The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) has announced that Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI) is a winner of a Gold Quill Merit Award for their 2007-08 e-Annual Report in the Publication Design category. The awards recognize excellence in business communication. Winners will be honoured at the Gold Quill Awards gala in San Fransisco on June 8th.
The Annual Report website also received a platinum MarCom award making it a multiple award-winning project. MarCom Awards is an international competition for marketing and communication professionals involved in the concept, writing, and design of marketing and communication programs and print, visual and audio materials.
Last year the print version of NSBI’s annual report won these same honours. For NSBI, repeating — this time in the online arena — demonstrates a clear shift toward using online marketing tactics to reach their audiences. NSBI attributes their online success to the partnerships they have developed.
NSBI's e-Annual Report is built on ISL's OneWeb content management system. It is designed by BrightWhite and Nocturnal Design.
The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) is a global network of communication professionals committed to improving organizational effectiveness through strategic communication. Established in 1970, IABC serves almost 16,000 members in over 80 countries and 100 chapters. For more information, visit www.iabc.com.
Entries come from corporate marketing and communication departments, advertising agencies, PR firms, design shops, production companies and freelancers.The competition has grown to perhaps the largest of its kind in the world. A look at the winners shows a range in size from individual communicators to media conglomerates and Fortune 50 companies.
