10th Annual REGGIE Awards Category Announcements

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The 10th Annual!!! The REGGIE Awards are BACK. The industry awards you have grown to love over the last 10 years. We kick off the REGGIE season by walking the listeners through the categories, discussing them, and sharing memories from the REGGIE winner’s past. Tune in to hear the categories, be part of the discussion, and begin circulating the names that need to be recognized. Plus, we are launching a special bonus section this week at the top of the show, so tune in for a fun new collaboration! Let’s kick off the season with the REGGIE awards to celebrate the decorator’s community and all the loyal #Regulators.

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Dad Joke

From Terry Combs

Why is it cheaper to throw a party in a haunted house?

Because the ghosts will bring their own boos.

10th Annual REGGIEs

Nominate at https://www.2regularguys.com/reggies/

Ground rules for nominating:

  • You must nominate a company or individual in at least seven of the 10 categories. Nomination forms with fewer than 7 categories will be tossed out and not counted.
  • To encourage a wider range of participation from around the industry, we limit nominations to a maximum of two categories per company or individual. The top two vote counts per category will be used if a company or individual receives nominations in more than two categories.
  • Nominations close on November 10th at 5 PM Central Time. This is a hard date, so no emails afterward asking us to make an exception.
  • Nominee announcements will be on November 11th
  • Voting will take place beginning December 8th at 5 PM Central Time
  • Winners will be announced on our show on December 9th
  1. Best New Product – This category is for products that have made an impact on our industry in 2022. These products must have been released in the last 3 years and have not made the voting before. (We will do our best to police, but we can’t verify every product was released in the last 3 years. We will verify that it has not made the voting by reviewing https://www.2regularguys.com/garment-decorating-industry-awards/

Merrowly by Embrilliance

  1. Best Customer Service (List the Company and Person) – Share a specific company and if there is a person who stands out there, share them too. This company and team members are customer service oriented. These companies have specific policies in place that are customer service oriented and put their customers first in our industry.

Sublimation 101 – Michael Kaminsky

  1. Best Industry Educator – This category is to recognize the best educator in our industry during 2022. This is someone who writes for the industry magazines, presents seminars or webinars, or otherwise educates people to improve our industry. This person should be focused on education rather than offering infomercial type content.

Laurie Donovan -Sawgrass Product Ambassador

  1. Best Podcast or Online Education – This category is to recognize a podcast, online blog, video platform, virtual event, training sessions or other online platforms that provide the best educational content in our industry. If it is education on the internet it fits in this category! 

2 Regular Guys

  1. Best Industry Trade Show – This category has reentered the REGGIE Awards this year since many in-person events have taken place in 2022. We want to recognize the in person event that best supported, educated and provided networking for the decorators community in 2022.

Appliqué Getaway

  1. Most Influential Up and Comer in the Industry – This category is to recognize the under 40 crowd in our industry. This nominee should exemplify all the positive aspects of garment and product decoration. Before nominating, please be sure the person is in fact under 40.

Crystal Baugh – The Rhinestone World 

  1. Women in Garment Decorating Award – Based on our quarterly show of the same name, this category is meant to recognize the person who is doing the most to raise the profile of women in the industry.

Nicky Adamkiewicz

  1. Most Inspirational Decorators Community Member – This is for anyone in the industry who has shown their ability to step above the fighting, debating and commiserating (blaming, complaining, & excuse making) and lead with encouragement, motivation and inspiration. Group leaders or moderators or just those that are always uplifting.

Nicky Adamkiewicz

  1. Best Guest on 2 Regular Guys Podcast – This category is to recognize the guest on the 2 Regular Guys Podcast that provided the most information that helped your business and was entertaining.

The Embroidery Nerds

  1. Best Ambassador for the Industry – This category is to recognize someone who represents our industry, within and without and exemplifies all the positive aspects of garment and product decoration.

Erich Campbell

BE PART OF #5THINGS

If you would like to present your 5 Things, five quick points on any subject, whether it be advice or five instructional steps, we would love to hear from you. You can come on the show and present them yourself, or we will share your list with our listeners or even play a recorded video of you sharing 5 things. Whatever is easiest. 

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