Entrant Support

Award Workshops

Information Sessions & Workshops

Award Information Sessions & Workshops have been developed to assist entrants into the Melbourne Airport 2008 Victorian Tourism Awards with preparing their submission. A number of Information sessions for first-time entrants, or entrants who want a refresher on the process and procedures for entering the Awards have been conducted across Victoria. Three more workshops will be held to guide entrants through the questions and highlight judges expectations.

 

Refer to the calendar below for locations, dates and times.

 

Location	Workshop / Info Session	Date	Time
Healesville	Workshop	Monday 7 July	3.00pm - 5.00pm
Sale	Workshop	Thursday 10 July	9.30am-12.30pm
Melbourne	Workshop	Monday 14 July	2.00pm - 5.00pm

 

To register email

 

Mentor Program

Recognising that Victoria has a number of industry leaders, the Victorian Tourism Awards Unit has enlisted the support of former Judges and Hall of Fame winners to continue the successful Mentor Program. This group of experienced people is willing to volunteer their time and expertise to assist operators with advice and guidance about preparing a quality Tourism Awards submission. For the 2007 Awards Program, 69 businesses participated in the Mentor Program. The following selection of testimonials from participants in the 2007 Program will help you understand the program benefits.

“I found the mentoring program very valuable and my Mentor was extremely helpful. I am very pleased with the submission we prepared and I believe that this is partially due to having a mentor who was able to provide constructive criticism and give some very helpful suggestions along the way! I would certainly enrol in the mentoring program again next year!”

Despite being geographically far away (and rather time poor) my mentor took the time to ensure we could meet up and was of great assistance to me writing my application. As a first time applicant I had many questions that my mentor was able to steer me in the correct direction so as to achieve the best outcome. I will most definitely apply to have a mentor when applying in the future.

My mentor was a wealth of information and critically went over my work offering tips and advice to edit and improve my submission. My Mentor was fantastic, thorough and gave me a lot of undivided time. Thanks to the guidance provided by my Mentor I was able to focus on each question in a set time frame so not be panicky at the end. I am thankful I had such a devoted mentor with experience and understanding.

Application Process

1. To register for the Mentor Program, applicants must first have submitted a Nomination Form for the 2008 Victorian Tourism Awards.
2. Once the Nomination Form has been completed and sent to the Awards Unit, please complete, sign and return the following Mentor Application Form (DOC - 27KB) via email to Jacqueline Barsenbach ). The close out date for applications to the Mentor Program is Friday 30 May 2008. 
3. The Awards Unit will confirm your acceptance into the Program and appoint a Mentor to work with you. Both parties will be advised via email.
4. The Tourism Awards Unit will provide a copy of your Nomination Form to your Mentor and request the Mentor to make contact with you to schedule your initial meeting. Your Nomination Form will be provided to the Mentor to allow them to start preparing for your 1st meeting. During the 1st meeting, the Mentor and Mentee will determine the type of preparation required for each meeting and how often meetings will occur.
5. The Mentor will contact you directly to arrange a suitable meeting date and time.
6. 24 hours prior, each meeting will be reconfirmed by the Mentor.
7. All support from the Mentor will cease by Wednesday 6th August 2008, which is 2 weeks prior to the submission due date (Wednesday 20th August 2008). By this stage the bulk of the submission should be completed with layout design, printing and binding being the primary focus.

Policy Commitment

The Victorian Tourism Awards has a confidentiality policy. The information requested via the Mentor Program Application Form has been gathered for the exclusive purpose of managing the Victorian Tourism Awards Mentor Program and may be viewed by the Awards Unit staff and Mentors. Mentors are required to sign a detailed Confidentiality Agreement prior to working with a Mentee. The Mentors are separate from, and have no influence over, the Victorian Tourism Awards Judging Panel.

In addition, it is a policy of the Mentor Panel not to accept gratuities, gifts etc.