Corporate Communications Budgets on the Increase, Says New Dallas/IABC Quick Poll.

DALLAS -- Almost 82 percent of corporate communicators say their 2006 departmental budgets will increase, or at least "remain as is," according to respondents of the latest Quick Poll, a monthly online poll conducted by the Dallas chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (Dallas/IABC).

The survey, which ran mid-December to mid-January, asked communicators in the Dallas area if they expected their departmental budgets to remain as is, increase or decrease. The survey was also available to hundreds of communicators involved in IABC chapters throughout Texas, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico and Oklahoma.

Survey responses show:

--82 percent of responding communicators see their 2006 communications budgets "remaining as is," or having an increase

--Almost 45 percent of respondents say budgets will increase by 1 percent or more; Only 10.5 percent see increases of 10 percent or more this year

--Almost 19 percent of respondents say they will have budget decreases of 1 percent or more; 10.5 percent see decreases of 10 percent or more this year

The Dallas chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators conducts a monthly online Quick Poll on its Web site, www.dallasiabc.com, and invites communicators to respond to the poll. It is an interactive Web site feature that provides a timely snapshot of what chapter members and other site visitors think about current issues and trends.

Dallas/IABC (www.dallasiabc.com) is the professional communicator's choice for practical education, information and professional development. The not-for-profit association serves 300 members in North Texas representing hundreds of corporations, agencies, entrepreneurs and not-for-profit organizations. For more information, visit www.dallasiabc.com, or contact Roy Miller at 972-716-4070 x235, or via e-mail at [e-mail].