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Award Criteria

The 2008 D.J. Johnston Award Committee recommends that all nominees for the Donald J. Johnston Award (D.J.J.Award) be judged according to criteria that can be generally assigned to the following five categories. The committee also suggests the weighting assigned to each category be determined by each year's Award Committee, and that criteria and categories be added, deleted and in other ways refined according to their relevance in any particular year. This flexibility is meant to allow for the vicissitudes of a profession-in-the-making and for the different evolutionary stages through which this emerging profession will pass in years to come.

Advancement of the Status of Profession

Plays or has played a leading and/or inspiring role in increasing nation-wide industry and/or consumer recognition of:

• The importance of the work that is done by professional financial planners, and
• The importance of the standards of excellence (as represented by CFP certification) to which planners must be held so as to serve the public interest and so as to enhance the reputation of the planner community.

Advancement of the Standards of the Profession

Plays or has played a leading or inspiring role in developing or expanding the up-take or adoption of CFP standards and planning activity that serve the public interest and enhance the reputation of the planner community.

Reflection / Embodiment of the Profession

Has attained the highest levels of skill and competence and whose work reflects the commitment to ethics that collectively represent the foundation of standards on which the financial planning profession is built.

Industry Visibility and Knowledge

Is knowledgeable of and known to the industry and its key constituents, and has earned their respect/support.

Impact of Contribution

The breadth (national, regional) and depth (profound, formative, relevant) of the tangibly positive impact on the profession and the public it serves that has been made through example and/or contribution of the nominees. This could be interpreted as the impact of contributions made in support the work of FPSC or CFP certification. It could also be interpreted as the impact of contributions made to or on behalf of the end users of financial services or the industry and organizations through which these services are widely offered, or to or on behalf of custodians of the industry and its stakeholders (SROs, provincial and federal regulatory and legislative bodies, professional membership organizations, etc.), It should be noted that the importance of the tangible impact on the profession vs. the importance of the tangible impact on members of the public served by the profession is left to each committee to determine, while recognizing they are mutually enhancing.

Nominations?

Do you know someone who meets these standards of excellence? Please consider nominating them for the 2008 Donald J. Johnston Award.