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Individual Achievement & Council Awards

1. Rookie Salesperson of the Year

• Complete Rookie Entry Form
• Submit image of candidate

2. Saleperson of the Year

• Complete Sales Person Entry Form
• Submit image of candidate on CD

3. Sales Team of the Year (2 OR MORE PEOPLE)

• Complete Sales Team Entry Form
• Submit image of candidate

4. Online Sales Counselor of the Year

• Complete Sales Entry Form
• Submit image of candidate

5. Sales Manager of the Year

• Complete Sales Manager Entry Form
• Submit image of candidate

6. Marketing Director of the Year

• Complete Marketing Director Entry Form
• Submit image of candidate

7. Sales & Marketing Council of the Year

• Complete SMC Entry Form
• Submit presentation via portfolio, binder, powerpoint or video (no longer than 5 minutes)

8. Best Logo Design
Entry will be judged on graphics, concept, overall design, readability, and execution. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Image and Logo saved in jpeg format

9. Best Graphic Continuity
Entry will be judged on graphics, concept, overall design, readability, and execution. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Image of Logo saved in jpeg format

10. Best Brochure
Entry will be judged on concept, creativity, copy, layout, overall design, readability. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• One (1) sample sent to The Nationals℠ office

11. Best Direct Mail—Single Piece - Print
Entry will be judged on concept, creativity, copy, layout, overall design, and execution and continuity. Includes Newspaper, Magazine or Print Media. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Submit JPEG or PDF of art
• One (1) sample sent to The Nationals℠ office

12. Best Direct Mail—Multiple Piece – Print
Entry will be judged on concept, creativity, copy, layout, overall design, and execution and continuity. Includes Newspaper, Magazine or Print Media. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Submit JPEG or PDF of art
• One (1) sample sent to The Nationals℠ office

13. Best Internet Marketing Campaign – Eblasts
Entry will be judged on concept, creativity, copy, layout, overall design, and execution and continuity. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Up to six (6) images that represent entry Link to actual campaign highly encouraged

14. Best Internet Marketing – Banners
Entry will be judged on concept, creativity, copy, layout, overall design, and execution and continuity. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Up to six (6) images that represent entry link to actual campaign highly encouraged

15. Best Integrated Internet Marketing Campaign
includes the use of multiple internet marketing options – website, banners, surveys, social media sites etc. Entry will be judged on concept, creativity, copy, layout, overall design, and execution and continuity. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Up to six (6) images that represent entry link to actual campaign highly encouraged

16. Best Integrated Internet limited time Sales & Marketing Campaign
Includes the use of multiple internet marketing options – banners, surveys, social media sites etc. For a limited promotion. Entry will be judged on concept, creativity, copy, layout, overall design, and execution and continuity. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Up to six (6) images that represent entry link to actual campaign highly encouraged

17. Best Black & White Ad
Entry will be judged on concept, creativity, copy, layout, overall design, and execution and continuity. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• One (1) copy of ad on 8 ½ x 11 paper in color sent to The Nationals℠ office
• One (1) image of the ad submitted

18. Best Color Ad
Entry will be judged on concept, creativity, copy, layout, overall design, and execution and continuity. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• One (1) copy of ad on 8 ½ x 11 paper in color sent to The Nationals℠ office
• Submit JPEG or PDF of art

19. Best Print Campaign
Entry will be judged on concept, creativity, copy, layout, overall design, and execution and continuity. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• One (1) copy of ad on 8 ½ x 11 paper in color sent to The Nationals℠ office
• Submit JPEG or PDF of art

20. Best Radio Commercial
Entry will be judged on originality, concept, and execution of the spot as it relates to specified target market and qualified traffic the ad generated. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• One audio file (mp3) of the radio spot
• Submit images that represent the community – (Logo, sales office or signage)

21. Best TV Commercial
Entry will be judged on originality, concept, and execution of the spot as it relates to specified target market and qualified traffic the ad generated. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• One video file (.mov) of the TV spot
• Submit images that represent the community – (Logo, sales office or signage)

22. Best Overall Advertising Campaign
Entry will be judged on creativity, design, and success of materials developed to gain product interest. Includes ads, print and electronic media, and billboards. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Submit images of promotion – photos of events suggested
• One (1) copy of ads on 8 ½ x 11 paper in black and white or color. May include any or all of the following: print advertising, direct mail, television and radio spots, billboards, etc. Used for judging and displays. Sent to The Nationals℠ office
• Television and radio submissions should be sent as Audio Files (mp3) file and Video file (mov)

