How to apply
The TJ Awards are assessed by an independent panel of judges coordinated by TJ editor Debbie Carter. To find out more about the judging panel please click here.
Your application should be submitted by email to awards@trainingjournal.com as a MS Word document or a PDF file attachment no later than Monday 8th March 2010.
The TJ Peer Award is assessed at the informatology 2010 conference and subsequently online. Apply as soon as you can via the standard Training Journal entry form, accompanied by online application direct to informatology at http://www.informatology.com/peer-award.htm
There will be thirteen awards presented in 2010; twelve category awards plus TJ's Special Achievement Award for the best overall entry.
There is no fee for entering but if you'd like a judges' report on your application there is an advanced fee of £95 plus VAT.
For those entering the TJ Peer Award for Innovation a fee may apply to attend the informatology conference as a speaker.
On submitting your online application you will receive an acknowledgement and reference number. Please read our full Terms and Conditions of entry here
The short listed finalists will be announced in the June 2010 issue of TJ and will be on the TJ website from mid-May. The awards ceremony will be held in London in September 2010, following the Annual TJ Conference. The winners will also feature in a special awards supplement that will accompany the November 2010 edition of TJ.
The shortlist for the TJ Peer Award will be announced in the informatology conference programme published a fortnight before the event which takes place between 28th – 30th April 2010.
For information on sponsorship please contact us at contact@trainingjournal.com or on +44 (0)1353 865340
Click here to download the application to the TJ Awards 2010 
Award Categories
Please indicate the category under which you are applying. If entering more than one category please submit a separate application for each one.
1: Best public service initiative
2: Best not-for profit initiative
3: Best commercial initiative over 1000 employees
4: Best commercial initiative under 1000 employees
5: Best training partnership programme of the year
6: Best customer service programme of the year
7. Best e-learning programme of the year
8. Best coaching programme of the year
9. Best change management programme of the year
10. Best apprenticeship programme of the year - New for 2010
11. Peer award for innovation - New for 2010
12. TJ’s learning and development professional of the year
13. TJ’s Special Achievement Award
You are requested to structure your submission in a way that covers the sections below. There is a maximum of 1,500 words per submission - you are warned that only the first 1,500 words of your submission will be read and we do not accept any supporting documents with your submission – except for the e-learning category were an example of the programme can be sent on disk to: The editor, TJ, Unit 2, e-space North, 181 Wisbech Road, Littleport, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB6 1RA
Sections (1,500 words maximum)
What was the business challenge/problem (150 words)
What were the business objectives, desired outcomes, or business problem that training sought to solve? (150 words)
Please outline any TNA or research process and the key findings (150 words)
What were the learning objectives and key deliverables? (150 words)
Summarise the exceptional elements within the learning experience you designed (150 words)
Please list the dates of the key project milestones (50 words)
What practices did you employ to ensure implementation went as planned, on budget and within deadline? (100 words)
To what extent were the learning objectives met? (100 words)
To what extent were the business objectives met, or desired outcome achieved, or problem solved? (200 words)
What made this programme so innovative (for its sector/region/size/context)? (150 words)
What could other organisations learn from this programme? (100 words)
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