Dear Friends,

It’s been an absolutely stupendous year for us over at Invoke — an incredible time of growth and change — and we’d like to share just a few of the highlights with you!

The results are in! HootSuite has won Mashable’s 2009 Open Web Award for Best Twitter App. We’re incredibly honoured by the vote of confidence Twitter users have shown us through the OWAs. This award is a crowning achievement that caps off a whirlwind year for us. HootSuite has also won Shorty and Canadian New Media Awards, and was selected as a finalist in the prestigious Groundswell Awards.

Last week, one of our babies, HootSuite, won a prestigious Canadian New Media Award for Best Social Media Application — exactly one year and two days after we launched. We were up against some stiff competition: a collaboration between Rip: A Remix Manifesto and Open Source Cinema which allowed users to edit and remix the now famous NFB film, and KWAD9 and their interactive content portal for French Canadian youth.

This fantastic mural was another collaboration between Mike Nowland of Company Policy and Carson Ting of Chairman Ting. Produced by Leanna Wilson and original music by Tom Pettapiece.?  Thanks guys!