CNA nabs four international awards
11/16/2007 10:40:18 AM
College of the North Atlantic (CNA) has won four international distinctions from the MarCom Awards for the college’s work in marketing and public relations.
The MarCom Awards, administered by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals, is an international creative competition that recognizes outstanding achievement by marketing and communication professionals. Perhaps one of the largest competitions of its kind in the world, over 5,000 entries were submitted throughout the United States and several foreign countries for the 2007 competition.
CNA has won awards in four out of seven categories entered.
Two platinum awards were presented for the 2006-07 Annual Report, and two editions of the 2007 Currents Newsletter. Meanwhile, the two gold awards were presented for the college’s Branding Ads and the Choose CNA Programs and Services Guide.
In addition to certificates, the college is eligible to receive two gold and two platinum MarCom Awards, designed and individually cast by artisans at the same company that crafts the Oscar, Emmy and MTV Awards.
According to the judges, “The MarCom’s prestigious platinum award is presented to those entries judged to be among the most outstanding entries in the competition. Platinum winners are recognized for their excellence in terms of quality, creativity and resourcefulness.”
Only 18 per cent of the entrants won this award.
“The gold award is presented to those entries judged to exceed the high standards of the industry norm. Approximately 18 per cent were gold winners… Being a platinum or gold winner is a tremendous achievement.”
This is the first time CNA has entered and won awards from this competition and Stephen Lee, CNA’s manager of marketing and communications, says it is an honour for the college to be recognized.
“The team in Marketing and Communications has been producing exceptional work for years, but had rarely entered any of that work in awards competitions,” says Lee.
“In the last year or so we entered several competitions and were pleased to have won awards in two different competitions now. Of course, it’s a good feeling for those in the department to be recognized like this, but we think this is an achievement that can be celebrated by everyone at College of the North Atlantic. The inspiration for everything we do in our department is influenced by what our faculty and staff do at the campuses every day.”
Corinne Dunne, the college’s vice-president of Development/College Advancement, who oversees the college’s marketing efforts, says she’s extremely proud of the accomplishments of the marketing and communications department.
“It doesn't take external recognition like this to confirm for me the high calibre of our CNA Marcom Team - it does, however, serve as a great reminder for me to recognize wonderful individuals - working as a high performance team - producing terrific results! Congratulations to them - I'm proud to be a part of the team!”