Prizes Won For The Group Writing Project

Prizes Won For The Group Writing Project - What I Learned in 2006

by Ben Yoskovitz

The final group writing project of 2006 ended today (on the 2nd day of 2007) with a final post snuck in at the last minute by Shawn Hessinger.

In total your efforts raised $350 for charity!

The final tally of posts was 70, and you can find the full list on a special page that I created.

And now it’s time to dispense with the prizes! I excluded myself (of course) and anyone that contributed a post and also donated a prize (from winning their own prize.) I selected from the posts at random, and here’s what we end up with:

Shawn Hessinger takes home a signed copy of Phil Gerbyshak’s book 10 Ways to Make It Great!
Kirsten Harrell wins the 2nd copy of Phil’s book.
Update: Kirsten already had a copy of Phil’s book so it goes to the next person on the list: Katelyn Thomas.
Sean Moffitt wins Randy Komisar’s book The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living
Greg Balanko-Dickson wins Ted Demopoulos’s book What No One Ever Tells You About Blogging And Podcasting
Miriam Schwab wins Jon Spoelstra’s book Marketing Outrageously
Rick Cockrum wins Buzzoodle Buzz Marketing: 57 Word of Mouth Marketing Challenges for the Entire Workforce

I’ll be notifying each winner individually so I can get their address and mail them their prize.

Thank you to everyone who participated. We raised a lot of money together that went to the Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

We were also introduced to tons of great lessons learned and some wonderful bloggers.

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January 2nd, 2007

9 Responses to “Prizes Won For The Group Writing Project - What I Learned in 2006”

#1 Sean Moffitt January 2nd, 2007 at 5:17 am

benjamin,

Great idea on this contest…good win for everybody heading into the new year.

Thanks for providing the forum.

Sean

#2 Ben Yoskovitz January 2nd, 2007 at 5:20 am

Sean - it was a blast doing. Surpassed my own goals for the project which is great. And the Children’s Hospital benefits from everyone’s efforts…

Thanks for being a part of it!

#3 Greg Balanko-Dickson January 2nd, 2007 at 5:47 am

Ben you are indeed an instigator.

Way to go, 70 posts adding to the conversation. Woo Hoo!

#4 Phil Gerbyshak January 2nd, 2007 at 1:41 pm

$350 for charity is awesome, and 70 posts is amazing. Well done everyone!

#5 Rick Cockrum January 2nd, 2007 at 3:57 pm

Great work, and congratulations to everyone! You got us to think, and a good donation for the hospital. What more could we ask?

#6 Ben Yoskovitz January 2nd, 2007 at 5:47 pm

Thanks for all the positive feedback guys. I was very pleased with the result, and I think everyone enjoyed the project immensely.

#7 I won a prize! » illuminea blog January 6th, 2007 at 10:20 pm

[…] As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve been out of things for a bit because I gave birth on Sunday, Dec. 31. While I was in the hospital, I received an email from Ben Yoskovitz informing me that my submission to his Group Writing Project on “What I Learned in 2006″ won a prize! […]

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#9 Donetsk September 27th, 2007 at 9:03 am

Excellent idea for a contest, well done Ben. Way to go donating the Children’s Hospital Foundation!
Regards, Don.

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