Golden Twits winners announced
The results of the UK’s very first Twitter awards were announced this evening in London wiith winners including Duncan Bannatyne of Dragon’s Den and Aleksandr the Meerkat from comparethemarket.com.
From London nightclub Fabric some of Britains best Tweeters gathered to honour their finest and, in the spirit of Twitter itself, had to keep the winning speeches to 140 characters.
And amongst those voted Britain’s best Twitters was Duncan Bannatyne of Dragon’s Den fame who won in the celebrity category. He shared the honours with Alexandr the Meerkat from comparethemarketing.com.
Those who entered were asked to write 140 character submissions detailing why they deserved an award for their Twitter streams.
Wrote Bannatyne: “I am the best (and the most modest) of all the Dragons.”
And what were his objectives? “To reach an audience.”
Meanwhile Alexandr Orlov said he deserved an award, “because I am workings night and day to clear up confusion between meerkat and market. Plus, award would be perfect for use as toilet doorstop.”
There was not enough space to detail why he needed to keep his toilet door open.
There was also an award for Alan Rusbridger editor of The Guardian, who used Twitter to publicise a gagging injunction against his newspaper.
What were his objectives: “To make people aware that The Guardian could not report Parliament.”
Within days the gagging order was lifted.
Richard Draycott, editor of The Drum said, “Twitter is changing the way individuals, celebrities and companies communicate. It is high time it gets the recognition it deserves.”
A full list of winners are below.
The WinnersPublic Vote
ApplicationsWinner
@twibbon - Storm Ideas Ltd
Commendation
Business to BusinessWinner
Commendations
Business to ConsumerWinners
comparethemeerkat.com
Scottish Ballet
Commendations
Adnams
O Communications
Glasgow Film Theatre
CelebrityWinners
comparethemeerkat.com
duncanbannatyne
CharityWinners
Action for Children
KeepBritainTidy
Commendations
Amnesty International UK
Dogs Trust
Trimedia
Corporate IndividualWinner
arusbridger – Guardian
Commendations
Ogilvy
Markcoppini
the_nose – Whyte and Mackay
Philjones40 – Brother UK
HumourWinners
comparethemeerkat.com
tempestdevyne
Commendations
edwhitfield
duncanbannatyne
iwantaquote
raulthemule – Burnett
Information ServiceWinners
BHP Information Solutions
Moray Firth Live
Commendations
Real Ale Reviews
Archant Norfolk
Live BroadcastWinner
4homes, Channel 4 Homes
Commendation
WhyteMcKayHunt, Contently Managed
PicturesWinners
Commendation
Private IndividualWinners
Dave_Thomson84 – Trinity Mirror
Edwhitfield
Commendation
kev_charlton – fuse8
Public ServiceWinners
BHP Information Solutions
System One Travelcards
Commendation
WeirdWinner
Commendation
WritingWinners
Commendations
rhys_isterix - tweet me it, social medium
Leo Burnett
Invent Your Own CategoryWinner
Waste Aware Scotland – Environmental
Commendation
The Carphone Warehouse – Customer Service
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Hey I was joint 9th with the Meerkat! Cheated!! ;)
Twitter awards? Really?
Duncan Bannatyne? Really?
Twatter.
anon at 15.10. outstanding. It'll be deleted though. So we could try for the bit between the tit and the shoulder.
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