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