Six Greater Cincinnati nonprofit organizations will be recognized for their systems effectiveness and performance results on January 26, 2012 by the Organizations of Noteworthy Excellence (ONE) program, now in its fifth award cycle of recognizing business best practices among tax-exempt charitable organizations.
Honorees will be recognized for performance in three criteria categories (people, principles, process) and overall. The program is based on Malcolm Baldrige Performance Excellence Award criteria and consists of a written organization self-assessment and independent feedback from a team of trained examiners. This year, 15 organizations submitted assessments.
The honorees are:
Specific honors will be announced at a reception and recognition event to be held on Thursday, January 26, 2012 from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at The Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center, Covington KY. Keynote speaker will be John Young, retiring CEO of FreeStore FoodBank.
There is no charge for the event; however, reservations are required. Click here to register.
ONE is an acronym for “Organizations of Noteworthy Excellence.” Initiated in 2006, the ONE Award recognizes noteworthy nonprofit organizations in the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky region for their organizational performance.
ONE offers nonprofit organizations the tools for self-examination of their approach, deployment and results achieved through their business processes. All Applicants receive feedback reports by independent examiner teams. Honorees are examples of exceptional performance in one or more of the key focus areas of People, Process, and Principles.
