The LTEN Excellence Awards competition celebrates the teams, leaders and industry partners who engage in bold experimentation and out-of-the-box training.
This year’s award competition theme, Legends of Training & Development, is calling for L&D heroes like you to put your work to the test and emerge triumphant!
Why Join the Adventure?
- Epic Recognition: Share your legendary training sagas nand you could be hailed as a Learning Legend. Finalists and winners are celebrated in a grand ceremony and gain fame across the LTEN realm.
- Impact Quest: Your innovation and cunning can inspire fellow members to level up their efforts.
- Network Expansion: Forge alliances with other industry legends at the LTEN Annual Conference.
View your expired and completed submissions here.
Ready to be Hailed as a Champion?
2024 Awards Categories, Including Six New!
⭐ = New in 2024
Partnership Awards
- Partnership
- Learning Content
People Awards
- All-Star Teams
- All-Star Small Teams ⭐
- Emerging Leaders
Scholarships
- Chuck Pearson Learning Scholarship
- Field Trainer Scholarship
Process & Program Awards
- Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging ⭐
- Leadership Development ⭐
- Innovation
- Innovative Solutions ⭐
- Measurement & Impact ⭐
- Training for Change
- Wellbeing, Community & Culture ⭐
Join our “Power-Up Hour” every Wednesday from 4–5 PM ET to get help navigating the awards quest. It’s your chance to unlock strategies for a victorious submission! 🎮🏆
Test Your L&D Mettle
This is your chance to be hailed as a L&D Hero!
What Finalists & Winners Receive
In addition to the bragging rights, finalists and winners will also be recognized as follows:
- Honored at the live-streamed ceremony at the LTEN Annual Conference in Kissimmee, FL on June 12, 2024
- Featured in LTEN Focus On Training magazine
- Celebrated across all LTEN communication channels
- Finalists will be invited to share their work via a live digital Poster session at the conference
- Banners, logos and shareable art to celebrate your accomplishment
- Finalists will receive certificates and winners will receive crystal trophies
Important Dates
- Call for Entries Close – February 23, 2024 — No Deadline Extensions. No Exceptions.
- Judging Begins – February 27, 2024
- Judging Concludes – March 13, 2024
- Announce Finalists – Announcement Week April 1-5, 2024
- Live Awards Ceremony & Live Poster Presentation – June 12, 2024
Partnership Awards
Spotlighting Successful Collaboration
Partnership
This award recognizes suppliers for their work, either via whole or partially outsourced services, content development and delivery or training, in support of an organization’s learning and development function in the past year.
Eligibility:
- Providers can self-nominate or be nominated by a LTEN member company.
- Providers and Practitioners are not eligible to submit without a provider partner and practitioner-client associated with the submitted effort. Both the practitioner-client and the provider will be recognized in the LTEN Excellence Award promotional materials and during the ceremony on stage.
Learning Content
Recognizes suppliers that have created superior customized or off-the-shelf learning content in the past year.
Eligibility: Providers can self-nominate or be nominated by LTEN member company.
Provider Learning Content Reference SheetPeople Awards
Celebrating Outstanding Individuals & Teams
⭐ = New in 2024
All-Star Teams
This award recognizes a training department with 6 or more training team members or a workgroup that has “gone above and beyond” to meet organizational needs in proactive ways.
Eligibility:
- Practitioners of groups of 6 or more trainers can self-nominate or be nominated by others at an LTEN member company for this category.
- Providers (training partners or consultants) are not eligible to receive this award but may co-submit with a practitioner-client. If a partnered submission is received both practitioner and partner will be recognized in LTEN Excellence Awards promotional materials, press release, website and on stage at the awards ceremony. Only the PRACTIONER will receive the award trophy, but a second may be ordered at additional cost.
All-Star Teams — Small Teams ⭐ (5 people or fewer)
This award recognizes a training department with 5 or fewer training team members or workgroup that has “gone above and beyond” to meet organizational needs in proactive ways.
Eligibility:
- Practitioners of groups of 5 or less trainers can self-nominate or be nominated by others at an LTEN member company for this category.
