Congratulations to all the professional communicators who have had their work, teams and effort recognised via the CIPR Inside #insidestory awards.
The shortlist was unveiled today, it’s incredibly strong with some excellent campaigns, ideas and channels on the list. Now your help is needed to decide the winner of one of the categories.
CIPR Inside @CIPRInside is the specialist member group for internal communicators in the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR).
This is the fourth year of the #insidestory awards, created by the group to recognise and share best practice in internal communication.
The entries are judged by experienced industry professionals who rigorously assess the award entries against the set criteria, and I was delighted to be part of the judging panel again this year.
Well done to everyone on the shortlist, I’m looking forward to celebrating with you at the awards evening next month.
Vote for your #ICHero
CIPR Inside needs your help. You’re invited to cast your vote for the #ICHero nominees of the Clare Latham award.
Congratulations to the five shortlisted nominees. In alphabetical order, they are: Asif Choudry, Sue Dewhurst, Gloria Lombardi, Kevin Ruck and John Townsend.
Tough call! Well done to you all. Read more about the shortlisted nominees to help you decide.
Votes need to be cast by 6pm on Friday 5 February 2016.
The shortlisted entries for the #insidestory awards are:
Best employee engagement (Small / SME, Medium, Large, Extra Large) | Best change communication |
Anchor | Imperial Tobacco Group |
blue goose Anglo American | Manchester Airports Group |
blue goose Sodexo | Nationwide |
Carillion | Verve EKHUFT |
Coca-Cola Enterprises (Finance) | |
Deloitte | Best public sector or charity campaign |
Essex County Council | Bank of England |
Fast Metro Riyadh | Powys County Council |
Nationwide – Pensions | |
Nationwide – SCARF | Best digital magazine or newsletter |
Powys County Council | Imperial Tobacco Group & Powell Media |
Sberbank of Russia | NBCUniversal International |
Wheatley Group | Sequel and Nationwide |
Best internal event | Best use of video |
AXA | Deloitte |
Macmillan | Imperial Tobacco and Powell Media |
O2 | Nationwide – pensions |
Top Banana | Nationwide – specialists |
ustwo | Verve EKHUFT |
Best use of intranet or ESN | Most innovative approach to an internal communication challenge |
Barclays | Aviva and CA3 |
Nationwide | AXA |
NBCUniversal International | British Airways |
Vodafone GmbH | Carillion |
Wellcome Trust | ustwo |
Best in house team 1 – 6 & Best in house team 7 or more | Future leader |
Imperial Tobacco Group | Lisa Pantelli |
O2 | Russell Norton |
Post Office | Teri Nicklin |
Best agency | Clare Latham award (#ICHero nominees) |
AB | Asif Choudry |
Fifth Business | Gloria Lombardi |
H&H | John Townsend |
scarlettabbott | Kevin Ruck |
Sequel | Sue Dewhurst |
Best print magazine or newsletter (Classes 1, 2, 3, 4.) | |
AB Courier | |
AB KPMG Highlights | |
AB Post Office WOW | |
British Airways Cabin Crew News | |
FCO | |
Interfleet | |
Northstar Bentley | |
Norton Rose Fulbright | |
Dixons Carphone with scarlettabbott | |
SGN with scarlettabbott |
Jenni Field, @jenniwheller, Chair of the CIPR Inside group said: “It’s super to see such a fantastic group of organisations on the shortlist. We had a wonderful response to the awards again this year, the competition is tough and the judging rigorous.
“This shortlist shows how internal communication continues to grow in importance for businesses and public sector organisations of all shapes and sizes.”
“The awards are a brilliant way to benchmark your work, get recognition and share best practice. We’re looking forward to the party and finding out who will win and be highly commended.”
Winners and highly commended entrants for each of the categories including the Clare Latham award will be announced at the #insidestory awards party, an informal drinks and canapés reception at The Curzon Cinema, 99 Shaftesbury Ave, W1D 5DY, London on Thursday 25 February from 6pm-11pm.
Well done again to everyone on the list, and do try again next year if you didn’t make the shortlist this time round.
Rachel
Post author: Rachel Miller
First published on the All Things IC blog 25 January 2016.