Leading the Way - A How To Guide for Chapter Leaders
Chapter Leader Positions - Awards
(Agribusiness Leader of the Year, NAMA Marketer of the Year, Professional Development Awards of Excellence)

Leading the Way Guide Contents

Other Chapter Positions

Position Description
The chapter awards chair is responsible for the promotion, judging and awards presentation for the following awards: Agribusiness Leader of the Year; NAMA Marketer of the Year; and Awards of Excellence. Note: Chapter participation in these awards programs are optional, but it’s a great way to recognize fellow chapter members and local industry leaders. If you present these awards on the local level, they may be nominated for participation on the national level.

Award Descriptions
Agribusiness Leader of the Year
This is NAMA’s highest award presented to an outstanding leader in agribusiness, education, government service or another agribusiness related area. Nominees do not need to be NAMA members. Nominees may be solicited among company CEO’s and senior management, government officials, academic heads, association and other industry leaders. This national award will be presented at the annual Agri-Marketing Conference in April.

NAMA Marketer of the Year
This award is the highest award presented to a NAMA member. Nominees may be solicited among agribusiness and related companies and targets senior management with overall marketing and/or sales responsibilities. This national award will also be presented during the annual Agri-Marketing Conference in April.

Professional Development Awards of Excellence
The Professional Development Awards of Excellence are presented in the four professional development areas of (1) Marketing Communications, (2) Product/Species Management, (3) Public Relations, and (4) Sales. Nominees must be NAMA members and may be solicited among agribusiness and related companies targeting individuals with direct planning and execution responsibilities in the respective PDA area. These awards will be presented at the national level during the Agribusiness Forum in the Fall.

Execution

• Promote the various awards to your members. You can use national award forms for your chapter nominations. These are available through the NAMA office, on the enclosed CD disc or on the website at www.nama.org. Once you collect the nominations, line up a panel of judges to look over the nominations and choose the winner. Judges can be previous recipients, members, etc.
• Order a plaque to be presented to the winner.
• Notify award winners. Hold an awards presentation during a chapter meeting and work with the publicity chair to publicize the winner in the local media.
• Forward the chapter honoree’s nomination to the NAMA office for national consideration. Encourage other chapter members to nominate a deserving individual to the national level as well.
• For national consideration - Agribusiness Leader of the Year and NAMA Marketer of the Year nominations are due by January 15, 2009 and are presented at the annual Agri-Marketing Conference in April. The Professional Development Award of Excellence nominations are due by September 1, 2008 and are presented at the Agribusiness Forum in the Fall.
• Keep a file of previous nominations sent or submitted to the NAMA office. Nominations that do not win may be resubmitted the following year.