Friday, December 12, 2008

Strategic Planning Software Captures Top Honors in 5th Annual Stevie® Awards for Women in Business

MyStrategicPlan, an online strategic planning and performance management tool developed by M3 Planning, was recognized as Best New Product of the Year at the 5th annual Stevie® Awards for Women in Business held recently in New York. The 2008 Stevie Awards for Women in Business is an international competition recognizing the accomplishments of outstanding women executives, business owners, and the organizations they run. The awards are produced by the creators of the prestigious American Business AwardsSM. M3 Planning is a nationwide leader in on-demand strategic planning and business performance management services, and MyStrategicPlan is the company?s proprietary strategic planning software. The web-based application has more than 3,000 users and helps them develop a strategic plan, track goals, and create professional reports.

Stevie Awards were handed out in categories including Best Entrepreneur, Best Executive, Lifetime Achievement, and Women Helping Women. More than 1,200 entries from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration. Erica Olsen, M3 Planning Vice President of Marketing and co-developer of MyStrategicPlan, welcomed the news, ?As an industry leader in strategic planning tools, M3 Planning?s innovation continues to be recognized. We are thrilled by this announcement and honored to be recognized by the Stevie Awards for Women in Business.?

The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are governed by a Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors that features many leading women entrepreneurs and luminaries in business. Members of the Awards? Board selected Stevie winners from among the finalists. Finalists were chosen by business professional worldwide during the preliminary judging period.

MyStrategicPlan was also presented with the 2008 award for Best Application Service Provider Interactive Application by the Web Marketing Association?s annual Internet Advertising Competition in March. That was the second consecutive win for the top honors in the Internet Advertising Competition after also being a previous Standard of Excellence award winner.

M3 Planning has established itself as a source for everything related to strategic planning. In addition to their online strategic planning system, the company is also a resource for other strategic planning tools, books, articles, workshops, and facilitations.