2010 VISION AWARDS, JUNE 2, WINDOWS ON THE RIVER

Join now with IABC Cleveland to make the 2010 Vision Awards the chapter’s premier event celebrating regional communication excellence. There’s still time to help with the event. Volunteers are needed for event publicity and sponsorships. For details, e-mail Vision Awards Director Jamie Jackson.

Wednesday, June 2

Celebrate the communications profession and support the good work and people who impact northeast Ohio.  It’s all happening at the 2010 IABC Cleveland Vision Awards, Wednesday, June 2, at Windows on the River on the west bank of the Flats.

Vision Awards Competition

The Vision Awards competition provides a forum for sharing and recognizing exceptional communication practices by northeast Ohio professionals. Call for competition entries ends Friday, April 9. For instructions and complete information on how to prepare and submit your entries, click here.

Call for Entries Is Now Open

You’ve worked hard, so enter your best work.  By participating, you will promote the value of communication to your organization, increase industry awareness of you and your company, get useful feedback on submitted entries and receive public and peer recognition at the Vision Awards luncheon.

Early Bird submission ends Wednesday, March 31 ... $35 members/$50 non-members

Last Call Deadline, Thursday, April 1 - Friday, April 9 ... $50 members/$75 non-members

Learn How to Submit a Winning Work Plan

A winning entry consists of both an outstanding work plan and work sample. IABC chapters from around the U.S. judge IABC Cleveland entries and use a weighted score sheet. Fifty percent of the score is based on the content in the work plan and the other 50 percent is based on the work sample.

See what earned Findley Davies an Award of Excellence in Communications Management, Benefits Communications, in the 2009 Vision Awards. See what earned Cleveland Metroparks an Award of Excellence in Communication Creative, Advertising, Print, Broadcast, Interactive/Electronic, in the 2009 Vision Awards. 

 

COMMUNICATOR OF THE YEAR

Nominations Open Feb. 19 - March 26

IABC Cleveland is looking for a communicator par excellence. Someone who’s earned the admiration and respect ofcolleagues and constituents, business partners or communities.  And, new this year, members and non-members alike can submit nominations.  So, take a chance on someone you feel deserves wider recognition. Look to those who have shown communication leadership in 2009. Your nominee should demonstrate leadership in one or more of the following ways:

- By overcoming a communication challenge

- Leading a successful communications initiative

- Focusing attention on an important issue or championing a cause

- Enhancing or advancing the profession through teaching, research, utilizing creative strategies and or breakthrough techniques or modeling best practices

- Demonstrating a uniquely effective personal leadership style

Nominations are open from Feb. 19 - March 26. To read the guidelines and submit your nomination, click here.

 

 

THE VISION AWARDS:  CELEBRATING COMMUNICATION EXCELLENCE

JUNE 3, 2009 —Skills in project planning, strategy, execution and results that showed the depth of communication talent in Northeast Ohio were on display June 3 at IABC Cleveland’s 2009 Vision Awards luncheon held at Windows on the River on the west bank of the Flats.

Congratulations, Vision Award winners ... see the complete list

Twenty-two communication projects received recognition in the communications management, communication skills, communication creative and student categories.  Four organizations, including the Cleveland Metroparks, Time Warner Cable, Watson Wyatt Worldwide and Findley Davies, secured the coveted Award of Excellence, the Vision Awards' highest honor. 

Entrants included communicators working at Fortune 500 companies, consultancies, public relation firms, government and non-profit agencies.  They tested their best work against a standardized rating system based on scoring set by the International Association of Business Communicators.  A little more than half the score is based on the entrant’s successful development of a detailed work plan, including budgeting and results measurement.

Keynote speaker was Robin Ratliff, Assistant Vice President of Communications and Assistant Corporate Secretary for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.  She was selected as IABC Cleveland’s 2009 Communicator of the Year. Well-respected broadcaster and community champion, Larry Morrow served as master of ceremonies.

In additiion, Rebecca Odell, a public relations major from Cortland, Ohio, attending Kent State University, received the chapter's $2,000 Future Vision Award scholarship.

The 2009 Vision Awards was presented by Findley Davies, with the support of PR Newswire and Medical Mutual of Ohio.

 

Robin Ratliff named IABC Cleveland’s 2009 Communicator of the Year

Assistant Vice President of Communications and Assistant Corporate Secretary,                   The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Known for her artistry in “creating one voice from many,” Robin Ratliff has helped the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland’s diverse team of experts advance their views—during times of both calm and crisis— on economic and policy issues that affect our nation and region. She’s also IABC Cleveland’s 2009 Communicator of the Year.

More on the Communicator of the Year Award.  This award honors an individual within the Northeast Ohio community who has demonstrated communication excellence during the past year. The winner will have consistently displayed leadership in the delivery of information to employees, customers, and stakeholders.   Nominations are generated by you, members of IABC Cleveland. For more information, contact Matt Evans, 2009 Communicator of the Year chair, or by phone at 330-471-3381.

Vision Awards Sponsors ... Thank You

• Findley Davies

• Medical Mutual of Ohio

• PR Newswire

• Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

• Fleishman-Hillard

• Laurie Mitchell & Company

• Time Warner Cable

 

The Future Vision Award Scholarship

Thank you to all who submitted entries for the 2009 Future Vision Award Scholarship program. The entry period is now closed.  We look forward to announcing the winner. Pass on the word about your experiences to the undergraduates you know interested in a communications-related career. We think it's a great opportunity.

Past scholarship winners
2009— Rebecca Odell, Kent State University (at right in center with Marie Kilbane-Seckers and Kavita Sherman)

2008— Angela Kaufman, Bowling Green State University
2007—Kelly Fenn, Kent State University

For more information, contact Kavita Sherman, Future Vision Award chair, 440-668-5461.