Chapter 9: Writing a Strong Globee Awards Nomination
A strong Globee Awards nomination presents one meaningful achievement in a clear, credible, and persuasive way. Evaluators should be able to understand who or what is being nominated, what was accomplished, why it was difficult or important, and which results support the claim.
The following process explains how to write an award nomination that is specific, verifiable, easy to follow, and aligned with the selected program and category.
1. Select One Meaningful Achievement
Begin with one clearly defined accomplishment. It might be a successful product, operational improvement, customer-service initiative, workplace program, innovation, leadership accomplishment, or community project.
Avoid combining several unrelated successes into one business award entry. A nomination covering a product launch, employee program, market expansion, and charitable initiative may lack a clear central story. Select the achievement with the strongest results, evidence, and relevance to the intended category.
2. Confirm the Eligible Achievement Period
Determine when the achievement occurred and whether it falls within the applicable eligibility period. Record important dates, including when the initiative began, when major milestones occurred, and when results were measured.
Do not assume that a long-running program is automatically eligible. The nomination may need to focus on recent improvements or results produced during the qualifying period. Always check the current official requirements for the specific Globee Awards program.
3. Choose the Most Appropriate Program and Category
Review the available programs and categories before writing the nomination. Look for the category that most closely matches the nominee and the central achievement.
A technology-enabled customer-service improvement, for example, could potentially relate to technology, customer excellence, innovation, or a particular team. The strongest choice usually reflects the primary result—not simply one tool used during the work. Review category descriptions and eligibility requirements carefully rather than selecting a category based only on its title.
4. Introduce the Nominee and Relevant Context
Briefly explain who or what is being nominated. Identify the organization, individual, team, department, product, service, or initiative and provide only the background needed to understand the achievement.
Relevant context may include organizational size, industry, geographic market, intended customers, available resources, or operating conditions. A concise introduction helps evaluators understand the scale and significance of the work without overwhelming them with unrelated company history.
5. Describe the Original Challenge or Opportunity
Explain what conditions existed before the achievement. Was the nominee addressing slow service, customer dissatisfaction, a skills shortage, cybersecurity risk, market gap, environmental problem, or unmet community need?
Include baseline measurements when available. Instead of writing that a process was inefficient, state that it required ten days, produced a particular error rate, or created a documented customer problem. A clear starting point makes the eventual improvement easier to evaluate.
6. Explain the Actions and Contributions
Describe what the nominee actually did. Include important decisions, innovations, implementation steps, resources, partnerships, and responses to obstacles.
For an individual nomination, separate the person’s contribution from the work of the wider team. For a team nomination, show how members collaborated. For a product nomination, explain how the product addressed the identified need. Give employees, customers, partners, and community organizations fair credit for their contributions.
7. Present Measurable Results
Award nomination results should connect directly to the original challenge and objective. Depending on the achievement, measurements may include:
- Revenue, savings, or productivity
- Customer acquisition, satisfaction, or retention
- Product adoption or market performance
- Employee engagement, development, or retention
- Quality, reliability, speed, or safety
- Environmental improvements
- People or communities served
- Public-service accessibility or efficiency
Use percentages and absolute numbers when possible. Identify the measurement period and source of the data. If quantitative evidence is limited, use authorized testimonials, case studies, independent assessments, or other credible qualitative evidence.
8. Clarify Why the Accomplishment Matters
Results tell evaluators what changed; significance explains why the change deserves recognition. Did the achievement solve a persistent industry problem, improve life for customers, expand access, create jobs, strengthen an organization, or offer a model that others could adapt?
Place the accomplishment in appropriate context. A local achievement can be highly significant if it addresses an important need or overcomes substantial limitations. North America business awards should not be treated as recognition only for the largest companies or most expensive initiatives.
9. Select Focused Supporting Materials
Choose evidence that directly supports the nomination’s most important claims. Relevant materials may include performance reports, product pages, news coverage, approved testimonials, videos, presentations, public reports, certifications, photographs, or case studies.
Quality matters more than quantity. Label materials clearly and explain their relevance when necessary. Do not expect evaluators to search through lengthy documents to locate the evidence.
10. Verify Facts and Obtain Approvals
Confirm every important name, title, date, figure, percentage, geographic claim, and product statement. Claims such as “first,” “largest,” “fastest,” or “leading” should be independently supportable.
Obtain all necessary leadership, legal, privacy, communications, customer, partner, and intellectual-property approvals. Remove confidential, proprietary, personal, or security-sensitive information that is unnecessary or unauthorized.
11. Edit for Clarity, Accuracy, and Consistency
Use direct language and a logical structure. One practical approach is Challenge–Action–Result: explain the original situation, actions taken, and measurable outcome.
Remove vague superlatives, unsupported claims, excessive promotional language, repetition, and unrelated organizational history. Ensure that dates and figures remain consistent throughout the nomination and supporting materials. Ask someone unfamiliar with the project to review the entry; if that person cannot explain the achievement after reading it, further clarification may be needed.
12. Review Current Requirements Before Submitting
Before submission, confirm the current category, eligibility period, entry format, word or time limits, supporting-material limits, fees, deadlines, and nomination rules. Requirements can change, and the official information published for the applicable program governs participation.
A persuasive Globee Awards nomination does not need inflated language. It needs a focused achievement, credible evidence, fair attribution, appropriate context, and verifiable results. Organizations and professionals can explore current programs, categories, eligibility requirements, deadlines, and nomination opportunities at GlobeeAwards.com.