Wednesday Nomination Deadline Approaching!

The Chamber is accepting nominations for a variety of awards until 5 p.m. this Wednesday, July 15 2009. These awards are: Young Professionals Award, Lifetime Achievement Award, and CWCC Company of the Year Awards (small, medium, large companies).

• Young Professionals Award: Recognizes the efforts of an outstanding Colorado young professional woman who demonstrates significant accomplishments in her career and has contributed to the business community.  This emerging leader pursues excellence and possesses leadership qualities, creativity, and demonstrates role model qualities.  Additionally, she works to improve the quality of life of others through community service. To be eligible, a candidate must be a professional woman working in Colorado and must be 39 years of age or younger. Click here for nomination form.
• Lifetime Achievement Award: To be eligible, the nominee must: Be a member of the community for a minimum of five years; show significant leadership and made an impact on women in her community; demonstrate integrity; and contributed a body of work that has made an effective change in a specific segment of her community.  This can include: Environmental, community, business, and social.  Click here for nomination form.
• CWCC COMPANY OF THE YEAR Awards:Honor companies that create a workplace culture that supports the highest levels of personal and professional accomplishment for their employees who are women by: encouraging them to excel in the company, devote time and energy to their community in a meaningful way, and forge paths of leadership for other women to follow. CWCC Company of the Year strives toward these efforts to create balance in their leadership teams.  COMPANY OF THE YEAR Recipients must meet each of the following criteria: Size Criteria: Large Business: 500+ employees / Medium Business: 51-499 employees / Small Business: 50 employees or less. Click here for nomination form.

Don’t miss your chance to recognize outstanding individuals and businesses by nominating them for the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce Awards.  Nominators and nominees do not need to be members of the CWCC.  For more information, call 303-458-0220.