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Headliner Awards

Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce
1st Annual Headliner Awards Nomination Form

Nomination Deadline: January 30, 2010

Nomination Requirements

  • Any business or nonprofit service organization in Dutchess County is eligible for the award
  • Nominees should be entered into only one category
  • Nominees must meet the qualification standards for the category in which they are nominated
  • Achievements by business/nonprofit within the nomination category must inclusively apply to the period Jan. 1 thru dec. 31, 2009.
  • All questions on the nomination form must be answered. Supporting documentation can be included and must accompany the nomination
  • Nominations can be made by an employee of the organization, customer/client or member of the community. No-self nominations will be accepted
  • Nominations can be completed online at the chamber website at http://www.dutchesscountyregionalchamber.org/HeadlinerAwards, e-mailed to tammy@dcrcoc.org, or sent to the chamber's office at One Civic center Plaza, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 - attn: Tammy Cilione
  • Nominations must be received (postmarked) by Jan. 30, 2010 deadline. Those received afterwards will not be considered for review

Award Categories

Please check the award category and the number of employees for your nominee:

Leadership in Organization and Community (business or nonprofit)
Outside-of-the-Box Innovations (business or nonprofit)
Green Friendly Organization (business or nonprofit)
Sustainability in Current Economy (business or nonprofit)
Customer Service (business or nonprofit)

Questions to be answered about your Nominee

Before completing the following questions, please review the awards categories description and requirements. Limit your answers to questions on the this form to 100 words or less. Submit supporting documents that demonstrate the nominee's program or accomplishments along with the form.

Company/Organization Name: Please enter nominee organization name.
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Please select atleast one option.

Before completing the following questions, please review the awards categories description and requirements.

Please limit your answers to 100 words or less for each question. If you have supporting documents that demonstrate the nominee's program or accomplishments, please submit them along with the form.

Leadership in Organization & community:

Why do you feel the nominee should receive the Leadership in Organization & community Award?
Describe the effort that the nominee has made in leading his/her company and within the community. Be as specific as possible about nominee's activities inclusing date where appropriate. Provide supporting documents if needed.
Briefly outline how the nominee's business or non-profit organization has benefited from his/her leadership commitment in terms of qualifiers such as revenue sustained or grown, growth in product/services. employee retention rates, demonstrable aid to the community, etc. Provide supporting document if needed.

Outside-the-Box Innovator:

Why do you feel nominee should receive Outside-the-Box Innovator Award?
Describe how the nominee's smart thinking broughy an innovative perspective in management, technology, marketing, sales, or product/service to the organization. Be as specific as possible about nominee's acitvities inclusing date where appropriate. Provide supporting documents if needed.
Briefly outline how the nominee's innovtive thinking, uniqueness and creativity produced positive results for its bottom line and achieved their desired results. Please provide supporting document if needed.

Green-friendly Organization:

Why do you feel nominee should receive Green-friendly Organization Award?
Describe the nominee's green friendly initiatives that made them more eco-friendly as an organizations. Be as specific as possible about the nominee's activities inclusind date where appropriate. Provide supporting documents if needed.
Briefly outline how the nominee's resourcefulness produced positive results for its bottom line and achieved their desired results. Provide supporting documents if needed.

Sustainability in Current Economy:

Why do your feel nominee should receive the sustainability in Current Economy Award?
Describe the nominee's strategic planning and activities in 2009 that helped them remain a sustainable business as well as aided them to continue on a growth path. Be as specific as poissible abou the nominee's activities included dates where appropriate. Provide supporting documents if needed.
Briefly outline how the nominee's sustainability efforts produced positive results for its bottom line and achieved their desired results. Provide supporting documents if needed.

Customer Service:

Why do you belive nominee should receive Customer Service Reward?
Describe the nominee's demonstrated exceptional customer service during 2009 that resulted in an increase in customer/client satisfaction, retention and referals. Be as specific as possible about nominee's activities inclusing dates where appropriate. Provide supporting documents if needed.
Briefly outline how the nominee's customer service produced positive results for its bottom line and achieved their desired results. Provide supporting documents if needed.
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