We are launching a call for volunteers for the Organising Committee of our next Fusion event.  
 
If you know of anyone on your Chapter Board or within your area who might be interested in serving on the Organising Committee, please email  iabcasiapacific@gmail.com with the subject "Fusion19 Volunteer" with :

• Volunteer's contact details
  
• (Optional) Any preference in terms of areas they'd like to serve in (sponsorship, social media, logistics, ticketing, speaker vetting etc)

 
More detail on the venue and timing for the next Regional Conference will be coming soon.

If you have ever wondered how you might be able to contribute to shaping IABC and make a positive difference to our chapters and members, then we invite you to consider nominating to serve on the IABC Asia-Pacific Region Board.

Region Board leaders make decisions that support the health of the region’s chapters and guide the professional development of our members, the future of IABC and the profession.

Serving on the IABC APAC Board will help you to develop personally and professionally, to become more valuable to your organisation or clients, and to gain greater access to professional content, communications best practices and enhanced networking experiences.

Members in good standing, based in the Asia-Pacific region, are now invited to nominate to serve on the IABC APAC Board for 2019/20. Board positions available are:

• Vice Chair
• Secretary/Governance Director
• Communications Directors (up to 3 roles – member communication, web, social media)
• Chapter Liaison/Members-at-Large Director
• Recognition Director  
• Professional Development Director
• Partnerships Director
• Conference Director (Fusion19)

Nominations are open from Friday 11 April and close on Sunday 12 May. Board roles will commence on 1 July 2019 following confirmation of the Board slate at the Region AGM.

Full details of the commitments and requirements are included in the 2019/20 information pack. If you would like to nominate, complete this form and submit to iabcasiapacific@gmail.com by Sunday 12 May.
 
If you have any questions please email iabcasiapacific@gmail.com or contact Zora Artis, Vice Chair, directly on +61 410 56 56 25 or zoraartis@yahoo.com.au

2019 IABC World Conference, Vancouver Scholarships

IABC Asia-Pacific is pleased to offer four scholarships (valued at $A1,500) to IABC Members and Leaders in our region to attend this year’s IABC World Conference in Vancouver, 9-12 June 2019.

Evaluation of applications will take into consideration both financial need and merit. To this end, please provide an appropriate level of context and detail in your responses. Scholarship winners will be asked to:
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• provide World Conference insights via social media throughout the event.
• record a short on-camera interview in Vancouver and
• provide a final post-conference wrap-up to share with members thorough-out the region.  

Funds will be reimbursed to recipients’ bank accounts by wire transfer upon issuing receipts to our Treasurer. 

How to Apply

Please complete the application form and email it to  iabcasiapacific@gmail.com.

Important Dates

Application deadline: Friday 29 March 2019.
Scholarship recipients announced: Wednesday 3 April 2019 via Twitter/LinkedIn.

Missed the Gold Quill 2019 deadline? You’re in luck – there’s a late deadline which gives communication professionals a few more weeks to get their submissions in shape and entered ahead of the 29 January late deadline.

And it’s certainly an exercise worth considering.

For more than 40 years the IABC Gold Quill Awards have recognised best practice communication – work that is innovative, strategic and delivers significant results and outcomes for business.

By entering the awards program, you get to have your work benchmarked against a global standard and see if your work stacks up among the ‘best of the best’ communication efforts from around the world.

Asia Pacific IABC members have a strong track record

Though the IABC Gold Quill Awards are open to all communication professionals, IABC members across the Asia Pacific region are strong performers when to comes to winning awards. 

Last year, members from our region won 38 Gold Quill awards, collectively, across the award categories which span everything from print, digital, events and stakeholder management programs. Past winner Donante Aaron B Peji, from Sunlife, says winning a Gold Quill is “validation that hard work does pay”.

“There’s a sense of accomplishment once you put your story in writing,” he said, adding that professional communicators should consider entering the awards “to share … shine … [and] savor”.

For Susi Maclean, another past Gold Quill winner, the process itself of preparing and submitting an entry is “a fantastic reminder of the importance of being able to demonstrate some very fundamental things – overt linkages to business outcomes, the balance between creativity and strategy and the importance of measurement”.

“I didn’t realise how prestigious winning a Quill was until I won one,” she says.

How to avoid gold rush fever in the countdown to the late deadline

The Gold Quill Award entry preparation process is precise and does require discipline and attention to detail. There are a number of IABC resources which can help professional communicators to hone their entries for submission during the days leading up to the final deadline.

You can:

View

• IABC Gold Quill Award Chair Gabrielle Loring’s webinar “How to Create Your Gold Quill Award Entry”
• Claire Watson’s webinar “How to put together a standout award entry in less than 24 hours” [a free resource shared by IABC Victoria]

 
Read

• Gold Quill Award top 10 tips
• The Midas Touch resource for Categories 1-3 and How-to guide for Category 4
• Case studies on past Gold Quill winning entries

Visit

• The IABC Gold Quill website

 
The Gold Quill Award late deadline is 29 January 2019 (Tuesday). All deadlines are 11:59 p.m. PST. Winners are announced in April.

You’re in the midst of the next social media evolution. Mobile video consumption has grown precipitously and the rise of video platforms and virtual reality are going to make a significant difference to the way everyone consumes content. In this period of accelerated digital evolution, how can executives make sure they survive- or stand out? And are socially inactive executives dinosaurs in the digital world?

So why is it important for executives to be social? One reason, consumers.

​In 2015 the Financial Times reported 77 percent of consumers would buy more from their favorite brands if the company’s CEO was tweeting. A Brandfog survey also revealed 75 percent of consumers believe C-Suite social media engagement makes a brand seem more honest and trustworthy, up 7 percent from the previous survey. With public trust in institutions and ‘experts’ at an all time low, 2018 is the year of the authentic executive.

How can leaders effectively and authentically communicate with their audiences both internally and externally?

Darren Sibson will take you through the lessons learnt from arguably Australia’s most socially engaged leader – ANZ CEO Shayne Elliott. With a large presence across Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter Shayne has built a collaborative and inclusive culture for customers and staff.

​SPEAKER

The first recruitment professional ever-listed in PRWeek’s global ‘Power Book 500’, Katrina established Andrews Partnership, after four years as Founder & Board Director of VMA Group Asia-Pacific.

Her intimate involvement with high-level recruitment has made her a key figure in the growth of Asia’s communications industry in recent years, as she has partnered with businesses across the region to match the right senior talent to the right organisational cultures.

Previously, Katrina spent seven years as APAC Managing Director at Melcrum, global specialists in Internal Communications research. With her broad range of experience, organisations can work with Katrina in the full confidence that she understands their needs and goals.​