Not every nomination comes through the Portal. When a member calls or emails you with a nomination, you can submit it on their behalf using the same process they would use. That keeps the nomination consistent, follows the same eligibility rules, handles nominees the same way, and sends the confirmation email to the member instead of to you.
When to Use This
Use this option when a member asks you to submit a nomination for them instead of using the Portal. If you already have every nomination detail and only need to create the record directly, use Record and Maintain Nominations in the Console instead. That option skips the member’s nomination process, including its forms and emails.
Prerequisites
- You need permission to process nominations for this award.
- The member must already be a contact in Rhythm. Only a person can be the nominator here; an organization cannot submit a nomination.
Nominate for a Member
- Go to Awards › <award name> › Nominations.
- Select Process a Nomination.
- Search for and choose the contact who is nominating, then select Begin Nomination.
- Rhythm opens the same nomination process the member would see in the Portal. If the member is eligible for more than one nomination process for the award, choose the one you want to use.
- Confirm the nominator's contact and organization details when the process asks for them.
- Choose or enter the nominee, answer the nomination form's questions, and submit.
Result
Rhythm records the nomination as if the member had submitted it themselves. Depending on the nomination process, Rhythm can also create the nominee's contact or organization record, create an application automatically, and send the confirmation email to the member's own address instead of yours. When you finish, Rhythm opens the new nomination's full record.
Warning
No webhook or expression carries a nomination's answers into its automatically created application. The application still has to be completed separately through the normal application process, so expect to enter its answers again instead of having them filled from the nomination.
Warning
You follow the same rules the member would. You cannot choose a nomination process the member is not currently eligible for, and you cannot override the process's window, eligibility rules, or self-nomination setting from this screen. If the process the member wants is not offered, check whether it is open, whether the member meets its eligibility rules, and whether they have already reached the award's nomination limit.
Tip
You only need permission to process nominations to use this screen. This permission is separate from the one used to create a nomination by hand, so a staff member who can nominate for members this way may not be able to use the manual entry form, and the reverse.
Related
To edit a nomination after it is recorded, correct its details, or delete one, see Record and Maintain Nominations in the Console. To find a nomination or nominee you already recorded, see Search and Review Nominations and Nominees. To see what a member experiences when submitting their own nomination, see the Portal nomination article.