The VOICES Champion award recognizes an individual, group, or unit that has supported and carried forward the VOICES of the Staff mission of staff engagement in a visible way. A VOICES champion may have:
- Enabled the realization of one or more VOICES goals
- Promoted and/or implemented practices that enhance staff member engagement within a unit or department
- Collaborated directly with a VOICES team to further that team’s work
- Created a local program modeled on or inspired by VOICES that enhances work and/or the working culture in that unit.
Criteria for Champions:
- Individual Champions can be but are not limited to current or past VOICES members.
- The Champion’s efforts must have created concrete positive results for a broad group of staff.
Nomination Procedures:
- Champions must be nominated by one or more current or alumni VOICES member(s).
- Nominators must submit a clear statement of how the individual nominee or nominated group or unit meets the award criteria.
- Statements should be a minimum of three paragraphs, describing in detail what the individual nominee or nominated group or unit has done to qualify for the award.
- Nominations are due by Friday, March 28.
Assure That Your Nomination Has the Best Chance to Be Considered:
- Describe in detail the actions that led to your nomination. Be specific and give concrete examples. (Nomination documents that are too general or too brief will not be considered.).
- Nominations should focus on successes that individuals and/or groups have already accomplished. Avoid nominating plans or ideas that are still under development.
Award Details:
- Winning nominations will be selected by the VOICES Program Management Team.
- Award decisions will be made by the end of April 2008.
- The VOICES Program Management Team will contact winners and their nominators.
- Selected recipients will receive an award and gift certificate.
- Award winners will be also be invited to the VOICES Annual Meeting luncheon.
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