APPLICATION PROCESS

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APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Download a PDF application instructions form to review the application before completing the online form. Application worksheets are available on the award category page. No edits will be accepted.

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APPLICATION DEADLINE JULY 15.

Applying for a 2011 Tekne Award is a simple process that can be completed entirely online. All you will need to complete an application is general company information, a few detailed paragraphs related to your organization's innovation and a company logo.

Carefully review the Application Process page and category descriptions to ensure that you select the appropriate category for your entry. Once you have chosen a category, we suggest you download a copy of the application instructions (PDF) to complete and review prior to submitting your final application online, as no edits are accepted after submission.

Applications must be submitted by July 15.

	* = required
Tekne Award Category *
	Application fields may vary based on award category. Please choose the category you would like to apply in for category specific fields.

First Name *
Last Name *
Title *
Email *
Phone *
Fax *
Company *
Street *
City *
State *
Zip *
Website *

President / CEO Name *
President / CEO Title *
Year Founded *

2007 Annual Sales *
2008 Annual Sales *
2009 Annual Sales *
2007 Annual Net Income *
2008 Annual Net Income *
2009 Annual Net Income *
2007 Number of Minnesota Employees at Year End *
2008 Number of Minnesota Employees at Year End *
2009 Number of Minnesota Employees at Year End *
2007 Number of Total Employees at Year End *
2008 Number of Total Employees at Year End *
2009 Number of Total Employees at Year End *

Company Logo *	(Acceptable file formats are gif, jpg, png, eps, tiff)
President / CEO Photo *	(Acceptable file formats are gif, jpg, png, eps, tiff)

Executive Overview
Include source of idea for original strategy, mission/vision, and description of company and product/service/application. 250 word limit.

Value Proposition
Company/division value proposition and why its product/service/application is the best or among the best available. 250 word limit.

Business Impact
Market potential for company/division offerings and significant aspects of the business model that drive current and future success. 250 word limit.

Important Accomplishments
Identify the three most significant successes (e.g., industry awards and recognition, patents, committed partnerships, significant impact of clinical/beta test results, significant obstacles overcome) over the past year, and describe the benefit/contribution to Minnesota's technology economy. 250 word limit.

Management Team
Describe experience, special skills and accomplishments of key management team and how the team's quality contributes to company/division success. 250 word limit.

Capitalization
Total and form of capital raised over last three years or over life of company if less than three years old. 250 word limit.

Executive Overview
Include source of idea for original strategy, mission/vision, and description of company and product/service/application. 250 word limit.

Value Proposition
Company/division value proposition and why its product/service/application is the best or among the best available. 250 word limit.

Business Impact
Market potential for company/division offerings and significant aspects of the business model that drive current and future success. 250 word limit.

Important Accomplishments
Identify the three most significant successes (e.g., industry awards and recognition, patents, committed partnerships, significant impact of clinical/beta test results, significant obstacles overcome) over the past year, and describe the benefit/contribution to Minnesota's technology economy. 250 word limit.

Management Team
Describe experience, special skills and accomplishments of key management team and how the team's quality contributes to company/division success. 250 word limit.

Executive Overview
Include source of idea for original strategy, mission/vision, and description of company and product/service/application. 250 word limit.

Value Proposition
Why this unique use of product/service/application is the best and how it makes your company more competitive. 250 word limit.

Business Impact
Significant aspects of the business model that drive current and future success. 250 word limit.

Important Accomplishments
Identify the three most significant successes (e.g., industry awards and recognition, patents, committed partnerships, significant impact of clinical/beta test results, significant obstacles overcome) over the past year, and describe the benefit/contribution to Minnesota's technology economy. 250 word limit.

Management Team
Describe experience, special skills and accomplishments of key management team and how the team's quality contributes to company/division success. 250 word limit.

Executive Overview
Include summary of "green" internal business practice(s), strategies, mission/vision, and description of company. 250 word limit.

