The IABC Gold Quill Awards are like the “Oscars” for communication professionals – a stamp of the best of the best communication.
An award-winning entry isn’t about completing the brochure, video or website – it’s about what the communication needs to accomplish and how successful it is at doing just that. Winning an IABC Gold Quill Award will give you international peer recognition for excellence in communication.
“I’m an advocate – a cheerleader – for the IABC Gold Quill Awards because they recognize outstanding, top-tier and measurable communication throughout the world,” explained Gabrielle (Gabi) Loring, managing consultant with Gallagher.
Join us on Thursday, January 8th at 1:00 PM CT as 13-time Gold Quill winner, Gabrielle (Gabi) Loring will lead us through:
- Her top tips for winning an IABC Gold Quill Award
- The importance of including meaningful, measurable goals and objectives – and the difference between output-based and outcome-based objectives
- Award-winning case studies
- Reminders of the key rules to follow in entering, such as what to include in the Work Plan vs. the Work Sample
Meet the Speaker:
Gabrielle (Gabi) Loring, FCSCE is passionate about the IABC Quill Awards and measurement. As a managing consultant with Gallagher, Gabi partners with clients to develop and implement complex, multi-media strategies for communicating human resource, change and benefits-related issues. A long-time IABC volunteer, Gabi is currently the chapter engagement director for the IABC US Region. She has served as IABC Awards Committee chair and as a Gold Quill Awards Blue Ribbon Panel chair for 9 years. She has won more than 75 Quill Awards – 13 of which are Gold Quill Awards. A former IABC Chicago president, she received the IABC Chair’s Award in 2024 for her work serving on the IABC Organizational Design Task Force 2.0 and IABC Chicago Karen Utterback Volunteer Award in 2017. Earlier in 2025, she was named Fellow by the Centre for Strategic Communication Excellence (CSCE).