Awards & Competitions
Your winners want to show off. let them.
Winning an award is a career highlight, and a PDF is a poor way to mark one. TRUE issues award certificates that are branded well enough to share, blockchain-secured so a claim can be checked, and hosted on your own domain so every share sends traffic back to your programme.
TL;DR
A TRUE award certificate is an animated, branded web document rather than a file, published at a permanent URL on your own domain. Each one carries a SHA-256 hash written to blockchain, so anyone who sees an award claim can confirm in seconds that your programme issued it and that nothing has been altered. Winners share the link on LinkedIn, on their website and in press releases, and every click lands on your domain instead of a vendor's. Issue during the ceremony itself, individually or in bulk, with a separate template per award category. Pricing is per document issued, so a programme awarding 50 winners and one awarding 5,000 pay on the same basis.
- Issued during the ceremony. Winners can hold their credential before they leave the venue.
- Fake award claims are detectable. A blockchain record either exists for that certificate or it does not.
- Every share points at you. The certificate lives on your domain, so the traffic and the brand recognition are yours.
How does an award certificate become a marketing asset?
By being a link rather than a file. A winner who receives a TRUE certificate shares it: on LinkedIn, on the company website, in an email signature, in a press release. Each share carries your programme's name and points at your domain, which is the part a PDF attachment cannot do.
500K+
documents issued through TRUE
100M+
marketing impressions generated
€9.5M+
marketing value for issuers
Those three figures are TRUE platform data rather than third party research.
What happens after a winner receives a digital certificate?
A loop that runs for a year and restarts at the next ceremony. Award certificates are among the highest sharing document types on TRUE because winners want to post them, so the reach comes from the recipients rather than from your marketing budget.
The winner receives
A branded digital certificate delivered to their inbox, not a PDF attachment.
The winner posts on LinkedIn
"Proud to announce we have won...", shared to their whole professional network.
Their network sees your brand
Your award programme name, logo and branding reach hundreds or thousands of new people.
Connections click through
The link points at your domain, so the traffic, the brand awareness and the search value come to you.
Future nominees find you
Companies and professionals who had not heard of the programme discover it through a winner they follow.
Next year's entries grow
More applicants, more standing, more value. The loop compounds year on year.
How many award claims circulate, and does anyone check them?
Business events run at enormous scale and the credentials they produce are rarely verified by anybody. Independent research on hiring shows that even where a false qualification would matter financially, roughly half of large employers never check. An award claim on a website faces even less scrutiny than that.
- 1.65 billion people took part in business events across more than 180 countries during 2025, generating US$1.3 trillion in direct spending. Source: Events Industry Council, Global Economic Significance of Business Events, produced with Oxford Economics and released 15 May 2026.
- 45% of large employers have uncovered a false qualification claim, and only 52% verify all academic credentials. Source: Prospects Luminate, November 2025, from a YouGov survey of 526 HR decision makers.
- 18% of UK adults say they have lied on a CV or job application in the last 12 months, or know someone who has. Published by Cifas on 3 February 2025, from an Opinion Matters survey of 2,000 UK people.
A verifiable certificate closes that gap for your programme specifically: the claim either resolves to a record you issued, or it does not resolve at all.
What makes a TRUE award certificate different?
Five things: it is designed as a web document rather than a page layout, it is anchored on blockchain, it is served from your domain, it is built to be shared in one click, and it reports back what happened after you issued it.
Designed for the occasion
Interactive, animated, branded web documents sized to match the standing of your award. Your logo, your colours, your design.
Blockchain secured
Every certificate is anchored on blockchain with a SHA-256 hash. Employers, journalists and the public can all confirm that the award is real, unaltered and issued by you.
On your domain
TRUE certificates live on your website rather than ours. When a winner shares on LinkedIn, the link points at your domain.
Built for sharing
One click sharing to LinkedIn, embedding on websites, QR codes for the venue. Sharing is where the value multiplies, so it is the default path.
Real time analytics
See when, where and by whom your award certificates are opened and shared, and measure the reach of each ceremony.
Which award programmes issue digital certificates?
Any programme whose recognition is meant to be displayed publicly. In practice that means business award galas, sector competitions, regional growth awards, internal corporate recognition and on the spot event awards.
Business awards and galas
Annual ceremonies such as Entrepreneur of the Year, Growth Company of the Year and innovation awards. Give winners a credential that matches the standing of the event.
Industry competitions
Sector awards in tech, sustainability, design and media. Each certificate carries your programme's brand and links back to your organisation.
Regional business awards
Local and regional recognition, from fastest growing companies to best employers. Digital certificates let a regional programme travel nationally.
Corporate recognition
Internal innovation awards, employee of the quarter, team achievements. Recognition employees are willing to post turns internal culture into external brand building.
Conference and event awards
Speaker awards, hackathon winners, pitch competition champions. Issue on the spot and let winners share before they leave the venue.
How does issuing work in practice?
Four steps, and only the first happens before the ceremony. You build a branded template with dynamic fields, issue individually or in bulk once results are final, winners share, and the dashboard reports what that generated.
- Design your template. Branded certificate with animated backgrounds, custom layout and dynamic fields for winner name, category and year.
- Issue certificates. After the ceremony, individually or in bulk. Each winner receives a unique, verifiable credential by email.
- Winners share. One click to LinkedIn, websites, email signatures and social media. Every share carries your brand.
- Track the impact. Monitor opens, shares and views in real time, and see which categories generate the most engagement.
How does a digital award certificate compare with a PDF?
The PDF wins on nothing except familiarity. It cannot be verified, it cannot be tracked, it carries no link back to you, and it is the format a fake award claim is easiest to produce in.
| Capability | PDF award certificate | TRUE award certificate |
|---|---|---|
| Shareability | Attached file, rarely shared | One click link, shared instantly |
| Verification | Anyone can fake it | Blockchain verified, tamper evident |
| Branding | Static file, no traffic | Lives on your domain, drives traffic |
| Analytics | No visibility | Real time opens, shares and views |
| Design | Flat document | Interactive, animated, branded |
| Permanence | Gets lost in an inbox | Permanent URL, always reachable |
What do award programmes ask about digital certificates?
Timing, per category design, corrections, how verification works and what it costs. Short answers below.
How quickly can we issue certificates after our event?
Immediately. You can issue during the event or ceremony itself, so winners have their digital credential in their inbox before they leave the venue.
Can we customise the design for each award category?
Yes. Create a separate template per category, such as Best Newcomer, Innovation Award and Lifetime Achievement, each with its own design while the programme branding stays consistent.
What if a winner's certificate needs to be updated?
Certificate details are managed from the TRUE dashboard. A misspelled name or a category correction is straightforward to reissue.
How does blockchain verification work for awards?
Every certificate gets a unique digital fingerprint (a SHA-256 hash) written to blockchain. Anyone can confirm the award is genuine by scanning the QR code or opening the verification link, which is what makes a fake "Award Winner" claim detectable.
What does it cost?
TRUE prices per document issued. Contact us for a quote based on your programme size, whether you award 50 or 5,000 winners a year.
What do award organisers say?
“Amazing. I tip my hat for your design TRUE! It was really fun to be able to give blockchain-secured diplomas to the winners of HACK FOR SÖDERTÄLJE. This is the next level!”
“It was great to see that my document was secured, it adds more value to the process and feels like better and more modern proof of certification.”
Start issuing award certificates that get shared
Your programme recognises real achievement. The certificate can carry that weight, prove itself to anyone who asks, and bring your next round of nominees with it.