Awards and Recognition
Build your résumé and gain boasting rights by entering an awards or paper competition; or build your skills through an internship with an IABC professional member.
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Current opportunities
Internships
Past opportunities
- Chapter Management Awards
Winners will be honored at the Chapter Management Awards Reception in Orlando, FL on 6 February 2009. Congratulations and good luck to all who applied! Check back next September for your chance to be named 2010 International Student Chapter of the Year or Student Chapter Leader of the Year.
- Research Foundation RFP
Grant for US$4,000 on How Top Business Communicators Measure Return on Investment of Employee Communication
- National Student Conference
Congratulations to our winners!
- Papers Competition
First prize: Nicholas Browning (University of Georgia)
"A Deming Communication Management Strategy: Applying W. Edwards Deming's Management Methods to Communication Planning and Practice"
Honorable mention: Rachel Rohland (Elizabethtown College)
"Increasing Awareness for the Spine Center of Penn State Hershey Medical Center"
- Projects Competition
First prize: Alicia Brown,
Beth Ann Cavagnaro and Sarah Okimatsu (Rowan University)
"The International Center IMC plan"
Honorable mention: Donna Lynn Oakes (University of Hartford)
"A Communication Plan for the Hartford Chapter of SCORE"
- 2009 Journal of Integrated Marketing Communications
Call for Abstracts
Current Opportunities
Gold Quill Awards (Deadline: 3 February 2009)
The Gold Quill Awards are the mark of global distinction and represent the highest level of professional acknowledgment within business communication today. Distinguish yourself and the work of your team. Join an international competition that brings out best examples of thought leadership, strategic management, creativity, resourcefulness and successful solutions the world over.
To learn more, read these tips or check out interviews with previous student Gold Quill Award recipients:
Find more information and download the call for entries.
Chapter Management Awards (CLOSED)
The IABC Chapter Management Awards recognize the leadership abilities, management skills, creativity and teamwork of outstanding volunteer IABC chapter leaders worldwide.
The winning chapter will be honored at the 2009 Chapter Management Awards reception in Orlando, FL; receive a free professional development session with one of IABC's top-rated speakers; and receive a special “Chapter of the Year” banner and digital logo. The winning entry will also be featured on our web site and serve as a case study for other student chapters.
Entries for the 2009 CMAs are no longer being accepted. Thank you and good luck to all who submitted! Check back in February 2009 for this year's winning work plans, and visit again in September 2009 to learn about how you can apply for the 2010 CMAs.
We asked Sheng Huang, past president of 2008 Student Chapter of the Year, IABC/UC Berkeley, to tell us about his experience preparing his CMA entry. Sheng writes:
“Preparing our CMA entry was an initiative that took the whole team to complete. When I was drafting the work plan, I asked each VP to write a blurb about what they did and how their role contributed to IABC/UCB as a whole. This was extremely helpful in understanding the ‘big picture’ of the organization and how each person and activity helped further the purpose of IABC at UCB.
My best advice is not to forget that the results portion is just as important as implementation. This is where you should analyze whether your chapters’ programs are really effective. It’s okay if they weren’t, as long as you state how you can modify it to make it work! (No one really gets it right the first time!)
Overall, the application process is like writing a big résumé—for your entire chapter. It does take effort and time to complete, but it is highly rewarding in the end. Not only did I become more attuned to the needs of my chapter, but I also realized just how far we've come as a team and appreciated the board that much more as a result.”
Thanks and congratulations again, IABC/UCB! To learn more, check out best practices from past student CMA winners.
INTERNSHIPS
List your internship on the Axis
Unlimited listings may be submitted at no cost to be listed on the Axis, IABC's student internship bank. Simply send the following information to Janna White at jwhite@iabc.com:
- Description of role and responsibilities
- Hours and length/duration
- Compensation
- Location (please note “possibility to telecommute” if applicable)
- How to apply (include contact information)
- Deadline
Recent opportunities include a part-time public relations internship in Phoenix, AZ, offering $10/hr; and an unpaid, semester-long communications and marketing internship in St. Paul, MN.
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