International Association of Outsourcing Professionals Seeking Nominations for Best Outsourcing Teams

Online, June 24, 2010 (Newswire.com) - POUGHKEEPSIE, NY - The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals® (lAOP®) today announced the first and only award program recognizing outsourcing professional teams for their innovation and best practices - The Global Excellence in Outsourcing (GEO) Award.

The GEO will distinguish outsourcing professional teams at customer organizations who have advanced the field's best practices, created innovative solutions and delivered great results for their companies.

"We very excited about this new award program," said IAOP Chairman Michael Corbett. "As outsourcing increasingly becomes a strategic, corporate-wide program it's more and more often these teams of outsourcing professionals who are creating the results their companies need. Recognizing these teams will not only be great for the teams themselves, but will showcase their accomplishments in a way that raises the bar for all of us."

Awards will be presented annually for:

* The GEO Award for Best Practices -- recognizes a company's outsourcing team for developing and implementing one or more advanced business practices that have enhanced the design, implementation and management of their company's outsourcing program. The team will be recognized both for its contribution to the management practice of outsourcing and for delivering measurable results for their company.

* The GEO Award for Innovation - given to an outsourcing team that has implemented a new type of outsourcing relationship or new outsourcing approach that is ground breaking and worth special attention by other organizations. The goal is to recognize a practical innovation that has produced measurable results.

Nominations are open to IAOP member and non-member customer teams globally and applications for the award are prepared and submitted by the outsourcing professional team itself. Submissions will be reviewed by a panel of judges who will select the winners.

Winners will be recognized at the IAOP Outsourcing World Summit® each February and will have the unique opportunity to share their leading-edge outsourcing approaches through multiple thought leadership activities led by IAOP.

For more information and to nominate your team, see GEO awards.

About IAOP
The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals® (IAOP®) is the global, standard-setting organization and advocate for the outsourcing profession. With more than 110,000 members and affiliates worldwide, IAOP helps companies increase their outsourcing success rate, improve their outsourcing ROI, and expand the opportunities for outsourcing across their businesses. To learn more, visit www.iaop.org

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