2019 Awards for Excellence Winners
Greater Hudson Heritage Network’s Awards For Excellence program seeks to recognize and commend exceptional efforts among GHHN members. Awards are made to projects that exemplify creativity and professional vision resulting in a contribution to the preservation and interpretation of the historic scene, material culture, and diversity of the region.
NOMINATION DEADLINE: Monday, August 3, 2020 CRITERIA FOR JUDGING
Nominations will be judged on the evidence of quality, creative use of resources, and long term significance by a peer jury of professionals, representing the history, museum, archives, and academic fields. |
As you may know, 2020 marks GHHN's 40th anniversary of service to the field. In honor of this momentous anniversary, combined with this year's Conference theme "Then Now Next: What Does the Future of Museums Look Like?", we have made some changes to our Awards process.
Awards will be made to organizations or individuals in the following categories: "Then" Awards are to honor work done in the past 15 years. Use this category as a 'lifetime achievement' award to celebrate and recognize organizations and/or individuals consistently doing great work in contributing to NYS' history and heritage keeping community. "Now" Awards are to honor work done in the past 5 years through today. This award is to celebrate and recognize noteworthy projects that have not previously been awarded by this program. It can also be given to recognize individuals or staff/volunteers working towards promoting and furthering a knowledge and appreciation of New York history. "Next" Awards are to celebrate recent work (within the last two years) that is ongoing and will continue into the future. These awards honor creativity and innovation in how we teach, preserve, and interpret NYS history. Next Awards celebrate the work that is adaptive in recognizing change, and will continue to move the museum field forward. "Next" Awards can also be used to recognize EMPs (Emerging Museum Professionals) and the good work they are doing. These three broad categories can honor:
Nominations reflecting work in creative re-interpretation of collections are strongly encouraged; nominations of collaborative or regionally focused projects are especially welcome. ELIGIBILITY
Any GHHN member (organizational or individual) can be nominated. Please note, for "Then" Awards, a history (10 or more years) of GHHN individual/organizational membership will raise priority. You are encouraged to nominate your own organization. Please do not submit a "Now" or "Next" nomination for a project previously awarded by this program. However, previously awarded projects may be included in the body of work honored in 'Then' Awards. *Not a GHHN Member? Click here to become one! VIRTUAL POSTER SESSION
We will again feature our awardees in a poster session - though the format will change due to the virtual nature of this year's Annual Conference. Should your nomination be selected for an award, we will ask you to participate in the virtual poster session. Our Annual Conference will take place on a virtual platform over six weeks. Each week will feature two hour blocks split into three 40 minute sessions. The Virtual Poster session will take place on October 14 over two sessions: one at 9:30 - 10: 15 AM and the second from 10:30 to 11:05. For the first session, we ask that awardees create 3 informational slides to present about your work. The slides should efficiently communicate concepts and information to an audience using a combination of visuals and texts, interacting with viewers in an informal way. The poster should include an abstract - a concise written summary of the project that you are being recognized for. This abstract is not a complete summary of the undertaking, but instead highlights the most important points. Each awardee will have a chance to present about their awarded work. In the second session, awardees will hold 'Office Hours'. Conference attendees can sign up to join your 'session' - much like people circulating over to your poster to engage in conversation, ask questions about the project, or to offer congratulations. |
NOMINATION PROCESS
Please note that this is a paperless nomination process. The link to the nomination portal is located on this webpage in the left sidebar. The portal will open on Friday, June 26, 2020 and will remain open until 11:59 PM on Monday, August 3, 2020. All materials must be submitted online by 11:59 PM on Monday, August 3, 2020. You may fill out your nomination at any point during that date range. Once signed in to your Submittable account, you may save a draft of your nomination online and come back to it as often as you wish. However, once your nomination has been submitted, you cannot make any edits or changes. Incomplete nominations will not be considered.
To begin your nomination process, you must create a FREE Submittable account. You will fill out a form with your name, email address, and a password. If you already have a Submittable account (either from our Conservation Treatment Grant Program, Collection Needs Assessment Program, or from other grant programs), you should use that username and password to log in. You will need to be logged in to complete and submit your nomination. Once you have logged in, you will be able to access the nomination form.
Some parts of the nomination will be filled out in fields in the portal, and other parts of the nomination will need to be uploaded.
