AKMS Wins Best Website Award

The Arab Knowledge and Management Society scooped the award for ?Best Website Design? in Jordan in the Non-Governmental Organizations category

AMMAN --- January 25, 2009---- The Arab Knowledge and Management Society (AKMS), a nonprofit organization, scooped the golden award for the ?Best Website Design? in Jordan in the Non-Governmental Organizations category.

The Society was granted the award for its website during the annual Jordan Web Awards Competition organized January 24, 2009 at the Grant Hyatt Amman Hotel by Media Scope.
AKMS Manager Hanan Hidmi said: ?We are really happy and proud to win this award which shows that we are moving in the right direction and people are satisfied with our electronic services.?
?We would like to thank Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, president of the AKMS for his guidance and the team of developers and designers at Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization for their creativity and effort in making this possible,? she added.

Media Scope launched Jordan Web Awards Competition to recognize excellence in web design and development skills and is open to all designers or developers, giving them an opportunity to display their work and talent.

A total of 150 websites competed in the event in which Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization?s (TAG-Org) website took the second place in the International Organizations category.

The Award covers 27 categories in various sectors that include banks & financial institutions, e-commerce, education, fashion and clothing, governmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, international organizations, health services, industrial sector, media and press, personal websites, travel and tourism, transportation and real estate among many others.
The winners of the Jordan Web Awards may represent the Kingdom at the Pan Arab Web Awards 2009 that will be held at Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai next April. The competition will include participants from Arab countries such as Lebanon, UAE, Qatar, Egypt, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait. About AKMS.

The Arab Knowledge and Management Society, established in 1989, in Buffalo-New York City - USA, and registered officially in Amman in 1990 under the name of the ?Arab Management Society?, is a non-profit organization worldwide that adopts the strategy of interactive teaching and utilizes digital technology to achieve communication and innovation in the field of information management.
The Society aims at promoting research and development in the field of knowledge and management and keeping its members updated with the latest developments through training courses, qualification programs, forums, conferences, bulletins, and other activities of interest.
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