CATEGORY: Community Collaboration

Award Criteria:

Nominees for this award provide outstanding examples of collaboration within their communities. These nominees recognize the benefits that come from accessing resources and expertise of individuals, local businesses, government, non-profits or charities for positive community impact. Through the synergy that comes with community collaboration, the nominees have facilitated increased sustainability, efficiency, impact and innovation in the service they provide to their community.

1. Provide examples of how this nominee has connected with other individuals, organizations, and businesses to instigate change in their community.
2. Outline using examples of how this synergy between these groups or individuals with the nominee has resulted in more efficiencies and innovation in how this individual service their community.
3. How has this nominee recognized the benefits of collaboration with other community organizations and individuals?

Please provide one or more of the following pieces of information that will be useful to the Judges in order to make a conclusive decision.

• Letters and/or testimonials with signatures from others who support your nomination, relevant to  the previous calendar year

• Newspaper clippings, social media posts relevant to the previous calendar year

• Promotional material, relevant to the previous calendar year

Please provide a photo(s) that represents you, your organization, or project/program which will be included in a visual presentation. Please provide a high-resolution logo of your organization.

Submissions are based on September 2020 – to September 2022.

What's the Process?

1.  Nomination submission must be submitted by the deadline date.

2. The committee will be charged to base their decision solely on the nominee’s accomplishments as documented on the nomination submission.

3.  Each Judges’committee member will review the nominations and rate them on a rate scale 1(lowest) to 5(highest) in each category.

4.  The Judges’ committee will meet as a group and a vote will be taken with each committee member ranking each nominee in the areas of criteria.

5.  The Cambridge Chamber of Commerce will verify the votes and results of the committee.

6.  The nominee with the most committee votes is selected in each category.

7.  In case of a tie the committee will cast a second round vote of the tied candidates only.

8.  Winners will be announced at the annual Cambridge & North Dumfries Community awards in November.

9.  Members of the selection committee are not eligible to be nominated.

10. Nominators are not eligible to serve on the selection committee.

11. All entries will remain the property of the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce.

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