IABC - International Association of Business Communication, Wellington, New Zealand

Distinguish yourself and the work of your team by becoming part of the international best practices represented by the IABC Gold Quill Awards®. Enter this global competition to receive the highest level of professional acknowledgment within business communication and become a legend (in certain circles).

• Early-bird deadline: 27 January 2010
• Final deadline: 3 February 2010

The Gold Quill Awards gala will take place on 7 June 2010 at the 2010 World Conference in Toronto.

All professional members will receive a copy of the call for entries via postal mail by mid-October. If you have an upcoming chapter event where nonmembers will be present, a limited supply of Gold Quill Awards brochures will be available in October. Contact Stacey Thornberry at sthornberry@iabc.com.

Complete entry details available in October at the Gold Quill website.

Get inspired! Check out this news story: NZ public sector wins big in global communication awards [April 2009]

The Member-Get-A-Member promotion is now running again. The basic premise is that members who recruit a new professional member will get three free months of membership for each new member they bring in…up to a full year at no charge (complete rules below). The promotion runs through the end of the year.

There are just four rules:

1. The new member must identify the referring member in one of the following ways:
   • For mailed, faxed, and online enrollments: Write the referring member’s first and last name and chapter (or region if he or she is a member-at-large) on the application form, we cannot apply credit if the referring member’s name isn’t mentioned, so please be sure it is. We want everyone to benefit from their efforts!
2. The new member must not have been an IABC member since 1 October 2008.
3. The limit for this promotion is four members, which would provide the referring member with a full year of membership at no charge.
4. The new member must be a professional member (not a student member), although recruiting members can be any type.

The Melcrum - Internal Communication Black Belt program is a premiere executive education program for communicators worldwide being held for the first time in Wellington on 20, 21 and 22 October at the Pipitea Campus, Victoria University.

Described as a “must do” for any internal communication practitioner who is serious about having a voice at the leadership table,  the course is run by Australians’ Adrian Cropley and Melissa Dark.

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IABC Wellington has negotiated a special tariff for chapter members to attend a professional development event bringing together the practical needs of communicators who need to persuade in the online environment.

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This conference features a blockbuster panel of Philippine and Asian speakers, as well as American and Europeans familiar with the business communication environment in Asia Pacific.

Held in two venues, the five-star Hyatt Hotel in Manila on 3 March, and the Boracay Regency Hotel, probably the best hotel in the world-famous Boracay Beach in central Philippines, on 4 and 5 March, the Phillipine Chapter promise an event to be remembered.

The entire package - five-star hotel dinner at Hyatt, two nights and three days at Boracay Regency with breakfasts and snacks, return flight and transfers, and the conference fee plus CDs of the major presentors  - will only cost US $1,300 for early bird registrants, and US $1,500 for regular registrants.

More information:

• Asia Pacific IABC Communication Conference Programme (PDF)
• Asia Pacific Registration Form (Word doc)

Know someone who wants to join IABC? Join in February and you’ll get a reduced membership rate.

For this month only, when any new or lapsed member joins or re-joins IABC, your joining fee will be waived (US$40 for faxed/mailed/phoned enrolments; US$30 for Internet enrolments).

To find out more about joining, visit our Join us page.

For Corporate and Student membership fees, please contact IABC Membership Chair Paul Rayner:

• email paul.rayner@workingwordsnz.com
• cell 021 633 622.  

(Note: This promotion does not affect active renewing members or students.)