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	<title>We Are Essential &#187; Christmas</title>
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		<title>Essential Research Christmas Awards 2009</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The ceremony for the 2009 Essential Research Christmas awards was held at the opulent Lots Road Pub &amp; Dining Room. The winners were:</p>
<p>The Frank Sinatra award for &#8220;Getting married her way&#8221; went to&#8230;<span id="more-406"></span> Magda!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.essentialresearch.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/magda.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.essentialresearch.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/magda.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-407" title="magda" src="http://www.essentialresearch.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/magda-300x225.jpg" alt="magda" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>The Terry Butcher award for &#8220;Commitment (in attending a pitch briefing before he&#8217;d joined the company)&#8221; went to&#8230; Steven!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.essentialresearch.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/steven.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-409" title="steven" src="http://www.essentialresearch.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/steven-300x225.jpg" alt="steven" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>The Ludwig van Beethoven award for &#8220;Operating one of the noisiest laptops in history without complaint&#8221; went to&#8230; Kat!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.essentialresearch.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/kat.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-410" title="kat" src="http://www.essentialresearch.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/kat-300x225.jpg" alt="kat" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>The Simon Cowell award for &#8220;Unprecedented dedication to X Factor&#8221; went to&#8230; James!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.essentialresearch.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/james.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-411" title="james" src="http://www.essentialresearch.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/james-300x225.jpg" alt="james" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>The World of Wordpress award for &#8220;Tirelessly campaigning on behalf of the Essential blog&#8221; went to&#8230; Simon!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.essentialresearch.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/simon.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-412" title="simon" src="http://www.essentialresearch.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/simon-300x225.jpg" alt="simon" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>The Bryan Adams award for &#8220;Generally being a good Canadian, and introducing the world to &#8216;Monk nuts&#8217;&#8221; went to&#8230; Lee-Ann!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.essentialresearch.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/leeann.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-413" title="leeann" src="http://www.essentialresearch.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/leeann-300x225.jpg" alt="leeann" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>The Late Adopter award for &#8220;Overnight conversion to being an iPhone geek&#8221; went to&#8230; Sarah!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.essentialresearch.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/sarah.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-414" title="sarah" src="http://www.essentialresearch.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/sarah-300x225.jpg" alt="sarah" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>The Lord Reith award for &#8220;Continuous dedication to the BBC&#8221; went to&#8230; Daniel!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.essentialresearch.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/daniel.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-415" title="daniel" src="http://www.essentialresearch.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/daniel-300x225.jpg" alt="daniel" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>The Steve Jobs award for &#8220;Longest sustained WOM campaign in the history of modern marketing&#8221; went to&#8230; Chris! (Who wins it for the second year running)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.essentialresearch.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/chris.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-416" title="chris" src="http://www.essentialresearch.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/chris-300x225.jpg" alt="chris" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>The In At The Deep End award for &#8220;Getting on with things with minimal supervision&#8221; went to&#8230; Miranda!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.essentialresearch.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/miranda.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-417" title="miranda" src="http://www.essentialresearch.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/miranda-300x225.jpg" alt="miranda" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>The Phillip Kotler award for &#8220;Services to the Chartered Institute of Marketing&#8221; went to&#8230; Beth! (In absentia)</p>
<p>Yes, we need to update the &#8220;Meet the team&#8221; section of the website.We&#8217;ll do that soon. And yes, the photographer should learn when to turn on the flash on his camera.</p>
<p>In the meantime, <a href="http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/0fpbKXgykcQAiKwp">click through here for our Elf Yourself video</a>, and have a great Christmas and New Year</p>
<p><a href="http://www.essentialresearch.co.uk/blog/2009/12/essential-research-christmas-awards-2009/">sk</a></p>
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