While the Application Form is set up with 9 criteria we want to hear your story, about your business, your journey and what you have succeeded in and what you have learnt along the way.
Each answer should highlight the experience you have had in your business, keep it personal and keep it real to you.
Business Name: Click here to enter text.
Scoring Matrix
Criteria / Score1 / Tell us about your business / 5
2 / Future Focus / 20
3 / Products and/or Services / 10
4 / Customer Service, Sales and Marketing / 20
5 / Innovation / 10
6 / Contribution to Local Community / 15
7 / Measure Success / 10
8 / Work/Life Harmony / 5
9 / Leverage the Win / 5
Total / 100
BUSINESS DETAILS
Business Name: / Click here to enter text. /Business Owners Name: / Click here to enter text. /
ABN: / Click here to enter text. /
Primary Contact: / Click here to enter text. /
Primary Contacts Role: / Click here to enter text. /
Phone: / Click here to enter text. /
Mobile: / Click here to enter text. /
Email: / Click here to enter text. /
Address: / Click here to enter text. /
Suburb: / Click here to enter text. /
Post Code: / Click here to enter text. /
Website: / Click here to enter text. /
In Business more than 1 year / Click here to enter text. /
Facebook: / Click here to enter text. /
LinkedIn: / Click here to enter text. /
Other Social Media: / Click here to enter text. /
Business Description (max. 250 words) This will also be used in Social Media to promote your business: / Click here to enter text. /
- Tell Us About Your Business
Suggested Range: 100 - 250wordsScore: 5
Why did you start this business, why Manningham? Include your point of difference or your unique selling point (USP). What makes you different to your competitors?
Click here to enter text. /- Future Focus
Suggested Range: 250 – 500 wordsScore: 20
These are core foundations that define your business. These set out the way a business operates. Please provide your Vision, Mission and any Goals or Objectives your business has.Also include any ways that your business is environmentally sustainable such as, reducing energy or water usage; through installation of LED lighting, water retention, upgrade of refrigeration or solar power.
Click here to enter text. /- Products and/or Services
Suggested Range: 200 – 400 wordsScore: 10
Here you need to accentuate/outline/sell/provide your business products and/or services. Explain what it is that you do, sell, make or grow.You can use passion or experience or knowledge/skills as examples of reasons why your business does what it does. You may add information on problem(s) you are solving.
Click here to enter text. /- Customer Service, Sales and Marketing
Suggested Range:250 – 500 wordsScore: 20
Explain who your ideal customer is, and how do you target and retain them. What marketing streams do you use and tell us whatsuccesses or lessons you have learnt.
What does customer service mean to you and your business do you stand out from the crowd? Examples could include systems, tools, training, feedback and processes.
Click here to enter text. /- Business Innovation/Improvement
Suggested Range: 200 – 400 wordsScore: 10
Innovation is about creating new opportunities and/or capabilities for your business. These could be new markets, changing or adapting products or services, new practices and more. Provide examples of recent innovations/improvements within your business. Tell us what made you undertake these innovations or improvements.
Click here to enter text. /- Contribution to Local Community
Suggested Range: 200 – 450 wordsScore: 15
Tell your story of how your business is part of the community.
If your business is a Not-For-Profit this needs to be over and above your core business.
Click here to enter text. /- Measure Success
Suggested Range: 200 – 400 wordsScore: 10
This is about results. Whatever it is you have achieved, we want to see quantifiable numbers or measures that show recent improvement. How do you measure success?
Click here to enter text. /- Work/life Harmony
Suggested Range:100 – 250 wordsScore: 5
Being in business shouldn’t always be about the work. How would you rate you and your staff in terms of work/life harmony? What initiatives or structures do you have in place to ensure you achieve harmony?
Click here to enter text. /- Leverage the Win
Suggested Range: 100 – 250 wordsScore: 5
Imagine you win a Manningham Business Excellence Award. What will you do to leverage the win?
Click here to enter text. /Supporting Documentation
You can support your application with additional information such as photos, documents, etc. This must be provided in one PDF File and not exceed 5 pages.
Help Spread the Message of Excellence
Nominate another Manningham business? Who has been a great example of business excellence that you think should enter the awards next time and we will make sure that they know they were nominated to participate.
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