23. Best Special Promotion – Limited-Time Marketing Promotion
Entry will be judged on creativity, design, and success of materials developed to gain product interest. Includes a series of ads, print and electronic media, and billboards. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Images of promotion – photos of events suggested. May include any or all of the following: print advertising, direct mail, television and radio spots, billboards, etc. Used for judging and displays
• Television and radio submissions should be sent as Audio Files (mp3) and Video Files (.mov)

24. Best Strategic Sales Promotion – Limited-Time Sales Promotion
Entry will be judged on creativity, design, and success of materials developed to gain product interest. Includes a series of ads, print and electronic media, and billboards. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Images of promotion – photos of events suggested. May include any or all of the following: print advertising, direct mail, television and radio spots, billboards, etc. Used for judging and displays
• Television and radio submissions should be sent as Audio Files (mp3) and Video Files (.mov)

25. Best Website for an Associate and Supplier
Entry will be judged based on quality of design, ease of obtaining information, and organization of message. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Marketing Statement with website address included
• Images of website pages (home page, category pages, etc. 72 dpi is acceptable for website entry)

26. Best Website for a Builder
Entry will be judged based on quality of design, ease of obtaining information, and organization of message. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Marketing Statement with website address included
• Images of website pages (home page, category pages, etc. 72 dpi is acceptable for website entry)

27. Best Website for a Community
Entry will be judged based on quality of design, ease of obtaining information, and organization of message.
Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Marketing Statement with website address included
• Images of website pages (home page, category pages, etc. 72 dpi is acceptable for website entry)

Website Entries will be judged live online by judges – website should be fully updated by October 1st

28. Best Virtual Reality Experience
Must be computer generated (3D) video. Entry will be judged on level of realism, creativity, cinematic quality, use of sound (music, sound effects, narration), and use of special effects. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Images of pages (home page, category pages, etc.
• Video File of video animation (.mov)
• Up to two (2) images that can be used to represent entry

29. Best Interactive Point-of-Sale Experience
Entry will be judged on concept, creativity, user friendliness, uniqueness, and integration into sales environment/process.
Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Images of pages (home page, category pages, etc.
• Video File of video animation (.mov)
• Up to two (2) images that can be used to represent entry

30. Best Marketing Promotion by an Associate or Supplier
Entry will be judged on best marketing promotion and overall effectiveness by an associate or supplier. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Digital images of ALL marketing materials – may include direct mail, brochure(s), collateral, and websites

31. Best Marketing Campaign For a Green-Built Community
Entry will be judged on creativity, design, and success of materials developed to gain product interest. Includes: series of ads, print and electronic media, and billboards. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Digital images of images of promotion – photos of events suggested
• Digital images of ads or other marketing items: May include any or all of the following: print advertising, direct mail, television and radio spots, billboards, etc. Television and radio submissions should be sent as Audio Files (mp3) and Video Files (.mov)

32. Building Industry Community Spirit Award – Community Service Project/Program
Entry will be judged on originality, concept, and execution of the project of program (includes non-profit charity programs). Examples: builder-supported non-profit programs, including Boy Scouts, HomeAid, City of Hope, Extreme Home Makeover, or individual charity. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Digital images of images of promotion – photos of events suggested
• Digital images of ads or other marketing items: May include any or all of the following: print advertising, direct mail, television and radio spots, billboards, etc Television and radio submissions should be sent as Audio Files (mp3) and Video Files(.mov)

33. Best Sales Center
Entry will be judged on theme, function, display concept, creativity, and design used in the office. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Digital images that can be used to represent entry
• Sales Office Floor Plan saved as PDF document or JPEG

34. Best Clubhouse, Sales or Information Center
Entry will be judged on theme, function, display concept, creativity, and design used in the office. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Digital images that can be used to represent entry
• Floor plan of building saved as PDF document or JPEG

35. Best Design Center
Entry will be judged on theme, function, display concept, creativity, and design used in the office. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Digital images that can be used to represent entry
• Floor plan of building saved as PDF document or JPEG

36. Best Signage
Entry will be judged on concept, creativity, basic graphics and layout, design, execution, readability, and continuity. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Digital images that can be used to represent entry

37. Best Landscape Design
Entry will be judged on the landscape effectiveness, impact, and function in enhancing the product or project. Landscaping includes ground cover, hardscape, and softscape. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Digital images that can be used to represent entry
• Site plan of Model Complex or Individual Residence Plan saved as PDF document or JPEG

