Top-3 features every awards manager should use

Managing an awards program is an exciting task, especially if you enjoy pondering about new technologies and disruptive innovations like us. Whether it is an innovation challenge, a student venture, an accelerator, or a startup competition, the tools you use to manage the process can make it or break it for you.

The selection process is the key to any program success, you are only as good as your best applicants and rely on a well-rounded group of judges to provide you with valuable feedback. If the right toolset is not utilized, this could end up being a time-intensive process, especially if you need to engage the stakeholders throughout the program. That is why having a one-stop shop like YouNoodle Compete to manage your award program’s selection process is crucial to the success of your program.

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1- Email Scheduling

Staying on top of your stakeholder communication is probably one of the most daunting tasks every program organizer has, especially if one has to use different tools.

2- Application Routing (automated advance to judge rounds)

If you are running different tracks, awards, or different locations within your competition, that may require a different evaluation framework, set of criteria, or different groups of judges.

3- Auto-assign

In order to eliminate selection biases, every application should be reviewed by at least 3 different judges. Our auto-assign tool will help you randomly assign the applications to your judges, based on your judge assignment preferences.

Using these features will allow you to manage your program successfully through the entire program lifecycle and enable you to make the best out of it, with less effort.

If you are interested in learning how these features could enhance your program and help you achieve your management goals, request a demo session today, and one of our experts will help guide you through our platform and show you how we can help improve your awards program.