On Friday night I joined 350 professional communicators for the annual national awards from the Institute of Internal Communication.
Set in the stunning Intercontinental Hotel in Park Lane, London (aka posh!), it was wonderful to recognise practitioners’ hard work.
It was an honour to be asked to judge again this year and my goodness me it was a tough one. The level was high and I thoroughly enjoyed reading the entries and working alongside my fellow judges to reward the best of the best.
Well done if you won or received an Award of Excellence on Friday, you should feel justifiably proud. Congratulations to Awards and Events Director Justine Stevenson and the whole IoIC team for yet another cracking night.
I had a sore throat when I woke up on Saturday after speaking to so many comms pros and hearing their news. Thank you if you stopped me to say hello, I put so many faces to Twitter handles on the night, you truly can’t beat face-to-face comms!
Well done @IoICNews team for #IoICawards17, esp Awards Dir @jusstevenson. Was good to see judge @helendeverell & IoIC boss Jen Sproul 🏆 pic.twitter.com/bxhoXQ3NP3
— Rachel Miller (@AllthingsIC) September 30, 2017
#ioicawards17 selfie with the wonderful @AllthingsIC A real privilege to judge excellence in IC congrats @Nationwide @McDonald‘s @BBC pic.twitter.com/MKfMusAOJd
— Rachel Royall (@RachRoyall) September 29, 2017
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Over 44 class winners were handed out, with the Gold Award winners the pinnacle of the evening. These three top trophies went to the Royal Mail/AB (Print), Nissan/Beem (Digital) and NHS Merseyside/Kenyons (Campaign).
Justine Stevenson said: “It is a privilege to see such a volume of great work and I am continually impressed at the standards that colleagues are achieving.”
You can see the whole list and check out the Book of the Night online.
Here’s the full list of The IoIC Awards 2017 winners:
Campaigns
Operational Campaigns
#JabDone for NHS Merseyside by Kenyons.
Best Use of Print
Links commemorative book for BG Group by AB.
Best Use of Digital Channels
Intranet
Putting listening into action with Facebook for London Ambulance Service.
Best Use of Design and Imagery
Best Use of Writing
Innovation
2017 Play With Care Illustration for Mattel by Jaxzyn.
Best Event
Best event for an internal audience
Our BIG Event for Nationwide Building Society
Best event for a member/stakeholder audience
Spit Happens for Loughborough University by Loughborough University.
Team Awards
Best corporate in-house team
Are your internal comms the best in Europe?
If you’re still on cloud nine after your IoIC success, why not battle it out against European communicators?
The European Association for Internal Communication (FEIEA) is calling for entries for its 2017 awards.
See their website for all you need to know. Their Grand Prix Awards deadline is 22 October 2017.
Post author: Rachel Miller
First published on the All Things IC blog 2 October 2017.
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