For Good Awards
for those who make a difference forever

Eligibility, Selection Criteria, Steps to Nominate & Selection Process

Eligibility
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To be eligible, the nominee must be:

• at least 60 years old in the calendar year, 2011
• a legal resident of U.S. and a resident of Broward County
• someone who has retired from a primary career, and has used their passion to initiate important solutions in an encore career. 
  •  Encore career  is defined as
    • An activity, initiative or effort exerted after retirement from an initial career path
    • A paid or unpaid activity
    • An activity combining  personal meaning and social impact
  • Encore career is not
    • A job change
    • A continuation of an existing career path, even if it continues great work
• currently dedicating time, talent and serving in a leadership capacity to address a social problem
  • A leadership capacity is defined as
    • An act of guiding or directing an activity, action, initiative or group
    • The implementation of insight, initiative, influence and impact
  • A social problem is defined as
    •  A condition that at least some people in a community view as being a challenge and/or burden to individuals and/or the community.
    • An issue that directly or indirectly affects an individual or members of society and is considered to be a problem.

Preference will be given to individuals who address issues in Broward County.

Previous winners or those receiving honorable mention (3 individuals in 2011)  will not be considered. All other previous nominees will be considered.

Elected officials, Community Foundation of Broward employees, board members and members of the selection panel, and their immediate relatives are not eligible. 

o    Immediate relatives are defined as

§  Spouse , domestic partner or life partner

§   Parents, step-parents, brothers, sisters, step-brothers or step-sisters, children or step-children 

o    Immediate relatives are not defined as

§  Cousins

§  Aunts or Uncles

§  Nieces/Nephews

§  Grandparents

§  In-laws

Individuals working in faith-based service organizations that have a broader social mission are eligible and encouraged to apply, but the purpose of their project cannot be strictly religious or sectarian, and may not be confined exclusively to individuals within a denomination or for the sole purpose of expanding the religious mission of the denomination or faith.

Selection Criteria

Applications will be evaluated based on the following criteria.  The top candidate will:

• be a compelling role model who inspires others to take on new leadership roles and performs significant service in an encore career
• be an outstanding leader and innovator
• have initiated this new work within the past 15 years
• be passionate about their issue or cause
• be addressing an important issue in Broward County.  His or her work is already effecting or has the potential to effect systemic change
  • Systemic change is defined as
    • A shift in how an organization, community or system addresses an issue
    • A model that can be replicated in other situations, organizations or communities
• be committed to continue to effect change over the next three to five years
• be regarded as highly ethical, whose work speaks to the values of honesty, integrity and commitment

Steps to Nominate

Step 1: Read the eligibility and selection criteria carefully to ensure your candidate meets the qualifications. If they do, go on to: 

Step 2: Read the FAQ, frequently asked questions and tips for a strong nomination, to help you make the strongest case for your For Good Award nominee. We have divided the FAQs into questions about the selection criteria and questions about the application questions.  When you get to the section about the application, go to:

Step 3: Download the Nomination Worksheet (a MS Word document), read the questions and determine if your nominee’s story can be told through answers to these questions. We provide additional insight into selection and reviewing criteria in the FAQs and believe that, with this reference, you will be adequately guided through the process. We now hope you plan to continue with your submission and will go to:

Step 4: Create a log-in account.  Nominations will be submitted through the Community Foundation of Broward’s existing online application system called Philnet. Once you set up a user name (your email address) and password, you will be able to save your work as you go and return at a later date or time.  We ask that you create an account early in the process and enter all of the nominator (your) information. By doing so, the Foundation knows the nomination is forthcoming and can send you any news or alerts to you. For instance, if you fail to complete the application and the deadline is approaching, we can send you a reminder. If you have omitted an important piece of information, we can request it in a timely fashion. Now you would be ready to go on to:

Step 5: Write your nomination off-line in the nomination worksheet. Use the FAQs to gain insight into what we are looking for in each question. The worksheet will help you tell the complete story in advance and will assist you with the word limits of the nomination form. You also have the opportunity to provide additional documentation with your nomination although this is not required.  Possible documents to submit include news articles, photos of the nominee engaged in the initiative, brochures of the initiative, evidence of impact, etc. When you complete the worksheet and feel that your application information is complete, go to:

Step 6: Log into the Philnet system, open your application and paste the text you have written into the online form.  As all online systems ‘time out,’ please make sure you save your nomination form. A SAVE button is provided on each page of the online form for your convenience. When you do SAVE, you will be asked to login again. Upon completion of your application and pressing submit, you will experience

Step 7: You will receive a confirmation message when your online nomination has been successfully submitted.

Selection process

The multi-stage process is designed to evaluate all candidates fairly. Staff reviewers, selection panel or board members whose relationship might pose a possible conflict of interest will recuse themselves.

Nominations are received until midnight, EST, October 21, 2011.

All nominations received by the deadline are evaluated for completeness.  References and nominees are contacted for additional information.

A community selection panel evaluates the candidates.  This will include a review of accuracy of story and impact and may include a personal interview. The Selection Panel ranks the finalists, and selects the winner and two honorable mention winners.  


Statement of Non-Discrimination

The Community Foundation of Broward Board of Directors, officers, members, appointed committee and panel members and staff shall not discriminate against any person or persons because of sex, age, race, religion, color or national origin, sexual orientation, disability or marital status. Information of this kind is gathered solely for statistical purposes.