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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dear Professor,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Marketing EDGE seeks quality nominations for the Robert B. Clarke Outstanding Educator Award. Our Board of Trustees elects one candidate each year, nominated by their peers, who has a stellar
teaching, writing, research and speaking record over their career in the field of marketing. The deadline for nominations is
<b>January 15, 2014</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The award includes a Trustee position on the Marketing EDGE board for the coming year. The award and a $1,000 check will first be presented at our Sunday, October 26 Research Summit Awards
Luncheon, and announced later that evening at our Annual Awards Dinner – both to be held in San Diego, CA.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">As a reference, here is our web page listing past winners (a recipient on the list cannot be awarded twice):
</span><a href="http://www.marketingedge.org/events/marketing-research-summit/marketing-research-awards/previous-winners"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">http://www.marketingedge.org/events/marketing-research-summit/marketing-research-awards/previous-winners</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.
We hope you can provide a great referral. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please consider a colleague whose work you feel is exemplary. (If your candidate is not selected this year, the nomination will be kept on file for future years’ consideration.) The following
questions may help you to identify the candidate(s) to nominate from your circle(s):
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">What distinguishes his/her teaching in this field?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">What are his/her major research interests?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In your opinion, why does the candidate merit the award?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">What information can you add that would help in the selection process?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Perhaps someone comes to mind who brings the excitement of data-driven, interactive, direct and/or social media marketing to the classroom, and who makes contributions to the field through
their research. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please make your nomination at this link:
</span><a href="http://www.marketingedge.org/academics/marketing-awards/robert-clarke-outstanding-educator-nomination-form"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">http://www.marketingedge.org/academics/marketing-awards/robert-clarke-outstanding-educator-nomination-form</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
where you may optionally attach a supporting document. Feel free to attach any additional information about your nominee that you want to bring to the attention of the selection panel.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">If you have any questions, feel free to contact Jeff Nesler by e-mail (</span><a href="mailto:jnesler@marketingEDGE.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">jnesler@marketingEDGE.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">).
If the candidate’s vita, list of publications and research are not readily available, Marketing EDGE may contact the nominee.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thank you for your consideration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Jeff Nesler<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Senior Program & Web Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Marketing EDGE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Gotham Medium";color:#6B6B6B">W:
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Gotham Medium";color:#1B75BB"><a href="http://www.directworks.org/"><span style="color:#1B75BB">www.marketingEDGE.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Gotham Medium";color:#6B6B6B">W:
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Gotham Medium";color:#1B75BB"><a href="http://www.researchsummit.org/"><span style="color:#1B75BB">www.researchsummit.org</span></a>
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