Leveling-up is about creating organizational breakthroughs for your economic development organization.
This prize is open to any economic development organization that is partnering with Dakota Resources to make their organization thrive. The Leveling-Up Award will be awarded on November 13, 2024 at the Thriverr Housing Gathering Awards Banquet in Deadwood, SD. The purpose of this award is to recognize one organization that has leveled up their capacity to do more as an organization within the past 12 months. This can look like many different things in your organization, but some examples would be developing more partnerships, growing their leadership capacity as a board or Executive Director, accomplishing new projects because of increased capacity, growing your financial capacity, or putting bylaws into place.
The winning applicant will be awarded a $1,000 credit to go towards Dakota Resources services to be used however the organization chooses to empower their organization or community over the next calendar year.
Be as creative as you want with your application! Keep it short, clear, and simple. Write to the Selection Team; help them clearly see how leveling-up is changing your organization.
Optional: You may submit a 2-minute video link from YouTube or Vimeo with the application. It can be very homemade, or it can be polished—it’s about the innovation, not the production quality.
Steps to Apply & Timeline
Complete Application. Fill out this form before the deadline of Friday, October 25, 2024.
Interview. The Selection Team will interview an organization leader via Zoom around October 28.
Award Announcement. Semi-finalists will be asked to attend the Thriverr Housing Gathering on November 13 and 14, 2024 in Deadwood, SD where one community will be awarded the Leveling-Up Award.