- Providers (training partners or consultants) are not eligible for this award and will not be recognized in any of our promotional materials or on stage.
Emerging Leaders
This award is for someone relatively new to the training field who has demonstrated exceptional leadership skills, business savvy, and training instincts.
Criteria for Emerging Leaders Award:
- Successfully led a large-scale training/learning and development initiative within the last year.
- Demonstrates specific leadership qualities.
- Has the potential to lead the training or learning and development function at an organization over the next decade.
Eligibility:
- Practitioners (trainers) CANNOT self-nominate. Nominations must come from managers, co-workers or colleagues at an LTEN member company.
- Heads of department are ineligible.
- Providers (training companies/consultants) are not eligible for this award and will not be recognized in any of our promotional materials or on stage.
Scholarships
Chuck Pearson Learning Scholarship
The LTEN Chuck Pearson Learning Scholarship was developed in honor of late board member and friend Chuck Pearson, who passed away in February 2021.
The memorial scholarship provides educational opportunities to hard-working and highly motivated life sciences learning and development professionals in hopes they will continue the legacy of educational service to others and commitment to life sciences training.
Eligibility Criteria
- The nominee should be a full-time training professional or learning leader
- Submission should be:
- Self-nominated, or submitted by a Direct Manager or Senior Leader within your organization
- Include at least one professional reference
- Describe in detail a large-scale training project completed including business impact, delivery methods, technology used (if applicable) and measurement metrics (such as number trained/impacted, survey results, cost savings). The application can include attachments detailing the project
- The project should reflect regional, national or global impact and demonstrate your experience leading a team, building capabilities, adding value or driving change.
- A short essay detailing why you would like to be considered for the scholarship and what skills and/or capabilities you anticipate getting from LTEN training and resources.
- Be in reference to a current LTEN member (preferred)
Chuck Pearson Scholarship Reference SheetApplications will be reviewed by the senior LTEN leaders and the LTEN Board of Directors. The board will select a single scholarship recipient.
Field Trainer Scholarship
LTEN is looking for exceptional field training professionals who have successfully led innovative learning initiatives that empowered field teams with the skills and knowledge needed to thrive in today’s tumultuous healthcare landscape.
Eligibility Criteria:
- The nominee should currently be serving in the role of Field Trainer in their organization
- Submission should:
- Self-nominated, or submitted by a Direct Manager, Senior Leader or fellow Field Trainer (with Direct Manager approval documented)
- Include at least one professional reference
- Describe in detail an innovative training project the Field Trainer completed including business impact, delivery methods, technology used (if applicable) and measurement metrics (such as number trained/impacted, survey results, cost savings). The application can include attachments detailing the project
- Be in reference to a current LTEN member (preferred)
Field Trainer Scholarship Reference SheetApplications will be reviewed by the LTEN Field Trainers Committee members. The committee will select three to five finalists and submit those candidates to the LTEN Board of Directors. The board will select the two winners.
Process & Program Awards
Recognizing Powerfully Effective Initiatives
⭐ = New in 2024
Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging ⭐
This award acknowledges and celebrates exemplary leadership in advancing diversity, inclusion and belonging with clear positive impacts in areas as a result of these efforts.
Criteria for Award:
- Led effort(s) that have significantly impacted diversity, inclusion and belonging (DIB) at your organization.
- Proven exemplary performance and positive impact aligning with your organization’s strategic plan, non-discrimination statement, and Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging goals/statements.
- Ability to support depth and breadth of impact on the organization.
Eligibility:
- Practitioners can self-nominate or be nominated by others at an LTEN member company for this category.
- Providers (training partners or consultants) are not eligible to receive this award but may co-submit with a practitioner-client. If a partnered submission is received both practitioner and partner will be recognized in LTEN Excellence Awards promotional materials, press release, website and on stage at the awards ceremony. Only the PRACTIONER will receive the award trophy, but a second may be ordered at additional cost.
Innovation
This award is for learning leaders who have collaborated effectively with internal and external groups and individuals to marshal resources and apply innovative practices, processes or technologies in a new and groundbreaking way to address a significant business or organizational opportunity in the past year.
