CONSUMER EDUCATION/OUTREACH CONTEST In conjunction with National Consumer Protection Week (February 14-20, 2000), you are invited to enter your Consumer Week activities into a contest for the best and most effective events. The purpose of this contest is to encourage and recognize quality efforts at consumer education and outreach. The contest is open to all types of entities: governmental, private, non-profit, and media. Partnerships between different types of organizations are welcome and separately judged. To be eligible, a program must be planned for National Consumer Protection Week, and implemented during or slightly before or after the Week. The activity or activities should be designed to promote and enhance Consumer Protection, especially in relation to the Week’s theme of "Armchair Armor: Shopping Safely From Home" Each program will be judged on the following criteria: BENEFIT: Is the program valuable to consumers? INNOVATION: Originality, creativity and uniqueness of use of resources and theme to convey a message to consumers EFFECTIVENESS: Success in meeting the program’s goals EASE OF IMPLEMENTATION: Can the program easily be reproduced by other organizations, especially those with limited budgets? OVERALL QUALITY The panel of judges will be selected from government consumer agencies, and the non-profit and for-profit private sector. They will individually review all submissions and determine the award recipients in each category. Awards will be presented at a public ceremony and will be given in the following categories: Government Agency - Large (more than 20 employees in the consumer area) Government Agency - Small Non-Profit Corporate Media Partnership Applications must be received no later than March 10, 2000. Instructions and complete details are included on the application found on the reverse of this sheet. For more information, please contact Wendy Weinberg, Executive Director of the National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators (NACAA) at (202) 347-7395, or nacaawjw@erols.com.
CONSUMER EDUCATION/OUTREACH CONTEST Deadline for submission is March 10, 2000. Please type your response and send application and four (4) copies of all supporting materials (i.e., videotapes, brochures, reports, printed materials) to: NACAA Category: ___Government Agency - Large (more than 20 employees in consumer area) ___Government Agency - Small ___Non-Profit ___Corporate ___Media ___Partnership Name of Organization: _____________________________________________________________ (if partnership, list name(s) of partners): _________________________________________________ Contact Name: _____________________________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ Phone: ____________________ Fax: ___________________ E-mail: _______________________ Description of activities (if desired, put a brief description here and provide a full description in supplemental materials): _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ Date and location(s) of activities: _______________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Size and description of audience reached: ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ How does the activity relate to the theme? ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Other relevant information: __________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________
Revised: 12/18/00 |
