2026 Future of Influence Awards Application

Welcome to the 2026 Future of Influence Awards!

We're glad you're here. Please note important dates below.

⛔️ Entry deadline: October 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM PST ⛔️
Entry deadline is final. No extensions will be provided.

🎬 Finalists notification: no later than October 27, 2026

🏆 Virtual Awards Presentation: November 13, 2026
Let's get started!

First, please provide us with some basic details about yourself. If you are nominating someone, we will ask their information on a later screen.
Your Name

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Your Company
Your Job Title
Your Email Address
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Your LinkedIn Profile URL
How did you hear about the Future of Influence Awards?
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Which category would you like to apply for?

If you'd like to apply for more than one, each category will require a separate application.
Award Categories (select one)

Which team are you nominating (if applying for IO Champion, put N/A)
What is the name of the campaign or program you are nominating? (if applying for IO Champion, put N/A)
Campaign Start Date

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Campaign End Date

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Who are you nominating?
Please note: if your nominee is selected as a finalist, you will both be notified.
Team Leader's Name (for IO Champion, put their name)

First NameLast Name
Organization Name
Team Leader's Email Address (for IO Champion, put their email address)
Please include a short description of the team's remit or role.

Precision Advocacy

Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability. Be as thorough and detailed as possible, including qualitative and quantitative examples.

We also highly encourage you to share supporting documentation that may be relevant to your application. You'll be able to do so on the next page following the category questions.

Qualifications:

Excellence, Innovation, Results
- B2B organization with an active customer marketing or advocacy program or campaign
- Program or campaign demonstrates strategic intent beyond broad activation or reference management
- Campaigns submitted must have launched within the last 12 months
- Bonus: Organization can demonstrate measurable impact on pipeline, perception, or market position
Provide a brief overview of your organization and your customer advocacy program or campaign. How long has it been running and who owns it internally?
How does your organization identify and select the right customer advocates? What criteria do you use to determine who carries the right story for the right moment in the buyer journey?
What channels are you activating customer voice in, and how do you decide which channels to prioritize?
How does your organization measure the impact of customer advocacy? What signals are you tracking now that you weren't before, and how do you report results back to leadership?
How has your approach to customer advocacy evolved? What did you move away from, what did you bet on, and how are you thinking about customer voice in the context of AI-powered discovery?

Category Makers

Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability. Be as thorough and detailed as possible, including qualitative and quantitative examples.

We also highly encourage you to share supporting documentation that may be relevant to your application. You'll be able to do so on the next page following the category questions.

Qualifications:

Excellence, Innovation, Results
- B2B organization with an active analyst relations program or engagement
- Program demonstrates strategic engagement beyond briefing calendars and inquiry quotas
- Campaigns submitted must have launched within the last 12 months
- Bonus: Organization can demonstrate measurable impact on category leadership, competitive perception, or market position
Provide a brief overview of your organization and your analyst relations program or engagement. How long has it been running and who owns it internally?
Describe a specific analyst engagement or initiative. What was the objective, which analysts did you engage, and why did you choose them? What was the measurable outcome?
How does your organization engage analysts beyond traditional briefings and inquiries?
How does your organization measure the impact of analyst relations beyond placements and mentions? What signals are you tracking now that you weren't before, and how do you report results back to leadership?
How has your approach to analyst relations evolved? What did you move away from, what did you bet on, and how are you thinking about analyst influence in the context of AI-powered discovery?

Credibility Compounders

Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability. Be as thorough and detailed as possible, including qualitative and quantitative examples.

We also highly encourage you to share supporting documentation that may be relevant to your application. You'll be able to do so on the next page following the category questions.

Qualifications:

Excellence, Innovation, Results
- B2B organization with an active influencer relations program or campaign
- Program demonstrates a relationship-driven approach beyond one-off activations or content volume
- Campaigns submitted must have launched within the last 12 months
- Bonus: Organization can demonstrate measurable impact on brand authority, pipeline, or competitive perception
Provide a brief overview of your organization and your influencer relations program. How long has it been running and who owns it internally?
Describe a specific influencer campaign or activation. What was the objective, which voices did you engage, and why did you choose them? What was the measurable outcome?
How does your organization build and sustain influencer relationships over time? What does mutual value look like in practice?
How does your organization measure the impact of influencer relations beyond reach and impressions? What signals are you tracking now that you weren't before, and how do you report results back to leadership?
How has your approach to influencer relations evolved? What did you move away from, what did you bet on, and how are you thinking about influencer credibility in the context of AI-powered discovery?

Influence Orchestration

Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability. Be as thorough and detailed as possible, including qualitative and quantitative examples.

We also highly encourage you to share supporting documentation that may be relevant to your application. You'll be able to do so on the next page following the category questions.

Qualifications:
- B2B organization actively working to coordinate influence across at least two disciplines - AR, customer marketing, or influencer relations
- Program demonstrates intentional cross-functional collaboration, not coincidental overlap
- Organization has made a deliberate strategic or budget decision to pursue an orchestrated approach to influence
- Program does not need to be fully mature - organizations at the early stages of this journey are encouraged to apply
Provide a brief overview of your organization and describe how you are approaching Influence Orchestration. Which disciplines or teams are involved?
How has your organization or team broken down the silos between that teams that influence trust? What does collaboration between these teams look like in practice - shared planning, shared budget, shared strategy?
What signals and indicators is your organization tracking to understand influence? How has your thinking about measurement evolved as you've moved toward a more orchestrated approach?
How are you thinking about AI visibility as part of your strategy?
How do you know it's working? What early indicators are telling you this approach is the right one?

IO Champion

Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability. Be as thorough and detailed as possible, including qualitative and quantitative examples.

We also highly encourage you to share supporting documentation that may be relevant to your application. You'll be able to do so on the next page following the category questions.
What internal case did you / they make for IO and who had to be convinced? Walk us through how you / they got leadership on board and what that process looked like.
What did you / they build that didn't exist before? Describe the program, the process, or the cross-functional alignment that was created from the ground up.
What signals are you tracking that didn't exist in your organization before?
What was the biggest risk you / they took?

Attachments
Please upload any supporting documentation here. Please label all documents clearly by indicating their purpose and content in the document filename.

Materials may be supplied according to the following parameters:
- Maximum file size is 10MB per file. A maximum of six (6) pieces can be uploaded with your entry.
- There is space below to provide URLs for video and/or web content.
- Please do not upload any further written material as the judges will not consider these. The written component of your entry should be fully explained within the previously provided category question fields.
Accepted formats include: .csv, .doc, .docx, .pdf, .ppt, .pptx, .xls, .xlsx, .jpeg, .jpg, .png, .mp3, .mov, .mp4, .zip
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Team Information
You are encouraged to credit all members of the team that contributed to this entry.
1. Please be sure to spell names correctly and provide accurate titles. People appreciate it when their name is spelled right, especially when it appears on an award!
2. You may also use this space to credit any contributing organizations.
Team Member(s)
Round 1 Score
Round 2 Score

By submitting this application, I confirm that all the information provided in this application is true, accurate, and complete to the best of my knowledge and consent to the use of my personal information for the purposes of evaluating this application and administering the award.
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Welcome to the 2026 Future of Influence Awards!

Let's get started!

Which category would you like to apply for?

Precision Advocacy

Category Makers

Credibility Compounders

Influence Orchestration

IO Champion

Attachments

Team Information