Awards

Vision Critical Up for “Company of the Year”

Strategic interactive research company chosen as finalist for the Canadian New Media Awards in the category “Company of the Year”. Vancouver, November 10, 2009 – Vision Critical [1]® has been selected as a finalist in the “Company of the Year” category of the Canadian New Media Awards [2] – the country’s only nationwide competition celebrating the accomplishments of the most successful digital media companies. The “Company of the Year” category recognizes a “ground-breaking” company that has “taken digital media to ... | Read More

NASCAR and Vision Critical Win Award for Listening to Fans Using Online Panel

NASCAR’s Online Consumer Panel, Powered by Vision Critical, Prompts Key Changes to Sport and Wins Competition for Prestigious Social Media Award. New York, October 27, 2009 – Forrester Research has awarded the Forrester Groundswell Award in the Business-to-Consumer Listening category to NASCAR [1], a client of Vision Critical®. NASCAR is recognized for its ability to engage and listen to consumers and generate business results from those interactions, using the sport’s private online community known as the “NASCAR Fan Council.” The third ... | Read More

Vision Critical Ranked Number 44 Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte’s 2009 Technology Fast 500

Company Attributes 4,600% Revenue Growth to Internet’s Ability to Transform Research. Vancouver, BC, October 20, 2009 – Today Vision Critical® announced that it ranked number 44 on Deloitte’s 2009 Technology Fast 500 [1] – a ranking of 500 of the fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. Rankings are based on percentage of fiscal year revenue growth during the five year period from 2004–2008. Vision Critical grew 4,600 percent during this period. Vision Critical’s CEO, Angus ... | Read More

NASCAR Awarded Online Panel of the Year

NASCAR uses fan input to make improvements to the sport by tripling amount of consumer research and minimizing research costs by 80%. New York, October 14, 2009 – NASCAR’s ability to listen to and connect with its fans earned it top honors at last week’s Vision Critical® Client Panel Summits in Toronto and New York. The “Panel of the Year Award” is nominated from a selection of Vision Critical’s 300 global online panels and recognizes the client who does the best ... | Read More

Vision Critical Ranked One of the Fastest Growing Tech Companies in Canada

Vancouver, October 1, 2009 — Integrated research and technology company Vision Critical has achieved a top ten ranking among the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 [1] – the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Canada, based on the percentage of revenue growth over five years. Vision Critical's increase in revenues of more than 4600 per cent from 2004 to 2008 resulted in a number six ranking in Canada, and the number one ranking in B.C. This year, Vision Critical has seen ... | Read More

NASCAR & Vision Critical up for a Groundswell Award

September 4, 2009 - NASCAR [1] and Vision Critical are up for a Groundswell Award [2], representing excellent and effective use of social technologies to advance an organizational or corporate goal. With TV ratings and attendance slipping after a decade of growth, NASCAR refocused attention on the avid fan and worked with Vision Critical to develop a private online community to engage with core fans. Known as the NASCAR "Fan Council", this pre-qualified online community of 12,000 fans is a ... | Read More

Vision Critical Wins Two David Ogilvy Awards With NBA

New York, April 3, 2009 - Vision Critical and our client the National Basketball Association (NBA) won the David Ogilvy Industry Award in the categories of research innovation and sports, entertainment and media. The NBA made the submission for their ad campaign “Where Amazing Happens” and included Vision Critical as they’ve used the panel extensively to help build and define the NBA brand. The NBA considers Vision Critical essential to winning the award. The finalists were awarded at the Marriott Marquis ... | Read More