- involve folks from the community in the judging, the more diverse the better
- make the nomination process super simple with minimal questions
- start with as few categories as possible
- never talk about winners, talk about celebration
- have an awards night connected to an established community event
- put on a night
- no invitations / reg necessary to attend
- make the night short n sweet.
- provide drinks & food
- do something special for those that turn up, eg special badges for the night
- get the judges, who are members of the community, to announce the recipients
- dont have a stage, make sure the speakers are standing on the same ‘thing’ as the audience ie. the same floor
- if you have a projector, make it jst low fi, nothing fancy
- have a wireless mic so judges can move around a little
- no podium, nothing between the presenters and the audience
- dont dress anyone up formal 🙂
- if you do anything do it with the feeling that you are part of a community, not a part from a community
- make sure the presentations are only about celebrating the cool award recipients, not about promoting the host org etc
- just from the heart … yknow…
just notes for now..
