Five tips for submitting a persuasive nomination - International & European Association Success Awards

The Association of Association Executives

Hello Jeanette

Recognise the hard work and successful projects you completed in the last 18 months.

Nominate yourself, a colleague, a project, your association (low admin fee) or a supplier (no fee) for the Association Success Awards.

Here are our top 5 tips for writing a persuasive entry as quickly as possible:

Add your killer point at the beginning and reinforce it at the end - This insures that you grab the reader's attention right from the start. Then, because most people remember the most recent information presented to them, reinforce your point at the end, to ensure your most outstanding achievements stay with them.
Back your nomination up - Include statistics to make your point stronger. Screenshots from google analytics, your CRM or social media platforms is often enough.
Include feedback and endorsements - Independent feedback, especially from members, can be very persuasive, regardless if it's from evaluation forms, social media comments or complimenting emails.
Organise your entry well - You can use bullet points to be succint, punchy and stick to the point
Save and re-read your entry later - This will allow you to distance yourself from the submission, making it easier to spot any oversights or mistakes you might have made in your first draft.

The nomination forms are digital, easy to fill in and with enough guidelines in the five main sections, to help you focus on the elements the judges are interested in.

Just to remind you, the nominations deadline is on 11 March and there are 23 categories you can nominate in, in the following areas:

For questions or advice on nominating, please email me at anca@associationexecutives.org any time or call on +44 (0) 752 381 9500.

Please start your entry as soon as possible.

With kind regards,

Anca

Anca Urdea
Awards and Success Stories Manager
Association of Association Executives