As the chairman of OE Design – The Web Designers, can I please ask you to forgive me for a moment….

I want to brag about three members of my organization.

But before I brag, the facts are, that I’m not so smart when it comes to websites. But I am smart enough to surround myself with very smart people, while I take copious notes.

As a direct result of that, I’m not only getting older with every passing day, but because of the ‘young’ company I keep, I’m getting to know a few things in this ever changing online world that we live in. And the other bonus I get is that I share in the tremendous success of my fabulous team that is now having an impact nationally and globally as a direct result of being part of the OE Design vision and success story.

So here is my brag – as promised….

1. Daniel Dyson

We here at OE Design do a lot of blogging and this year Daniel – our web designer and project coordinator extraordinaire, created his own Blog on February 8 of this year called The Daily Guitar and this week was awarded 1st prize in the New & Upcoming category in the 2010 Guitar Blog Awards.

Comments by the award organizers were that ‘The Daily Guitar’s got a great vibe about it. Daniel’s posts are fun and engaging.’

They also added that, ‘The Daily Guitar has two main goals: inspiration to practice your guitar daily, and then, to grow a community of guitarists. The Blog is filled with quirky, but inspiring news about guitars and guitar players, and then, gear reviews and tutorials.’

2. Sarah Schelbach

In September 2009 Sarah began the process of creating a brand new website called Wedding House .  It’s an online wedding planner for 21st century brides.

With the launch date of June this year it’s taking the wedding industry by storm and growing at an extremely rapid rate. The New Zealand version of the website is in the wings, ready to be launched before the end of the year and following in hot pursuit are the Canadian, UK and ultimately the USA version of the same concept.

Ably supported by the team here at OE Design and family, its success is assured.

3. Ben Sinclair

Ben was asked in 2005 to assist his local church with the construction of websites that could assist them with the organisation and co-ordination of their volunteers.

Ben has taken that original idea and is already receiving rave reviews from around the world for his website called Elvanto – a rostering system for churches, and with many churches already signing up for their free trial we know that churches all over the world are soon to be better organised than ever because of this globally impacting product produced under the OE Design roof.

Oh and Ben and a few of us are working on another great online directory soon to hit Australia called Fitness House.

Within the culture of OE Design we have always encouraged personal growth and personal product and service production. So what can I say – but watch this space into the future.