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 Can anyone provide an ICA candidate for this Award?
Please see the criteria below:

 


 

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From: John Miller <jmiller at ica-associates.ca>
To: Cheryl Kartes <Kartes at aol.com>
Sent: Tue, Feb 9, 2010 7:31 pm
Subject: Fwd: First Annual Global Community Outreach Award - Awards Due Soon!


Anybody come to mind?

John Miller
(on the road)


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From: "International Association of Facilitators (IAF)" <groups-noreply at linkedin.com>
Date: February 7, 2010 7:20:30 PM EST
To: John Miller <jmiller at ica-associates.ca>
Subject: First Annual Global Community Outreach Award - Awards Due Soon!





  
    
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Subject: First Annual Global Community Outreach Award - Awards Due Soon! 
      
      
            Seeking nominations for IAF’s
First Annual Global Community Outreach Award
NOMINATIONS DUE BY March 15, 2010

WHY is the award being given?
After several years of planning, the International Association of Facilitators (IAF) is initiating the Community Outreach Award in order to...
... recognize, honor and celebrate the ongoing outreach efforts of IAF facilitators
... embody a core IAF value of supporting socially responsible change
... demonstrate the spirit of service implied in the role of a facilitator
... showcase the significant difference that masterful facilitation can make in community life
... encourage IAF members to participate in a wide variety of community service roles

WHO receives the award?
The Community Outreach Award is presented annually to IAF members who have demonstrated excellence in a volunteer service project. Eligible candidates are any group of facilitators that include at least one person who has been an IAF member for a year before the nomination. Specific criteria include the following:
1. The community service involved a group of facilitators who participated without intent for personal profit or gain
2. The community service responded to a societal need or issue in a setting that lacked the resources to hire high- quality assistance for decision-making, planning or change making or situation
3. The community service enabled participants of a community solve problems, identify directions and (or) accelerate their self- organizing capacity with the help of participative methods and facilitation
4. The community service resulted in positive, ongoing and recognized community change or improvement
5. The community service demonstrated the best practices and values of the profession through active demonstration

WHEN will the award be presented?
The award is will be presented at the first IAF Conference scheduled after March each year, in 2010 this is the IAF NA Conference in Chicago, IL U.S.A., April 20-25, 2010. The recipients will also be honored on the IAF website and all other global conferences in the same year through articles and audio-visual presentations that highlight the honorees and their service.

HOW are award recipients selected?
An Outreach Award Selection Committee will be asked to serve on behalf of the worldwide membership to review the nominations and select the recipients of the Community Outreach Award. Members of the six-member committee will be composed of people who have served in past IAF leadership roles and represent at least three IAF regions including:
1 former officer of the IAF Board of Directors
2 former IAF Conference Chairs
2 former regional representatives
1 Certified Professional Facilitator Assessor

HOW can you nominate award candidates?
Anyone who has been an IAF member for a year can nominate candidates by submitting six copies of the following packet of information to the IAF office by January 1, 2010:
1. Names of the nominees, the main contact for the group and the person doing the nominating
2. A 1-2 page narrative description of the project, facilitators and how their work meets the award criteria
3. Three supporting letters from members of the affected community that can attest to the impact of the project and the facilitators’ contribution at least 6 months after the initial event
4. Additional collateral materials including background information on each facilitator and any available photos, articles, videos, and other information describing the service project
Please submit your entry by March 15th to IAF GLOBAL OUTREACH AWARD COMPETITION, electronically to office at iaf-world.org
For questions please email marysue at statusgrow.com, include IAF Award in subject line          
      
Posted By Mark Edmead, MBA
      
    
    
      
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