WBE OF THE YEAR AWARD
Woman's Business Enterprise Alliance
In 2003, Belay Media was named WBE OF THE YEAR by the Women's Business Enterprise Alliance during their annual luncheon held at Reliant Park in conjunction with the organization's annual Expo. The award honors the significant contributions made by a woman-owned business to their clients in the areas of consistent quality, competitiveness and reliability. Belay Media was honored for the Corporate Communications work they have completed for their clients this past year, "providing consistent high quality output, maximizing their client's investment in their corporate communications initiatives and providing a meaningful service to the community in which they work."
The primary focus of the business is providing corporate communications solutions to their clients in a variety of mediums including print, television, Internet and live events.
What sets the company apart from others in this field is, "our approach to every client's project being based on fulfilling their strategic objectives… to provide solutions that will drive their business forward, regardless of the medium used," says Belay’s President Melinda Morris.
Allen Morris, VP Production and Operations, was pleasantly surprised by the notification that Belay had been nominated for the award. One of Belay's original founders, Holly O'Dell, said "One of our clients, Shell Oil, nominated us. We were just thrilled to actually win!" O'Dell continued to explain, "When we started Belay, one of our primary goals was to set it up as a woman-owned business, specifically so we could be involved with the WBEA and provide a high caliber of communications work to our clients wanting to use diverse businesses. All of us were committed to the idea that Belay could provide services that can compete with the much larger, global communications agencies, since most of our founding members had experience in that arena. We knew what we had to do to compete."
Since it founding, Belay clients have been honored by several industry awards, including the National Public & Community Service Emmy Award - for United Way "One Houston United: The Night the Rains Came"; American Marketing Association Crystal Award - for United Way "One Houston United: The Night the Rains Came"; Citation of Excellence for Shell "Ride the Momentum" Campaign; Telly Awards - Silver for: Houston Grand Opera video entitled "Historic Productions" Bronze for: Shell for the Conversion Project CD-ROM; Shell for "Ride the momentum" Campaign; Hewlett-Packard for Connected Enterprise Interactive website; United Way "One Houston United"; International Special Events Society - Best Video for Cyberonics Opening Module; Best Live Event (with Ward & Ames) for "One Houston United-Telethon"; Addy Awards - Certificates of Excellence for Shell Premium Products CD-ROM; Shell MasterCard Training CD- ROM; Hewlett-Packard Storage Works opening Video Module "Racing"; Hewlett-Packard Connected Enterprise Interactive Website; Motorola Club iDEN Mixed Media Campaign.
In 2003, Belay Media was named WBE OF THE YEAR by the Women's Business Enterprise Alliance during their annual luncheon held at Reliant Park in conjunction with the organization's annual Expo. The award honors the significant contributions made by a woman-owned business to their clients in the areas of consistent quality, competitiveness and reliability. Belay Media was honored for the Corporate Communications work they have completed for their clients this past year, "providing consistent high quality output, maximizing their client's investment in their corporate communications initiatives and providing a meaningful service to the community in which they work."