DMEF Invites Nominations for 2007 Corporate Commitment Award

January 16, 2007 — The Board of Trustees of the Direct Marketing Educational Foundation (DMEF) today announced a two-part initiative to honor organizations committed to nurturing the development of tomorrow’s direct marketing leaders.

Nominations are now being accepted for the DMEF Corporate Commitment Award (formerly the Corporate Leadership Award) and later this year, DMEF will announce the details of a new award to honor three “Rising Stars” – up-and-coming leaders in the direct marketing community. All award recipients will be honored at the DMEF’s New York June Awards Dinner on June 19, 2007, held in conjunction with DMA’s 2007 DM Days.

Nominations for the 2007 Corporate Commitment Award must be received no later than January 31, 2007. For a nomination form, visit http://www.the-dma.org/dmef/2007corpcommnomform.doc.

Completed nominations forms should be sent to to:

DMEF Corporate Commitment Award Selection Committee

Direct Marketing Educational Foundation (DMEF)

1120 Avenue of the Americas, 14^th Floor

New York, New York 10036-6700

E-mail: dmef@the-dma.org

Fax: 212.790.1561

Past recipients of the DMEF Corporate Leadership Award include:

· 2006 Bookspan

· 2005 Kraft

· 2004 America Online

Invitations for the June 19 Awards Dinner will be mailed by March 2007. If you would like to request an invitation now, please send an e-mail to: dmef@the-dma.org.

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