ICon Awards

ICon Awards 2011 – entry pack

The hunt is on for the icons of internal communication – IoIC ICons.

‘ICons’ is the name given to a new set of awards which will replace the longstanding Communicator of the Year awards this year.

Entry is now open and there are 14 categories available including best in-house team, rising star, best line manager, best editor, writer and designer, and the Internal Communicator of the Year. You can enter yourself or nominate someone from your team or business and nominations close on 5 September.

The prizes will be handed out during the awards dinner on 17 November at the London Landmark Hotel.

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COTY Awards

The COTY awards were an opportunity to celebrate and reflect on a year of professional and personal achievement, to network with peers and to be proud of all that internal communication has achieved

Three other prizes are made at the awards lunch:

Communicator of the Year (nominated by IoIC members)
Diamond Award for Outstanding Achievement by an IoIC Member (decided by an IoIC panel)
Best IoIC accreditation programme student (nominated by the IoIC’s Professional Development committee).

How do we define ‘internal communication’?

Internal communication is any communication designed to build a shared understanding and foster a sense of community within a clearly identified and discrete group.

This definition reflects the need to include communication within membership organisations and similar groups, as well as employee communication. The important distinction is from any form of marketing or external communicatio

IoIC presents its Communicator of the Year awards at the same time as the main awards.

Christina Schmid was named IoIC Communicator of the Year 2010 for championing better equipment for soldiers in Afghanistan and her patronage of the Tickets for Troops Charity. She received her award at the COTY lunch in London on Friday 26th November 2010.

Previous recipients include Michael Bishop, British Midland (1989), Howard Davies, then CBI but now deputy head of the Bank of England (1992), Roy Castle, posthumously, (1994), Matt Barrett, Barclays (2001), Major Sir Michael Parker (2002), John Timpson (2003) and Sainsbury's Justin King (2006), Deanna Oppenheimer (2007), David Fairhurst (2008) and Joan Bakewell (2009).

The Internal Communicator of the Year award is also given to an individual that the organisation feels has made a major contribution to IC over the last year. This year's recipient was Samantha Children, internal communications manager at QBE European Operations.

At the same time, IoIC presents:

Diamond Award for Outstanding Achievement by an IoIC Member (decided by an IoIC panel)
Best IoIC accreditation programme student (nominated by the IoIC’s Professional Development committee).

Other previous IoIC Communicators of the Year include:

Jacqueline Gold

Jacqueline
Gold

Sir Richard Branson

Sir Richard Branson

David Bellamy

David
Bellamy OBE

Anne Diamond

Anne
Diamond

Dame Anita Roddick

Dame
Anita Roddick

To find out more about COTY and previous awards please click on one of the articles below or use the left-hand menu.

IoIC presents the Communicator of the Year Awards 2010

ICon Awards
Saturday, 27 November 2010 09:49

The Institute of Internal Communication (IoIC) has recognised the very best with the presentation of its Communicator of the Year Awards (COTY) 2010.

The awards were presented at the COTY lunch at the Landmark Hotel, central London on 26th November 2010. They assessed levels of professional attainment, dedication and consistent achievement in an individual or team rather than focusing entirely on a specific output such as a publication, project or campaign.

ICon Awards
Wednesday, 07 October 2009 08:48

Dame Joan Bakewell has been named Communicator of the Year by the British Association of Communicators in Business (CiB).

She has been recognised for her achievements as the Government’s czar for the elderly, a role introduced last year to give the generation a channel for making their voices heard.

Bakewell, 75, who epitomised cool, intellectual beauty during the 1960s as one of the first high-profile female broadcasters, was recruited to scrutinise policy and ensure that it does not discriminate against older people. She enters the fray as the Government prepares its new Equality Bill. Sex, race and age discrimination are to be rolled into one piece of legislation, which will cover everything from equal pay for women to provision for the elderly in hospitals.

However, she made it clear that she will not simply comment on policies affecting her generation, but also wants to “celebrate the achievements of older people” and help the middle-aged to prepare for decades of active living.

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