2015 UW Best Of Awards Brochure

2014 United Way Best Of Awards Winners Category

Winner

Best Campaign Kickoff

City of Hartford

Best Campaign Special Event

Pratt & Whitney

Best Use of United Way Marketing & Branding Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Company Best Use of Technology UTC Aerospace Systems and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 743 Best Campaign Photo

Our Piece of the Pie, Inc.

Best Rise to the Challenge UTC Aerospace Systems and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 743 Best New Campaign

Phoenix Manufacturing, Inc.

Best Mobilization of Volunteers

Conning

Best Year-Round Partnership

Comcast

Best Partner Agency Campaign

The Village for Families & Children, Inc.

Best Company Leadership/CEO Support

Comcast

Best Volunteer/Campaign Committee

Harc, Inc.

Coordinator of the Year

Kat Paradis, Enterprise Holdings

Best Video

Value Options Connecticut

Best In Show—Small Company

Fox Laminating Company

Best In Show—Medium Company

Harc, Inc.

Best In Show—Large Company

Travelers

UTC Challenge

United Technologies Research Center

Spirit of the Campaign Award

Comcast

About the Best Of Awards The United Way Best Of Awards showcase workplaces in central and northeastern Connecticut for their outstanding participation in the United Way Campaign and throughout the year. The awards place special emphasis on United Way Community Investment, supporting lasting, community change for all of us.

We invite you to submit nominations for the United Way Best Of Awards to showcase the work you are doing in support of United Way and our community. This is an opportunity for you to share your efforts in support of the United Way Campaign with other organizations while gathering new ideas for the next campaign. Any workplace that runs a United Way Campaign this year may enter.

Submission Guidelines

Categories Best In Show

Best overall United Way Campaign focused on giving to Community Investment Requirements: Please provide a description of your campaign, outcomes from the campaign, a description of why you are the best of the best, and at least two high-resolution photos taken during your campaign. Please indicate which category your company falls into: • Small Company (fewer than 250 employees) • Medium Company (250-500 employees) • Large Company (more than 500 employees)

Best Use of United Way Messaging and Branding

Best use of United Way messaging and branding throughout the campaign. Please provide specific examples of Community Investment messaging strategies and results.

Best New Campaign

Best strategy to introduce United Way Community Investment to employees for the first time.

Best Campaign Special Event Best leadership and energy throughout a successful United Way Campaign focused on giving to Community Investment.

Best event that brings employees together and raises awareness of United Way Community Investment (e.g. fundraising event, volunteer event, etc.)

Best Campaign Photo

Best Campaign Kickoff

Coordinator of the Year

Best Mobilization of Volunteers

Promoting volunteerism with a specific focus on recruiting volunteers to ensure that more children learn to read by third grade and/or more families become financially secure. Please provide details on recruitment methods and results and also indicate which category your nomination falls into: • Year-round mobilization • One-time event

For each category you enter Complete and submit an entry form with your nomination. The form can be found at: unitedwayinc.org/bestof.

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Submit a description of each entry. The description should be 500 words max. and should be submitted in an electronic format. Please submit on a CD or flash drive along with your required entry form.

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Don’t forget to submit supporting materials! They distinguish you from the competition. Send us your photos, videos, press clippings, campaign results, statistics, and printed materials in an electronic format.

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Best Company Leadership/CEO Support

Best show of support from senior management or CEO during a United Way campaign.

Best Volunteer/Campaign Committee Most effective use of a committee to run a campaign or special event.

Acceptable file formats Photos: .JPG files

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Videos: Please submit your video both as a DVD and as one of the following:

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Best photo from the campaign that shows your commitment to giving to United Way Community Investment.

Requirements: Limit 5 photos. Please submit only high-resolution image files on a cd or flash drive. Acceptable file formats: .JPG

Best Campaign Video

Best video from the campaign that uses key messaging to explain the importance of giving to United Way Community Investment.

Requirements: Max. running time: 5 minutes.

Please submit your video both as a DVD and as one of the following: Quicktime file (.MOV) or Windows Media file (.WMV).

Most effective kickoff strategy that engages employees, gets them excited about the campaign and educates them about giving to United Way Community Investment.

Best Partner Agency Campaign

Best partnership and support of the campaign by a United Way partner agency.

Best Rise to the Challenge

Best campaign despite significant setbacks.

Best Year-Round Partnership

Best year-round partnership with United Way in addition to running a campaign.

UTC Challenge - for United Technologies companies only

Think you have the best UTC campaign? Submit your entries for this category and go head to head with other UTC companies! If you are a UTC company submitting in any other category, you can submit the same entry for this award.

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Quicktime file (.MOV)

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Windows Media file (.WMV)

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RealPlayer file (MP4)

Audio: .MP3 files or .WAV files

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Printed materials: Please save as a PDF file.

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Entry Deadlines All entries are due by January 9, 2015.

Winners will be announced on February 20, 2015 at the Marriott Hartford Downtown.

Mail Completed Entries To: United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut Attn: Best Of Awards 30 Laurel Street Hartford, CT 06106

Questions?

Download your entry form at: unitedwayinc.org/bestof

Call us at: (860) 493-6800 Email us at: bestofawards@unitedwayinc.org or Ask your United Way representative.