Online Selection

Step 1: Register Selection Committe

 * Invite Experts and Investors to become part of the Selection committe


 * Include Advisory Board and other relevant partners      Send them a specific email or include this as a part of the Jury role


 * Register them in the back office as Selection Committee members


 * Remind them a week before the start of their commitment


 * Once the registration for entrepreneurs closes assign which Selection Committee member is going to review which entrepreneur in an excelsheet


 * Assign max 6 entrepreneurs per member


 * Let every entrepreneur be assigned at least 4 times


 * Keep in mind to assign ICT entrepreneurs with ICT members etc.


 * Members cannot review entrepreneurs they nominated
 * Ask a few members to be a reserve and review last minute companies or take over members who cancel last minute 

Step 2: Set selection process in the BO

 * Go to the event involved in the Back office
 * Go to selection Process and click ‘New Selection Settings’
 * Events_selections_process_types, select: Full
 * Events_selections_process_authorization_level, select: Manual Assignment
 * Set the start and end date, usually  not more than a week and press Submit
 * Select ‘Assign Selections by Selection Committee’ or ‘Assign Selections by Presenters’  
 * Choose one member or entrepreneur and select all he/she is going to review/to be reviewed by according to your sheet made before.
 * Continue until everyone is assigned 
 * Inform Selection Committee when the selection starts and send them a briefing on how to review - See SOP 'Briefing Selection Committee' for an example

Step 3: Half way through selection

 * Halfway through the week check how many member have reviewed the entrepreneurs
 * Sent a reminder to do the selection to everyone who didn’t do it yet
 * Assign the reserve members to the entrepreneurs who have not been reviewed yet or joined after allocation 

Step 4: End of Selection

 * Go to the event in the back office and click 'View Selection Results' 
 * Click ‘Top Presenters (by sectors if applicable) corrected’ and note down the top amount (depending per event)t hat will be selected to present. 
 * Keep 4-6 runner-up entrepreneurs as reserve for cancelations
 * Inform all selected companies of the result and ask for confirmation. Mark them in the bo as soon as they confirm participation. Use reserve if some can’t make it 
 * Mark the others 'refused by selection committee' and announce it on the website and press release and inform all companies - See SOP result selection for example messages