THE 2021 SILVER QUILL AWARD WINNERS ARE HERE

We’re pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Silver Quill Awards.

The Silver Quill Awards honour the outstanding work of communication professionals from across the Asia Pacific region.  A total of 32 entries by business communication professionals in Australia, India, New Zealand, and the Philippines have been recognized as Award of Excellence and Award of Merit winners for demonstrating strategic acumen, innovative thinking, and creative skills that deliver important results and significant outcomes.

The winning entries, which were entered in the 2021 Gold Quill Awards, meet the IABC’s 7-Point Global Scale of Excellence as evaluated against a stringent set of rubrics by seasoned communication professionals from around the world.  Each winner will receive a 2021 Silver Quill Award certificate.

Congratulations to all of our 2021 Silver Quill Award winners!

AUSTRALIA

Award of Merit

Dementia Australia
Isolating Not Isolated:  Dementia Australia’s Response to the COVID-19
COVID-19 Response & Recovery Management Communication Category

Award of Excellence

Ambulance Victoria
Social Media
Audio/Visual Category

Artis Advisory
How Employee Communication Drives Business Outcomes
Writing Category

Australian Government-Department of Education, Skills, and Employment
Courage—Connect—Care:  Supporting Staff Through COVID-19
COVID-19 Response & Recovery Management Communication Category

Cropley Communication
Lifting the Lid Webinar Series
Audio/Visual Category

Cropley Communication
Mental Health & Wellbeing:  A Guide Through the Noise for Communication Professionals
Publications Category

Cropley Communication
Sacred Heart and St. Columbia Parish Virtual Mass
Communication Skills: Audio/Visual Category

Department of Health and Human Services, Government of Victoria, Australia
Victoria:  Staying Apart, Keeps Us Together
Community Relations Category

GFG Alliance
GFG Alliance Welcome to Workplace
Employee Engagement Category

Healthscope
Healthscope’s This COVID Life Video Series
Audio/Visual Category

Healthscope
Overcoming Adversity, Innovating Through Crisis:  Healthscope 2020
Issues Management and Crisis Communication Category

Jesuit Communication Australia
Australian Catholics Magazine School Subscriber Growth Campaign
Marketing, Advertising and Brand Communication Category

Metro Trains Melbourne
Metro Trains COVID-19 Communication
COVID-19 Response & Recovery Management Communication Category

NSW Public Service Commission
2020 NSW Premier’s Awards Livestream
Special and Experiential Events Category

Pesel & Carr Pty Ltd
Speech Pathology Week 2020:  Going Digital with Confidence
Nonprofit Campaigns Category

PwC Australia
Australia Rebooted
Writing Category

PwC Australia
Digital Pulse
Communication for the Web Category

PwC Australia
Digital Pulse
Writing Category

PwC Australia
PwC Australia’s 1st Annual Not-for-profit CEO Survey
Writing Category

PwC Australia
PwC Australia’s First Federal Budget Podcast
Audio/Visual Category

Sunshine Coast Airport
Sunshine Coast Airport:  From Grounded to Preparing for Take-Off in a Global Pandemic
COVID-19 Response & Recovery Management Communication Category

Transport for NSW
COVID-19 Communications Response
COVID-19 Response & Recovery Management Communication Category

Transport for NSW
I’m Transport
Employee Engagement Category

Transport for NSW
I’m Transport
Internal Communication Category

Woolworths Group – Wemersion
“We not I”
Internal Communication Category

INDIA

Award of Excellence

Tata Sons
Transformation of Tata.com
Communication for the Web Category

NEW ZEALAND

Award of Excellence

Land Information NZ
Response to COVID-19 Internal
COVID-19 Response & Recovery Management Communication Category

North Caterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery (NCTIR) Alliance, Waka Kotahi NZ
Our Kaikoura Story – Moving Mountains to Reconnect Communities
Audio/Visual Category

PHILIPPINES

Award of Excellence

Ayala Group of Companies
Stronger Together:  How the Ayala Group Helped Filipinos Cope with the Pandemic
COVID-19 Response & Recovery Management Communication Category

Media Wise Communications, Inc./Muse Books
FINEX 50 Leading on to Wider Frontiers
Publications Category

Megaworld Foundation, Inc.
Mega Summer Ventures #RoamFromHome
Social Media Category

Union Bank of the Philippines
Heroes 2021: A CSR Campaign in the Time of Pandemic
Corporate Social Responsibility Category

 

ABOUT IABC ASIA PACIFIC REGION

IABC Asia Pacific Region (www.iabcapac.com) is a regional board with 12 chapters in eight countries throughout the Asia Pacific region, along with members-at-large in Singapore, Pakistan, China, Fiji, and Thailand.  It is part of the International Association of Business Communicators, whose global headquarters is located at 330 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 2000 Chicago, Illinois 60611 (www.iabc.com)

ABOUT IABC

Setting the standard of excellence since 1970, the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) is a vibrant global membership association with thousands of members from around the world. IABC serves professionals in the field of business communication, bringing together the profession’s collective disciplines. We deliver on the Global Standard in communication through our educational offerings, certification, awards program, resource library, online magazine, and annual World Conference.  We support our community of business communication professionals with innovative thinking, shared best practices, in-depth learning, and career guidance.