National Awards
The highest recognition of individual excellence is the National Awards Program, which pays tribute to individuals in nine categories. For more information, contact NTCA's membership department at membership@ntca.org or 703-351-2094.
| Each spring, your telco's president and manager will receive a brochure outlining awards and how to nominate an individual (or telco). Nominations are due by July 15 each year, and sent to the Awards Committee for review prior to the Fall Conference. At the Fall Conference, winners are chosen. At the Annual Meeting, these winners are honored at a banquet where 2,700 people pay them tribute. Much publicity accompanies this event. |
Life Achievement (Director, Manager): Presented to one director and one manager to honor a lifetime of service in rural telephony that best exemplifies the ideals of all rural telephone systems.
Management Achievement: Recognizes outstanding and innovative management achievement on the national, state, and local levels. This award honors excellence in overall administrative management and ground-breaking efforts in specific areas, such as new technology and diversification.
Public Relations Achievement: Recognizes outstanding public relations achievements that have had a significant impact at national, regional, or local levels. Past awards have highlighted projects, such as gaining national media attention for extending service to remote areas and developing coordinated subscriber information plans.
Marketing Achievement: Recognizes outstanding achievement in developing and carrying out creative marketing strategies and techniques. This award focuses on such projects as the formation of telco subsidiaries and the marketing of new services.
Key Employee: Recognizes significant technical or nontechnical contributions to a company's growth and success. This award underlies the efforts of a key employee, other than a manager, in such areas as engineering, data processing, subscriber relations, and general administration. Key employees may also be nominated under the public relations and marketing categories.
Best Subscriber Communications Program: Recognizes a telephone systems outstanding achievement in subscriber relations through the development of a well-rounded subscriber information program. Newsletters and other publications, community meetings, media relations, and customer relations training are among the key program components.
Special Achievement: A category other than those described above. Managers, directors, attorneys, employees, consultants, and community leaders of member companies may be nominated for this award, or the NTCA Awards Committee may nominate an individual deserving of a special award. This award might include special achievement in public service, education, or inventiveness.
Heroism: This award honors examples of true humanitarianism in which an individual acts without self-regard to come to the aid of others in a life-threatening situation.
Recognition Program: If you have individuals to honor throughout the year, at your annual meeting, or special events, NTCA's Merchandise Mart offers an ongoing recognition program. Through this program, you may order gift items. If you would like to receive more information about the program, contact Elite Image at http://www.ntca.eliteimagestore.com, phone 800-228-5877, e-mail ntcastore@eliteimageinc.com or fax to 703-570-7161.
Questions? Contact NTCA's membership department at membership@ntca.org or 703-351-2094.