1. A Florida College System employee who is a member in good standing of AFC or who has recently joined the AFC organization, or who intends to join the AFC prior to the competition. Eligible employees must also be able to present their technology concept at the Annual AFC Convention.
2. Nominations should show evidence of performance clearly consistent with the mission and goals of their institution and of the Association of Florida Colleges.
3. The recipients of the awards must show accomplishments of significant productivity or learning gains through the use of technology.
4. The use of technology should make a significant contribution or directly contribute to its preeminence in education.
5. Implementations of state-of-the-art technology should be accomplished in cost effective ways.
6. Nominations will be judged using the following rubric. http://tinyurl.com/AFCtechnologyrubric

The purpose of this award is to recognize individuals who have used technology to create solutions to benefit any aspect of the community or state college operation.

Upon nomination, the nominator, nominee, and AFC chapter leadership will receive an congratulatory email. This will afford the chapter leadership time to procure funding for travel to a spring conference to present their innovation at a commission or region meeting. The nominee will also receive a request for a detailed description of the technological innovation or strategy. This description will be limited to two pages maximum. The nomination must include a short video (maximum 5 minutes) explaining the innovation or strategy with the this nomination form.  The nominee may also include additional materials (i.e. letters of recommendation, report summaries, links to web spaces or videos, etc), but total packet may not exceed 10 pages total. Finalist will be asked to conduct a future presentation and/or webinar to AFC members. The final packet will be judged using the Excellence in Technology Award Evaluation Form, which can be found at this link. http://tinyurl.com/AFCtechnologyrubric