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Awards & Competitions

Imagine If...

  • You could customize the criteria for judging…and watch the process in real time.
  • Applicants could use your website to submit all their entry data—including resumes already entered into your Career Center.
  • Judges could do their work online, too—as individuals or in teams.
  • You could simultaneously host multiple competitions—headache-free—and designate some for “members only.”

Awards & Competitions Module

Your members adore awards and competitions. And how does your staff feel about running them? Not so much love there.

The Awards and Competitions Module makes this part of association management simply powerful. Polaris moves your competitions online and makes the entire process paperless—even choosing judges and monitoring their work. This true on-demand functionality will dramatically improve operational efficiency, even if you’re hosting many contests at once.

You’ll also increase the number and quality of applicants by making the process easier. People will be able to automatically screen out competitions if they’re not eligible, and they can submit all their data online. They’ll also be able to upload data from other sections of your website (such as a resume from your career center) on demand, thanks to Polaris’ powerful integration capabilities. Because integration is system-wide, you’ll be able to tap into sophisticated data mining capabilities that will benefit your entire association.

Power-Packed Features

Custom-tailored competitions

Polaris gives you the flexibility—and power—to design your own awards and competitions from scratch. You’ll be able to write the questions, set the format and craft requirements specific to your association’s goals. So go wild.

True on-demand data

Watching your judges work in real time is just the beginning. Polaris also lets you download real-time information about them and about registrants, including registrant demographics. You’ll also be able to manage transcripts and track GPAs online and store them electronically for greater security and easier access by authorized users.

The ease of online application

The system recognizes when certain information is common to all scholarships, so a member needs to input it only once. You can completely customize what information qualifies as common.

Simply powerful judging and management

When you use this module’s display console to watch your judges at work, here’s what you will see: streamlined simplicity in action. For example, Polaris enables multiple judges to score an application, then average the score across judges. After you’ve chosen the winners, the module will automatically notify them when the scholarship decision date passes.

Powerful integration for applicants…

Integration with your online career center lets applicants choose from and easily upload resumes they’ve already submitted to your system.

…and for data mining

Integration with other Polaris modules lets your association tap into powerful data mining capabilities, so you can learn more about your current and potential members.

Additional Module Features

  • Creates and tracks awards, scholarships, and other competitions
  • Supports online registration
  • Accommodates restricted access based on custom criteria
  • Supports online individual and team judging
  • Allows custom judging criteria
  • Display console shows judging in real time
  • Supports “judging buckets”
  • Integrates with Career Center Module for resume uploads

Next: Career Center

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