AMEC Communication Effectiveness Awards

The AMEC Communication Effectiveness Awards took place last night in central London. AMEC’s annual awards celebrate the importance of media measurement and evaluation to successful communications.

Hill & Knowlton Communications and the Ex Libris Agency were the big winners of the night, picking up the Judges’ Platinum Award and the International Members’ Award respectively, as well as collecting Gold in their individual categories. Another significant winner was Echo Research, who won a total of six awards.

For a full list of winners, visit the AMEC website >

Melitta

By | November 19th, 2010|Other events|0 Comments

European Excellence Awards 2010 – call for applications

The application process for the European Excellence Awards 2010 is now open, with entries from public relations, communications, brand building, and reputation management professionals welcome from companies, consultancies, associations and NGOs alike.

Now in their fourth year, the renowned European Excellence Awards will honour the PR and communication projects and campaigns that have achieved the most outstanding results over this past year and displayed exceptional talent and ability.

The deadline for entries is 8 October 2010 and the shortlist will be announced on 11 November 2010.

For more information and to access the application material for this year’s European Excellence Awards visit: http://www.excellence-awards.eu/application.

Good luck!

Melitta

By | June 23rd, 2010|Other resources|0 Comments

FEIEA 2010 Grand Prix for Internal Communications

FEIEA, the Federation of European Business Communicators, is now accepting entries into its 2010 Grand Prix – a pan-European internal communication awards competition.

Until 10 June 2010, you can enter your communication projects in one of 15 classes covering internal events, printed publications, electronic communications and internal communication strategies.

Find out more about the competition via the FEIEA website >

Melitta

By | April 21st, 2010|Other events|0 Comments

European Excellence Awards 2009 – how to enter

If you believe that one of your PR or communications projects undertaken during the last year deserves recognition, then why not enter it into the European Excellence Awards 2009? The deadline for entries is on October 9th, so you can prepare your entries over the summer. 

Award application materials >
More about the awards and how to enter >

Summary

The Competition:

– More than 1100 entries last year
– Expert jury of 30 communication industry leaders
– 56 Award categories across all sectors, regions and areas of practice
– Deadline for entries: October 9th 2009

The Ceremony

– December 10th 2009, Hofburg Imperial Palace, Vienna
– Celebrate with 400 communication professionals from across Europe
– Commemorate your achievements and hard work with your team
– Showcase your expertise to current and potential clients

If you have any questions regarding award entries, Varvara Garneli (varvara.garneli@excellence-awards.eu) will be delighted to assist you.

Good luck!

Melitta

By | August 7th, 2009|Other events|0 Comments

Awards for Top Swiss Corporate Websites – correction

Contrary to my original post on 9 April, this year saw the second annual H&H Webranking Awards Ceremony, recognizing the top performing corporate websites in the 2008 H&H Webranking Switzerland survey. Sorry for any inconvenience caused by the error.

This year’s winners include:

Georg Fischer – First place overall, and one of the most improved websites in the Swiss ranking this year.
UBS – Second place overall (last year’s winners)
Swisscom – Third place overall
Nestlé – Best Social Media Initiative, for its innovative and use of Web 2.0 applications on its corporate site
Roche – Best Performer, CSR
Swatch Group – Best Improver among all Swiss websites in the survey

More than just an awards ceremony, this year’s event also included speeches from leaders in online communications including David Villa from Xing and Roberto Ferrari, Websites manager at Eni, this year’s winner of the European Webranking. There was also a presentation of new research being conducted into online CSR communications by Lundquist srl, Hallvarsson and Halvarsson’s representative in Switzerland, Italy and Austria.

Further information about t the 2008 H&H Swiss ranking >

Video summary of the event >

Melitta

By | April 17th, 2009|Other resources|0 Comments

Awards for Top Swiss Corporate Websites

(Please see the correction to this post, published on 17 April)

The first Swiss H&H Webranking Awards Ceremony was held in Zürich earlier this month, to recognise the top performing websites in the 2007 Swiss H&H Webranking survey. 

The H&H Webranking research, published in collaboration with the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), represents Europe’s most comprehensive survey of corporate online communication. A total of 630 companies throughout Europe are considered, including the 62 largest listed companies in Switzerland.

The Winners:

3rd – Credit Suisse for its high quality content and interactive features 
2nd – Swisscom came in second place with an overall score of 77 points 
1st – UBS for the fourth time (9th overall out of all European companies surveyed)
Best Corporate Governance Section – ABB 
Best Improver – Roche 

Melitta

By | April 9th, 2009|Other resources|0 Comments