Annette Densham and Lauren Clemett of The Audacious Agency (TAA) scored a significant victory at the 19th Stevie Awards for Women in Business this month. At a gala event in Las Vegas, they were awarded the top Grand Stevie® trophy, beating out runner-up IBM by 50 points. This win gave them their fifth Grand Stevie® dating back to 2018.
This victory is a monumental achievement, as organisers for the Stevie Awards for Women in Business receive 1,500 submissions annually. Grand Stevie winners are determined by the number of Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie winners from a specific organisation.
By besting a multinational corporation, The Audacious Agency has demonstrated its effectiveness in helping women entrepreneurs get the recognition they deserve. The team guided, helped over 20 Australian women win over 40 categories in this year’s awards program, with an impressive haul of seven gold trophies, 11 silver and 23 bronze.
TAA has consistently achieved these results thanks to its tightly-knit team of professionals. They create customised award entries that captivate and command attention by combining decades of marketing, branding and PR expertise. This approach brings compelling stories, explaining TAA’s high success rate in pitching their clients to award organisers.
Maggie Miller, president of the Stevie Awards, said, “In its 19th year, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business received outstanding nominations from women in organisations of all types, in 27 nations. We are gratified by how meaningful it is to women to win a Stevie Award, and how impactful it can be on the futures of their careers and their organisations. We congratulate all this year’s Grand, Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners for their achievements.”
Annette and Lauren, co-directors of The Audacious Agency, were in Las Vegas, Nevada to accept their Grand Stevie® Award.
Upon accepting the trophy, Lauren Clemett remarked: “To be trusted to take a business’s story and weave it into an outstanding award entry that wows is an incredible honour for us.”
Annette Densham added: “We have to get past the fear, the doubt, the imposter syndrome… and draw out the amazingness of the business, of the leaders we work with.”
“We are so fortunate to be involved with so many small business award entries, especially these ones tonight. And we love it when our clients email us back when they read the entries we create, with things like, ‘This doesn’t sound like my business – are you sure it’s me? This business sounds too good.’ Well, you guys are good, you are amazing,” Lauren said.
Annette said, “As entrepreneurs, our number one job in business is to market ourselves and our business. There’s no money in being the best-kept secret – if you don’t back yourself and confidently tell your story, it’s not conducive to business growth. So get out there – there’s no place in business for modesty. You deserve to be well-known, well-paid and wanted.”
Because of the high average scores they received from the judges, the following nomination(s) were recognised with these awards in the 19th annual Stevie Awards® for Women in Business:
The following nominations are honoured as Gold Stevie Award winners:
SIMONA MIGRATION – Company of the Year – Consumer Services – 10 or Less Employees
DR TANYA BELL – CEO OF YOU TURN – Female Innovator of the Year – Government or Non-Profit –11 to 2,500 Employees
WILD DOUGH – SAFE AND NATURAL PLAY DOUGH – Company of the Year – Consumer Products – 10 or Less Employees
ACCOUNTING HEART – THE AUDACIOUS AGENCY/BLUE BEAN MEDIA COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO PROFILE BUILDING – Communications or PR Campaign of the Year – Marketing – Business to Business
KAREN MCDERMOTT – Best Female Entrepreneur – Consumer Services –10 or Less Employees
STEM PUNKS – Most Innovative Company of the Year – 10 or Less Employees
TONI POWELL – Female Thought Leader of the Year – Business Services
The following nominations are honoured as Silver Stevie Awards:
RANDA HABELRIH – AUTISM MATES – Woman of the Year – Government or Non-Profit, Organization of the Year – Government or Non-Profit – 10 or Less Employees, Female Executive of the Year – Government or Non-Profit – 10 or Less Employees, Social Change Maker of the Year – Disability
LISA COX – Female Thought Leader of the Year – Business Services
KATRINA WURM – STRESS FREE SUPER MUM – Women Helping Women – Social Change
DR TANYA BELL – CEO OF YOU TURN – Female Thought Leader of the Year – Government or Non-Profit
KAREN MCDERMOTT – Maverick of the Year
DR STACEY ASHLEY – Mentor or Coach of the Year – Business
KAYLEY MOON, HONEY DIGITAL – Best Female Entrepreneur – Business Services –10 or Less Employees, Startup of the Year – Business Services Industries
The following nominations are honoured as Bronze Stevie Awards:
MIRIAM VAN HEUSDEN, MARALYTICS – Startup of the Year – Business Products Industries, Most Innovative Woman of the Year – Technology
RANDA HABELRIH – AUTISM MATES – Female Thought Leader of the Year – Government or Non-Profit, Female Innovator of the Year – Government or Non-Profit –10 or Less Employees
CAROLINE BELLENGER – Best Female Solo Entrepreneur
JASMINE BATRA, ARROW DIGITAL – Company of the Year – Business Services – More Than 10 Employees, Woman of the Year – Business Services
KATRINA WURM – STRESS FREE SUPER MUM – Social Change Maker of the Year – Gender
JODIE HOLLIS, CANCER SUPPORT ANGELS – Female Executive of the Year – Government or Non-Profit –10 or Less Employees, Organization of the Year – Government or Non-Profit – 10 or Less Employees
TONI LONTIS TV – Company of the Year – Consumer Services – 10 or Less Employees
KERRY HOWARD – PSYCHO FUTUROLOGIST – Maverick of the Year
YOU TURN – Organization of the Year – Government or Non-Profit – More Than 10 Employees
SERENITY PRESS WRITER’S RETREAT – Event of the Year
MEL HAQUE, WILD DOUGH – SAFE AND NATURAL PLAY DOUGH – Startup of the Year – Consumer Products Industries, Best Female Entrepreneur – Consumer Products –10 or Less Employees
LITTLE PEGZ – Startup of the Year – Consumer Products Industries
STACEY ASHLEY – Female Thought Leader of the Year – Business Services
TRAVEL MOORE – Company of the Year – Consumer Services – 10 or Less Employees
THE AUDACIOUS AGENCY – Fastest Growing Company of the Year
RAQUEL MANNING, BLUE DIAMOND PROPERTY GROUP – Woman of the Year – Industry
FIONA HOLMSTROM, STEM PUNKS – Women Helping Women – Social Change
DIANNE AND CHRIS DENTON, SEA HORSE DIAMOND BEACH – Social Change Maker of the Year – Disability
