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ROI Institute Awards Program
Through its awards program, ROI Institute recognizes exemplary practices in application of the ROI Methodology® and honors individuals for their outstanding work in measurement and evaluation. Winners are honored each year for work from the previous year. Nominations are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Awards are given in the following categories:
Best ROI/Impact Study
Hundreds of studies are conducted each year. This award recognizes the one study that best describes current use and application of the ROI Methodology. This award is not necessarily for the study that shows the highest ROI – the winning entry could be a negative ROI.
Best ROI Forecast
An ROI forecast shows the monetary value a project or program will deliver compared to the proposed cost. This award recognizes individuals conducting conservative credible ROI forecasts before implementing initiatives to make a compelling business case that will convince even the most conservative CFO to allocate funds for the project.
Best Research
This award recognizes individuals who have conducted important research about the use of ROI and the effectiveness of the ROI Methodology.
Best Published Case Study
Case studies are important for teaching lessons learned and best practices about the success (or lack of success) with a particular project. This award recognizes the case study that best educates and supports professionals who are implementing the ROI Methodology.
Best Practice Implementation
This award recognizes individuals or organizations for the results achieved through successful, enterprise-wide implementation of the ROI Methodology. Implementation strategies must describe successful practices used across all phases of implementation, including evaluation planning, data collection, data analysis, and communicating results.
Most Innovative Approach to ROI
This award is given to the individual or organization that shows the most creativity in the implementation of the ROI Methodology. Innovation can occur in data collection, analysis, or reporting, or it can involve creativity in getting others involved, using data, and building capability.
Best Published ROI Article
This award recognizes the individual whose advocacy of the ROI Methodology has broadly influenced audiences and organizations on both an internal and external level. This individual is one who has demonstrated, through professional practice, sustained integrity to the process – often in the face of organizational barriers – the leadership ability to create, support, and champion opportunities for creating a results-based culture.
ROI Practitioner of the Year
This award recognizes the individual whose advocacy of the ROI Methodology has broadly influenced audiences and organizations on both an internal and external level. This individual is one who has demonstrated, through professional practice, sustained integrity to the process – often in the face of organizational barriers – the leadership ability to create, support, and champion opportunities for creating a results-based culture.
Best International Implementation
This award recognizes individuals who work across country borders to promote the implementation of ROI. This can include consulting work, conference presentations, workshops, or all three.
Best Supply Partner
This award recognizes service providers who are making a difference in the world. These supply partners are fearlessly stepping up to the challenge of providing results that their clients want to see. This includes evaluating their services to the impact and even ROI levels of accountability, and this effort is making a difference in the acceptance of their services.
Social Impact Award
This award recognizes an outstanding person, project, or initiative making a social impact in the world. Ideal candidates are nonprofit organizations focusing on ensuring their programs deliver the desired impact. These organizations do not rest with the fact that processes are in place or actions are being taken. Instead, they deliver the consequences that are important for the mission they serve with a relentless focus on providing impact.
Best ROI Certification Host
Most in-person ROI Certifications are hosted by an organization. Essentially, they are building capability in their team and inviting others to come into their facility and learn ROI skills. This award goes to the best certification host during the year. The host makes the participants feel welcome, creates a conducive learning environment, and provides an excellent experience throughout the week.
What Past Winners Say
A Message from Katharine Aldana
“Receiving this recognition ( Best International Implementation) from ROI Institute is not only a tremendous honor but also a validation of the hard work and dedication I have put into the ROI projects.This award inspires me to continue striving for excellence and to push the boundaries of what is possible in our field. I deeply appreciate the support and resources that ROI Institute provides to partners around the world and I look forward to continuing my journey with the ROI Institute.”
Dr. Raed Khanfar
“Winning the award gave Stichting JIJ extra ammunition in its negotiations with the government for extra subsidies to keep the good work of Stichting JIJ going and preventing people from developing disorders.
For me, winning the award gave me extra self-confidence in my ability to excel in a domain that is outside of my comfort zone. Just in a time when I needed that.”
Renée Oprel
“Throughout my career in this field, I’ve consistently sought the best practices for measuring the return on investment (ROI) from training. I’m proud to have received the award for the best study of 2023. I share this achievement with great enthusiasm among my colleagues. My passion for this methodology started ten years ago, marking a successful journey in applying best practices. I’m deeply grateful for the unwavering support from the team at ROI Institute. Winning the award for the best study of 2023 was a true honor.”
Abdullah Obiedat
“In a fiscal environment where all costs are being carefully scrutinized, it is great to be recognized for doing a thorough analysis of a new project. Receiving this award helps not only validate the analysis performed, but also our ability to conduct reviews to ensure funds are allocated in the most beneficial way possible! We can’t wait to continue impressing our colleagues and providing our organization with ongoing benefit by applying the same methodology to future projects.”
James Newsome
“My colleague James and I applied the ROI Methodology to demonstrate the ‘Impact of Switching to an Improved Screening Program Application in the Alberta Cervical Cancer Screening Program,’ and to be recognized internationally for the Best ROI Forecast is such an honour and speaks to the impact the ROI Methodology has to offer projects at any stage.”
Anna Thind
“Since the beginning of my career in Learning & Development, I’ve heard and about the tangible benefits of the ROI Methodology. As a consequence of its simplicity and clarity the ROI methodology put in fact kind of order in what before was chaos when it came to evaluating the ROI of projects. I’m therefore very honored to have received such a prestigious Award and to see my Case Study published in one of the books issued by Jack and Patti.”
