Awards Program
GENERAL INFORMATION
Preparation Guidelines for National and Regional Awards:
Generally, there are four common elements to include in nomination documents
for national and regional awards: (Note Regional Team Award Guidelines)
- Typewritten nomination document that clearly identifies award category
and candidate. Document must not exceed two (2) 8 ½ x 11 pages. (Please
print on front and back of page.) A head/shoulders photo of nominee(s) can
be printed on the document. These documents are sent out to committees in
the selection process, thus the physical appearance of the document is
important in the presentation.
- Include in the document:
- Information in Item 1 above
- Full name, current address and title
- Educational background (dates, degrees, etc.)
- Reverse chronological listing of employment, titles and dates; especially
employment record with Extension.
- Professional Accomplishments: Achievements and honors that particularly
relate to Extension and/or area of subject competence; authorship of books,
bulletins, article, speeches; work on committees, task forces, study groups,
etc. (state, regional, national); special presentations at professional
meetings and conferences; special leadership positions held (state,
regional, national); contributions to professionalism through group and
individual activities.
- Program Accomplishment: Career highlights that explain clearly the
professional and leadership role the candidate(s) has/have played in
planning, implementing, and/or administering strong Extension policies,
procedures, programs, and trends at the state, regional, national, and (when
applicable) international levels.
- Summary Statement of Support: Concise, well-written, easy-to-read
narrative summary statement. (50-75 words) The Statement is intended to
place the nominee in a very positive light for the reader.
Guidelines for the Regional Team Award Nomination are as follows:
- Each nomination should be a well designed statement which makes the best
possible presentation of the team’s achievement, within the two page space
limitation (front and back, 8 ½ x 11 paper).
- Indicate clearly, at the top of the first page: the state/chapter making
the nomination, that it’s a Team Award Nomination, a title for the team’s program, the names and
staff title of the team members, etc. (The biographic information on individual awards is omitted for
the Team Award Nomination.)
- The most important part of the nomination statement is the narrative
summary (200 words or less) which should clearly explain the role that the team’s program has
played in preparing people and/or communities to deal with critical issues which address social,
economic and/or environmental concerns.
Kinds of information to incorporate into the statement:
- The National initiative(s) addressed.
- Resources involved: team members, volunteers, agencies/cooperators and
funds, supplies
- or equipment utilized.
- Method used: innovative or creative problem solving, educational or
delivery methods, etc.
- Results: who benefited, what were the impacts, how did lives or
communities change, what are the implications for future programs, etc.?
This narrative can be an outline format if that is most effective.
Those nominations not complying with national guidelines will be
disqualified.
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