Retirement System Innovation Award

The Retirement System Innovation Award is intended to recognize an individual who developed and/or implemented an innovative technology or process that made an impact on the organization and/or the system’s stakeholders.
 
Criteria
Applicants are invited to demonstrate outstanding achievement in one or more​ of the following areas:

  1. Innovation:  The nominee made use of new innovative technologies or tools to improve financial management, designed and developed new processes or strategies that enhanced the financial health of the retirement system, or made effective use of accounting software and tools to manage financial data more efficiently.
  2. Concept:  The nominee developed or implemented an idea that was original and shows creativity, utilized new technology or old technology in a new way, or collaborated within or between departments to develop a new concept that led to improved efficiencies.
  3. Value:  The nominee’s innovative idea provides value to the system, is cost effective (benefits outweigh the cost), and/or provides to the system’s stakeholders.
  4. Impact:  The nominee’s innovation has an immediate and/or long-term impact on the system and/or the system’s stakeholders; it inspires future innovation and has potential to be adopted and used by other systems.
  5. Efficiency:  The nominee’s innovation contributes to a more efficient and/or effective process.
 
Nomination Form
Nominations can be submitted to P2F2 using any of the following methods.
  1. Use the following link to fill out an online nomination form via Survey Monkey:
                   https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JZM8T9B
  1. Use the following link to download a Word document.  Fill it out and email it to admin@p2f2.org.
                  Nomination Form - Word Document
  1. Create and email a document to admin@p2f2.org that includes the nominee, the entity they work for, the award you are nominating them for, your name, today’s date, and why you believe they should receive the award. 
 
You may also send additional material if you think that would be helpful (i.e. examples of their work, reference letters from stakeholders, etc.).


P2F2

The Public Pension Financial Forum is organized for education, pension advocacy and networking purposes. To support the ongoing education of our membership, we prepare quarterly newsletters, hold member facilitated conference calls and webinars, and host an annual conference.  We also have a Member Forum that allows members to ask questions and receive answers from each other.  To participate in P2F2, follow the member enrollment link above.