“Our Gone Google Story”: Introducing our Ad Contest Winners!

Several months ago we invited you, our Google Apps users around the world, to tell us why your organization should be featured in the next phase of our Gone Google campaign. We were humbled by your many thoughtful entries which shared your Gone Google story and gave us more insight into how Apps has changed the way you work in your company, school or non-profit.

Today, we’re excited to announce our 10 global winners and unveil their Gone Google outdoor ad right in their own city. These ten winners represent Google Apps users across three continents and five countries, representing a variety of industries including real estate, restaurant, e-commerce, as well as education and not-for-profit. Congratulations to the following organizations (and check out this map for the location of their outdoor ads):

• 3Tailer (Online Retail) - Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
• Boise State University (Education) - Boise, Idaho, USA
• Boxx Group (Construction) - Antwerp, Belgium
• Edina Public Schools (Education) - Edina, Minnesota, USA
• ESSEC Business School (Education) - Cergy-Pontoise, France
• Just Salad (Restaurants) - New York, New York, USA
• Monash University (Education) - Clayton, Victoria, Australia
• Oakwood Junior School (Education) - Southampton, Hampshire, UK
• The Phoenix of New Orleans (Non-Profit) - New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• South Carolina REALTORS® (Real Estate / Non-Profit) - Columbia, South Carolina, USA

Over the next few weeks, we’ll share each of these winners’ Gone Google story about how Google Apps has changed the way they work or learn. If you’re in any of these cities over the next month, be sure to check out their outdoor ad and maybe even snap a photo for us. (Follow us @GoogleatWork, and tag your pictures with #gonegoogle to share them with us.)

If your organization has also gone Google, be sure to join our community map where you can explore other Gone Google stories and see who else has switched to Apps near you (and around the world).

Congratulations again to all of our winners and thanks for going Google!

Posted by Vivian Leung, Google Apps team