Gold Quill Awards 2006: your year to win.In 1999, I won a Gold Quill quill: see pen. Award of Excellence for multi-audience communication. Ours was an event for 4,000 customers, 100 journalists, 50 shareholders and several hundred employees. Entering the Gold Quill Awards was my passport to IABC IABC International Association of Business Communicators IABC Indo-Americans for Better Community . Before then, I had had little to do with IABC. I was a member-at-large, alone in Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. . Since then, I have been invited to serve as a Gold Quill judge on the Blue Ribbon blue ribbon denotes highest honor. [Western Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 127] See : Prize Panel four times and served for two years on the European board. This year I am chair of the Gold Quill Awards. If you think you don't have time, if you think that it takes ages to prepare an entry, or if you're not sure you're up to an award, 2006 is your year. Don't let those doubting voices hold you back. You wouldn't be in the job you're in unless you were pretty good. Perhaps it's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a to see just how good by entering one of the most prestigious awards programs in the communication profession. What kinds of programs warrant consideration? As just one example, Primerino, a small, unknown pastoral company in Brisbane, Australia, produced a bale bale 1. a package of wool in a wool pack weighing 150-250 lb depending largely on whether it is greasy or scoured. 2. a compressed bundle of hay, either about 100 lb tied with wire or twine, or large, round, untied bales, as big as a small hay stack and referred to as 'big bales'. of high-quality wool that it intended to sell above market value to attract long-term buyers. In a three-week time frame, the company launched an innovative media campaign to attract international interest and coverage, leading to the bale's sale at auction for a world-record amount. For communication firm the Phillips Group, the campaign garnered a 2005 Gold Quill Award of Excellence in media relations. Prove to your boss, colleagues and future employers that you and your work belong up there with the best of the best. To find out more, and to enter the Gold Quill Awards, visit www.iabc.com/gquill. --Marcus Ferrar, 2006 Gold Quill chair Early-bird deadline: 2 February; final deadline: 9 February |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion