The Rare Bird Award

The Rare Bird award was established in 2004 and is given for distinguished contributions to best practices in the management of information development. The award is made to the manager or team who submits their best practice for consideration by the judges prior to the annual CIDM Best Practices Conference.

The Rare Bird Award recognizes the achievement of managers and their teams in developing a best practice that

• demonstrates the ability of the organization to be innovative
• increases the efficiency and productivity of the organization
• provides a clear benefit to customers
• has the ability to transform an organization from ordinary to extraordinary
• can be effectively transferred to other organizations
• demonstrates the leadership abilities of the organization to peers, management, and professional colleagues

We prefer that the managers submitting applications for the Rare Bird Award take an active role in the Best Practices annual conference through participation as a speaker or as a showcase or panel participant.

Past Awardees

2006
The 2006 award was given to Eileen Jones and Dave Peterson on behalf of IBM. They have created a collaborative global environment at IBM. Working with 10 different companies inside IBM, they have brought people together and built a virtual community through a rigorous program of communications.

2005
The 2005 award was given to Charlotte Robidoux, Patrick Waychoff, and Bobbi Gibson on behalf of the Hewlett-Packard DocKeeper Process Efficiency team.

2004
The 2004 award was given to Janet Williams-Hepler on behalf of her team at Microsoft, which is responsible for the user assistance for the Office applications.

To read more information on Microsoft's innovation, read the article by Jonathan Price.