Neuro-Semantic Gold Medal Contest — Original 2012 Rules

Historical ISNS reference · Original 2012 contest rules. The following text preserves the original announcement and prize amounts. It is not an open contest, a current prize offer, or current ISNS policy.

NEURO-SEMANTIC GOLD MEDAL CONTEST

Because Neuro-Semantics is about Actualizing Excellence and because Neuro-Semantic NLP is centered in modeling, creativity and innovation has to be at the heart of our focus.  That’s why one of the Self-Actualization Workshops is Unleashing Creativity and Innovation and prior to that “The Developer’s Training.”  Now we have another process for encouraging ongoing creativity.  So with this post we are announcing a Contest that we will run in 2012 and each year thereafter.

The contest is for the pattern, model, book, or product that contributes the most to Neuro-Semantics.

CONTEST FACTORS:

Prerequisites and Rules for Entering:

1) You are a currently licensed Neuro-Semantic Trainer or Meta-Coach.

2) The pattern, model, book, or product is based on the basic Neuro-Semantic premises.

3) It makes a contribution to Neuro-Semantics as a model or to the branding of Neuro-Semantics as a field and community.

4) Contributions exclude anything created by L. Michael Hall.

Rules and Processes:

1) Submissions of a pattern, model, book, or product are to be sent during the year under consideration (from Jan. through Dec.).

2) Submissions are to be sent to L. Michael Hall, if it passes the prerequisites, he will pass it on to the Leadership Team for their evaluation.

3) The Leadership Team will vote on the three most significant contributions to the field of Neuro-Semantics in January of the following year.

4) If any member of the Leadership Team is presenting a possible contribution in the contest, that person will not be allowed to cast a vote that year.

5) Winners will be announced Feb. 1 of the following year.

6) Criteria:

a) Innovation: New, different, pioneering new area.

b) Contribution: Makes a difference to a group of people.

c) Expansiveness: How extensive is the use of the contribution?

d) Creative: How creative is the contribution?  Is it new? Different?

e) Practical: Is it practical?  User-friendly?  To whom?

Winners of the Contest:

1) Of the contributions, three will be selected as the contributions that have made the most significant contributions.

2) For the first prize, the person will receive a Gold Medal Certificate and $1,000 USD. Second prize, Silver Medal Certificate and $500 USD.  Third prize, Bronze Meta Certificate and $250.

3) Each of the top three will be recognized as Neuro-Semantic Contributors and their names put on the website as a Contributor.