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August 3, 2010

Congratulations to 2010 IABC/Bronze Quill Award Winners

The IABC/Bronze Quill Awards celebrate excellence in business communication and the invaluable ways that communication strengthens the bottom-line of any organization.  Here are this year’s winners:

Division 1: Communication Management

Category 1: Community Relations

EXCELLENCE

Latinos in Technology: Change and Opportunity – Queta Bauer, ABC, Diane Laux, ABC, Oliver Quintero, Jennie Rodriguez; Cultural Communications, LLC and Latino Technology Alliance

Category 4:  International Communications

EXCELLENCE

Medicine Without a Trace: Abbott’s Fully Bioabsorbable Stent – Jonathon Hamilton, Jennie Kim and Katherine Verducci of Abbott

Category 5:  Media Relations

EXCELLENCE

Transforming an Icon – Randy Stancik and Bill Utter, of Fleishman-Hillard Inc. and U.S. Equities Asset Management, LLC, Willis Tower

MERIT

Electrolux Reinvents the Magic Wand – Shannon Quinn of L.C. Williams & Associates

Category 6:  Multi-Audience Communication

MERIT

DePaul University’s Public Relations Campaign to Restore the State of Illinois’ Monetary Award Program – Cheryl Proctor-Rogers of DePaul University

Category 9:  Employee/Member Communication

EXCELLENCE

Voice of McDonald’s – Joe Curry of McDonald’s Corporation

Brewing Up Employee Commitment at Molson Coors – Dave Duschene of Insidedge

Kraft Foods “Communicating with Flavor” – Matt West, Dave Duschene and Linda Kingman of Insidedge

MERIT

Rewiring for Growth – Brodie Bertrand and Neill Beurskens of Walgreen Co.

Category 10:  Human Resources and Benefits Communication

EXCELLENCE

My Benefits. My Wellness. – Ken Groh of Groh & Associates and Nationwide Children’s Hospital

MERIT

Moving from Awareness to Action: The CNH Picture of Health Wellness Program – Kathy Walgamuth of Towers Watson

Category 13:  Special Events – Internal or External

EXCELLENCE

The 2009 COUNTRY Chef Challenge: A Recipe for Success – Emmy Maynes of COUNTRY Financial & FD

Category 14:  Social Responsibility

MERIT

Manufacturers Face Labor Shortage? Really! – Ben Arens and Gary Goodfriend of L.C. Williams & Associates and Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs, The Foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl.

Category 15:  Multilingual Communication

EXCELLENCE

Gift of Hope Increases Organ Donation Awareness Among Hispanics – Agatha Kubalski of San Jose Public Relations

Category 16:  Electronic and Digital Communication

MERIT

PRN e-Newsletter – Eric Kochneff and Brodie Bertand of Walgreen Co.

Category 17:  Social Media

EXCELLENCE

What Would You Do for a Klondike Bar…Now? – Rebecca Barry, GolinHarris and Unilever Klondike

MERIT

Accenture Corporate Twitter Feed – Chris McConnell of Accenture

Division 2:  Communication Skills

Category 20:  Publications

MERIT

CME Group Magazine, Fall 2009 Issue – William Parke and Pamela Plehn of CME Group

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