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Nominations allow employees and managers to propose peers for awards based on achievements, values, and contributions, and provide a structured way to recognize individuals for their impact, beyond day-to-day recognition.
Creating a new nomination period
Start in Admin Settings and navigate to Admin Settings > Recognition > Nominations
Click the Create new button in the top right corner
3. A new nomination form will open. Start by entering the basic event information including:
Name- This is the title of your nomination period that will appear in both the admin nominations page and the user nomination submission form.
Description and instructions - information to help users understand what the nomination is for and what the process will be like, determine who they should nominate, as well as learn about nomination requirements.
Start date - the day users can start submitting their nominations.
End date - the day users can no longer submit nominations.
Only end date is optional. Nominations without an end date will remain open until the admin edits the nomination period and enters an end date.
4. Next use the Settings form to select who can be nominated for this nomination period.
Select a Group Category (location, department, team, role, or anyone.) Groups are based on your data in Bonusly. Currently only 1 category can be selected at a time.
If applicable, select one or more groups to target in the options under each category.
In the example above, nomination eligibility is targeted to the department group category with 3 groups Finance & Compliance, Hr, and Project Management meaning that all users in the selected departments are able to be nominated.
5. Select who can nominate others.
6. Assign voting limits. Set how many nominations eligible users can submit by entering a voting limit. If no limit is added, users can submit as many nominations as they would like.
NOTE: Users can’t nominate themselves or the same person multiple times.
In the example above, Anyone in the organization can nominated a person from the selected departments.
7. Click the Save button at the bottom of the page - This turns on the nomination immediately, which is visible to users on the start date.
8. View and manage all nominations (Open, scheduled, and closed) on the admin nominations page
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