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ECHO Awards Gala

Hosted by Greg Proops

Tuesday, October 4   |   Starts at 6:30 p.m.
$299 per person   |   Black-tie optional

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On Tuesday, October 4, the ECHO Academy honors the world’s best direct, digital, and interactive marketing campaigns. This is direct marketing’s night of excellence – an entertaining look at the year’s best work. The Gala begins with a networking reception and live music, followed by a sit-down gourmet meal and the main event. Then continue the celebration by joining us at the ECHO After-Party. Don’t miss this celebration of creative energy from around the world!

Along with gold, silver, and bronze winners, ECHO will present 7 special awards:

• The ECHO Diamond Award
• ECHO Green Marketing Award
• The Henry Hoke Award
• The ECHO Digital Award
• The USPS Gold Mailbox Award
• A. Eicoff Broadcast Innovation Award
• Search Marketing Award

To sponsor the ECHO Gala, click here.

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ECHO Gala Tickets
Tickets can be purchased when you register for DMA2011. Tickets are being sold on a first-come, first-serve basis. All ECHO tickets may be picked up on-site in Boston at the ECHO Concierge Booth in the DMA2011 Registration Area.

ECHO After Party
Exclusive Sponsor: Ogilvy One Worldwide
10:00  p.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Sauciety, Westin Waterfront
You've watched the winners collect their awards, now help them celebrate! (Only attendees of the ECHO Gala may attend the after party.)

ECHO Gallery Lounge
ECHO winners have proven their direct and integrated marketing brilliance by winning a 2011 International ECHO Award. Winners provide inspiration and an opportunity to learn from great work that has the perfect blend of innovative strategy, stunning creative, and eye-popping results. These campaigns demonstrate insight into audience behavior and earn the involvement of their target markets in impressively productive ways.

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Greg Proops

Greg Proops is a stand up comic from San Francisco. He lives in Hollywood. And still likes it. Professor Proops has a new Podcast on iTunes called The Smartest Man in the World. (http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheSmartest) Riffing Greg can also be seen on Doug Benson’s new show on Comedy Central’s The Benson Interruption. Mr. Proops is a frequent guest on The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Chelsea Lately on E! and on Red Eye with Geg Gutfeld on Fox News.

The Proopdog is best known for his unpredictable appearances on Whose Line is it Anyway?, the hit, improvised comedy show on ABC hosted by Drew Carey. Greg is also a regular on the long running British version of WLIIA? Whose Line is currently seen on ABC Family Channel.