Award Categories. 1. New Service Offering

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1 Award Categories Very often it s the simple ideas that can make a difference. It s all about smart thinking. The LAZ Innovation Awards are designed to reward those who identify innovative ways to efficiently meet LAZ Parking s customer and client needs while living up to The LAZ Way. An Innovation could be any initiative, big or small, that has improved business. From customer service to financial savings - many of you are doing these already. Now we want to recognize your hard work and share it with the LAZ Family! Great prizes for each Award Category include: $500 cash A trip to the RVP meeting Awards Ceremony A cool trophy And last but not least - bragging rights! Team entries will need to nominate one person for the Awards Ceremony trip in July and divide the other prizes evenly. 1. New Service Offering What else can LAZ offer to our customers and clients? This is a broad category to incorporate new products, services, systems and procedures. Tell us how your innovative idea was developed and introduced. 2. Promoting Safety Health and Safety is a part of our day-to-day job. This award is to recognize those who have taken measures to improve safety, including preventing accidents before they happen or finding solutions to recurring problems. 3. Management / Supervision / Training What are you doing to make the most of your team s talent? We want to hear about your best practices to motivate your team to perform. 4. Going Green LAZ Parking has a responsibility to the environment. In this category, we are looking for initiatives that have been introduced to reduce our carbon footprint, including making your workspace greener. Help make LAZ a better environmental citizen. 5. Increasing Revenue / Decreasing Expenses If your smart idea (no matter how simple) has helped raise revenues or reduce company expenses, this is the category for you! This may be through smart marketing initiatives, optimization of operational methods or ways to reduce expenses. 6. WOWing! the Customers At LAZ, we often hear stories of staff going the extra mile to help customers, clients or another member of the LAZ Family. This category seeks to reward either an individual example or an ongoing initiative to deliver excellent customer service. Who Can Enter? Any member of the LAZ Parking Family! Entries can be made as an individual or as a team, or you can even nominate your colleagues if they are too modest. The only condition is that entries should be about an existing initiative. How To Enter It s Simple! 1. Complete the application telling us the details of your innovation and why you think it should win. You can submit as many entries as you like and address more than one Award Category! 2. Once completed, either forward it to your manager or send it directly to: Taylor Rowe, Marketing LAZ Parking 15 Lewis Street Hartford, CT innovation@lazparking.com or call (860) x 702 You can also visit innovations.lazparking.com to download an entry form.

2 Gold Sponsors: 0 CA S H!! $50 N WI What Happens Next? Up to five entries for each Award Category will be shortlisted for special recognition and inclusion in the Awards booklet. Silver Sponsors: Winners will be selected by the LAZ Innovation Awards committee and invited to attend the Awards Ceremony at the summer RVP meeting in July Team entries will need to nominate one person to attend the Awards Ceremony. What Are Each Category s Prizes? $500 cash A trip to the RVP meeting Awards Ceremony A cool trophy And last but not least - bragging rights 2013 Printing Sponsor: RECOGNIZING PEOPLE FOR WORKING SMARTER $50 0 C innovation@lazparking.com AS IN! H! W

3 To enter the LAZ Innovation Awards, just complete and return this form. Any LAZ Parking employee can enter, either as an individual or as a team. Finalists will be invited to attend an Awards Ceremony at our annual summer RVP meeting in July Team entries will need to nominate one person for the Awards Ceremony trip. Full details of the criteria for each category can be found in the LAZ Innovation Awards Leaflet. Your Name & Job Title: Name of Nominee (if nominating another employee): Region & Location: Telephone #: Individual Name(s) (if entering as a team): Category Please tick appropriate box(es), no more than two selections Promoting Safety WOWing! the Customers Increasing Revenue / Reducing Expenses Management / Supervision / Training New Service Offering Going Green

4 What was your idea or concept and how did you put into practice? What were the benefits or outcome? (Please include as much description of measurable impact as possible including financial or statistical data to support your outcome). Why do you think this entry should win? PS: If you would like to supply more information feel free to use more space than provided above. Please return this form along with any supporting documents/photos you may want to attach before May 31 st, 2013 to: Taylor Rowe, Marketing LAZ Parking 15 Lewis Street Hartford, CT or call (860) x 702

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