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The ABC List for April 2008
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Apr 30, 2008 16:53 PDT
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The ABC List for April 2008
Welcome to the newest monthly edition of the ABC List. The ABC List
serves 724 professional communicators.
This newsletter is a forum for accredited communicators, but more
importantly, those communicators interested in learning more about
becoming accredited, the value of accreditation and the process to
attain accreditation. If you have a question, a topic for discussion or
something you’d like to see in the ABC List, e-mail onu-@iabc.com.
If your chapter is holding a workshop, fun shop, exam prep session, exam
date, pinning ceremony or the like, let me know and I’ll publicize your
event here in the ABC List.
IABC Accreditation: The Global Standard. A Personal Statement.
In this issue:
*** Congratulations to the New ABC in April
*** Upcoming Portfolio Teleseminar: “Preparing for your Accreditation
Exam”
*** Upcoming Accreditation Exam at International Conference in New York
*** “Accreditation: Worth the Effort”: Mary McMinn, ABC
*** Congratulations to the New ABC in April
- Deborah Rieselman, ABC, from IABC / Greater Cincinnati
*** Upcoming Portfolio Teleseminar: “Preparing for your Accreditation
Exam”
Join Jo Langham, ABC, on Thursday, 22 May for an informational session
on “Preparing for your Accreditation Exam.” This session will help you
prepare for the four hour written and half hour oral exam.
This teleseminar is designed for anyone who is already an accreditation
candidate, but has value to anyone considering entering the
accreditation process.
Details:
When: Thursday, 22 May 2008.
Time: 8 a.m. – 9 p.m. (PDT) or 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. (PDT)
(You may select the 8 a.m. or 4 p.m. session when you register.)
Fees:
Members: $55.00
Non-members: $85.00
To register, please visit:
http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=4417814d-7df2-4fad-b7c6-a5595267a3e9
*** Upcoming Accreditation Exam at International Conference in New York
IABC will be holding accreditation exams on Saturday, 21 June 2008 from
1 – 6 p.m. in New York City. To register for this exam date, please
contact Olivia Nucum, onu-@iabc.com, by 2 June 2008.
*** “Accreditation: Worth the Effort”: Mary McMinn, ABC
Frankly, the accreditation process was more challenging than I initially
expected.
Part of that may be because our Chapter doesn’t offer reviews or classes
like some Chapters do to prepare members for the portfolio and exams. I
jumped in not knowing what to expect, based on going to one meeting.
Also, I have an MBA and am a good student, so I think my perception was
the accreditation process shouldn’t be too hard compared to that. But, I
was quickly humbled.
For my portfolio I sent in two of my projects that had won Silver
Quills, but still needed to add more information (measurement and
evaluation). I did not prepare for my initial oral and written exam (and
certainly was unprepared for the speed needed to finish the test within
the time limit), so I had to retake part of it, which I passed on the
second try.
Our profession has grown immensely in the past few years and my guess is
the accreditation process is broader and more complicated now than it
was years ago. You should be prepared to know new and emerging
technologies, philosophies and more. I’m happier now to have ABC by my
name, because I know it’s not a “flash in a pan” process and I respect
it more.
*** About the ABC List:
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those professional communicators who seek to be accredited and wish to
learn more about the process and the value of accreditation.
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comments and observations to onu-@iabc.com.
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The ABC List was created by Ned Lundquist, ABC. It is currently edited
and published by:
Olivia Nucum
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