Winner Speeches
The Webby Awards' famous "5-Word Speech" keeps our celebrations vibrant and exciting. Below are winner and special achievement speeches from the 15th Annual Webby Awards, held in June 2011 in New York City.
Website
Webby Special Achievement Awards
Connections
- Community
- OpenIDEO - Webby: "Keep calm and carry on!!"
- Guides/Ratings/Reviews
- Yelp - Webby & People's Voice: "Try stealing this content, Google."
- Personal Blog/Website
- What I made - Webby & People's Voice: "its what i made earlier"
Entertainment
- Art
- Adobe Museum of Digital Media - Webby: "No lines at Adobe Museum."
- Fashion
- Vogue.com - People's Voice: "its short for group coupon"
- Fashion
- NOWNESS - Webby: "Nothing beats being inspired, thanks!"
- Games
- Lego Star Wars III - Webby: "May the force be with."
- Games-Related
- The Escapist - Webby & People's Voice: "Quality content isn't a commodity. "
- NetArt
- The Wilderness Downtown - People's Voice: "There's no place like home."
Features
- Best Home/Welcome Page
- LEGO.com - Webby & People's Voice: "Only five words? thank you."
- Best Navigation/Structure
- Zappos.com - People's Voice: "Shoes, conveniently sold in pairs."
- Best Practices
- Skype - People's Voice: "Skype'd your mom last night."
- Best Practices
- Dropbox - Webby: "Who wants some free space?"
- Best Use of Photography
- National Geographic - Webby & People's Voice: "Our lens knows no boundaries!"
- Best Visual Design - Aesthetic
- LIFE.com - People's Voice: "A picture's worth five words."
- Best Visual Design - Function
- TED.com - Webby: "we want our 18 minutes"
Living
- Events
- TribecaFilm.com - Webby: "As good as Deniro's oscars."
- Events
- YouTube Play - People's Voice: "this is youtube "
- Health
- WebMD - People's Voice: "Stay away from the sprouts."
- Youth
- A Thin Line - Webby: "Let's stop online bullying together. "
- Youth
- National Geographic Kids - People's Voice: "Fun, facts, photos, animals, grrr!"
Marketplace
- Automotive
- 2011 Mediocrity - Webby: "Thanks for honoring mediocrity, Webby's! "
- Beauty and Cosmetics
- Redken.com - People's Voice: "We love making heads turn."
- Beauty and Cosmetics
- BOSS BOTTLED NIGHT - Webby: "Blast Radius thinks you're boss. "
- Blog - Business
- HuffPost Business - People's Voice: "Washington: focus on jobs, PLEASE."
- Blog - Business
- TechCrunch - Webby: "Best $175 AOL ever spent. "
- Corporate Communications
- Gone Google - Webby & People's Voice: "Go google, gone google, going."
- IT Hardware/Software
- Dell - Webby: "Dude's gone. We still abide."
- IT Hardware/Software
- Demo Slam - People's Voice: "Thank you and SLAM. 感谢你和满贯"
- Pharmaceuticals
- SpeakFromTheHeart.com - Webby & People's Voice: "Life interrupted is not okay."
- Professional Services
- Blenderbox - Webby: "We did it... (without Flash. )"
- Professional Services
- Awesomeville - People's Voice: "Best Facebook status update ever!"
- Restaurant
- Chipotle Website - People's Voice: "Rolling anything better is illegal."
- Restaurant
- Pure Management Group - Webby: "This is crazy...it's BKWLD."
- Self-Promotion/Portfolio
- 'Twitter Knitter' - People's Voice: "This is for Camden Town."
Media
- Blog - Cultural
- The 99% - Webby: "make ideas happen"
- Blog - Cultural
- Laughing Squid - People's Voice: "these tenticles go to eleven"
- Magazine
- NewYorker.com - Webby: "long articles but short speech"
- Magazine
- National Geographic Magazine Online - People's Voice: "Why not five photos instead?"
- Music
- Pandora - Webby & People's Voice: "better than an ibo"
- Radio/Podcasts
- NPR - Webby & People's Voice: "support your local station"
- Television
- Boardwalk Empire - Interactive Boardwalk - Webby: "It's legal now, bottoms up. "
- Television
- Hulu - People's Voice: "The evil plot has succeeded."
Services
- Employment
- Freelancer.com - Webby & People's Voice: "The tech boom is back."
- Financial Services
- Mint - Webby & People's Voice: "We're great at saving."
- Insurance
- Responsibility Project - Webby: "Responsibility is worth celebrating, thanks."
- Real Estate
- Zillow.com - Webby & People's Voice: "We make real estate Zexy."
- Tourism
- The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Online - Webby & People's Voice: "Accico Webby Awards, thank you. "
- Travel
- Jetsetter - Webby: "kids...we're going to disneyland"
- Travel
- Lonely Planet - People's Voice: "now get offline and travel"
- Web Services & Applications
- Dropbox - Webby & People's Voice: "Who wants some free space?"
Society
- Activism
- REDU - Webby: "Kids deserve a great education."
- Associations
- AARP: The Website - People's Voice: "We make 50 look good."
- Associations
- American Institute of Architects - Webby: "Form follows function at AIA.org"
- Blog - Political
- Truthdig - Webby: "Whistleblowing- that's a patriot act. "
- Blog - Political
- Comedy Central's Indecision - People's Voice: "Take that C...N-N"
- Charitable Organizations/Non-Profit
- Historypin - Webby: "Old people know cool stuff. "
- Cultural Institutions
- Smithsonian Institution - People's Voice: "Increase and diffusion of knowledge."
- Cultural Institutions
- Anne Frank House - Webby: "Memories mean more than dresses."
