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NEW YORK, April 20, 2001—In recognition
of the contributions made by administrative professionals, American Management
Association (AMA) is soliciting applications for its 2001 Innovation Award
for Administrative Professionals. The application deadline is 5 p.m.,
Friday, June 15, 2001.
“The AMA Innovation Award
for Administrative Professionals was created in 1999 to celebrate outstanding
examples of creative problem solving and innovation in office support,”
said Mico Zinty, director of the Innovation Award. “Each year this
award acknowledges the outstanding efforts of office professionals, working
individually or in teams, and serves to encourage others to seek opportunities
to demonstrate the contributions they can make to their organizations.”
To be eligible for the award, the innovation must have been developed
and implemented by administrative professionals and must provide tangible,
sustainable, and replicable examples of excellence that can assist others
facing similar work and productivity issues. The innovation also must
have been implemented for at least six months prior to the application
deadline.
The award will be judged on the basis of documented tangible positive
results related to at least one of the following: savings, efficiency,
productivity, problem solved, problem prevention, employee morale, accuracy
and integrity of operations, customer satisfaction, organizational effectiveness
and organizational communication.
One representative from the winning entry will be honored at an award
ceremony during the American Management Association’s 9th annual
Administrative Professionals Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, November
13, 2001. The representative will be a guest at the conference with registration
fees, hotel and travel expenses paid for by AMA. Award winners also will
receive a specialized personal plaque recognizing their innovation.
Full information on application procedures is available on the AMA Website,
amanet.org/events/iaward, or by calling 877-582-1399. Executive secretaries,
executive assistants, administrative assistants, personal assistants,
secretaries, coordinators, office managers and receptionists are encouraged
to apply.
American Management Association is the world’s leading membership-based
management development organization. It is distinguished by the quality
of its faculty of global business practitioners, the practical action-oriented
focus of its learning programs and the dynamic, interactive nature of
its courses. AMA offers a full range of business education and management
development programs for individuals and organizations in the Americas,
Asia and Europe. More than 700,000 AMA customers and members a year, including
488 of the Fortune 500 companies and many federal agencies, learn superior
business skills and best management practices through a variety of seminars,
conferences and executive forums, e-learning and self-study courses, books,
research studies and on-site and customized learning solutions.
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