Results matter. That’s what makes the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Bronze Quill Awards special. The Bronze Quill is designed to honor projects and campaigns that show measured results. While other awards are primarily judged on the somewhat subjective “creativity” of a piece, the Bronze Quill Awards consider creativity and then dig deeper – evaluating how the piece meets and exceeds the intended goals and objectives. This makes winning a Bronze Quill Award for our client partners especially gratifying. We get to prove the campaign worked for our client.
Wednesday, five jhP client projects were selected to receive the Bronze Quill Award of Excellence. Selected were the Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home and Crematory 2009 Coffeyville Calendar, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas “I Work for You” newspaper campaign, jhP “Creative Crunch Time” tradeshow booth, se2 ACLI tradeshow campaign and the Penwell-Gabel Funeral Homes, Crematory & Cemetery “Green” PR campaign.
jhP is very lucky to work with a fantastic group of client partners who entrust us to champion their brands, collaborate with them on amazing creative and work with them to build their business and increase their ROI. It’s nice to be recognized, but the real prize is doing work you love for people you truly respect and admire.
Our own Tracey Stratton was awarded the “Woman Making Headlines” Award at the March 30 Topeka Association of Women in Communications 2010 Headliner Awards Luncheon. Tracey was nominated for her achievements in 2009. Her breakout year included a promotion to Director of Public Relations and obtaining significant amounts of earned media coverage for jhP clients.
Tracey works diligently with jhP clients to craft messages and promote services, programs and events for their public relations initiatives. Her level of professionalism and creativity have enhanced jhP’s credibility with local media and paved the way for even greater media responsiveness.
Congratulations, Tracey! We appreciate your hard work and are proud to have you as a partner!
The jhP team is privileged to work with a group of diverse, exceptional client partners who continue to challenge us with developing creative advertising and marketing solutions. Once again, the strong partnership between jhP and our clients was recognized and rewarded at the 2010 AAF-Topeka ADDY Awards Gala on Saturday. The team earned six Gold ADDY awards and 11 Silver ADDY awards. We also received Best of Show – Campaign for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Multi-Media campaign that involved television, radio, magazine and newspaper ads.
Our very own Brie Engelken was the recipient of the 2010 Carolyn Terhune Volunteer of the Year for her outstanding performance as the AAFT programming chair. We’re very proud of her well-earned accomplishment!
Here’s a full listing of all of jhP’s ADDY Award Winners:
Earlier we told you how jhP was in consideration for an American Advertising Federation National ADDY Award for the illustration “Paper Dali,” created to promote the Mulvane Art Museum’s Mountain/Plains Art Fair. At last Saturday night’s National Conference ADDY Show, Dan Billen and Gary Jones received a Silver ADDY on behalf of jones huyett Partners -– the highest honor awarded in the category! This was the first jhP piece to win national recognition from the AAF. Here’s what Dan and Gary had to say:
Dan Billen, in an email from the hotel after the ADDY show Saturday night:
I’m sitting in the hotel room with Gary trying to come down from a pretty big night. We won a Silver ADDY for Illustration, and – because the awards are based on a point system, not by rank – there wasn’t a Gold ADDY given in that category. That puts us at the top of the nation!
There were about 50 tables and several hundred people at the award show. It was a packed house! I did my best to represent jhP with a bright orange tie and orange Converse shoes to match (that was a real crowd pleaser). We dined on huge steaks and watched as people were called up on stage to accept their awards. Pretty soon it was jones huyett Partners’ turn, and Gary and I went up in front of what seemed like an ocean of people to get our award. I felt like a rock star (again!).
Gary Jones, on the ADDY Award-winning project, after returning to the office Monday morning:
The Mulvane Art Museum, which is part of Washburn University, was our client on this project. I serve on the Friends of the Mulvane Art Museum Board of Directors, and jhP works on the advertising for the Mountain Plains Art Fair, one of the big fundraising projects for the museum. Each year I work with our creative staff to come up with a fresh, new look for the fundraiser.
This year’s goal was to select an artist who personified creativity. I suggested Salvador Dali, remembered for his flamboyant mustache and wild eyebrows. Dali was highly imaginative and looked at things in a surreal and grandiose manner. His work was just as striking and bizarre. Our mission was to create an illustration that captured Dali’s energy in a fresh, exciting way. Dan’s personal collage work made me think he could collage a portrait of Dali. With little direction, Dan created the image and it was clearly a winner. We used the illustration on everything (billboards, banners, posters, flyers, postcards, tickets, T-shirts and TV) and the response was fantastic! Some people knew immediately who he was, and others just liked him because he looked so outrageuos and fun.
Receiving a National ADDY award for the piece solidified our confidence that the ‘Paper Dali’ illustration is world-class work. We are thrilled to bring national exposure to Washburn University and the Mulvane Art Museum. jhP has always appreciated the value of supporting the arts, and we’re proud to help children learn through Mulvane Art Museum programs. Topeka is a great place to live and learn about the arts.
Congratulations Dan and Gary! Everyone at jhP is very proud of you for being recognized as among the best in the country and bringing honor to the excellent work our creative team produces every day!
One of our great joys is the daily chance to create unique, effective advertising and marketing messages for our clients. Sometimes those messages are so distinctive that they are honored in competitions, such as the local ADDY Awards hosted by the American Advertising Federation – Topeka.
As listed previously, jhP won several Gold ADDY Awards in this year’s local competition. One winner was “Paper Dali” an illustration created by Dan Billen and the jhP art team for the Mulvane Art Museum’s 2008 Mulvane Mountain/Plains Art Fair. Along with the rest of the Gold ADDY winners, “Paper Dali” advanced to contend at the AAF – Ninth District ADDYs. Competition included local winners from across our four-state region: Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa.
In District competition, typically dominated by the “big guys” from Kansas City and St. Louis, “Paper Dali” brought home another Gold ADDY! As a District-level Gold winner, “Paper Dali” advances to the National ADDY Competition to compete against award-winning illustrations nationwide.
Next weekend, Dan Billen & Gary Jones will travel to Arlington, Virginia to attend the National ADDY Awards Show. With a little luck, they might find themselves walking across the biggest stage in advertising – collecting another big ADDY for “Paper Dali.”
Results matter. That’s what makes the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Bronze Quill Awards special. The Bronze Quill is designed to honor projects and campaigns that show measured results. While other awards are primarily judged on the somewhat subjective “creativity” of a piece, the Bronze Quill Awards consider creativity and then dig deeper – evaluating how the piece meets and exceeds the intended goals and objectives. This makes winning a Bronze Quill Award for our client partners especially gratifying. We get to prove the campaign worked for our client.
One of our great joys is the daily chance to create unique, effective advertising and marketing messages for our clients. Sometimes those messages are so distinctive that they are honored in competitions, such as the local ADDY Awards hosted by the 
