Natasha, Myself, & Roy
The only home staging company in Ottawa to have won this award.
Because this is the end of the year and did not have a chance to blog about it before i'm taking the opportunity to do so now. The Summer of 09 my company was nominated by my clients and business affiliates for the BBB Torch Award. When I recieved the call that I was nominated they requested that I submit a binder consisiting of my business outline, how i would handle an issue, how i contribute to the community, how i keep my employees happy, what my values are with in the company and how I uphold to them as well as samples of my marketing strategy. This took me one whole month to pull together and assemble in a bright green eye catching 3 ringed binder. I took great pride in pulling together this presentation book because even if i didnt win I was proud of what I have done with in my own company in such a short period of time.
In October my company was invited to attend the BBB (Better Business Bureau) Awards dinner, we were notified that we were a finalist for this award. I was (and still am) extatic to have been nominated and even more so that i'm now a finalist for this award. For the awards ceremony I brought everyone, my mom, dad, brother, my husband Eric and my first employee Natasha. We took up the whole table! LOL Everyone else just brought a date but I didnt care what happened that night I wanted to share it with everyone that ment so much to me because with out them and their support I couldnt of made it this far!
So we all sat at the table enjoying the delicious dinner when the announcements started, they called up the 2 runners up for the award and as soon as they said "let's now move on to the winners of the Torch award" I instantly knew that I had won! I started to get sooo excited internally, my face was red, I was bouncing in my seat and my husband & Natasha asked me what's up! I told them to just wait!! i didnt want to officially say anything because I wasnt 100% sure but 99% since they are moving onto the winners! "Now, starting with the small business category" the announcer said. "The winner for the BBB Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics in the small business categoyr is...................................Capital Home Staging & Design!"
I thought I was about to die with joy! I jumped up and started to see the crowed as a sea of black bobbling & clapping heads I didnt know what I was looking at just the sight of the podium and the Cheif of the BBB in Ottawa waiting to greet me. I was so nervous that I was going to fall off the podium or trip up or down the stairs in my new red shoes! I think i was even shaking like a leaf! I accepted the award and made it back to the table in one piece! my family was there and they were soooo excited I was a great feeling for me to see them so proud of me!
At the end of the night I requested to take a group photo of the main people involved in the business. Natasha is my first employee and she has been there helping from the start. I also asked my father Roy to be in the photo because with out him I wouldnt be as far as I am today. He's my accountant, my web master, my PR guru, my confidant, my ideas guy, and my Videographer for my DIY home staging video. You name it he helps me with suggestions, listenes to my ideas and provides support and tells me when i'm crazy!!
My dad told me 45 years ago THAT DAY was the worst day of his life!.....his dad passed away and now this date is the BEST day of his life. He said it's so weird how things turn like that from having this date as a bad and sad memory to changing to to a happy and joyful one! When he told me that I was so surprised! I had no idea, I never met my gradfather and my dad bairly knew him since he passed when he was a child so for this day to take on a new meaning to my dad really means a lot to me! I AM SO proud and happy that this day in October is now a good memory!
Thanks for reading & here's to 2010
-Kristy
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