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2021 Silver Quill Award Winners

Congratulations to the IABC Southern Region Silver Quill Awards program winners announced Oct. 7 at the connect2comms Conference in Denver, Colorado.

Division 1: Communication Management | Division 4: Communication Skills
Division 5: COVID-19 Communication Management, Research and Training | Division 6: COVID-19 Communication Skills
Best of Division | Best of Show


DIVISION 1: COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT


CATEGORY 1: INTERNAL COMMUNICATION

Award of Excellence

  • Client Engagement Virtual World Tour
    FIS – Alexis Anderson, Diamanto Kripotos, Emily Massey, Nicole Cave and Shannon Wallace

     

CATEGORY 8: CUSTOMER RELATIONS

Award of Merit

  • Creating Carbon Champions
    ENGIE – Kyra Coots and Rick Wirth

     

CATEGORY 9: MEDIA RELATIONS

Award of Excellence

  • Alabama Power Public Relations – Strategic Media Relations
    Alabama Power – Alabama Power Public Relations

     

CATEGORY 13: FINANCIAL COMMUNICATION AND INVESTOR RELATIONS

Award of Merit

  • Acquiring the Future
    Primoris – Brookii Wootton and Alice Brink

     
  • Investor Relations Website
    Southern Company – Corporate Communications

     

CATEGORY 14: ISSUES MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS COMMUNICATION

Award of Excellence

  • Alabama Power Nuclear Emergency Communication Organization
    Alabama Power – Alabama Power Public Relations

     

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DIVISION 4: COMMUNICATION SKILLS


CATEGORY 21: COMMUNICATION FOR THE WEB

Award of Merit

  • Alabama Power Public Relations – 2020 Media Relations
    Alabama Power – Alabama Power Public Relations

     

CATEGORY 22: AUDIO/VISUAL

Award of Excellence

  • What's In It For Me?
    FIS – Emily Massey, Alexis Anderson, Diamanto Kripotos, Nicole Cave and Shannon Wallace

     

CATEGORY 24: PUBLICATIONS

Award of Merit

  • Because You Care
    Fayette County Public Schools – Melinda Berry-Dreisbach

     
  • GSOC 2020 Annual Report
    Georgia System Operations Corporation – Beth Coffey and Jeralyn Miller

     
  • Fuel for Life 2020 Progress Report
    Southern Company Gas – Corporate Communications

     
  • 2019-2020 Real Estate Center Annual Report + 2021 Calendar
    Texas Real Estate Research Center – Communications Team

     

Award of Excellence

  • 2020 Alabama Power Foundation Annual Report
    Cayenne Creative – Alabama Power Foundation
  • The Truth Behind the Vapor
    Fayette County Public Schools – Melinda Berry-Dreisbach

     

CATEGORY 25: WRITING

Award of Merit

  • “Retiree overcame racial barriers to find place in history”
    Alabama Power – Donna Cope

     

Award of Excellence

  • Tequila Smith, Alabama Power, Commencement Speech, Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind
    Alabama Power – Michael Sznajderman

     

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DIVISION 5: COVID-19 COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT, RESEARCH AND TRAINING


CATEGORY 39: COVID-19 ISSUES MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS COMMUNICATION

Award of Excellence

  • How the Nation’s Largest Senior Living Company Responded to the Global Pandemic
    Brookdale Senior Living – Brookdale Media Relations Team

     

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DIVISION 6: COVID-19 COMMUNICATION SKILLS


CATEGORY 46: COVID-19 COMMUNICATION FOR THE WEB

Award of Merit

  • Resilient Columbia
    City of Columbia – Public Relations, Media and Marketing
  • COVID Thought Leadership for McMillan Pazdan Smith
    Reputation Ink – Sara Robinson and Brendan Blowers

     

Award of Excellence

  • Remote, Hybrid, and On-Campus Working, Teaching, and Learning: Technology, Services, and Resources
    University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus, Office of Information Technology – Mimi Cohen Dell

     

CATEGORY 48: COVID-19 SOCIAL MEDIA

Award of Merit

  • It's Your Shot, Columbia!
    City of Columbia – Public Relations, Media and Marketing

     

CATEGORY 49: COVID-19 PUBLICATIONS

Award of Merit

  • ONEOK Quarterly – COVID-19 Special Issue
    ONEOK – Communications Department

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BEST OF DIVISION


COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT

  • Alabama Power Public Relations – Strategic Media Relations
    Alabama Power – Alabama Power Public Relations

     

COMMUNICATION SKILLLS

  • 2020 Alabama Power Foundation Annual Report
    Cayenne Creative – Alabama Power Foundation

     

COVID-19 COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT, RESEARCH AND TRAINING

  • How the Nation’s Largest Senior Living Company Responded to the Global Pandemic
    Brookdale Senior Living – Brookdale Media Relations Team

     

COVID-19 COMMUNICATION SKILLLS

  • Remote, Hybrid, and On-Campus Working, Teaching, and Learning: Technology, Services, and Resources
    University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus, Office of Information Technology – Mimi Cohen Dell

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BEST OF SHOW

  • 2020 Alabama Power Foundation Annual Report
    Cayenne Creative – Alabama Power Foundation

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