Over 70 Chicago-area communicators and their supporters joined IABC/Chicago at the famous Joes Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab June 9th (photos from event) to celebrate the 2011 Bronze Quill Award winners. The event, the last major event of the 2010-11 season, presented winners with their trophies, celebrated IABC/Chicago accomplishments and provided the audience a peek into what we have in store for next year.
The competition was open to all Chicago-area business communicators who completed a significant project in 2010 embodying excellence in one of 27 categories across three divisions: communication management, communication skills and creative. Winning entries feature clear objectives supporting the organization’s goals, creative communication strategies and effective, measurable results.
“A Bronze Quill Award provides proof that an outstanding communication program or project helped influence a company’s goals, as well as its bottom line,” said Justin Brunner, Director of Awards for IABC/Chicago. “The winning entries were rigorously judged by seasoned IABC professionals from other chapters, based on stringent standards set by the leading global business communications professional organization. Bronze Quill winners can now say they are truly the best in class.”
Here are the 2011 winners:
Division 1: Communication Management
Category 5: Media Relations
Award of Excellence
Navistar International Corporation – A Boss Saves Jobs, Becomes a Community Hero
Category 6: Multi-Audience Communication
Award of Excellence
L. C. Williams & Associates and Eureka – Eureka Solves Cleaning “Pet” Peeves
Category 7: Marketing Communication
Award of Merit
Follett Higher Education Group and Communications Consultants Worldwide – Follett Higher Education Group
Proctor & Gamble and MSL Chicago – Pepto-Bismol Takes a Bite Out of Summer
Caroline Krajewski, Haley Bakker and Alicia Alfano of Golin Harris – SPLENDA® “As American as Apple Pie”
Category 9: Employee/Member Communication
Award of Excellence
Rosanne M. Belczak, ABC, for Park Federal Savings Bank – Customer Service First Internal Campaign
Bonita Brodt of Northwestern Memorial Hospital – Excellence Matters: Proud to be a Magnet Organization
Joanne Kitsos, ABC, of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association – Our Shared Responsibility in Protecting Sensitive Information
The Boeing Company – Setting the Stage for a Healthy Partnership
Award of Merit
Insidedge and Dow Chemical Company – Every EMPLOYEE Counts: Bringing the Dow Live Earth Run for Water to Life Internally
Justin Brunner of Standard Parking Corporation – Standard Parking Intranet: An Entirely New Resource
Category 10: Human Resource and Benefit Communication
Award of Excellence
The Boeing Company – Setting the Stage for a Healthy Partnership
Award of Merit
Ken Groh of Groh & Associates and OfficeMax Incorporated – 2011 Annual Benefits Enrollment – “Choose Well”
Category 11: Strategic Communication Processes
Award of Merit
DeVry University and MSL Chicago – Getting an Education on Reputation Management
Justin Brunner of Standard Parking Corporation – First Communication Audit
Category 12: Brand Communication
Award of Excellence
DeVry University and MSL Chicago – Getting an Education on Reputation Management
Category 13: Special Events – Internal or External
Award of Excellence
Captain James A. Lovell Federal Heath Care Center Communications Department – North Chicago, IL: Readying Warriors and Caring for Heroes
Award of Merit
Proctor & Gamble and MSL Chicago – Pepto-Bismol Takes a Bite Out of Summer
Category 14: Social Responsibility
Award of Excellence
L.C. Williams & Associates and First Alert – First Alert “Get Alarmed” Campaign
Division 2: Communication Skills
Category 18: Electronic or Digital Communication
Award of Merit
Justin Brunner of Standard Parking Corporation – Standard Parking Intranet: An Entirely New Resource
Division 3: Communication Creative
Category 24: Interactive Media Design
Award of Excellence
CNA – Claim Center Advancement Launch Creative Tactics
IABC/Chicago would like to thank those who helped make the event possible: the ROC Group, ak Designs, Bell-Litho Inc., David Sampson Photography and Classic Awards.