News, Don't Panic
Don’t Panic When an Award Evolves – It Means We’re Doing Our Job
Every year, once an awards ceremony wraps and the winners are announced, we go back to work. We talk to our judges. We talk to our entrants. We look at where entries clustered, where they thinned out, and where the industry has quietly moved on since we last set the categories. That review shapes what […]
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Awards, News, We Are Search
Don’t Panic and Diginius: The Right Partnership for the UK AI Search Awards
New awards live or die on one question: can you trust them? Entrants will ask: Who runs them, who backs them and who decides the winners all matter. Here’s the story behind the UK AI Search Awards, and why we think this partnership is the right one. A long term partnership for the Search Awards […]
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Awards, Don't Panic, News
What to Expect at a Don’t Panic Awards Ceremony
In short you can expect dressed-up guests, a drinks reception, a delicious dinner, a host who keeps things moving, and a room full of people ready to celebrate. Here’s how the night usually unfolds. Arrival: Dress Up and Step Onto the Red Carpet Awards night is one of the few work events where people make […]
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Don't Panic, Awards, News
Meet the Awards Consultants Ready to Help You With Your Entries
Call the team at Don’t Panic, and we are proud to say you won’t get a ticket number, a queue, or a bot asking you to press 1 for entries. What you will get is a real person on the other end of the phone, one who actually knows the awards you’re entering, the categories […]
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News
We Strengthen Our Global Awards Team, meet Kirstie
A natural fit for Don’t Panic and the Internationally Acclaimed Search and Agency Awards Kirstie joins Don’t Panic from the International Search Summit, where she spent six years helping grow the event into one of the search industry’s most recognised gatherings. That background puts her directly in step with the Search Awards across the globe, […]
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Uncategorized
The Definitive Guide to the Search Awards Entry Form
In our webinar, The Definitive Guide to Entering the Search Awards, a panel of seasoned judges, David Edmundson-Bird, Jim Banks, Dawn Anderson and Neville Hobson, walk through every section of the entry form and explain the dos and don’ts in simple terms. If you’re planning to enter any of our Search Awards this year, it’s essential […]
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Awards, Entry Tips
How Award-Winning Campaigns Are Shaped in the First Two Weeks
The Brief Before the Brief – Guest Blog from David Pagatto, SIXGUN Sun Tzu wrote that every battle is won before it is fought. Most agency owners nod at that and move on. But if you take it seriously, really seriously, it changes how you run your first two weeks with a new client. The […]
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Uncategorized, sponsorship
How International Awards Sponsorship Builds Brands
When I started Don’t Panic Events in 2005, I had one ambition: to run awards that genuinely meant something. Not just a party with trophies, but a credible, rigorously judged celebration of outstanding work. Twenty years on, we now deliver over 20 prestigious programmes a year, and increasingly, we’re delivering them across the globe. That […]
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Judging, Awards, Don't Panic, sponsorship
Behind the Scenes with an Awards Judge
We take the judging process seriously and so do our judges. To find out exactly what happens behind the scenes, we asked first-time Search Awards judge Sara Vordermeier to share her experience of the judging process from receiving your entries to deciding on winners. Who are you, and what’s your background in search/digital marketing? I’m […]
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