# Vote on a panel award or announce the winner

> If you're on an award panel, rate each nominee under To-Do List → My Panel Vote. If you're the winner selector, pick the winner under To-Do List → Announce Winner.

- Product: Recognition › Recognize colleagues
- Who can do this: Panel members, Winner selectors, Panel reviewers
- Plan: Recognition
- Where: Vantage Circle web app
- Last checked: 15 Oct 2026
- Web page: https://www.vantagecircle.com/en/help/recognition/recognize-colleagues/vote-on-a-panel-award-or-announce-the-winner/

A panel award is decided by a group of people your company picks. Panel members vote on the nominees, and one winner selector announces the winner. You'll get an email when it's your turn, such as "Vote for Panel Awards Nominees" or "Announce Panel Awards Winner(s)".

On a computer, these pages are under **To-Do List** in the panel on the left. You'll only see the ones that apply to you.

## Vote as a panel member

1. Open **To-Do List** and select **My Panel Vote**.
2. On **Pending Vote**, open an award to see its nominees. Select **View** to read a nomination.
3. Vote for each nominee. Depending on the award, you either give a rating from 1 to 5 stars, or a yes or no.
4. If the award has feedback questions, answer every one. Each answer has up to 150 characters.
5. Confirm with **Submit**. You'll see "Successfully Voted!"

Awards you've voted on move to **My Vote(Ongoing Award)**, and closed ones to **My Vote(Past Award)**. Each award shows when voting ends. If you don't vote in time, the nominee shows "Oops!! You missed to vote".

## Announce the winner

1. Open **To-Do List** and select **Announce Winner**.
2. On **Pending Announcements**, open the award. Each nominee shows the **Average Rating** or **Average Vote** from the panel.
3. Use **Filter By** if you want to hide nominees nobody voted for.
4. Choose the winner:
   - If the award has one winner, select **Announce Winner** next to that nominee.
   - If it can have several, tick each winner, then select **Submit**. You can't pick more than the award allows.
5. Add **Remarks(if any)**, then select **Submit**. You'll see "Awarded Successfully".

The winners get their award. Every other nomination for that award is declined. Past results are on **Past Announcements**.

Usually the points come from the winner selector's budget. If there isn't enough, you'll see "Insufficient budget or Budget holder not found!"

## Review nominations first

Some panel awards have a reviewer who checks nominations before the panel votes. If that's you, open **To-Do List** → **Panel Nomination Review**. Approve or decline each nomination on **Pending Review**.

## If something goes wrong

**You don't see To-Do List or these pages.** You're not on a panel. Panel members are chosen by your HR team.

**"Select atleast one winner"** Tick at least one nominee before you select **Submit**.

**"Your approval is under Process! Please check after sometime."** Someone is already announcing the winner for this award. Wait a few minutes and check **Past Announcements**.

These steps are for the web.