Nominations NPA Awards

AWARD ENTRY GUIDELINES

Please prepare a nomination for yourself, or your nominee. Nominations are accepted for any individual who has upheld their role in the computing industry. The categories in awards were selected by the Network Professional Association to establish a base for professionalism and ethics upheld by the industry member.

PLEASE NOTE: Only one Award for Professionalism may be awarded in each category or subcategory; all categories may not be awarded. NPA reserves the right to decline any nomination or withhold an award for lack of sufficiency. Individuals and companies may submit nominations in more than one category. NPA will notify you of the receipt of your entry via email.

Winners will be notified approximately 2 weeks before the Awards ceremony. Winners may be asked to provide addition information, media clips, photography or personal presentation for use at the ceremony.

JUDGING CRITERIA: Submissions will be evaluated by a panel of editorial, networking professionals as well as others with special expertise in the specific categories. Evaluation is based on criteria significant to the values of the Network Professional Association.

NOMINATION PROCESS / APPLICATION DOWNLOAD FORM
Submit application to NPA before the submission deadline to: Network Professional Association at awards@npa.org. Entry is to be in Microsoft Word format with supplemental items as needed.

1. Provide full contact information for individual being nominated.
Include name, title, company, address, phone, and email.

2. If not the individual being nominated, please provide contact
information of the person submitting this form. Include name,
title, company, address, phone, and email.

3. Specify the Award category including sub-category for which
the nominee is to be considered.

4. Please provide a 1500-word (or fewer) position statement
justifying the nomination.

Explain how this person meets the expectations for a highly successful network computing professional. Consider the balance a professional must maintain to be highly effective and what it means.
Where a project is referenced, describe how objectives set for this project were met and how the outcome may have helped the organization for which it was developed save money and/or increase productivity.
Explain why this individual stands out and why you think he/she should receive this award; include his/her most notable accomplishments.
Indicate time spent in the network profession; professional associations and positions held.
Indicate if the individual is involved in the Network Professional Association and how involved.

5. Please provide customer/professional references capable of
validating events, activities and professional status.

6. Provide a 100-word biography on the person being nominated.

7. Photograph of nominee taken after October 1, 2007.

Requests for information may be directed to: James Belasco,
Network Professional Association, awards@npa.org 888 NPA-NPA0