Top Business Communicators Honored at 15th Annual Silver Inkwell Awards

Top business communicators in the Greater Washington and Baltimore regions were honored tonight by IABC/Washington at its annual Silver Inkwell Awards celebration. More than 135 people attended this year's celebration, which was held at the Ritz-Carlton in Pentagon City.

The IABC/Washington Silver Inkwell program recognizes excellence and leadership in the field of business communication. This year's contest drew more than 145 entries in eight different communication categories. Judges ultimately granted 15 Awards of Excellence and 40 Awards of Merit.

The evening's top honor, the Silver Inkwell's “Best of the Best” award, went to the Government Printing Office for its restructuring of its Employee Magazine.

“GPO's entry was outstanding,” said Randi Hicks Rowe, president of IABC/Washington. “The entry provided an excellent example of how the use of a strategic communications process, including strong research before, during and after the restructuring, and the achievement of measurable results, can be used in improving an employee communications magazine. GPO's metrics spoke for themselves.

The Awards of Excellence and the Awards of Merit were presented to the recipients in each category.

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Awards of Excellence

• Booz Allen Hamilton, Joseph Gradisher and Kim Heanue , Insight, this week at Booz Allen
• General Dynamics, Jessica Pantages, General Dynamics & Sammy Teach Kids about Defense and Aerospace Careers
• CSC's P2 Communications Services, Jennifer Voltaggio and James D. McDermott, Delphi Executive Summary
• Datatel, Inc. Peter Abzug and Michelle Short , Annual Report to Clients 2006
• Datatel, Inc., Marketing Communications, 2007 Experience Ad Campaign
• National Institute of Justice and Lockheed Martin, Lessons Learned From 9/11: DNA Identification in Mass Fatality Incidents
• Datatel, Inc., Michelle Short, The Right Message. The Right People. The Right Time
• G.P.O. Employee Communications Office, Jason Humm and Michelle Overstreet, Restructuring an Employee Magazine

Awards of Merit:

• Resource Management Division, Fairfax County Park Authority David Ochs, ResOURces
• MedStar Health, Jeanine Grain and Megan Murray, INTERFACE
• Georgetown University Hospital, Public Affairs & Marketing, Rachel Christoferson Georgetown Star - September 2006 Issue
• Harbor Hospital, The Compass
• Constellation Energy , Energy Matters
• American Iron and Steel Institute, Zamore Design Steel: In Front of the Curve -- Doing It Right
• JDG Communications, Inc. & American Psychological Association, APA Databases Portfolio
• MedStar Health, Design x 2, Target 110
• Jennifer Voltaggio, 2007 TBSC
• Kleimann Communication Group, Inc., Internal Revenue Service, Putting Theory into Practice: A Best Practices Approach to Developing Tax Instructions
• Mindshare Interactive Campaigns, Mindshare Holiday Campaign
• JDG Communications, Inc. & Environmental Protection Agency, Donna Vincent Roa and Len Johnson , EPA Visual Style Guidelines
• Booz Allen Hamilton & DHS PCII Program Office, David Seidler and Timothy Flaherty, DHS PCII Accreditation Toolkit

Design
Award of Excellence

• JDG Communications, Inc. and Environmental Protection Agency, Donna Vincent Roa and Len Johnson, EPA Visual Style Guidelines

Writing
Award of Excellence

• The MITRE Corporation, Employee Spotlight Series

Awards of Merit

• Spina Bifida Association; Ascend Communication, LLC, Cindy Brownstein and Lorelei Harloe, SBA, NCLR, GRUMA & Wal-Mart Announce Unprecedented Effort to Fight Spina Bifida
• APICS Magazine, Elizabeth Rennie, 'Beyond Borders"
• Electric Co-op Today Newspaper, Steven Johnson, After Katrina, Co-ops Turn Woe into Hope
• APICS Magazine, Jennifer Proctor, Corny Concerns
• Booz Allen Hamilton and DHS PCII Program Office, David Seidler and Timothy Flaherty, DHS PCII Accreditation Toolkit
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Deborah Goodman and Meredith Pond, Social Security Benefits: Outreach Access and Recovery for People Who Are Homeless
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Deborah Goodman and Meredith Pond, Electronic Records: Health Care in the 21st Century

Photos and Audiovisuals
Awards of Merit

• Georgetown University Hospital, Public Affairs & Marketing, Karen Alcorn, Deep Brain Stimulation Radio Campaign
• Georgetown University Hospital, Public Affairs & Marketing. Karen Alcorn and Marianne Worley, Can't Touch This

Communications Plans and Campaigns
Awards of Excellence

• Hewitt Associates and The American Red Cross, Cheli Brown, Judy Murphy, Lissette Suarez, Our Mission: Improve Benefits Enrollment
• Brand Resources Group and Rubbermaid Commercial Products Market Smarter Campaign, June 2006 - May 2007
• JDG Communications, Inc. & Small Business Administration, Marilyn Keyes & Caitlin Martin, Business.gov Awareness Campaign
• Home Safety Council and Brand Resources Group, Hands on Home Safety: Home Safety Month Campaign 2006

• The MITRE Corporation, Reflections of You Employee Referral Campaign
• Reingold, Janet Reingold and Richard Sawaya, “The Whole Story" Campaign: The George Washington University
• Booz Allen Hamilton, David Henschel and Carla Brock, National Animal Indentification System Communication Campaign
• Datatel, Inc., Mary Jones and Michelle Short, The Right Message. The Right People. The Right Time.
• National Center on Education and the Economy, and Widmeyer Communications, Campaign for Tough Choices or Tough Times
• Home Safety Council and Brand Resources Group, Safe Haven Awareness Campaign
• National Institute on Drug Abuse, Criminal Justice Campaign
• CSC's P2 Communications Services, Aaron Kobilis, Tour de France 2007
• Michele V. Brier Communications/Share Our Strength, Michele V. Brier and Jessie Sherrer, Chefs On Bikes 2007
• DBC Public Relations Experts, Matt Langan and Christen Barber, DBC and Approval for Audit Trail

Electronic and Interactive Materials
Award of Excellence

• Mindshare Interactive Campaigns/The Ad Council, Feed the Pig Website

• U.S. EPA/Office of Research and Development, Aaron Ferster and Donna Roa, EPA Science Newsletter
• Edge Digital Group and HC Creative Communications, Howard Clare, Edge Digital Group (www.edgedigitalgroup.com)
• National Council on Aging, NCOA.org
• United Negro College Fund and ADH Consulting Services, An Evening of Stars® tribute to Aretha Franklin
• JDG Communications, Inc. and American Red Cross, Jim McIntyre and Susan Dyer, Building Through Youth Involvement

• The Hoffman Agency and Plantronics, Kristin Bleier and Lori Tokunaga, Building Thought Leadership for Plantronics Around Design

• United Negro College Fund, An Evening of Stars® Tribute to Aretha Franklin: Themed Video Packages
• The MITRE Corporation, MITRE Monday Email

• JDG Communications, Inc. and Small Business Administration, Marilyn Keyes and Caitlin Martin, Business.gov Awareness Campaign