Nomination Rules

Overview

1. An organization can be nominated in ONLY one category. All nominations must be completely received—online nomination submitted as well as all supporting materials—by 5:00 pm PT on March 12, 2010.
2. Nominees may be companies or organizations (including educational, government, and non-profit institutions) that provide products or services serving the K-12 market but may not be individuals or products.
3. Nominees have to be ongoing enterprises to be considered eligible for the EdNET Awards. If a winner is out of business when winners are announced in May, the first place award will go to the runner up.
4. Previous winners of the EdNET Industry Awards cannot be nominated for the same category, but winners may be nominated for a different category where appropriate.
5. Organizations that are sponsors of the Awards program are not eligible to be nominated. The judges' organizations are not eligible to be nominated in the category that he or she is judging. MDR is not eligible to submit nominations. Companies that are clients of the sponsoring organizations or MDR, including sponsors of other EdNET activities, are eligible to be nominated. Anyone, including employees, may nominate an organization for consideration for an award.
6. Nominations are to be submitted online at: http://edusystemics.net/ednet/nominate.htm. No hard-copy nominations will be accepted. The online nomination may be augmented by supporting materials to assist judges in determining how well the nominee meets the criteria for the selected award. Supporting materials may include brochures, software (CD-ROM or web-based), curriculum materials, artifacts from delivered services, and like resources. The EdNET Awards honor organizations and not products, and the submission of physical materials is discouraged. The submission of supporting electronic materials and urls are encouraged.

   Electronic materials sent as attachments will be distributed to the appropriate judges by email. Electronic media may be sent as email attachments to: ednet_awards@edusystemics.com. Please include your four-digit EdNET Nomination number in the subject of your email.

   If your organization chooses to send physical material, please follow these directions:

   We require four (4) copies of all physical media. These materials will NOT be returned. Please include your four-digit nomination number (assigned after you've submitted your online nomination). Materials should be sent by March 12 to:

   Educational Systemics, Inc.
   EdNET Nomination # [Nomination Number Here]
   1225 E Sunset Drive
   Suite 145, PMB 513
   Bellingham, WA 98226-3554
   360-752-2874

7. Finalists will be announced in early May and must provide by May 11, 2010, a company logo, a brief corporate description, and appoint a representative to participate in a special EdNET virtual awards ceremony in mid May. Details on the exact date and time of the virtual awards ceremony will be provided in March.
8. Nominees are not required to attend EdNET 2010 September 26-28, 2010, at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. Finalists and winners are also not required to attend EdNET 2010, but will be offered the EdNET Early-Early Bird Rate of $995 per single attendee and $895 for multiple attendees if they choose to attend.

Awards Category Descriptions & Criteria

EdNET Impact Award: For Positive Impact on Education

The EdNET Impact Award will be given to the organization having made the most significant, positive impact on education through quality educational support and instructional resources. The recipient of this award has:

• Provided a benefit to education for a significant period of time, showing staying power.
• Effectively advocated and/or implemented quality educational practices that have resulted in improved student learning.
• Applied educational research and/or technology to generate pedagogical change in support of improved student learning or administrator/educator practice.
• Made a deep impact nationally or internationally exhibiting benefits to a diverse array of students.
• Moved beyond the conceptual stage and is systemically implemented with learners and/or educators in multiple sites.
• Demonstrated a positive impact on education.
  

EdNET Pioneer Award: For Contributing to the Growth of a Portion of the Education Market

The EdNET Pioneer Award recognizes organizations for their contribution to the growth of the education market. The recipient of this award has:

• Significantly contributed to innovative product and/or program design and implementation for the education market.
• Created a new niche, offering, or category within the industry by developing a new product or service and is attracting buyers/adopters in a way that represents a new opportunity for others in the industry.
• Changed the market size of a segment of the educational technology industry. (Measured by annual sales volume, number of installations, assistance in creating legislation affecting educational resource adoption, curriculum implementation, professional development, etc.)
• Funded projects or initiatives that have increased the activity or attention to the educational enterprise as being, in part, a philanthropic endeavor.

EdNET Rookie of the Year Award: For the Most Promising Start-Up Venture

The EdNET Rookie Award is restricted to small or start-up ventures, existing freestanding organizations, or “skunk works” business development groups within larger organizations. The nominated organization should be less than two years old. In your profile, please describe the organization's structure. Is the company a new venture or a new group within an existing organization? (Organizations may apply two consecutive years in this category.) The recipient of this award has:

• The promise to be seen in five to ten years as a significant player in the education industry by providing the foundation for a continuing and successful enterprise.
• Developed a significantly new product, service, or business strategy within the education industry, which is deemed to have exemplary potential to grow the nominated business or nonprofit to substantially greater revenues and/or impact on education.
  

Submission Rules

1. Go to http://edusystemics.net/ednet/nominate.htm and download a Nomination Form Template for the category in which you'll be submitting your nomination.
2. Using the template, answer all of the questions outlined. These questions are correlated to the criteria by which the nominations will be judged.
3. Go back to http://edusystemics.net/ednet/nominate.htm and complete an online nomination, cutting and pasting your answers from the template you've already completed.

If you need additional information or have questions, contact the fine folks at Educational Systemics who are generously giving of their time and talents to coordinate this year's awards program. Contact Mary LeDonne at mary@edusystemics.com or 360-752-2874.