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About The Galen Awards
What are the Galen Awards?
How many different Galen Awards competitions are there?
What are the categories?
What are the American Veterninary Awards?
What will the Galen winners receive?
What are the Galen Awards?
How many different Galen Awards competitions are there?
What are the categories?
What are the American Veterninary Awards?
What will the Galen winners receive?
Awards
What recognition will Finalist receive?
How many Finalists and Galen winners will there be?
Can Galen winners purchase duplicate trophies?
What recognition will Finalist receive?
How many Finalists and Galen winners will there be?
Can Galen winners purchase duplicate trophies?
Q: What are the Galen Awards?
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Q: How many different Galen Awards competitions are there?
A: There are currently two Galen Award competitions. The American Veterinary Awards and the American Medical Awards. The American Veterinary Awards are open to all organizations who provide products or services in the veterinary industry. The American Medical Awards are open to all organizations who provide products or services in the veterinary industry. Additional competitions are forthcoming.
Q: What are the categories?
A: There are dozens of Galen categories recognizing individuals, departments, teams, and entire organizations.
Q: What are the American Veterninary Awards?
A: The American Veterinary Awards are the only awards program in the U.S. that are dedicated to the veterinary industry.
Q: What will the Galen winners receive?
A: Galen winners will receive a Galen Award. The Galen Award is a spectacular trophy designed and manufactured exclusively for the Galen Awards by the same company who manufactures the Oscar and the Emmy Awards.
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The Galen Awards are the world's premier healthcare awards. The mission of the Galen Awards is to raise public awareness of exemplary organizations and performances of individuals in the workplace.
Q: How many different Galen Awards competitions are there?
A: There are currently two Galen Award competitions. The American Veterinary Awards and the American Medical Awards. The American Veterinary Awards are open to all organizations who provide products or services in the veterinary industry. The American Medical Awards are open to all organizations who provide products or services in the veterinary industry. Additional competitions are forthcoming.
Q: What are the categories?
A: There are dozens of Galen categories recognizing individuals, departments, teams, and entire organizations.
Q: What are the American Veterninary Awards?
A: The American Veterinary Awards are the only awards program in the U.S. that are dedicated to the veterinary industry.
Q: What will the Galen winners receive?
A: Galen winners will receive a Galen Award. The Galen Award is a spectacular trophy designed and manufactured exclusively for the Galen Awards by the same company who manufactures the Oscar and the Emmy Awards.
Q: What are the benefits of submitting entries?
A: Public relations and employee relations benefits can be significant. All submitted entries are a way of recognizing outstanding performance of individual team members, teams, departments, and overall company performance. Finalist and Galen winners are recognized nationally and receive a tremendous amount of publicity.
A: Public relations and employee relations benefits can be significant. All submitted entries are a way of recognizing outstanding performance of individual team members, teams, departments, and overall company performance. Finalist and Galen winners are recognized nationally and receive a tremendous amount of publicity.
Q: Who can be nominated?
A: Any person or organization in a veterinary related business in the United States can be nominated. Dozens of categories for recognition are available.
Q: How can I submit the entry
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Q: How can I submit the entry
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Q: How can a small company compete with the large corporations for a Galen Award?
A: All nominations are required to designate their company industry and company size as part of the submission process. This process allows judges to award multiple Galen awards in the same category to different sized businesses. This structure ensures that comparable sized businesses are competing directly with each other.
A: All nominations are required to designate their company industry and company size as part of the submission process. This process allows judges to award multiple Galen awards in the same category to different sized businesses. This structure ensures that comparable sized businesses are competing directly with each other.
Q: Will the awards ceremony be broadcast?
A: All efforts will be made to broadcast the award ceremony on public radio. All award presentations will be videotaped for the benefit of all recipients and nominees.
A: All efforts will be made to broadcast the award ceremony on public radio. All award presentations will be videotaped for the benefit of all recipients and nominees.
Q: What recognition will Finalist receive?
A: All Finalist who are not a Galen winner will receive a Certificate of Finalist recognition.
Q: How many Finalists and Galen winners will there be?
A: The number of Finalists per category will vary by the quantity and quality of the nominations submitted. All nominations that receive a high score in the preliminary round scoring will become a Galen Finalist. All finalist will undergo a second round of judging where a final judging panel will determine the individual Galen winners. Final judges will have latitude in determining the number of Galen winners.
Q: Can Galen winners purchase duplicate trophies?
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A: All Finalist who are not a Galen winner will receive a Certificate of Finalist recognition.
Q: How many Finalists and Galen winners will there be?
A: The number of Finalists per category will vary by the quantity and quality of the nominations submitted. All nominations that receive a high score in the preliminary round scoring will become a Galen Finalist. All finalist will undergo a second round of judging where a final judging panel will determine the individual Galen winners. Final judges will have latitude in determining the number of Galen winners.
Q: Can Galen winners purchase duplicate trophies?
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Yes. Additional awards and certificates can be purchased on the merchandise menu (coming soon). Only one award is given per category. Often times, companies purchase additional awards for all members of a team or department winners.