Award for Innovation Excellence
Award for Innovation Excellence
The Infor Public Sector User Forum Award for Innovation Excellence serves to promote and celebrates the outstanding work being undertaken and delivered by individuals and teams working in the public sector using Infor products and services.
Recognition is given each year at the Infor Public Sector User Forum Conference with the awarding of one award to an individual or team. It is an expectation that the winner will make a presentation on their award winning project at the upcoming conference.
Winner will receive $5000 towards Infor Consulting
Please refer to the Award Criteria below.
Past Winners
2019 City of Kingston
2018 City of Glen Eira
2017 City of Geelong
2016 City of West Torrens
2015 City of Ballarat
2014 City of Wollongong
Neill Hogg Memorial Award
(Individual Award for Service to Special Interest Groups)
Neill Hogg Memorial Award
(Individual Award for Service to Special Interest Groups)
Special Interest Groups exist across New Zealand and Australia at various levels depending on the area’s organisation.
- Involvement in the organisation of a specific SIG, or their state/country.
- Continual contribution to the SIG hierarchy over a long period of time.
- Contribution to the improvement of the SIG hierarchy organisation.
- Contribution to the development of software Pathway/IPS or integration
via demonstrations, documents, holding special meetings, collaborating with other sites and Infor etc. - Contribution to the advancement of education by sharing their knowledge, business processes and documentation with others.
Please refer to the Award Criteria below.
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Award Criteria for Innovation Excellence
- The project /
initiative being nominated must involve the use of Infor products or services
and should demonstrate new ways of leading, facilitating, administering,
controlling or ensuring a particular outcome is achieved. It should make
positive changes to processes or practices, demonstrate best practice, the
pursuit of excellence in the delivery of a service to the community or a
specified target market that is continued into the future.
- Nominations may be
made by organisations such as a Council or public utility, or a group of such
organisations, if collaboration is involved. Special Interest Groups
(SIG) may also nominate.
- Organisations may make more than one nomination in one year
however any project / initiative cannot be renominated in subsequent years. The nomination must be relevant, for example, project has recently been completed in the current or last financial year.
- The User Forum
Executive judge the Award based on the information submitted and the decision
is final and no correspondence will be entered into in relation to the
decision.
- The winner/s will
each receive a statuette and where an individual is awarded, the organisation
they represent will also receive a replica of the statuette. The winning organisation will receive a prize of $5000 which is to be used towards Infor Consulting.
- Nominations must be
received no later than 31 July 2019 and the winner will be expected to present their award winning project at the conference in the same year.
Information Required
As much information should be included in your submission as possible. Further
information cannot be submitted at a later date.
Try and include as much information as possible with your submission and below
are some questions you could use, but your submission need not be limited to
these questions alone.
- How were Infor software or services were used to achieve the project / initiative objectives?
- Was your project / initiative unique or have any defining features?
- Why did you do it?
- Who was involved?
- What made the project / initiative effective, cost benefit?
- Have you shared your project / initiative with other organisations and has it been used by any of these organisations?
- Has the project / initiative been instrumental in progressing changes to Infor service delivery or influenced proposed software development?
- Has the project / initiative had a positive impact on the organisation/s public image?
- Any other information you believe would support the nomination.
Award Criteria for Service to Special Interest Groups