- Government
- NASA Home Page - People's Voice: "Bringing the universe to you"
- School/University
- Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing - Webby & People's Voice: "Indiana University educates Webby winners."
- Science
- Discovery News - People's Voice: "Thank you Discovery News fans!"
Interactive Advertising
- Augmented Reality
- Doritos Late Night - People's Voice: "Late night fun with chips!"
- Augmented Reality
- Converse The Sampler - Webby: "Sampler app, not appetizer sampler."
- Banner Campaigns
- Kirstie Alley's Big Life - Bumping Units - People's Voice: "Thanks Kirstie for your ass. "
- Best Integrated Media Plan
- Samsung 3D - Webby: "Samsung made my voice famous! "
- Best Use of Social Media
- Old Spice Response Campaign - Webby & People's Voice: "best use of social media: "You all deserve cake" / AGENCY OF THE YEAR: "Anonymous, we thank you, anonymously.""
- Email Marketing
- White. Very White - Webby: "Proximity says thanks dot com."
- Mobile & Experience Marketing
- Yahoo! Bus Stop Derby - Webby: "Waiting for Muni made fun. "
- Online Campaigns
- Nike+ City Graffiti - Webby: "In Holland... We eat penguins."
- Online Commercials
- Coca-Cola Happiness Machine Video - Webby & People's Voice: "Where will happiness strike next?"
- Online Guerilla & Innovation
- The Google Job Experiment - Webby & People's Voice: "Wait there's no cash prize?"
- Rich Media: B to C
- AT&T World Cup Headercam Banner - Webby: "Beware the vuvuzela my friends. "
Webby Film & Video Awards
Webby Special Achievement Awards
Film & Video Awards
- Animation
- Do You Know What Nano Means? - Webby: "Fact: size really doesn't matter. "
- Comedy: Long Form or Series
- Funny Or Die's Presidential Reuinion - People's Voice: "thanks for this award. i will put it in my house next to my instructional poetry textbooks, thank you."
- Documentary: Individual Episode
- Saying goodbye with my camera - People's Voice: "This is for Briony's Dad."
- Documentary: Series
- BREVES DE TROTTOIRS - Webby: "oh french burr but also great"
- Documentary: Series
- Deadly Threats: Successors to the Paramilitaries in Colombia - People's Voice: "humanrights finally inspire"
- Drama
- "Urban Wolf" an original web series thriller from Crackle.com - People's Voice: "I never touch the maid."
- Drama
- Eastenders E20 - Webby: "E20's: all about new talent. "
- Experimental & Weird
- The Wilderness Downtown - Webby & People's Voice: "There's no place like home."
- How-To and DIY
- The Minimalist - Webby: "News that's fit to squint?"
- News & Politics: Individual Episode
- Dear Obama: A Message from Victims of the LRA - Webby & People's Voice: "LRA victims, we don't forget."
- News & Politics: Series
- The Young Turks - People's Voice: "The Young Turks, too strong. "
- News & Politics: Series
- Haiti: 6 months on - Webby: "Why have we forgotten Haiti?"
- Public Service and Activism
- The Time to Eliminate Pediatric AIDS is Now Video - Webby & People's Voice: "We can eliminate pediatric AIDS."
- Reality
- Second Act from Yahoo! News - Webby: "never trust anyone under 30"
- Reality
- Dan 3.0 series - People's Voice: "the internet told me to..."
- Sports
- Onion News Network's "Soccer Officially Announces It Is Gay" - People's Voice: "Where is our fucking Pulitzer?"
- Technology
- The Engadget Show - People's Voice: "From us all, thank you. "
- Technology
- How Advertisers Use Internet Cookies to Track You, The Wall Street Journal Digital Network - Webby: "That's how the cookie crumbles."
- Travel & Adventure
- The Bali Temple Explorer - Webby: "Internet filmmakers, use the medium."
- Video Remixes/Mashups
- CNN Walk Around the World - Webby: "News needs all of us"
- Viral
- Rated Awesome - Webby: "beep beep an intruder?"
Mobile
- Entertainment - Handheld Devices
- This American Life for iPhone - Webby: "will this ceremony ever end"
- Entertainment - Tablet & All Other Devices
- PBS for iPad - Webby: "PBS not your grandfather's network."
- Experimental & Innovation
- EpicMix - People's Voice: "Elevating experiences of a lifetime"
- Games - Tablet & All Other Devices
- Jambalaya - Webby: "smart is the new angry"
- Guides/Ratings/Reviews
- Yelp Mobile - Webby & People's Voice: "Try stealing this content, Google."
- Integrated Mobile Experience
- Walgreens Mobile: Keep Life Moving - People's Voice: "*Refilling Walgreens' prescriptions...so easy."
- Lifestyle - Handheld Devices
- Weight Watchers Mobile for iPhone - People's Voice: "Losing's our specialty, winning's nice. "
- Lifestyle - Tablets & All Other Devices
- MOMA - Webby: "Pollock would've loved gestural interfaces."
- News - Tablets & All Other Devices
- Flipboard - Webby & People's Voice: "thankgod for the ipad"
- Productivity
- Dropbox - People's Voice: "Who wants some free space?"
- Services
- Dropbox - Webby & People's Voice: "Who wants some free space?"
- Shopping - Handheld Devices
- Pizza Pizza Mobile - Webby: "Thanks it's been a slice."
- Shopping - Tablets & All Other Devices
- fandango - Webby & People's Voice: "you had me at fandango"
- Social - Handheld Devices
- foursquare - Webby & People's Voice: "every check in saves a kitten"
- Travel
- fastball - People's Voice: "Honey-badger doesn't give a shit."
- Travel
- TripIt - Webby: "Because getting there shouldn't suck."