Value Proposition
Describe how company has incorporated environmentally sound and sustainable business practices into its overall business model. 250 word limit.

Business and Environmental Impact
Evidence of environmental success to date, promise, and/or significant contribution; significant obstacles overcome; and other pertinent information. 250 word limit.

Important Accomplishments
Identify the three most significant successes (e.g. industry awards and recognition, patents, committed partnerships, significant impact of clinical/beta test results, significant obstacles overcome) over the past year, and describe the benefit/contribution to Minnesota's technology economy. Include information on the environmental impact (e.g., ways the product/solution cuts costs, inputs, energy consumption, waste or pollution.) 250 word limit.

Management Team
Describe experience, special skills and accomplishments of key management team and how the team's quality contributes to company/division success. 250 word limit.

Background
Describe nominee's background and other pertinent information related to his/her growth as a leader in technology. 250 word limit.

Contributions
Describe, as specifically as possible, how the nominee's leadership has contributed to both the company as well as the community within the last year. How have they advocated for technology within and outside of the company? 250 word limit.

Obstacles
Describe barriers overcome in achieving nominee's success. 250 word limit.

Relationships
Illustrate, through recent (past two years) examples, the nominee's productive working and volunteer relationships with business, education, government and/or the technology and describe the outcomes of these relationships. 250 word limit.

Executive Overview
Include mission/vision that led to this collaboration, description of the collaboration, and the business or community opportunity. 250 word limit.

Market Potential
Describe in more detail the market potential need and how this development will capitalize on it. 250 word limit.

Impact
Describe how the Minnesota business economy and/or community has been or is being impacted by this development. 250 word limit.

Team Members
Outline the major players in this development, and their specific and unique contributions. 250 word limit.

Status and Outlook
Describe where collaboration stands to date, what is needed to achieve its potential, and why team members are confident of success. 250 word limit.

Relationships
Illustrate, through recent (up to two years) examples, the productive working relationships within business, education, government and/or the technology community to advance this development in Minnesota, and describe the outcomes of these relationships. 250 word limit.

Additional Accomplishments
Identify three examples that illustrate success within the last year. (e.g., industry recognition, investor interest, early test results, milestones achieved, objectives met, significant obstacles overcome and other pertinent information.) 250 word limit.

Overview
Describe the innovative practice in teaching. Response can include what led to this innovation/why did you do this. If this innovation is best explained as a project, please describe. 250 word limit.

Impact to Learning
Why was the technology/the innovative use of technology essential to the learning process? Please include important factors, such as the benefits of the innovation, any barriers or obstacles encountered and overcome, etc. 250 word limit.

Curriculum Integration
Please describe how the innovation was integrated into the curriculum. Response can include why this innovation was beyond a short-term project. Explain if this innovation impacted other subjects. 250 word limit.

Resources
What resources did you need for this innovation? Was the project reliant on resources that were uniquely available to you, or is this a replicable project? 250 word limit.

Outcome
Please describe how students were affected. Response can include the number of students, any impact on external audiences (school, district, community, etc.) types of students impacted and unexpected results. 250 word limit.

Organization
Overview Include mission/vision and brief history. Overview Include mission/vision and brief history. 250 word limit.

Project/Organization Potential
Describe in more detail the organizational or community need that motivated this development. 250 word limit.

Impact
Describe how this project exemplifies the innovative use of technology to produce a measurable, sustainable impact on the state of Minnesota and/or community. 250 word limit.

Team Members & Relationships
Outline the major participants and strategic partners in this project, and their specific and unique contributions. Illustrate, through recent (up to two years) examples, how the working relationships have been vital to the project/organization's success. 250 word limit.

Status and Outlook
Describe where the project/organization currently stands, what is needed to achieve its potential, and why team members are confident of its success. 250 word limit.

Additional Accomplishments
Identify three examples that illustrate success within the last year. (e.g., industry recognition, investor interest, early test results, milestones achieved, objectives met, significant obstacles overcome and other pertinent information.) 250 word limit.