’ve done for a customer/client you should apply for the vendor awards.
  
• Your customer’s name may remain anonymous, although we encourage you to identify them in your application. Failure to disclose customer names may hinder recognition efforts, should your application win.

• Please scroll to the top of this page for the full list of awards categories.

• There is no cost to apply for the Workplace Technology Leader of the Year or Workplace Culture Leader of the Year awards.
  
• The cost to apply for all other Practitioner awards is $149 per application (early bird saves you 30% through Sept. 30, 2025).
  
• For all vendor awards, there is a $995 fee per application (early bird saves you 30% through Sept. 30, 2025).
  
• NOTE: Registering at the awards portal during the Early Bird period by September 30 saves you 30% off your application fee.
  
• Other discounts are available. Contact us for more information.
  
• All application fees are payable by credit card prior to application submission. Applications are not considered final until fees are paid in full.
  
• If you are unable to pay by credit card, contact us.

• Applications typically take 1-2 hours to complete.

• All application questions have maximum word counts. These vary and are listed on each question.
  
• Charts, photos and other attachments are not allowed.

• Judges are volunteer practitioners, specialists, consultants and EX experts, recruited for their field expertise.
  
• Please scroll to the bottom of this webpage to see the list of last year’s judges.

• Judges apply through the awards portal and are vetted by Reworked prior to reviewing applications.
  
• Judges receive detailed instructions and a scoring rubric to assist in the review process.
  
• Judges agree to keep all material confidential. Certain application fields with proprietary information are not shared with judges.
  
• All applications are reviewed by multiple judges to minimize bias. Judges are not assigned applications from participants in their own industry and judges can recuse themselves from any application to avoid direct or indirect conflicts of interest.

• Questions are weighted according to importance. Judge scores are aggregated to determine the final winners of each category.
  
• Judges only score the “category-specific questions” section of each application. Demographics information is not shared with judges and not scored.

• Winners are notified through email once the judging period is over. The Awards Director will notify the main point of contact for each winner. Please provide alternate contact information if you are an agency or otherwise applying on behalf of an individual or company.
  
• Winners are announced in the spring.

• Winners are publicly recognized in the following ways:
  • Press release on Reworked, promoted through PR channels.
  • As part of a longer awards article on Reworked.
  • Mention on awards website.
  • Opportunity to participate in Reworked TV.

• Gold award winners receive a physical trophy as well as a digital badge for social media promotion.
  • One trophy is included in your win. It is possible to order additional trophies at your cost; contact us for details.
    
• Silver award winners receive a digital badge for social media promotion.
  • It is possible to order a trophy or trophies at your cost; contact us for details.
    
• All awards participants (winners and nonwinners) receive a PDF scorecard with their score and judge comments.

• 2024 Winners
• 2022 Winners
• 2021 Winner

• By signing up for the IMPACT Awards, you agree to receive emails related to the awards program, including (but not limited to) reminder emails, open/close dates and finalist status. All finalists and winners will be contacted through email and may be contacted via phone for additional information. Winners’ contact information may be shared with our Events team for the purpose of coordinating your participation in our events. Winners’ addresses will be shared with our awards vendors for the purposes of awards delivery and digital badge distribution. Finalists’ and winners’ application data may be shared with our Editorial team for background information only.

Please send all questions to [email protected].