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2007 Silver Quill Recipients
The Pacific Plains region is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2007 Silver Quill Awards. The awards competition was designed to showcase creative combinations in organizational communications whose individual ingredients came together in communication recipes for success. Judges from across the country evaluated almost 160 entries on strategy, effectiveness and creativity. Seventy-eight entries received awards this year. Congratulations to all!
CHICAGO
Employee/Member Communication: Excellence
David Grossman
DG&A for the McDonald’s Corporation
Drive-Thru Optimization: Helping Build Drive-Thru Capacity and Drive the Business Forward
Kimberly Thomas
Motorola, Inc.
I’MOTO: Marketing Our Values Internally By Building the Buzz, Brand and Business
Gabrielle Loring
The ROC Group for Kraft Foods Global, Inc.
Preventive Care Promotion
Debra Lynn Ross
Consorta, Inc.
The Source, Strategies & Solutions for Supply Chain Success
Media Relations: Excellence
Dave DeVries & Joel Shadle
Sprint
Sprint Tournament Center
Benefits Communication: Excellence
Susan D’Alexander
Global Rewards U.S. Healthcare Team; Corporate Internal Communication
Motorola, Inc.
LIVESMART: 2006 Healthcare Campaign
Kenneth Groh & Linda Britten-Smith
AON Consulting for Wausau Paper Corporation
Explore the Possibilities – Health Benefits
Special Events – Internal or External; Excellence
Debra Lynn Ross
Consorta, Inc.
2006 Annual Resource Management Conference & Exhibition
Publications: Excellence
Phyllis Kennedy & Michael D. Swenson
Accenture
High Performance Business: We Know What It Takes
Debra Lynn Ross
Consorta, Inc.
The Source, Strategies & Solutions for Supply Chain Success
Rebecca Theim
UPM North America
U Magazine
Debra Lynn Ross
Consorta, Inc.
2006 Consorta Annual Report
Writing: Excellence
Rebecca Theim
UPM North America
U Magazine
Publication Design: Excellence
Debra Lynn Ross
Consorta, Inc.
The Source, Strategies & Solutions for Supply Chain Success
Other Graphic Design: Excellence
Nicholas Quirke of Words and Pictures, Inc.
& Valerie Culver
Weiss Memorial Hospital
Medical Office Building Event Materials
Multi-Audience Communication: Merit
Debra Lynn Ross
Consorta, Inc.
The Source, Strategies & Solutions for Supply Chain Success
Employee/Member Communication: Merit
Joanne Kitsos, ABC, Maryellen Thielen, ABC
& Mary Hills, ABC
IABC/Chicago Chapter
IABC/Chicago’s Accreditation Group Study Program
David Grossman
DG&A for McDonald’s Corporation
Using Strategic Internal Communications to Communicate McDonald’s Restaurant of the Future
LOS ANGELES
Issues Management: Excellence
Kimberly Krantz & Marta Newhart
The Boeing Company
MSV Contract Announcement Communications Plan
Benefits Communication: Excellence
Amy Kot & Mary Endress
Towers Perrin for Safeway
Reinventing Healthcare @ Safeway
Publications: Excellence
Nick Durutta, ABC
The Capital Group Companies
Capital at Seventy-Five
Publication Design: Excellence
Mary Endress & Jennifer Miller
Towers Perrin for Northrop Grumman
Fremont General Corporation
Employee/Member Communications: Merit
Mary Endress & Rachel Speed
Towers Perrin for Northrop Grumman
What’s Your Number? – Health Care Education Campaign
MINNESOTA
Marketing Communication: Excellence
Brian Everett, MindShare Strategies, Inc.
TMCA Transportation Marketing & Communications Association
Driving Membership of TMCA
Special Events/Internal or External: Excellence
Erica Dao, Dan Jasper & Anna Long
Mall of America
World’s Largest Gingerbread House
Barbara Farland
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Event Planning Department
2006 Hall of Fame Event
Writing: Excellence
Katie Paulson
Padilla Speer Beardsley for Rockwell Automation
We All Scream for RFID on Ice Cream!
Media Relations: Merit
Kristin Heinmets
Padilla Speer Beardsley for Minneapolis Downtown Council
2005 TCF Holidazzle Parades
Marketing Communication: Merit
Ann Mann
CHS, Inc. with Colle+McVoy, Inc.
Test Drive Cenex Lubricants
Employee/Member Communication: Merit
Cindy Schmieg
Entegris, Inc.
Launching the New Entegris
Publications: Merit
Deborah Thell
Medtronic, Inc.
Re-invention of the "Connecting" Newsletter
Other Graphic Design: Merit
Ann Mann
CHS, Inc. with Colle+McVoy, Inc.
Test Drive Cenex Lubricants
ORANGE COUNTY
Employee/Member Communications: Excellence
Sean Strauss & Brent Demoville
Allergan, Inc.
Inamed Acquisition Integration
OREGON/COLUMBIA
Publications: Merit
Mary Remuzzi & Kari Fredheim Goglin
Nike, Inc.
Nike vs. Retail Register
SAN DIEGO
Publication Design: Excellence
Susie Giesting & Mary Endress
Towers Perrin for San Diego Co. Schools Veba
VEBA Annual Report
Benefits Communication: Merit
Susan Giesting & Mary Endress
Towers Perrin for Northrop Grumman
Best Doctors Service Launch–- Making a Difference when it Matters Most
SAN FRANCISCO
Government Relations: Excellence
Beth Haiken & Stephanie Corns
The PMI Group, Inc.
