NI Community Awards — Now Accepting Nominations!

[AdamRoig]

Submit your nominations by March 15, 2026 to help celebrate the User Groups that make our global community thrive.  Categories listed below.

 

🏅 Community Catalyst Award

Honors the User Group that best builds a welcoming, inclusive, and highly engaged community—where every member feels they belong.

🛠️ Technical Innovator Award

Recognizes the group pushing technical boundaries through deep‑dive sessions, inventive problem‑solving, and original contributions that elevate the entire ecosystem.

🚀 Rookie of the Year Award

Celebrates a new or recently revived User Group showing exceptional early growth, high‑energy participation, and a strong foundation for long‑term success.

📈 Momentum Accelerator Award

Awarded to the group with the highest year‑over‑year percentage growth—highlighting strong activation, engagement, and sustained momentum.

🌍 Global Titan Award

Recognizes the largest User Group worldwide—one that demonstrates scale, consistency, and a strong global digital presence.

🌐 Global Connect Award

Honors the top User Group in each major region (NA, LatAm, EMEA, APAC, ANZ) and serves as a finalist slot for the ultimate award. Includes free admission to the next annual NI Connect conference.

🏆 User Group of the Year (MVLUG)

The highest recognition—awarded to the group demonstrating overall excellence in community building, technical innovation, and global impact. Selected from the Global Connect finalists.  No nominations required, winner selected form Global Connect Award winners.

[A-T-R]

Hi there,

I wanted to open the nomination link...I'm then prompted to log in with a Microsoft account.

Why?

And even if I'm logged in to my MS account, I'm told that that account is not available at Emerson. And why should it anyway?

Greetings

Achim

[A-T-R]

I guess this link is not the intended one...

[Ludwig72]

@AdamRoig same issue here like @A-T-R invented. When I open the link, I am prompted for a Microsoft login. After login I get an error message, that I am not in the Emerson domain.

[AdamRoig]

Apologies to all who tried to open the link and had issues, I mistakenly restricted it without knowing.  Here is the updated link.

The QR code below also is for the updated form.

[AdamRoig]

Apologies, I have posted the updated link and QR code.  It should work without login now.

[AdamRoig]

Apologies, I have posted the updated link and QR code.  

[AdamRoig]

Apologies, I've posted the updated link and QR code.