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CAMPAIGN AWARDS OF THE HKMA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT EXPAND TO TWO CATEGORIES
ACT NOW TO GET THE RECOGNITION YOU DESERVE!

11/2/2012

Organized by the Hong Kong Management Association since 1990, Award for Excellence in Training and Development 2012, the most prestigious and authoritative award in training and development, is now open for entries.

Deadline for Entries (Campaign Awards):	Monday, 19 March 2012
Deadline for Nominations (Individual Awards):	Monday, 16 April 2012

Enhanced Campaign Awards, Simplified Judging Process

This year, the Campaign Awards will be enhanced to include two categories, namely Skills Training Category and Development Category while the Judging Process will be simplified. With the expansion of the Award, more outstanding training as well as development programmes could be recognized.

Campaign Awards
The Campaign Awards recognize the best training and development programmes in Hong Kong as well as companies behind them. Winning programmes are not only the best executed but also clearly fulfilling a key business need in an effective manner. There are two categories for the Campaign Awards as follows:

Skills Training Category	Any learning activity provided to improve job specific skills, knowledge and behaviour that contributes to business results.
Development Category	Any activity, initiative or programme focused on people development that contributes to on-going enhancement of organizational capability and business results.

More Outstanding Programmes Will Be Recognized!

The following awards will be granted in each category:

Gold, Silver and Bronze Prizes
Excellence Awards
Certificate(s) of Merit

Most Innovative Award(s)

Special Award(s)
Special Award(s) for SMEs
Best Presentation Award

Judging Process:

All participating companies are required to submit a 2-page programme summary to the Board of Examiners comprising members of the Training Awards Organizing Committee and Human Resources Development Management Committee. All companies will be invited to give a 15-minute presentation (in English, Cantonese or Putonghua) on the training or development programmes, followed by a Question-and-Answer session.

The Board of Examiners will select the finalists and determine recipients of Certificate(s) of Merit, Recruit Most Innovative Awards and Special Awards for SMEs from among all the participating training or development programmes. In addition, a number of Special Citations will be granted at the discretion of the Examiners to recognize training or development programmes with excellent performance in different individual areas.

Finalists of each category will be invited to submit a 5-page written submission of their training or development programmes and to deliver a 20-minute presentation followed by a 10-minute Question-and-Answer session in English before the Panel of Adjudicators at the Final Presentation Seminar, an experience-sharing seminar open to all executives. The Adjudicators will decide on the winners of Gold, Silver, Bronze Prizes and Excellence Awards for both categories. The Best Presentation Award in both categories will be selected by all participants attending the Final Presentation Seminar.

Individual Awards

The Individual Awards recognize the most outstanding trainers in Hong Kong who have made significant contribution to the human resource development of their companies as well as the whole community.

The following awards will be granted:

Outstanding New Trainer Awards
Distinguished Trainer Awards
Trainer of the Year (To be selected from among the Distinguished Trainer Awardees)

Judging Process:

All entrants of Individual Awards need their company`s nomination to enter the judging process. They are required to submit a written submission, which will be reviewed by the Board of Examiners, explaining their achievements in human resources development, a learning process designed, delivered and managed by entrants and the evaluation data for the past 5 years as well as a personal information summary in English. Shortlisted entrants will be given an opportunity to attend Interview Sessions by the Board of Examiners in either English or Cantonese.

Winners of the Distinguished Trainer Awards and Outstanding New Trainer Awards will be selected by the Board of Examiners. Finalists of the Distinguished Trainer Awardees will be invited to compete for the Trainer of the Year Award by the Panel of Adjudicators.

All winners of the Campaign and Individual Awards will be announced and presented with trophies or certificates at the annual Susan Yuen Memorial Lecture and Dinner, officiated by Dr The Hon David Li GBM GBS JP, Chairman of the Association.

The Award this year is proudly sponsored by the following companies:

Lead Sponsor:	FedEx Express
Main Sponsor:	HSBC
Sponsors:	The Hong Kong Jockey Club Hongkong Land Limited Maxim`s Group	MTR Corporation Limited Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts
Media Sponsors:	HR Magazine Recruit Advertising Limited The Standard