Awards

The Public Affairs Council’s Public Affairs Innovation Awards recognize top organizations in the following categories:

• Grassroots Innovation
  Awarded to an organization that utilizes and leverages grassroots advocates and activities in new and innovative ways to build relationships with legislators, mobilize their base and advance advocacy strategy
• Communications Innovation
  Awarded to an organization that uses innovative communications tactics for advocacy that help organizations get buy-in from key stakeholders, activate advocates or educate the public or legislators about their issues
• Lobbying Strategy Innovation
  Awarded to an organization that finds new and creative ways to connect and work with internal and external stakeholder groups and get them engaged with advocacy efforts or policy priorities

A hand-picked committee of public affairs community leaders will select this year’s innovators. When reviewing applications, committee members will use the following criteria:

• Is the strategy adaptable to other organizations?
• Was the innovation a unique solution to a problem faced by the organization or a unique fit to the organization’s culture?
• Does the innovation demonstrate that it’s not just an innovation for the organization but the industry as a whole?
• Could this strategy help other programs overcome their own challenges?
• What impact did the innovation have and how was it measured?

Innovation Awards nominations are open to:

• Associations
• Corporations
• Advocacy groups
• Consultants on behalf of any of these types of organizations

Self nominations are accepted and encouraged.

In addition to being recognized as a national leader in advocacy and political strategy, award recipients receive:

• A complimentary registration to The Advocacy Conference
• The opportunity to present their creative solutions to fellow attendees during one of the conference’s keynote sessions
• Recognition at The Advocacy Conference and in Council communications throughout the year