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Overview and Application
Instructions
SouthWest Benefits Association is pleased
to announce the Third Annual Best
of Class Benefits Solution Award. The purpose of
the Award is to recognize and reward SWBA members for their
efforts to solve retirement and health benefits issues in
a challenging corporate environment.
| An Award will be presented for two categories: |
| 1. Best Retirement
Benefits Solution |
| 2. Best Health
Benefits Solution |
Award applications should be retirement and
health benefits programs that reflect innovation, sustainability
and measurable impact.
The Awards will be presented during SouthWest
Benefits Association's 33rd Annual Conference to be held at
the Downtown Hilton in Austin, Texas, May 7 - 9, 2008.
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Award winners will receive regional and national
exposure, including a national press release announcing the
Award winners. Media attention will distinguish the winners
in their respective spheres of influence. SWBA will post information
the about the winning programs on the SWBA website at www.swba.org.
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All SWBA members in good standing, with
2008 dues paid, are eligible to submit applications. |
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An application may be submitted for one
or both Award categories. |
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Members of the Award Selection Committee
are not eligible to apply. |
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Winners must be present
at the 33rd SWBA Annual Conference, May 7-9, 2008 to receive
the Award and make a brief presentation. |
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There is no fee to apply. The Award is sponsored
in its entirety by SouthWest Benefits Association.
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| Award Criteria |
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Innovation:
Does the program incorporate new and innovative approaches
to solving benefits challenges? |
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Impact:
Can the impact of the program or initiative be quantified?
(i.e. Can results be measured or quantified? Results might
be increased awareness or access; greater participation
rates, improved quality, decreased costs, better affordability,
etc.). |
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Creativity/Communications:
Does the program feature a unique or creative communications
campaign? |
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Information
Technology/Infrastructure: Does the program
incorporate new information technology and/or infrastructure? |
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Partnerships/Collaborations:
Were partners used to develop or help implement the program?
("All of us are smarter than one of us alone.") |
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Ability to Replicate
Program: Can the project be re-deployed in
a similar context in another organization? |
| Applications do not need
to focus on all 6 criteria to be considered. |
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SWBA aims to maintain the confidence of all
applicants throughout this process and the integrity of the
judging process is important to us. Therefore, SWBA has designated
a panel of peers, called the Award Selection Committee, to
evaluate and rate the entries. The Award Selection Committee
is comprised of the SWBA immediate past president and four
members of the SWBA Communications Committee. Selection Committee
members and their respective companies are not eligible for
the Award.
Any member of the Selection Committee whose
company submits an application will remove himself from judging,
and will be replaced by another SWBA Director, as appointed
by the SWBA Executive Committee.
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Applications must be submitted to SWBA
between October 1, 2007 and March
14, 2008. |
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Applications will be independently reviewed
and scored by the Award Selection Committee between March
15 and April 11, 2008. |
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The Award Selection Committee will meet
in April 2008 to discuss their scoring and choose the
two winning teams judged to have the best retirement benefits
solution and the best health benefits solution. |
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The winners will be selected based on
the highest score from each judge. |
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The winners will be notified on April
14, 2008, and will be asked to prepare remarks
for a discussion of their winning programs. |
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More than one Award may be given in the
event of a tie for an Award category. |
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If a service provider assisted with the
program, the plan sponsor may choose to share the Award
with the service provider. |
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