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RESA® 2012 Home Staging Company of the Year™ 

 

The RESA® Home Staging Company of the Year™ is a home staging company that consists of two or more stagers operating under one company name. The company should be in business more than two years and is demonstrating professionalism and excellence in staging. Click to verify your region.

 

RESA® will be recognizing 2 Home Staging Companies. One in the United States and one in Canada.

Entry Fee: $25.00

 

Nomination Guidelines:

  • This is a self-nominating category for current RESA® members.  Members must maintain their membership through the 2012 year.  Given this is a self-nominating category; nominees will not be allowed to market their nomination status as this portion of the process is anonymous. Finalists will be allowed to market their status; however they are not allowed to solicit votes from the judges.
  • Members with ethics complaints or disciplinary actions in the last two years are not eligible.
  • RESA® 2012 Home Staging Company of the Year™ award is for companies that have partners or a team of stagers. In other words, individual stagers are not allowed to submit.Individual stagers not part of a team or a company owned by multiple stagers should submit for the Professional Stager of the Year™.

Nomination Disqualifications:

  • During the one-page PDF voting process, nominees are anonymous. If nominees are caught soliciting votes from the RESA® membership, they will be automatically disqualified.
  • Finalists will be allowed to market their status; however they are not allowed to solicit votes from the judges. If a finalist is caught soliciting votes from the judges, they will be automatically disqualified.
  • Any finalist caught breaking any of the rules may be disqualified.

Nominees will submit:

 

  • A one-page PDF containing your best staging examples. This may be before and after sets or final result examples. This PDF may be “staged”, but needs to be un-branded. No information as to your identity or geographic location will be allowed. Photo editing techniques may be used to enhance the photo. Ex: Frames and drop shadows are ok. Submissions that look like magazine layouts are acceptable. Virtually staged photos are not allowed.  Words or text are not allowed on the one-page submission.  
  • You will also submit up to a two-page PDF that covers why you should be awarded the honor of Home Staging Company of the Year™. This two-page PDF submission should be professional and fully branded.  Your submission should include your accomplishments during the eligibility period which is December, 2010 to October 2011. 

 

The submission for the two-page PDF should include:

 

  • Branding (website, logo, colors etc...)
  • How you educate others through marketing, workshops, blogs, etc...  
  • Your professional affiliations and designations.
  • You may include more before and after examples

 

Submit both documents and a JPG photo of yourself in one email as attachments to Shell@RESA-HQ.org, no later than November 15, 2011. In the subject line of the email please put your name of your category, your country, your company name and your name.  EX: RESA Home Staging Company of the Year, USA or Canada, Your Company Name, Your Name.  

  • Save and name the one-page PDF unbranded submission, with the name of your category and your region: EX: RESA® Home Staging Company of the Year™ USA or Canada.
  • Save and name the two-page PDF fully branded submission with the name of your category, your region and your company name.  EX: RESA Home Staging Company of the Year USA or Canada, Your Company Name.

The entire RESA® membership will vote on your one-page unbranded submission between November 20, 2011 to November 30, 2011.  Judging on will be based on:

 

  • Before and after examples and or best examples of final staging.
  • Overall appeal of entry.

The submissions with the most votes will be the top 3 finalists in each country and will be the nominees for the overall RESA® Home Staging Company of the Year™ Award. 3 in the US and 3 in Canada.  

RESA® will combine the two-page fully branded submission with the one-page photo examples submission and they will be sent to the judges for their review. Judging will take place from December 5, 2011 to December 20, 2011. Judging will be based on:

 

25 Points- Branding (website, logo, etc...)

25 Points- Education through marketing, workshops, blogs, etc...  

30 Points- Before and after examples

20 Points- Overall appeal of entry

  

 

The submission with the highest overall score will become the winner in their country.  We will have one RESA® 2012 Home Staging Company of the Year™ for Canada and one for the United States. In the event of a tie, judges will vote again on those finalists.

 

Finalists will be notified and allowed to market their finalist status.

 

The finalist with the highest overall score will become the RESA® 2012 Home Staging Company of the Year™.  

 
All award winners will be announced January 31, to February 2, 2012 in Las Vegas at the RESA® Home Staging Convention.