| Criteria | Percentage | Excellent (100.00%) |
| Content | 100.0% |
| Organization Overview | 10.0% | An exemplary overview of the organization is included. |
| Innovative Culture Assessment | 10.0% | An exemplary assessment of the innovative culture within the organization is included. |
| Innovative Vision Statement | 10.0% | An exemplary and compelling innovative vision statement is included. |
| Organizational Innovation Structure | 10.0% | An exemplary and creative overview of the suggested organizational structure for improving innovation is included. |
| Strategy for Engaging Innovative Employees and Fostering a Climate of Learning and Development | 10.0% | An exemplary summary of the strategy chosen for engaging innovative employees and fostering a climate of learning and development is included. |
| Steps for Innovation Momentum | 15.0% | Steps for innovation momentum are exemplarily included and described |
| Presentation | 10.0% | The pitch is well organized, exceptionally persuasive, and compelling. It is neat and professional. |
| Appropriateness | 5.0% | Student shows a deep understanding of the audience and the situation by selecting material that enhances understanding. Student creates tools, techniques, or paradigms that effectively achieve the desired goal. |
| Synthesis | 5.0% | Synthesis is unique. Synthesis shows careful planning and attention to how disparate elements fit together. The combination of elements is verified. |
| Originality | 5.0% | The product shows significant evidence of originality and inventiveness. The majority of the content and many of the ideas are fresh, original, inventive, and based upon logical conclusions and sound research. |
| Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, and language use) | 5.0% | The writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English. |
| Documentation of Sources (citations, footnotes, references, bibliography, etc., as appropriate to assignment and style) | 5.0% | Sources are completely and correctly documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is free of error. |
| Total Weightage | 100% |