SHE Awards Nomination Form
SHE Awards Nomination Form
Nordby Exhibit Hall | South Dakota State Fairgrounds | October 14, 2017
The annual SHE Awards event honors extraordinary women living in and around the Huron community. The awards recipients are recognized for their contribution in the areas of community service, humanitarianism, leadership, and diversity. These women have demonstrated characteristics such as strength, honor, and empowerment all while serving as a role model for other successful women.
Name of Nominee:
Nominee’s Home Address: City:
Email:
Nominee Phone Number:
Nominee’s Occupation: Business Name:
Name of Nominator: Nominator Email:
Nominator’s Phone Number:
Check ONE of the following categories for the person you are nominating. Please answer the questions, using specific examples that demonstrate the involvement, achievement and leadership of your nominee.
☐Community Service & Humanitarian Award - This award is to recognize a woman who has rendered outstanding service to a local South Dakota community. She should have a record of sustained giving and has through her efforts, made a significant contribution to changing lives. Areas of service may include but are not limited to: education, charitable work, philanthropy, environmental advocacy, public policy and servicing senior citizens, youth, the disabled, and underprivileged.
1. What qualities does your nominee possess that make her an effective leader in this field?
2. Please explain how this nominee has rendered outstanding service to a local SD community.
3. Please explain how this nominee has made a significant contribution to changing lives.
4. What achievements has your nominee made, personally or professionally, that are evidence of their qualifications for the SHE Awards?
5. Please share a brief story that illustrates a specific contribution made by your nominee, as well, their overall impact in their business, organization and community.
☐Tomorrow’s Leader – This award is to recognize a local woman who is under the age of 40 and has demonstrated excellent leadership in her current career, but also exhibits the potential to significantly inspire or lead others to reach their highest potential. Evidence of successful leadership may include, but are not limited to areas of education, charitable work, philanthropy, environmental advocacy, public policy, and servicing senior citizens, youth, the disabled and underprivileged.
1. Please explain how this nominee has demonstrated excellent leadership in her current career.
2. How has your nominee demonstrated skill development and growth within the category of her nomination?
3. Please explain how this nominee exhibits the potential to significantly inspire or lead other to reach their highest potential.
4. What achievements has your nominee made, personally or professionally, that are evidence of their qualifications for the SHE Awards?
5. Please share a brief story that illustrates a specific contribution made by your nominee, as well, their overall impact in their business, organization and community.
☐Refugee & Immigrant Woman of Excellence - This award is seeking a woman who is from a diverse background and who has paved a way for her culture to succeed and thrive in a new country/community. She has been instrumental in creating a positive diversified environment in the community and shown success among her culture. She has been instrumental in educating the community about the various facets of her culture while assisting the diverse population in our community.
1. Explain this nominee’s life history.
2. Explain how this nominee has paved a way for her culture to succeed and thrive in a new country/community.
3. Explain how this nominee has been instrumental in creating a positive diversified environment in her community and how she has shown success among her culture.
4. How has this nominee been instrumental in educating the community about the various facets of her culture while assisting the diverse population in her community?
5. List any other achievements that this nominee made, personally or professionally, that are evidence of their qualifications for the SHE Awards?
New SHE Awards category in 2017!
☐Empowering SHE –This award will be given to a business that actively supports females within their workplace. The business must show support by encouraging the progression of women through mentoring, training, networking opportunities and personal development. The business must empower women to reach their highest level of personal and professional accomplishments. The business must be located in Huron or within a 40 mile radius of the city.
1. How many women does this business employ?
2. What roles do the female employees fulfill in the business?
3. Give specific examples of how this business encourages women to develop themselves – helping the women to reach a high level of professional or personal accomplishment.
4. If this business offers mentoring, training or networking opportunities for female employees, please explain and give examples.
Nomination Requirements
Any corporation, agency, business, civic organization, school, place of worship or other group/individual may nominate a deserving woman for a specific SHE Award. Nominee must live within 40 miles of Huron.
Signature of Nominator: ______
Date: ______
The nominator certifies the submitted information is true. The nominator consents to allow the SHE Awards planning committee to reassign the nomination category if they deem it more appropriate. A selection committee will review all nomination forms and select the SHE Awards recipients. Winners will be announced at the SHE Awards on Saturday, October 14th at the Nordby Exhibit Hall building on the SD Fairgrounds. Winners are not notified prior to the event. The nominator understands the importance of being present at the awards program.
Submit nominations to by 5pm on September 1, 2017. Nominations can also be dropped off at Avail Wealth, LLC, 875 Dakota Ave S, Mon – Fri, 8 to 4:30pm.
You can find this form online at www.SheAwards.com along with further event details. If you have questions about the SHE Awards, please contact Michelle at (605) 461-1824 or Tasha at (605) 366-6305.