Please review the categories below and confirm that your nomination is made for the applicable category. 

Categories:

i. Individual - to be awarded to an individual person, who is a WEF member in good standing, for extraordinary communication and outreach efforts.

ii. WEF Member Association- to be awarded to a WEF Member Association or to a utility or civic program, project, or effort specifically sponsored or recommended by a WEF MA in recognition of outstanding, unique, and/or effective communicative, educational association outreach program development.

iii. Utilities, Corporations, or Groups - to be awarded to an exceptional project, program, or other outreach effort by a utility, corporation, or group of individuals including WEF or MA member involvement but outside of the WEF/MA organization.

Purpose of Award Program:

To encourage, recognize, and reward WEF-affiliated individuals and groups that provide exemplary effort to engage and educate the public on water environment issues via WEF-driven outreach, public education and/or public communications programs and activities.

Evaluation Criteria (Same for each Category):

• Originality/Creative Use of WEF Materials.
• Enthusiasm of sponsoring entity and the public that was the target of the program.
• Depth and breadth of audience reached.
• Use of creative or innovative concepts or application.
• Ability to set and achieve goals, demonstrated by measurable results.
• Level of volunteer efforts as opposed to paid assistance. If paid assistance is used (which is understood to sometimes be required), provide the justification as to why it was required.
• Program continuity – is the event one-time, repetitive, or is undergoing development.
• Involvement of youth, Young Professionals, other constituencies.
• Training, mentoring, and/or succession planning elements if the program is repetitive or ongoin
• Sphere of outreach - local; regional; national; government influence.

How to apply:

• Online Nomination Form
• One-page background information: for category i award, pertinent biography of individual nominee(s); for category ii award, history of MA or related program nominee; for category iii award, description and history of utility, corporation, or group nominee(s).
• Specific reasons for nomination (one page maximum).
• A detailed narrative description of the activities or efforts, including the objectives, results, exceptional creativity, influence, use of resources, other remarkable features, accomplishments (three page maximum)
• Documented evidence of the individual's or program's results and lasting effects (one page maximum)

Qualified Applicants:

• WEF Member Associations and Committees
• WEF Individual Members
• WEF Business and Corporate Members Committees
• Outside Organization (if the effort is led by a WEF Individual or Corporate Member)

Nominations Deadline:

Application will be available annually on January 15 and close March 31.