How to Save a Jotform Draft

1. Select appropriate Nominee and relevant Award: To start writing a great nomination you must first give due consideration to worthiness of which nominee is best suited from the pool of members within the Club/ Branch. This step is worth doing and worth doing properly so once you have identified a member/s who have contributed you must select the most appropriate and aligned award for the nominee (refer to Recognition Awards Summary pages within this manual).
2. Interview the nominee: You can interview the nominee at length to assist you making the decision to proceed or otherwise, making sure that there is available time to complete the nomination in full. Don’t just complete a nomination to make up the numbers.
3. Complete the Nomination Forms: The key to completing the nomination form is to ensure that you assess each criteria and from your nominee interview and other information, start to assign key information against standard key criteria.
4. Develop detail around dot points to demonstrate strong compliance against each of the award criteria: You will need to look for key differentiators and hammer home the nominee’s strengths. Depending upon the nominee, you may need to create the criteria of “other” if necessary, and go back to check the relevance of this information to the nomination. Don’t forget to create a flow in the document and paint a picture of what the person is like in words. Keep in mind that for most awards the nomination form is all that the Meritorious Awards panel has in front of them to assess nominees and that one sentence may not be enough.
5. Check the nomination......and check it again! Allow enough time to critically review the document once complete. Ask others for assistance to proof read the nomination for accuracy. A fresh set of eyes and someone else who knows the person will be best placed to edit.

To check that you have prepared a great nomination ensure that you complete the following checklist to make sure you don’t make some of the common mistakes made when writing a nomination.

• Member credentials and award are aligned
• Surfguard extract of all available information attached
• Appropriate photo of the nominee attached electronically, if club nomination attach club logo
• Correct form used
• Typed application
• Enough background detail about nominee supplied
• Criteria and information aligned
• Good literacy used
• Nomination is endorsed at a club and branch level, where requiredSubmit on time

What help is available?

The following help is available should you need assistance identifying the appropriate award to apply for or in the preparation of the nomination:

• SLSA Recognition & Appreciation Framework
• Other members in your club
• The nominee and/ or nominees parents/ guardians
• Branch Office and Officers
• SLSQ Membership Development Staff.

Some examples of Great nominations can be found here: