Gregg Ostro, President and founder of GO Media Cos. -GOCO, Inc. takes home the gold as he and the GO Media team are honored and awarded with the prestigious “Small Business Person of the Year Award” presented by The Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce at it’s 17th annual event.
The Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce honored outstanding entrepreneurs from all over the Valley at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa on Wednesday, June 15, 2004. Awards were given in four categories: Innovation Community Outreach, Response to Adversity and an Overall Winner. Ninety-five businesses were nominated for these four outstanding awards. Ten finalists were then selected and, four went on to receive awards. Ostro and his fellow finalists were interviewed and selected by a panel of previous award winners and corporate representatives from the local business community. These awards are given to honor business individuals with fewer than 100 employees.
“This award is recognition of the deep commitment I have to delivering at the highest levels for clients and the performance of the amazing team at GO Media,” says Gregg Ostro, President and Founder, GO Media Cos. “Anyone in business knows that business is a team sport, so it is my belief that I am here because of some very special people. When I think of the many greats who have come before me in winning this award, I am a bit in awe that I could reach such a pinnacle in my career,” Ostro adds.
GO Media Companies is a leading, full service business communications resource that specializes in strategic and tactical services to attract, inform and influence all types of audiences. GO Media enjoys a unique marketplace position combining the best in television, video and multi-media capabilities along with public relations, media relations, advertising, marketing, event creation, management and consulting. Additionally, GO Media has a video publishing division centered on training and education which has produced more than 25 award winning videos sold nationwide.
Founded in 1985 by Gregg Ostro, GO Media is the preferred resource by many leading businesses, corporations, TV networks and shows, charities, and government agencies including: Xerox, Pepsi, Viad Corp., Phoenix Suns, Fiesta Bowl, Celebrity Fight Night, Arizona Department of Veterans Services and COX Communications.
Several organizations are joining forces to help raise awareness in school districts statewide for child abuse prevention. With the help of Arizona Department of Education and a generous grant from APS, over 100 Arizona school districts and over 900 of their individual schools will receive a copy of Abused Kids: See It! Stop It!, a prevention video produced by Phoenix-based GO Media Cos..
The in-depth video, which is officially endorsed by Childhelp USA, was designed to be used as a tool for teachers and other school staff to learn to recognize the signs of an abused child and where to go for the appropriate state reporting procedures.
To help ensure that all Arizona schools are able to take advantage of the benefits the video provides, Child Abuse Prevention Arizona (CAPA) is helping to raise additional funds needed to provide the 136 remaining school districts and their schools with the video.
Through the generosity of ClearChannel Outdoor, the company will construct four billboards with the image of a child, representing the innocent victims of child abuse, a website and the Childhelp USA phone number for people to refer to for more information on child abuse, individual laws about the subject and reporting procedures. The website is www.seeitstopit.com and the Childhelp USA number, 1-800-4-A-CHILD.
Continuing a long string of national and international awards for its community resource videos, GO Media has been awarded an Honorable Mention at the 51st Annual Columbus International Film and Video Festival for “Lighting Up: Gruesome Facts About Cigarette Smoking,” The video was created to influence teens and deter them from or get them to stop smoking.
Recognizing that teens seem to listen to their peers more readily than adults, this, the latest of GO Media’s award-winning videos is presented by and is almost 100% comprised by teens. The video powerfully guides viewers on the destructive nature of smoking, and forces teens to take an honest look at some disturbing statistics. The piece shares compelling interviews and talks about smoking related issues such as addiction, self-worth, health effects, peer effects, adverting influences and tips on successfully quitting.
GO Media Companies has been nationally recognized by such organizations as the Telly Awards, MADD, and various film festivals for its self-help, educational and community resource videos.
WorldFest-Houston honored the GO Media produced video with a (2003) Platinum Award, their highest honor. “Child Abuse: How To See It, How To Stop It” has also won a Telly Award (2003) 1st Place Winner, National Council on Family Relations Media Awards Competition (2002) First Place Winner and the Columbus International Film & Video Festival (2002) Bronze Plaque Winner.
GO Media Companies has been nationally recognized by such organizations as the Telly Awards, MADD, and various film festivals for its self-help, educational and community resource videos.
Another powerful and educational GO Media production “Drinking and Driving: The Arresting Truth” has captured a WorldFest-Houston (2003) Gold Award, a (2003) Telly Award and a (2003) Aurora Gold Award.
GO Media Companies has been nationally recognized by such organizations as the Telly Awards, MADD, and various film festivals for its self-help, educational and community resource videos.
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