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Award Process Fees The Feedback Report Connect with us Flickr GovDelivery Twitter Youtube Learn About Self-Assessing Your Organization Today! Baldrige Cybersecurity Initiative Purchase Your Copy Today Baldrige Examiner Resources Quest for Excellence Cancelled – Event Postponed Until April, 2021 To All Quest and Ceremony Registrants, At the Baldrige Program, the safety and wellbeing of our community is a top priority. We have been closely monitoring updates about the coronavirus (COVID-19). Out of an abundance of caution and to respond to concerns by Award recipients and conference attendees, we have postponed until next year the Award Ceremony and Quest for Excellence Conference and all affiliated events planned for March 24-27 at the Gaylord National Harbor Hotel and Convention Center. View the 2020 Quest For Excellence Postponement FAQ's for information on the postponement of the conference and Baldrige Award Ceremony, including applying your registration fee to next year's conference or obtaining a refund. Very sincerely, Robert Fangmeyer, Director Baldrige Performance Excellence Program IMPACT OF BALDRIGE Baldrige Framework Is Worldwide Standard for Excellence PDF Baldrige Helps Health Care Organizations Provide Superior Patient Experience Improving Government Performance: The Great Promise of the Baldrige Excellence Framework PDF Baldrige Program Impacts, including the Economic Evaluation of BPEP Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Visit the Baldrige Foundation to learn how it supports the Baldrige Program and what you can do to help. News and Updates Twenty Organizations Will Be Evaluated for 2020 Baldrige Award May 12, 2020 Twenty organizations have submitted applications for the 2020 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. They include 11 health care organizations, 6 nonprofit Graduating Cohort of Fellows Inspired by New Thinking on Leadership April 7, 2020 Eighteen senior leaders recently joined more than 100 other executives as graduates of the Baldrige Executive Fellows Program. During the year-long leadership Decennial Cohort of U.S. Executives Begins Prestigious Baldrige Fellowship March 27, 2020 Ten years ago, based on an idea on how to better engage U.S. executives, a program was created to inspire senior leaders to embrace a systems perspective in 2020 Baldrige Examiner Training Experience (Cancelled) January 22, 2020 The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program is offering a limited number of seats in its 2020 examiner training course for a fee through its Baldrige Examiner View All News and Updates Blogrige Learning from Role Models: Category 1: Leadership May 21, 2020 Baldrige Criteria Blog Series In this blog series, we are highlighting some of the learning (successful strategies and programs) shared by Baldrige Award How the Baldrige Framework Helps a Small Business Excel May 14, 2020 It's easy to love a well-run small business! Who doesn't admire seeing even the smallest mom-and-pop-run enterprise in your community demonstrating and Learning from Role Models: Category 5: Workforce May 7, 2020 Baldrige Criteria Blog Series In this blog series, we are highlighting some of the learning (successful strategies and programs) shared by Baldrige Award Insights from Baldrige Award-Winning University’s New Chancellor April 30, 2020 Nearly two decades ago, the University of Wisconsin-Stout (UW-Stout) became the nation’s first four-year university to earn the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige View more Baldrige Collaborative Assessment Learn More What Organi...