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How to enter the Awards and make a nomination
Your Entry Checklist
We do not wish your entry to be disqualified. Please ensure that you have followed the instructions outlined in this brochure completely and accurately.
How to Enter
All Award nominations must be submitted online, via email or delivered on a CD to the coordinating office.
Please click here for the nomination form, complete it and submit this with the appropriate supporting materials. Each submission must include the following information:
- Nomination Entry Form
- An outline of the reasons why the nominee deserves to be recognised with a Middle East Business Achievement Award, highlighting any relevant, unique or outstanding characteristics based on the key criteria for the Award category entered. Nominations must clearly state the award category and must be a word-processed document or PDF in 1 ½ line spacing and have a maximum 1,000 words
- A brief biography (for individual awards) or company profile (for organisational awards) Maximum 300 words
- Supporting material which you feel best validates your nomination- financial results, press clippings, campaign examples, testimonials; this must not exceed 5 examples and 5MB in total. Any material above this size will not be considered
- A high resolution version of the company logo or individual’s photograph
Please note all submissions and supporting materials need to be submitted electronically and reach the Awards Coordinator at the address below before 6pm UAE time, Thursday, 10th September, 2009. Submissions made after this date will not be accepted.
Helpful Hints in Making a Nomination?
The following are a range of helpful hints to make your submission as easy as possible for the judges to evaluate.
- 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
Click here to enter now!
Nomination Form
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