Making Mortgage Insurance Tax Deductable
Employee/Member Communication: Excellence
Vivien Dai
Bonfire Communications for Banana Republic
Career Development at Banana Republic
Brand Communication: Excellence
Cynthia Chiarappa
California Pacific Medical Center
Beyond Medicine
Electronic and Digital Communication: Excellence
Beth Haiken & Stephanie Corns
The PMI Group
PMI Global Website
Publications: Excellence
Vivien Dai
Bonfire Communications for Banana Republic
Career Development at Banana Republic
Publication Design: Excellence
Vivien Dai
Bonfire Communications for Banana Republic
Career Development at Banana Republic
SEATTLE
Publications: Excellence
Marianne Hoffman
Starbucks Coffee Company
My Brew
Benefits Communication: Merit
Denise Foster
Swedish Medical Center & Milliman
Choose Your Path to Retirement
SILICON VALLEY
Employee/Member Communications: Excellence
Melissa Ward & Debbie Donovan
Conceptus, Inc.
E3News
Desiree Sylvester & Kathie Gaddy
Hewlett Packard Company
Communicating HP’s Strategy
SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN
Benefits Communication: Merit
Kelly Semrau
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
2007 Benefits Communication: Speeding, Learning & Helping Retention
ST. LOUIS
Publications: Excellence
Rob Kessler
Enterprise, Employee Communications
Free Enterprise
Writing: Excellence
Melissa Kramper
Buck Consultants for Express Scripts
2007 Express Scripts Enrollment Campaign
Melissa Kramper
Buck Consultants for Kellwood
2007 Kellwood Enrollment Campaign
Other Graphic Design: Excellence
Jennifer Whitlow
Buck Consultants for the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions
2007 LAFPP Branding
Interactive Media Design: Excellence
Elizabeth Lohmeyer
Buck Consultants for Albertsons
2006 Alberstons Enrollment Campaign
Employee/Member Communications: Merit
Mike Plotnick & Jacqueline Jefferson
HOK, Inc.
Diversity Awareness and Inclusion Campaign 2006 “People Matter”
Electronic/ and Digital Communication: Merit
Jennifer Whitlow
Buck Consultants for West Penn Allegheny Health System
2007 WPAHS Benefits Enrollment Campaign
Writing: Merit
Melissa Kramper
Buck Consultants for Kellwood
2007 Kellwood Wellness Newsletters
Melissa Kramper
Buck Consultants for Essent Healthcare
2007 Essent Healthcare Enrollment Campaign
Publication Design: Merit
Jennifer Whitlow
Buck Consultants for Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.
2005 RGA Annual Report
NON-MEMBERS
Management Division / Community Relations: Excellence
Sidney Griffin, Jr.
San Francisco 49ers, Santa Clara, CA
Respect Takes Many Forms
Lynn Casey
Padilla Speer Beardsley with the Itasca Project, Minneapolis, MN
Close the Gap: A Campaign to Sustain Economic Competitiveness
Media Relations: Excellence
Michelle Livingston
Buffalo Exchange, Tucson, AZ
Publicity for Buffalo Exchange’s 1st Store in New York City
Multi-Audience Communications: Excellence
Catherine Stone
Strategic America for the Salisbury House Foundation, Des Moines, IA
2007 Salisbury Automobile Classic
Employee/Member Communications: Excellence
Suzanne O’Regan & Keturah Pestel
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans,
Minneapolis, MN
Code of Conduct Program
Publications: Excellence
Elena Sacca Smith
Toyota Financial Services, Torrance, CA
pulse–a news magazine for TFS
Donna Mulder & Thrivent Magazine Team
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Appleton, WI
Thrivent Magazine
Joe Curley
Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Oakland, CA
New Places, New Choices
Tessa Burton
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Practice Advantage
Megan Fairchild Anderson
Padilla Speer Beardsley, Source Publication & Winnercomm Inc. for BASF Pro VM, Minneapolis, MN
TimberLines - America’s Leading Source on Forest Management
Publication Design: Excellence
Becky Blackford & Amber Siever
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield,
Des Moines, IA
A Fresh Coat of Blue: Small Business Collateral Redesign
Government relations: Merit
Tara Haushalter
Mueller Communications, Inc. for
Manpower, Inc., Milwaukee, WI
Manpower, Inc. World Headquarters Relocation
Media Relations: Merit
Tami Kou
LaBreche for 3M–Specialty Vehicles, Minneapolis, MN
A Quiet Ride
Steve Houston
Casey Communications for Branson Landing (HCW LLC and Urban Retail), St. Louis, MO
Bringing Branson Landing to Life
Danielle Engholm
Padilla Speer Beardsley for Rockwell Automation, Minneapolis, MN
Rockwell Automation Launch of FactoryTalk
Marketing Communication: Merit
Tessa Burton
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Hands Campaign
Employee/Member Communications: Merit
Marady Hill
Bonfire Communications for Harrah’s Entertainment, San Francisco, CA
Benefits Communications at Harrah’s Entertainment
Benefits Communication: Merit
Melissa Flitsch
Watson Wayatt Worldwide, Chicago, IL
Living Well: Stepping Up to Good Health
Patricia Zar & Deborah N. Lang
AON Consulting for Jones Lang LaSalle,
Chicago, IL
Jones Lang LaSalle Open Enrollment 2007
Nancy Cahill
The ROC Group, Kraft Foods Global, Inc.,
Chicago, IL
Preventive Care Promotion
Special Events/Internal or External: Merit
Tessa Burton
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Speaking of Women’s Health Conference
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