2017 Bronze Quill and Karen Utterback Volunteer Award Winners
IABC Chicago proudly announces the winners of the 2017 Bronze Quill Awards. Communicators from 14 Chicago area organizations were recognized for their accomplishments in 12 categories of corporate communications at a celebration on Sept. 14.
As “the Oscars” of Chicago communications, the IABC Chicago Bronze Quill Awards represent the pinnacle of communications excellence. The Awards recognize the best and brightest work from all communication disciplines — from marketing and public relations to writing and digital media expertise. 2017 marks the 36th annual IABC Chicago Bronze Quill Award competition.
The annual Bronze Quill Awards competition is open to all Chicago-area business communicators who completed a significant project during the previous calendar year that demonstrated excellence
Congratulations to the 2017 winners!
View photos from the event here and here.
DIVISION 1: COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT
CATEGORY 1: INTERNAL COMMUNICATION
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
- DuPont, Gagen MacDonald and Think Marketing – DuPont’s Journey to Three: Driving Performance Through Ambiguity
- Olson Engage – UnitedHealth Group Internal Communication
- ROC Group – Helping Littelfuse Associates Make Informed Medical Benefit Decisions
CATEGORY 2: EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
- Olson Engage – UnitedHealth Group Employee Engagement
AWARD OF MERIT
- Dupont, Gagen MacDonald and Think Marketing – DuPont’s Journey to Three: Driving Performance Through Ambiguity
CATEGORY 3: HUMAN RESOURCES AND BENEFITS COMMUNICATIONS
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
- Olson Engage – UnitedHealth Group HR & Benefits Communication
- ROC Group – Helping Littelfuse Associates Make Informed Medical Benefit Decisions
CATEGORY 4: CHANGE COMMUNICATIONS
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
- DuPont, Gagen MacDonald and Think Marketing – DuPont’s Journey to Three: Driving Performance Through Ambiguity
CATEGORY 7: MARKETING, ADVERTISING AND BRAND COMMUNICATION
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
- L.C. Williams & Associates – Trex Makes It Easy Campaign
AWARD OF MERIT
- Digital Third Coast and Olivet Nazarene University – The United States of Crazy Laws
CATEGORY 9: MEDIA RELATIONS
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
- H+K Strategies – Dannon Activia’s ‘It Starts Inside’ Campaign
AWARD OF MERIT
- H+K Strategies – Nonni’s 2016 Public Relations Program
CATEGORY 13: ISSUES MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
- TransUnion – TransUnion’s Data Incident Response Training: Teaching TransUnion’s leaders to protect the company’s reputation in the face of cybercrime risk
CATEGORY 15: SOCIAL MEDIA PROGRAMS
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
- L.C. Williams & Associates – Boise Paper “Office Life” Campaign
CATEGORY 17: NON-PROFIT CAMPAIGNS
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
- L.C. Williams & Associates – American Academy of Sleep Medicine “Sleep Recharges You” Campaign
DIVISION 4: COMMUNICATION SKILLS
CATEGORY 23: SPECIAL EVENTS
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
- AbbVie/RQS – RQS ELT Offsite
- HP – HP Global Wellness Challenge 2016
CATEGORY 24: DIGITAL COMMUNICATION
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
- G&S Communications and Scenic Road – Halex GT Legacy Campaign
CATEGORY 25: AUDIO/VISUAL
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
- ROC Group – How the New Advantage PPO + HSA Works
IABC/Chicago would like to thank our 2017 Bronze Quill Award sponsors for helping make the event possible:
Elite Sponsor
In-kind Sponsors
The 2017 Karen Utterback Volunteer Award Winner: Gabrielle Loring
Congratulations to Gabrielle Loring, an outstanding IABC Chicago volunteer, on being named the 2017 Karen Utterback Volunteer Award Winner! Read more here.