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APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2010 BOARD OF EXAMINERS
Due October 31. 2009
2010 INTENT-TO-APPLY DUE FOR 50-PAGE NARRATIVE AND BALDRIGE EXPRESS APPLICATIONS
Friday, November 6, 2009
EXAMINER PREWORK CASE STUDY AVAILABLE
By November 2009
NEW EXAMINER ORIENTATION
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 in Madison
OR
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 in Wausau
OR
Thursday, December 10, 2009 in Brookfield
LEADERSHIP SEMINAR
January 2010 (tentative)
Date and location TBA
APPLICATION PACKETS DUE
Postmarked by Friday, January 15, 2010
ALL EXAMINER WORKSHOP
January 21–22, 2010 (MetaStar, Inc. in Madison)
OR
January 26–27, 2010 (University of Wisconsin–Waukesha)
EXAMINER INDEPENDENT EVALUATION
Late January–Monday, March 1, 2010
2009–2010 CRITERIA SEMINAR WITH DR. MARK BLAZEY
February 2–3, 2010
Mercy Health Center (Janesville)
2009 EXCELLENCE AT WORK CONFERENCE
February 11–12, 2010
American Family Conference Center (Madison)
EXAMINER COMMENT DEVELOPMENT AND TEAM REVIEW
Tuesday, March 2–Monday, April 12, 2010
EXAMINER TEAM CONSENSUS EVENTS
By Wednesday, April 14, 2010
SITE VISIT ORIENTATION AND PREPARATION
Self-learning modules and teleconferences arranged for site visit teams from April 12 to April 23, 2010
SITE VISITS
May 2–May 15, 2010 (tentative)
FEEDBACK REPORTS DRAFTED
Friday, May 21, 2010
PANEL OF JUDGES CONVENES
June 2010
FEEDBACK REPORTS SENT TO APPLICANT ORGANIZATIONS
Mailed by Tuesday, July 13, 2010
POST-FEEDBACK REPORT MEETINGS
July and August 2010
ANNUAL AWARD CEREMONY & GALA RECEPTION
Late summer or fall 2010 (date and location TBD) |