38. Best Outdoor Living Space
Entry will be judged on concept, creativity, impact of furniture and accessories. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Digital images that can be used to represent entry
• Floor plan saved as PDF document or JPEG

39. Best Interior Merchandising of a Model
Entry will be judged on concept, creativity, impact of furniture and accessories. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Digital images that can be used to represent entry
• Floor plan saved as PDF document or JPEG

40. Best Model Home Makeover – Revive, Renew or Refresh
Entry will be judged on concept, creativity, impact of furniture and accessories. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Digital images that can be used to represent entry
• Floor plan saved as PDF document or JPEG

41. Best Unique Space – Room of Your Choice
Entry will be judged on concept, creativity, impact, and design of space on the overall plan. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Digital images that can be used to represent entry
• Floor plan saved as PDF document or JPEG

42. Best Interior Design of a Custom Home
Entry will be judged on concept, creativity, impact of furniture and accessories. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Digital images that can be used to represent entry
• Floor plan saved as PDF document or JPEG

43. Best Staging of a New Home – Standing Inventory, Parade Homes etc.
Entry will be judged on concept, creativity, impact of furniture and accessories. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Digital images that can be used to represent entry
• Floor plan saved as PDF document or JPEG

44. Best Product Design of a Single-Family Detached Home
Entry will be judged on overall exterior and interior architecture, design appeal, function, and creative use of interior space and creative integration of plan design with site considerations. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Digital images that can be used to represent entry
• Floor plan saved as PDF document or JPEG

45. Best Product Design of an Attached Home Plan
Entry will be judged on overall exterior and interior architecture, design appeal, function, and creative use of interior space and creative integration of plan design with site considerations. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Digital images that can be used to represent entry
• Floor plan saved as PDF document or JPEG

46. Best Product Design of a Custom or Spec Home
Entry will be judged on overall exterior and interior architecture, design appeal, function, and creative use of interior space and creative integration of plan design with site considerations. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Digital images that can be used to represent entry
• Floor plan saved as PDF document or JPEG

47. Community of the Year Awards
The Attached, Detached and Masterplanned Community of the Year entries will be judged by portfolio entry. ENTRY FEE $350** Entries should be provided within a portfolio that includes:

Entry Requirements

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Community of the Year Marketing statement
• Site plan of the community
• Copy of community brochure – including all inserts and floor plans
• Printed photos of community - Exteriors of homes, landscape, interiors, signage, sales office etc.
• Website address of community

**If the community is submitted in individual categories of:

• Logo
• Brochure
• Interior Merchandising
• Product Design

the Community of the Year Entry fee is reduced to $175

On The Boards Categories (For Communities NOT Open for Sale or Rent in 2009)

48. On the Boards Ad
Entry will be judged on concept, creativity, copy, layout, overall design, and execution and continuity. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• One (1) copy of ad on 8 ½ x 11 paper in color sent to The Nationals℠ office
• Submit JPEG or PDF of ad

49. On the Boards Interior Merchandising
Entry will be judged on concept, creativity, impact of furniture and accessories. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Submit image that can be used to represent entry
• JPEG or PDF of the floor plan

50. On the Boards Single-Family Detached Home
Entry will be judged on overall exterior and interior architecture, design appeal, function, and creative use of interior space and creative integration of plan design with site considerations. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Submit image that can be used to represent entry
• JPEG or PDF of the floor plan

51. On the Boards Attached Community
Entry will be judged on overall exterior and interior architecture, design appeal, function, and creative use of interior space and creative integration of plan design with site considerations.
Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Submit image that can be used to represent entry.
• JPEG or PDF of the floor plan

52. On the Boards Multi-Family Community (For Rent)
Entry will be judged on overall exterior and interior architecture, design appeal, function, and creative use of interior space and creative integration of plan design with site considerations. Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• Completed Marketing Statement
• Submit image that can be used to represent entry.
• JPEG or PDF of the floor plan

53. On The Boards Community of the Year These entries will judged by portfolio entry. Entries should be provided within a portfolio that includes the following Entry Requirements:

• Completed Entry Form
• Completed Team Sheet
• On the Boards Community of the Year Marketing Statement
• Sample Site plan of the community
• Samples of community design submitted with renderings and drawings.
• All samples should be saved as jpeg

Image Requirements

All images should be saved at a resolution of w-1800 x h-1200. Files size is approximately 6 megabytes. Save all images as a JPEG file 300dpi at highest quality.