NEW SOUTH WALES
Community Achievement Awards for NSW & the ACT
- Provide a brief background and history of the community initiative
- Outline the short and long term goals of the community initiative
- Demonstrate community involvement a) In your planning; b) In the way your project is delivered; c) In the way your project is received (participation)
- Demonstrate the value of your initiative to your local community. You can use media clippings, testimonials, photos as well as commentary to respond to this question
- Provide details of any challenges and/or obstacles that you have had to overcome and how this has been achieved
- In 25 words (2-3 sentences), please summarise your nomination; highlighting your achievements and impacts made. This summary will be used for all media purposes and onstage presentations at the gala dinner.
Customer service plays a pivotal role in the success of any business or organization. The Konica Minolta Australia Customer Service Award is a prestigious accolade that recognizes and celebrates exceptional customer service within organizations or by individuals. By sponsoring this award, Konica Minolta demonstrates its commitment to promoting and rewarding excellence in customer service. The award serves as a platform to acknowledge individuals, teams or organisations that consistently go above and beyond to provide exceptional experiences to customers. Through this award Konica Minolta aims to inspire a customer-centric culture and encourage organizations to prioritize outstanding service and customer satisfaction. The award highlights the importance of exceptional customer service and its impact on building strong relationships and driving success in all aspects of business.
Some points to consider when filling out this application:
--- How do you ensure a positive customer experience throughout the entire customer journey?
--- How do you proactively anticipate customer needs and exceed their expectations?
--- How do you handle difficult or dissatisfied customers, and what steps do you take to turn the situation around?
--- What strategies or initiatives have you implemented to improve customer satisfaction and loyalty?
- Please provide a brief background of the business/organisation and the nominee (a team or an individual)
- Can you please share a specific instance where you went above and beyond to provide exceptional service to a customer and also provide an example of how you successfully collaborated with others to deliver outstanding service?
- Training and development undertaken
- Outline how the nominee (a team or an individual) has made an impact on the business and wider community
- Testimonials that back up examples of customer service excellence will be viewed favorably
- In 25 words (2-3 sentences), please summarise your nomination; highlighting your achievements and impacts made. This summary will be used for all media purposes and onstage presentations at the gala dinner.
More than 6,500 Crown reserves are managed by 128 local government councils across NSW. Councils play a significant role in managing Crown reserves on behalf of the community.
This Excellence Award recognises a council that demonstrates outstanding community service ethos, dedication, and commitment to their communities as a Crown land manager.
Nominees must be appointed as a Council Crown land manager. One nomination per council, select one or a group of Crown reserves under council management.
Award criteria:
Showcase a council-managed Crown reserve or a group of similarly managed Crown reserves, where an adopted Plan of Management is in place, and address the following:
- Description of the reserve/s i.e., location, assets on site, activities on reserve and how the reserve/s is used by the community.
- Describe how council encourages multiple or diverse community use across the reserve/s.
- Initiatives and/or innovations council has carried out over the last 12 months to improve the reserve/s and how these benefited the local community’s use of the reserve and contributed to strengthening community connections.
- In 25 words (2-3 sentences), provide a summary of your nomination.This summary will be used for all media purposes and onstage presentations at the gala dinner.
- Provide the details of the reserve and manager
- Reserve Number (if known):
- Reserve Name or the locally known name:
- Crown land manager name - Provide a description of the reserve, how it is used by the community, and outline the different types of people/user groups that access the site
- Detail the management of the reserve e.g. - how many people are involved, roles and responsibilities, volunteer contributions, how the reserve sources funding and income etc.
- What improvements or initiatives has the manager undertaken in the last 2 years, and how has this benefited the community use of the reserve? Also list any accessibility features at the site.
- How does the manager promote the reserve to encourage use of the site?
- In 25-30 words (2-3 sentences), provide a summary of your nomination; highlighting the reserve manager’s achievements and the positive impacts made to the Crown reserve and the local community.
This summary will be used for all media purposes and onstage presentations at the awards ceremony.
- Provide the details of the reserve and manager
- Reserve Number (if known):
- Reserve Name or the locally known name:
- Crown land manager name - Provide a description of the reserve and how it is used by the community.
- What is the individual's role at the reserve
- How have they contributed to improve the reserve
- How they encourage community use of the reserve
- In 25 words (2-3 sentences), provide a summary of your nomination; highlighting the achievements and impacts made by the individual you’re nominating.
This summary will be used for all media purposes and onstage presentations at the gala dinner.
Synaco is a workforce solutions team, inspiring people to live a passionate, purposeful working life and matching outstanding talent with great employers. Synaco recognises their mutual responsibilities with employees and clients, forming partnerships to ensure the safety of all parties.
Living and breathing a commitment to safety, Synaco acknowledges and celebrates outstanding safety initiatives through the Synaco Safety Award.
The Synaco Safety Award is open to any organisation or project in NSW or the ACT, demonstrating a clear focus on safety and will recognise innovative and tailored approaches to the safety and wellbeing of employees, clients, participants, and members of the community. Whether it is addressing training, culture, conducting processes from a holistic approach, Synaco aims to encourage and recognise those committed to safety in their workplace and throughout the community.
- Provide a brief background of the organisation or project, outlining the commitment to safety and details of safety initiatives.
- Outline who is benefitting from the initiative.
- What are the short and long term goals of the safety initiative/s and has there been any measurable outcomes?
- Provide details of any challenges and/or obstacles that you have had to overcome and how this has been achieved.
- What methods or approach has the nominee taken to engage their own workforce in the promotion of safety in the workplace?
- In 25 words (2-3 sentences), please summarise your nomination; highlighting your achievements and impacts made.This summary will be used for all media purposes and onstage presentations at the gala dinner.
- Brief background and history of the business
- Description of successful product and/or service delivery
- Examples of recent business achievements, innovation or performance success
- Involvement with wider industry groups and the local or wider community
- Describe any barriers or difficulties and how they have been overcome
- In 25 words (2-3 sentences), please summaries your nomination; highlighting your achievements and impacts made. This summary will be used for all media purposes and onstage presentations at the gala dinner.