Spirit of Excellence Awards

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Spirit of Excellence Awards

• All Entries MUST include a PowerPoint (.PPT)
  presentation that summarizes the key information
  for the judges to review.
• The file size is limited to 10MB.
• These slides are designed to provide a general
  template for how to organize your entry
  information.

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Question 1 Describe your facility.

• Name and location
• Facility size
• Facility staff (full time, part time and seasonal
  employees)
• Facility history
• Notable achievements
• Number of rides (where applicable)
• What are you famous for?

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Question 2 Describe your Program

• What problem does your training address?
• What are the objectives of your training?
• How does the program work?
• Outline the program operations and management.
• Include relevant logos and a small photo to
  represent the spirit of your training program

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Question 3 Describe how this program impacted
your facility.

• What was participation rate?
• What was the impact on employees, guests,
  profitability, and any other measures that are
  relevant.
• Testimonials, quotes or other comments.

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4. Describe the success of this program.

• How did you evaluate this program?
• How were objectives met?
• What type of evaluation did you conduct for this
  program?
• What other methods did you use to evaluate this
  program?
• Please include testimonials, quotes or other
  comments.

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5. Describe the cost of this program.

• What was the approximate cost per person for this
  program?
• How many participated in this program?
• Describe the approximate cost of this program
• Give the number and percentage of full time/
  seasonal employees.
• Cost, participation rate and any other factors
  associated with conducting the program.

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Entry Deadline is September 14, 2009.
Please complete your application at
http//www.iaapa.org/membership/awards/SpiritofExc
ellence/. In addition to submitting your
PowerPoint online, you may also mail support
materials. All additional materials must be sent
in triplicate (3 complete sets) and must be
received by the deadline. COD items will not be
accepted. Be sure to clearly identify which entry
your materials are designed to support. Mail
to IAAPA Spirit of Excellence Attn Linda
Gerson 1448 Duke Street Alexandria, Virginia
22314 USA Questions may be directed to Linda
Gerson at lgerson_at_iaapa.org.