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The ABC List for May 2008
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May 30, 2008 15:46 PDT
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The ABC List for May 2008
Welcome to the newest monthly edition of the ABC List. The ABC List
serves 725 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 ABCs in May
*** Upcoming Accreditation Exam at International Conference in New York
*** Value of Accreditation Chapter Toolkit
*** Facebook and LinkedIn Set Up for ABCs
*** Congratulations to the New ABCs in May
- Stephen Collins, ABC, from IABC / San Francisco
- Jennifer Saputo, ABC, from IABC / Chicago
- Kate Stebbings, ABC, from IABC / BC
- Chris Freimond, ABC, from IABC / BC
- Nadine Sudnick, ABC, from IABC / Chicago
- Nancy Painter, ABC, from IABC / BC
- Amanda Mills-Sirois, ABC, from IABC / Toronto
- Jason Fradin, ABC, from IABC / Philadelphia
- Valeria Maltoni, ABC, from IABC / Philadelphia
- Kyle Schwarm, ABC, from IABC / Madison
- Morag Farquharson, ABC, from IABC / Toronto
- Jennifer Ferguson, ABC, from IABC / Toronto
- Stephanie Thornbury, ABC, from IABC / Toronto
- Chris Freek, ABC, from IABC / BC
- Kathy Dicks-Peyton, ABC, from IABC / Newfoundland & Labrador
*** Upcoming Accreditation Exam at International Conference in New York
IABC will be holding accreditation exams on Saturday, 21 June 2008 from
1 ¡V 6 p.m. in New York City. To register for this exam date, please
contact Olivia Nucum, onu-@iabc.com, by 2 June 2008.
*** Value of Accreditation Chapter Toolkit
A resource kit designed to help chapter leaders promote IABC and the
accreditation program is now available at:
www.iabc.com/leaders/abctoolkit/. The toolkit contains letter templates,
articles, talking points and results from the Value of Accreditation
Study. Feel free to use letter templates to pass along the Executive
Summary and/or article reprints to businesses, recruiters and academics
in your network.
Findings from the Value of Accreditation Study give chapters the
opportunity to get the word out about the value of accreditation and
strategic communication management to key stakeholders such as
businesses, higher education institutions and recruiters. This recent
study found that:
„X ABCs add strategic value to their organizations and clients by
practicing strategic communication management.
„X ABCs increase credibility and respect for themselves, their
departments and organizations, their industries and to the communication
profession.
„X IABC¡¦s accreditation program is a gateway to learning and advancing
the practice of strategic communication management.
A usage guide has also been developed to assist chapters in using the
materials in their marketing efforts. See how it may work for your
chapter. If you are interested in giving the presentation (speaker
notes are included) in your area or have any questions, contact Olivia
Nucum, Accreditation Coordinator at onu-@iabc.com or Mary Hills, ABC,
Director of Marketing, Accreditation Council, hillsm-@aol.com.
*** Facebook and LinkedIn Set Up for ABCs
Accreditation has gone social¡Knetworking that is. An ABC group has been
set up in Facebook and LinkedIn specifically for Accredited Business
Communicators. These groups will be solely for ABCs to network and
exchange information.
Facebook is being overseen by Claire Watson, ABC, APR, and the group
name is IABC-Global Accreditation.
ABCs can go directly to Facebook, set up their account and then connect
with the group.
Cindy Orlandi, ABC, APR, is facilitating the LinkedIn group, IABC
Accredited Members. To receive an invitation to join the group, contact
Cindy Orlandi.
*** About the ABC List:
This list is a forum for accredited communicators, but more importantly
those professional communicators who seek to be accredited and wish to
learn more about the process and the value of accreditation.
I invite candidates, prospective candidates and ABCs to send questions,
comments and observations to onu-@iabc.com.
You can read the back issues on the Web.
Visit http://www.topica.com/lists/ABCList/read. If you are new to this
list, I encourage you to do so.
*** Do you know someone who would be interested in the ABC List? Pass it
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blank e-mail to JOTW-su-@topica.com. There are more than 10,000
professional communicators in the JOTW network.
The ABC List was created by Ned Lundquist, ABC. It is currently edited
and published by:
Olivia Nucum
International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)
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