The Denver Business Journal is pleased to announce the 2024 Leaders in Agriculture Award.
Donor Name: Denver Business Journal
State: Colorado
Type of Grant: Award
Deadline: 01/08/2024
Details:
Nomination Benefits
- Recognition by Denver Business Journal – the region’s business media company of record – can set a business apart from its competitors and make the business more visible in the community and to potential partners and investors.
- If your candidate makes the list, it sends a message of success to employees and prospective employees, and gives your company the opportunity to recognize workers for their contributions to your success.
- Service providers are encouraged to nominate exceptional clients and partners they believe are worthy of broad public recognition.
- The awards event will be memorable and a valuable opportunity to meet and network with other award-winning companies and community business leaders.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nominees may come from any field, including (but not limited to) Crop Production, Livestock Production, Water, Education, Biotech, Agribusiness, or Food Production.
- Individuals must base their work in Colorado. (Visit the other business journal sites to nominate individuals in those markets.)
- Past honorees are eligible for nomination for the 2024 program.
- Please limit your submissions to only three nominations per company.
- Nominees must agree to participate in a Denver Business Journal interview and the March 2024 presentation in order to be honored and recognized online, in the weekly print edition and at the event.
- Self-nominations are encouraged.
Judging Criteria
- Leadership: How has the nominee worked to promote or improve the agriculture industry in Colorado?
- Community Involvement: How do they give back? Has he or she served on a board or volunteered for an organization over the last 5 years? Do they belong to any associations or civic organizations? How is this person influencing the community at large?
What makes a good nomination?
Think of this nomination as a job interview. A compelling nomination will:
- Get to the point! Many questions have a character limit of 2,000 characters (including spacing and punctuation). They suggest creating your responses in a word document and copying into the nomination form.
- It leaves out the unnecessary. Avoid fluff such as superfluous adjectives and empty praise. Don’t list an exhaustive resume of achievements/accomplishments; stick to the specific reasons why the individual deserves recognition.
- Make sure to highlight the big impact of your candidate’s work professionally, but don’t be repetitive.
- Quantify your answers. How much revenue did a new innovation generate or what percentage of growth did the company recognize?
- Do not include links to your website or social media pages. These are deleted prior to delivering information to judges & waste your 2,000-character limit.
For more information, visit DSJ.