Helpful Hints

Helpful Hints in Making a Nomination

The following are a range of helpful hints to make your submission as successful as possible.

• Make time to prepare and check your submission
• Create a submission team and do not leave the preparation to a junior member of the team
• Prepare each section in bullet point form first then flesh it out. That way you ensure you cover all points in the space allowed.
• Please respond to the criteria outlined for each category
• Brainstorm the questions with others
• Highlight each question at the beginning of each response
• Provide small appendices and supporting materials only
• Be particular with words, punctuate, proof-read, spell out acronyms
• Arrange an external review, along the way and on completion

What the Judges Seek

• Easy to read, concise, factual information - with vital information contained in the core of the submission not in the supporting documentation
• Judges are seeking points of distinction that make the submission stand out from the rest – the gems, the examples of lateral thinking, excellence and achievements
• Clear and specific responses to the questions
• Evidence to back your claims
• A focus on quality not quantity

Common Mistakes

• Assuming judges know your business
• Not involving management – and others
• Writing more than the allocated allowance
• Placing core information into the appendix
• Failure to really read and interpret questions
• Relying on a belief ‘we’re good’, and not substantiating this