I had the great honor to accept a 2010 Pollie Award on behalf of the whole team at Project BIG fish and our client, Club for Growth, at the American Association of Political Consultants Pollie Awards this past Saturday night in Phoenix, Arizona. We were excited to be recognized with a Silver Pollie for the Best National Public Affairs Web site.
Since we did not receive one of the BIG, BIG awards, I was not give the chance to give my prepared acceptance speech other than to the guy waiting next to me for 30 minutes at the post-awards party as we attempted to signal the bartender ;) For those of you who know me, you know for a fact, I would have enjoyed addressing the great crowd at the Awards dinner.
My speech may have went something like this...
"Enough applause. Please, please take your seats. I want to thank the AAPC, President Ayers, the judges, our fellow AAPC members, my parents, their parents, President Obama, my wife, my kids, our clients, my colleagues, my table-mates tonight, those I rode the bus over here with as well as the world in general for this recognition of our hard work. Although, I thought we greatly deserved the AAPC Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award for our 1+ years as a member and our first Pollie, I will, with honor, accept this prestiges award and hope that it is not confiscated going through airport security tomorrow morning.
I can not take all the credit for the Club for Growth website. [Psss... anything that doesn't work on the site is the fault of one of the developers]... We have a great team of strategists, designers and developers at Project BIG fish including my partners in crime, Shane Larrabee and Wanda Ng. Shane worked tirelessly with our developers to bring this site to life after my team came up with all sorts of rather challenging requests and our client's continues thirst for that additional "really, really cool function that will be unbelievable."
Our client, the Club for Growth gave us a great opportunity to build a unique site that with good planning and a bit of luck launched at just the precise time that Club President, Chris Chocola was on FOX News. The TV appearance sparked a giant spike to site visitors, new club members and donations... a spike that sparked the statement, "where in the hell are all these people coming from?!"
So, thank you again and please check out clubforgrowth.org and, even more importantly, give Project BIG fish a ring when your starting your next campaign... www.projectbigfish.com - OK, OK, i am now leaving the stage. Enjoy the rest of your time in Arizona!"
Side note: I was stopped and pulled into a security room at the airport as I tried to explain that this flame/knife looking item was in fact an award and I had no intention of doing anything but putting my seat belt on and sleeping the entire flight back to DC. I would even decline the free peanuts and drink if that would make everything OK.
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The American Association of Political Consultants is the professional organization for people working in the field of politics in the United States. Learn more at www.theaapc.org.
The Club for Growth is a national network of thousands of Americans, from all walks of life, who believe that prosperity and opportunity come through economic freedom. Learn more at www.clubforgrowth.org.
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
by Thomas Frank
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