IABC/Chicago celebrated the 2013 Bronze Quill Award winners with an exposition format on Tuesday, June 4 at Wildfire in downtown Chicago. The event recognizes this year’s IABC/Chicago Bronze Quill Winners, the 2013 Karen Utterback Award winner, Margaret (Peg) Wander, committee volunteers and board members.
The annual competition, now in its 32nd year, was open to all Chicago-area business communicators who completed a significant project that embodied excellence in one of 27 categories across three divisions: communication management, communication skills and creative.
The Bronze Quill Award recognizes communication professionals for their excellence in developing and executing business communication programs. Winning entries feature clear objectives supporting the organization’s goals, creative communication strategies and effective, measurable results.
“Bronze Quill entries are judged by seasoned IABC professionals from other U.S. chapters, based on stringent standards set by the leading global business communications professional organization,” said Alex Mitchell, Director of Awards for IABC/Chicago. “The 2013 winners combined creativity and sound business strategy to influence a company’s goals, as well as its bottom line.”
The 2013 Bronze Quill Award winners are:
Best in Show
Courtenay Dobrow and Carr Lamphier of Morningstar, Inc.
Digital Communication/Marketing
Marketing Communication
Award of Excellence
GolinHarris
MSL Chicago
Award of Merit
MSLGroup
Employee/Member Communication
Award of Excellence
Gabrielle Loring, ROC Group
Human Resource and Benefit Communication
Award of Excellence
Gabrielle Loring, ROC Group
Kenneth F. Groh, ABC, Groh & Associates, Inc.
Award of Merit
Jill Folan, Towers Watson
Strategic Communication Processes
Award of Excellence
Dr. Theomary Karamanis, AKADREM, Inc.
Brand Communication
Award of Excellence
MSL Chicago
Special Events – Internal or External
Award of Merit
Scott Gilmore, Muller Quaker Dairy
Electronic or Digital Communication
Award of Excellence
Alex Mitchell, American Society for Surgery of the Hand
Social Media
Award of Excellence
GolinHarris
MSL Chicago
Award of Merit
Anthony Martucci, Edelman
Publication Design
Award of Excellence
Jessica Burke and Jennifer Jones, International Association of Lighting Designers
Digital Communication/Marketing
Award of Excellence
Courtney Dobrow, Morningstar, Inc.
Christine Heath, Communications Consulting Worldwide
Integrated Marketing Communication
Award of Excellence
MSL Chicago
Electronic Newsletters
Award of Excellence
Kari Fortelka, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
Audiovisual
Award of Excellence
Kenneth F. Groh, ABC, Groh & Associates, Inc.
Community Relations
Award of Excellence
MSL Chicago
Award of Merit
Andrea Abate and Lisa Curran, Zeno Group
Issues Management and Crisis Communication
Award of Excellence
MSL Chicago
Writing
Award of Merit
Patricia Aylward, CNA
Previous winners represented companies small and large, including Motorola, Sprint, Boeing, Allstate, Accenture and Aon Consulting. The IABC/PPR Silver Quill Awards open this month. Next year’s Bronze Quill Award call for entries will open in late fall.
Congratulations to this year’s winners! Photos will be posted to our Flickr account soon!
IABC/Chicago thanks ROC Group (rocgroup.com), the official sponsor of the 2013 Bronze Quill Awards. The 2014 Bronze Quill Awards will open in late fall.