The nomination consists of the following 15 questions:
1. Nomination Name
2. Nominee Address
3. Nominee Phone Number
4. Nominee Email Address
5. Area of Achievement: Then/Now/Next
6. Nominated For (50 words or less to describe what the nomination is for)
7. Is the Nominee a GHHN Member? (Nominees MUST be GHHN Members. Not sure if your Nominee is? Call 914.592.6726)
8. Nominator Name
9. Nominator Address
10. Nominator Phone Number
11. Nominator Email Address
12. Narrative: To be uploaded as Word or PDF
14. Additional Supporting Documentation: To be uploaded
2199 Saw Mill River Road
Elmsford, NY 10523
ATTN: 2020 Awards for Excellence
IMPORTANT REMINDER: Submitted collateral materials will NOT be returned. If you have received Awards for Excellence for the last three years, we ask that you step out for a year to give your colleagues a chance to be recognized.
Questions? Any questions concerning the nomination process should be addressed to Priscilla Brendler, Executive Director at 914-592-6726 or e-mail director@greaterhudson.org. Any technical questions about Submittable or the online submission process should be addressed to Kerry Sclafani, Program Director at 914-582-3353 or e-mail info@greaterhudson.org. Good Luck!
Please note that this is a paperless nomination process. The link to the nomination portal is located on this webpage in the left sidebar. The portal will open on Friday, June 26, 2020 and will remain open until 11:59 PM on Monday, August 3, 2020. All materials must be submitted online by 11:59 PM on Monday, August 3, 2020. You may fill out your nomination at any point during that date range. Once signed in to your Submittable account, you may save a draft of your nomination online and come back to it as often as you wish. However, once your nomination has been submitted, you cannot make any edits or changes. Incomplete nominations will not be considered.
To begin your nomination process, you must create a FREE Submittable account. You will fill out a form with your name, email address, and a password. If you already have a Submittable account (either from our Conservation Treatment Grant Program, Collection Needs Assessment Program, or from other grant programs), you should use that username and password to log in. You will need to be logged in to complete and submit your nomination. Once you have logged in, you will be able to access the nomination form.
Some parts of the nomination will be filled out in fields in the portal, and other parts of the nomination will need to be uploaded.
The nomination consists of the following 15 questions:
1. Nomination Name
2. Nominee Address
3. Nominee Phone Number
4. Nominee Email Address
5. Area of Achievement: Then/Now/Next
6. Nominated For (50 words or less to describe what the nomination is for)
7. Is the Nominee a GHHN Member? (Nominees MUST be GHHN Members. Not sure if your Nominee is? Call 914.592.6726)
8. Nominator Name
9. Nominator Address
10. Nominator Phone Number
11. Nominator Email Address
12. Narrative: To be uploaded as Word or PDF
- In an uploaded narrative of one page (Word or PDF), summarize concisely why you think this nominee merits an award. Indicate what was accomplished, how it served the organization’s mission, and/or how the project contributed to preservation and interpretation of the historic scene, material culture studies, public awareness, enjoyment, and/or diversity of New York State.
14. Additional Supporting Documentation: To be uploaded
- We highly encourage you to include any support materials that document and enhance the nomination as a secondary attachment. Files can be uploaded as a multi-paged Word or PDF file (Maximum of 5 pages, no page limit for submission of publication); individual image files as JPG, TIFF, or PNG; Audio as MP3, MP4, WAV, WMA; or Video as MP4, MOV, or WMV. If available, please include supporting publicity: newspaper articles, photos, reviews, etc. of the nominated work. Please include photographic, audio, or video documentation. Exhibitions are encouraged to provide example copies of labels and floor plans. Web sites should simply include the Web address in the narrative. If you are nominating a publication, you may submit copies of the publication electronically or to the GHHN offices. If sending in hard copies, you must include six (6) copies of the publication. Important change: submitted materials will NOT be returned. For educational programs, please include a copy of the program (lesson plans, scripts, or other related documentation.) Any award to celebrate Individual/Staff achievement should include examples of accomplishments or testimonials from individuals (not the nominator or nominee)
- If your nomination includes a publication or book, and are choosing to send in physical materials (instead of submitting an electronic version of the publication), please send SIX copies of the publication to the GHHN offices postmarked by August 3, 2020. All other collateral materials may be uploaded as a PDF.
2199 Saw Mill River Road
Elmsford, NY 10523
ATTN: 2020 Awards for Excellence
IMPORTANT REMINDER: Submitted collateral materials will NOT be returned. If you have received Awards for Excellence for the last three years, we ask that you step out for a year to give your colleagues a chance to be recognized.
Questions? Any questions concerning the nomination process should be addressed to Priscilla Brendler, Executive Director at 914-592-6726 or e-mail director@greaterhudson.org. Any technical questions about Submittable or the online submission process should be addressed to Kerry Sclafani, Program Director at 914-582-3353 or e-mail info@greaterhudson.org. Good Luck!