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June 15, 2010
WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry were recently recognized with the 2010 Associations Make a Better World Award. Introduced in 2002, the Awards recognize association programs, projects and activities that make a significant contribution to society and economies around the world, in two categories: U.S./Developed Nations and Developing Nations. Representatives from each of the overall award-winning associations will receive the Award at ASAE & The Center’s 2010 Annual Meeting & Exposition, August 21-24 in Los Angeles. “The reach of the association community goes far beyond the U.S. borders, with many internationally-based associations making significant contributions to local communities around the world,” said ASAE & The Center President and CEO John H. Graham IV, CAE. “ASAE & The Center is proud to recognize the social, economic and advocacy contributions of associations working internationally. We hope to raise awareness of the wide impact of our community worldwide.” This year, the following organizations were selected to receive the Award: U.S./Developed Nation Category Overall Winner American Academy of Ophthalmology
Program: Ophthalmic News and Education (ONE) Network
San Francisco, California, USA Honorable Mention Soroptimist International of the Americas
Program: Soroptimist Disaster Grants for Women and Girls
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Developing Nation Category Overall Winner Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Program: Cebu Business Month
Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines Honorable Mention Muntinlupa Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Program: Community Relations Program
Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila, Philippines
This year, Betsy Bassan, president of the Society for International Development Board of Directors and senior vice president at Chemonics International, joined the selection committee as a guest judge. Bassan is a development planner and senior management specialist with 25 years of experience designing and managing development activities across a broad array of technical areas and geographic regions. Her sector experience includes health, private sector development, environment, democracy/governance and PVO/NGO development, with regional experience in Europe and Eurasia, Middle East and Africa. She served as project director for a major USAID initiative to increase PVO/NGO capacity in family planning, reproductive health, and HIV/AIDS and to provide services through networks.
Judging is based on five elements in the areas of Impact, Innovation, Involvement, Resource utilization and Sustainability.
The Associations Make a Better World Awards are supported by the Canadian Tourism Commission, Travel Alberta, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Tourisme Montreal and Tourism Toronto, ASAE & The Center’s Strategic Partners. For more information about the Associations Make a Better World Awards, visit www.asaecenter.org/betterworld.
MEDIA CONTACT: Jakub M. Konysz, 202-626-2831, jkonysz@asaecenter.org About ASAE
ASAE is a membership organization of more than 22,000 association executives and industry partners representing more than 11,000 organizations. Its members manage leading trade associations, individual membership societies and voluntary organizations across the United States and in nearly 50 countries around the world. With support of the ASAE Foundation, a separate nonprofit entity, ASAE is the premier source of learning, knowledge and future-oriented research for the association and nonprofit profession, and provides resources, education, ideas and advocacy to enhance the power and performance of the association and nonprofit community. For more information about ASAE, visit www.asaecenter.org. ###
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