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Employer background information for legislative tribute (ex: number of years in business, business history, community involvement, other awards received, reasons for receiving Impact Award, etc.) Nominated Employee - Please provide the employee's HOME address for legislator matching purposes. Employee background information for legislative tribute The Impact Awards celebrate the economic and workforce development achievements happening in your community—but first, we need your help identifying the best examples of success. This year, we're asking each Michigan Works! Agency to submit only one nomination to serve as the best representation of success in your area. IF POSSIBLE, PLEASE INCLUDE ONE (1) EMPLOYER AND ONE (1) EMPLOYEE. Award winners receive a legislative tribute and a chance to talk about their success alongside their district legislator - who will be invited to the event. We WILL be asking for recorded remarks that will be played during the ceremony. Those will have to be scheduled. We also ask that the awardees be in-person to be recognized. NOMINATIONS DUE: February 6th, 2023 (via this online form only) Sharing the form? Use the PDF version found here (FOR VIEWING ONLY) FIVE EASY STEPS to prepare your nomination: 1. Identify your very best success story - ONLY ONE. Typically, it will include an employer hiring large numbers of people, a job seeker obtaining employment, or other local innovation. If possible, include an employer AND employee. (ex: if Michigan Works! helps an employer fill 200 jobs, we want to showcase a worker from among those hires). Other project partners may be included where applicable. 2. Obtain metrics and data. Lawmakers love to have real, eye-catching data and information about the specific growth happening in their districts. The goal is to show the legislators the positive impact that Michigan Works! system has on our communities each and every day. 3. Write the story in your favorite word processing software. Gather related information and prepare everything for submission. 4. Come back here and submit your nomination. Please note that once a nomination is started, it must be finished. Changes to this form cannot be saved. AWARD SELECTION Winners will be formally presented end of February, 2023. TENTATIVE EVENT AGENDA 10:30 - Registration and Greeting 11:00 - Opening Remarks 11:20 - Award Ceremony 1:45 - Closing Remarks
NOMINATION FORM This year, we're asking each Michigan Works! Agency to submit only one nomination to serve as the best representation of success in your area. Please provide contact information for those listed in your submission below. IF POSSIBLE, PLEASE INCLUDE ONE (1) EMPLOYER AND ONE (1) EMPLOYEE. (Ex: If a Michigan Works! Agency helps an employer fill 200 jobs, we want to showcase the employer AND a worker from one of those 200 people). Name / Title: Michigan Works! Agency: E-mail: * 1. Submission Information (person submitting nomination) Name / Title: Organization: Address: City, State, ZIP: E-mail: Twitter: * 2. Nominated Employer Will receive: Invitation to the event Opportunity for a representative to speak at the event (1-2 mins) Legislative tribute Award certificate Listing in the event program 3. Employer background information for legislative tribute (ex: number of years in business, business history, community involvement, other awards received, reasons for receiving Impact Award, etc.)
Name / Title: Organization: Address: City, State, ZIP: E-mail: * 4. Nominated Employee - Please provide the employee's HOME address for legislator matching purposes. Will receive: Invitation to the event Opportunity to speak at the event (1-2 mins) Legislative tribute Award certificate Listing in the event program 5. Employee background information for legislative tribute (ex: family, kids, schooling background, passions, community involvement, other awards received during her employment, etc.)
Name / Title: Organization: Address: City, State, ZIP: E-mail: Twitter: Project Role: (Employer, Employee, Community Agency, Other) 6. Project Partner - OPTIONAL and only if applicable to the nomination Will receive: Invitation to the event Award certificate Listing in the event program Name / Title: Organization: Address: City, State, ZIP: E-mail: Twitter: Project Role: (Employer, Employee, Community Agency, Other) 7. Project Partner - OPTIONAL and only if applicable to the nomination Will receive: Invitation to the event Award certificate Listing in the event program
There is no one correct way to tell an Impact Award winner story. Some will be employer-focused, filled with success metrics and impressive funding numbers. Others will feature inspiring stories of employees who overcame incredible odds. Where possible, share data that supports the nomination, but don't let a lack of metrics stop you from submitting a great human interest story. Please submit supporting details below for use in creating the event program narrative. There is also an option to provide your own narrative. This information will be used in the Impact Awards programming, press releases and for the tribute. NOMINATION DETAILS * 8. Why is your nomination an outstanding example of the demand-driven model in action? * 9. What did Michigan Works! do to support the employer? * 10. What did Michigan Works! do to support the employee? * 11. Please provide relevant data and/or metrics that illustrate the success of this employer/employee (ex: number of jobs created, number of jobs filled, wage increase percentage, etc.) Employer Employee Partner (if applicable) Partner (if applicable) * 12. Please provide a brief quote from the employer, employee or partner that describes their success in working with Michigan Works!:
13. Any other information you would like to include? Compelling details about the employee / employer? A side story that a lawmaker or media might take interest in? 14. OPTIONAL: Provide your own narrative to be used in the event program book highlighting your award winner(s). Please limit your narrative to 250-350 words max.
Each Michigan Works! has dedicated space in the event program for additional information. The intent of this section is to highlight other innovations in your area or specific data or programs that might be unique to your local MWA. Use this opportunity to share a mini-dashboard of statistics if your Impact Award nomination has a human interest focus. If your Impact Award nomination is statistically driven, share information on programs or initiatives that showcase personal or professional success. Additional Information 15. Tell us about a program, success story or statistical data that highlights the local impact of your Michigan Works! organization. Please limit your response to 50-75 words.
PHOTO SUBMISSION AND MEDIA WAIVER A photo(s) and media waiver are required for each nomination. Email files (photo and waiver) to Gracie Wardin, [email protected] by January 12th, 2023. PHOTO SUBMISSION Three or more photos in color, at place of employment (the more photos, the better!) High resolution .JPG format, no less than 500KB file size MEDIA WAIVER 2023 Media Waiver can be found on our Impact Awards Page on our Website
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