Eligibility:
- Practitioners of groups of 6 or more trainers can self-nominate or be nominated by others at an LTEN member company for this category.
- Providers (training partners or consultants) are not eligible to receive this award but may co-submit with a practitioner-client. If a partnered submission is received both practitioner and partner will be recognized in LTEN Excellence Awards promotional materials, press release, website and on stage at the awards ceremony. Only the PRACTIONER will receive the award trophy, but a second may be ordered at additional cost.
Innovative Solutions ⭐
This award recognizes suppliers that have deployed innovative practices, processes and technologies in support of a client’s learning program that delivers engaging learning combining multiple modalities in the past year. Examples include workshops, artificial intelligence (AI), eLearning, virtual learning, engagement tools and games.
Eligibility:
- Providers can self-nominate or be nominated by the LTEN member company.
- Practitioners are not eligible to submit their materials but may submit on behalf of a provider partner. Both practitioner-client and provider partner will be recognized in the LTEN Excellence Award promotional materials and during the ceremony on stage.
Leadership Development ⭐
This award acknowledges and celebrates leadership that has a significant and positive impact on advancing leadership development within your organization.
Criteria for Award:
- Led effort(s) that have significantly impacted your organization via mentorship, coaching, organizational development and career guidance at your organization or within your team/ department.
- Proven leadership by example and positive impact aligned with your organization’s strategic plan and leadership development goals/statements.
- Ability to support depth and breadth of impact of the leadership program on the organization.
Eligibility:
- Practitioners can self-nominate or be nominated by others at an LTEN member company for this category.
- PROVIDERS are not eligible to receive this award but may co-submit with a practitioner-client. If a partnered submission is received both practitioner and partner will be recognized in LTEN Excellence Awards promotional materials, press release, website and on stage at the awards ceremony. Only the PRACTIONER will receive the award trophy, but a second may be ordered at additional cost.
Measurement & Impact ⭐
This award recognizes those who support and advance the
measurement, collection, analysis, and reporting of data about your training programs to optimize costs, measure training effectiveness, and improve learning experiences. Training analytics supports the strategic objectives of a company and has a positive influence on employee engagement.
Eligibility:
- Practitioners can self-nominate or be nominated by others at an LTEN member company for this category.
- Providers (training partners or consultants) are not eligible to receive this award but may co-submit with a practitioner-client. If a partnered submission is received both practitioner and partner will be recognized in LTEN Excellence Awards promotional materials, press release, website and on stage at the awards ceremony. Only the PRACTIONER will receive the award trophy, but a second may be ordered at additional cost.
Training for Change
This award honors training leaders and/or teams who have led initiatives to help guide their teams, departments or organization through times of change, including mergers, restructurings, launches or business re-engineering.
The award recognizes training’s role in agilely managing change, bringing new people, products or policies into corporate cultures, and helping to create the environment for change and innovation to thrive.
Eligibility:
- Practitioners can self-nominate or be nominated by others at an LTEN member company for this category.
- Providers (training partners or consultants) are not eligible to receive this award but may co-submit with a practitioner-client. If a partnered submission is received both practitioner and partner will be recognized in LTEN Excellence Awards promotional materials, press release, website and on stage at the awards ceremony. Only the PRACTIONER will receive the award trophy, but a second may be ordered at additional cost.
Wellbeing, Community & Culture ⭐
This award recognizes an organization that has developed an innovative and effective wellbeing, wellness and/or culture program or initiative to support and encourage the psychological well-being of its employees.
Candidates will be judged on innovation, effectiveness and overall impact on the organization and employees.
Eligibility:
- Practitioners can self-nominate or be nominated by others at an LTEN member company for this category.
- Providers (training partners or consultants) are not eligible to receive this award but may co-submit with a practitioner-client. If a partnered submission is received both practitioner and partner will be recognized in LTEN Excellence Awards promotional materials, press release, website and on stage at the awards ceremony. Only the PRACTIONER will receive the award trophy, but a second may be ordered at additional cost.
Join our “Power-Up Hour” every Wednesday from 4–5 PM ET to get help navigating the awards quest. It’s your chance to unlock strategies for a victorious submission! 🎮🏆
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