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September 12, 2012

Chicago-area Communicators Take Six IABC/PPR Silver Quill Awards

Each year, much like our IABC/Chicago Bronze Quill Awards, the IABC Pacific Plains Region hosts their annual Silver Quill Awards competition. The competition invites participation from communicators throughout our region, encompassing 19 states from Wisconsin to Hawaii and from Arizona to North Dakota. Seasoned communicators evaluated communication entries for their strategy, effectiveness and creativity.

Chicagoans – from a variety of industries – were awarded six IABC/PPR Silver Quill Awards in the 2012 program! Silver Quill Awards honor communicators who have achieved this by:

  • Setting and meeting objectives that delivered valuable, measurable results to the organization.
  • Using strategic thinking, creativity, ingenuity or whatever it took to get the job done.
  • Measuring the outcomes to demonstrate success.

Congratulations to this year’s winners!

Category 9 – Communication Management: Employee / Member Communication

Award of Excellence
David Grossman, The Grossman Group
Changing Culture Starting at the Top

Category 19 – Communication Skills: Audiovisual

Award of Excellence
Ruth Savolaine, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Using Humor for the Code of Ethics Videos

Category 21 – Communication Skills: Writing

Award of Excellence
Lynn Benjamin, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Monday Routine

Award of Merit
Lynn Benjamin, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Below the Fold

Category 22 – Communication Creative: Publication Design

Award of Merit
Kraft Foods / Towers Watson
Annual Enrollment Newsletter Series

Award of Merit
Michelle M. Weber, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Ward Rounds Print Redesign

 

Congratulations, again, to all of this year’s winners!  For a complete winners list, visit the Pacific Plains Regional Web page.

 

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