STEP 1 - VALIDATE ELIGIBILITY
Organizations from any sector -- for-profit, non-profit, or government sectors -- are invited to apply for the WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces™. In order to be eligible, an organization must have been in operation for at least one (1) full year and must have at least five (5) regular full-time or part-time employees (not including temporary employees or independent contractors).

STEP 2 - SELECT A SCORECARD ADMINISTRATOR
Identify the person who will be the Scorecard Administrator for your organization. The Scorecard Administrator will be responsible for administering the WorldBlu Democratic Workplace Scorecard™ to the organization, receiving progress updates, receiving the organization's final WorldBlu Scorecard results, and being the main point of contact for WorldBlu during the process.

STEP 3 - CONFIRM TOP LEADER SUPPORT
While a democratic organization embraces and practices the principles of organizational democracy at every level of the organization, the full support of the organization's top leader (CEO or equivalent) is absolutely essential. To that end, our application process asks for confirmation that the organization's top leader supports the organization's application for the WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces™

STEP 4 - COMPLETE THE ONLINE APPLICATION
Click here to apply for the WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces™. Once your organization is registered, the Scorecard Administrator will be sent a link to the WorldBlu Democratic Workplace Scorecard™ to distribute throughout the organization. If your organization requested to take the paper-based version of the WorldBlu Scorecard, it will then be mailed to you.

Depending on your organization's size, you will either need to have all members of your organization take the WorldBlu Scorecard or a random sample of a certain number of your employees, so that your results will be statistically valid. Before you begin the application, please have on hand the most current number of total regular full-time or part-time employees (not including temporary employees or independent contractors).

Each person completing the WorldBlu Scorecard in your organization will be asked to respond to the following statement: "I am part of the following department/division/unit/team/committee/other organizational group" and will then be presented with a drop down list of options from which they must select only one. This drop down list must be comprehensive so that anyone from anywhere in the organization will be able to locate the name of their organizational group in the list. Before you begin the application, please have on hand a comprehensive list of the names of your organizational departments/divisions/units/teams/committees which will be used to customize your WorldBlu Scorecard.

Organizations can also personalize the look of their WorldBlu Scorecard and their results report by including their organization logo. During the application process, you will be prompted to upload your logo.

STEP 5 - DISTRIBUTE THE WORLDBLU SCORECARD
Distribute the link or paper-based version of the WorldBlu Scorecard to your employees. WorldBlu will provide this link and associated instructions to the Scorecard Administrator, as well as a template invitation they can choose to use when they distribute the WorldBlu Scorecard link to employees. WorldBlu will also email periodic updates to the Scorecard Administrator regarding how many people have completed the WorldBlu Scorecard and how many still need to complete it before the close date.

STEP 6 - COMPLETE THE WORLBLU SCORECARD BY THE CLOSE DATE
Organizations will have until February 29, 2008 to complete the WorldBlu Scorecard.

The WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces™ 2008 will be announced on April 24, 2008.

STEP 7 - REVIEW WORLDBLU SCORECARD RESULTS
After the WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces™ 2008 is announced, all organizations that applied will receive their WorldBlu Democratic Workplace Scorecardª full results.

STEP 8 - SHARE BEST PRACTICES
The top leader (CEO or equivalent) and employees from all organizations that applied for or made the WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces™ 2008 are invited to share their stories and best practices in organizational democracy with one anotherat WorldBlu LIVE, a a two-day conference on October 16-17, 2008 in New York City. More details about WorldBlu Live will be shared with the organizations that applied for or made the WorldBlu List closer to the date of the event.

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