IABC Hawaii
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Ann Botticelli, vice president for community relations and communications for Kamehameha Schools, to be honored June 10.
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IABC-Hawaii has named Ann Botticelli as its Communicator of the Year (COTY). Botticelli, who currently serves as vice president for community relations and communications for Kamehameha Schools, will be honored at IABC Hawaii’s annual Ilima Awards dinner, on June 10, at Waialae Country Club, along with other Ilima award recipients.
“We are pleased to recognize Ms. Botticelli as our COTY Award winner in this 40th anniversary year of IABC,” said Elizabeth Ahana, president of IABC-Hawaii. “Her dedication to Kamehameha Schools’ mission and vision are evident in her improvement of the organization’s media and government relations and community collaborations both locally and nationally.”
The COTY award is given to an individual who has in the past year demonstrated outstanding successful use of communications strategies, skills, tools, and methods to achieve business goals or has achieved noteworthy excellence in communication for a recent major campaign or event.
“One of the great pleasures in life is to be able to work alongside outstanding people in an organization with a clear and focused mission-- it makes communicating so much easier,” said Botticelli. “I am deeply honored to receive this recognition, which I share with my very talented CRC teammates.”
Past award winners include Terence Knapp, Dr. Richard Mamiya, Mary Bitterman, Winona Rubin, Russell Okata, Dr. Richard Kelley, Julia Frolich, Larry M. Johnson, Bruce I. Yamashita, Randall Roth, Harry S. Kim, Ken Miller, and Robert G. Reed III.
Responsibilities include determining strategy & facilitating placement of all advertising either print or electronic for shows, programs and special events.
Production
Works with a design firm & printer, expedites production of all direct mail pieces such as postcards, season brochure, playbills and newsletters. Produces in-house collateral.
PR and Promotions
Responsible for dissemination of press releases, pitching stories and providing publicity photos for DHT shows, programs and events.
E-Marketing
Responsible for content, design and distribution of e-marketing blasts and campaigns (via Constant Contact).
Website
Responsible for maintenance and updating of DHT website; acts as liaison to web host/designer.
Programs: Constant Contact; Adobe Photoshop; InDesign; Contribute; iMovie; Microsoft Office (Word, Excel) and Mail.
Some evening and weekend work required.
Degrees: BA; marketing experience and graphic design preferred; non-profit experience a plus
Submit a Resume to:
Deena Dray, Executive Director
Diamond Head Theatre
520 Makapuu Ave, Honolulu, Hawaii 96816
or 808.733.0277x301
Visit us @ http://www.diamondheadtheatre.com
Click here for a list of all winners 2010ILIMA_AWARDSLR.PDF
KAU I KA HANO AWARD
David Cox
PUNAHOU SCHOOL
Punahou Bulletin
KAU I KA HANO AWARD
Becker Communications, Inc.
HAWAII CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION
Hawaii’s Seed Crop Industry Economic Report 2009
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Hawaii Visitors & Convention Bureau
HAWAII VISITORS & CONVENTION BUREAU
HVCB’s “A Thousand Reasons to Smile” San Francisco Campaign
Keala Peters
HAWAII PACIFIC HEALTH
Centennial Celebration Campaign
Jennifer Pang
PANG COMMUNICATIONS
RevoluSun Company Launch
Jennifer Pang
PANG COMMUNICATIONS
Alakona Corp./Green Mix Hawaii
Jennifer Pang
PANG COMMUNICATIONS
Hawaii P-20’s Step Up! Launch
Helene Waihee
CASTLE MEDICAL CENTER
Women’s Health & Beauty Fair
Hastings & Pleadwell: A Communication Company
CPB’s Alex the Loyalty Officer Retires
Charlisse Chang
TOBACCO PREVENTION & CONTROL TRUST FUND
Kick Butts Day
Crystal Yamasaki
BENNET GROUP STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS
Special Olympics Hawaii Fundraiser Takes Participants Over the Edge
Becker Communications, Inc.
EAST-WEST CENTER FOUNDATION
East-West Center 50th Anniversary Video
Hastings & Pleadwell: A Communication Company
National Cyber Security Awareness Higher Education Campaign
Becker Communications, Inc.
KRAFT FOODS
12 Days of Kraft Foods
Jasmin Rodriguez
CASTLE MEDICAL CENTER
The Joint Care Center
Diane Pizarro
PUNAHOU SCHOOL
Punahou Bulletin
David Cox
PUNAHOU SCHOOL
Punahou Bulletin
Becker Communications, Inc.
HAWAII CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION
Hawaii’s Seed Crop industry Economic Report 2009
Hastings & Pleadwell: A Communication Company
Opalavision Display
Kathleen Connelly
PUNAHOU SCHOOL
PUEO Program Puts College Within Reach
AWARD OF MERIT
Becker Communications, Inc.
HILDGUND JEWELRY
Hildgund Jewelry Gift Giveaway
Community Relations
& Communications Group
KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS
Oiwi TV Launch Campaign
McNeil Wilson Communications
MARRIOTT RESORTS HAWAII
Marriott’s Spirit of Aloha Tour
McNeil Wilson Communications
MARRIOTT RESORTS HAWAII
Marriott Resorts Hawaii’s “Tweet Yourself to
Hawaii Tweetup”
HASTINGS & PLEADWELL:
A COMMUNICATION COMPANY
Central Pacific Bank
“Honoring the Legacy” Exhibit
Rapid Transit Division
CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU
Honolulu Rail Transit Symposium
Tiffany Benedict
HAWAII PACIFIC HEALTH
Kapiolani’s 100th Birthday Celebration at the
Honolulu Zoo
Kim Gennaula
HAWAII PACIFIC HEALTH
“100 Years. Over 1 Million Lives. Celebrating a
Century of Care at Hawaii’s Children’s Hospital”
1- Hour TV Special
Becker Communications, Inc.
& OrangeRoc
RETINA INSTITUTE OF HAWAII
Retina Institute of Hawaii Website
Julie Ford
SCHWEITZER CONSULTING, LLC
CSI: Reinventing a Home Page
McNeil Wilson Communications
MARRIOTT RESORTS HAWAII
Marriott’s Spirit of Aloha Tour PowerPoint
Jasmin Rodriguez
CASTLE MEDICAL CENTER
Vera Zilber Birth Center
Keala Peters
HAWAII PACIFIC HEALTH
“Celebration” PSA
Helene Waihee
CASTLE MEDICAL CENTER
Ulupono Magazine
James Hoff
CASTLE MEDICAL CENTER
Ku I Ka Mahalo
James Hoff
CASTLE MEDICAL CENTER
Castle MD
Kapono Ryan
CHAMINADE UNIVERSITY
Chaminade Quarterly Magazine 2009
Helene Waihee
CASTLE MEDICAL CENTER
Windward Health
James Hoff
CASTLE MEDICAL CENTER
Annual Quality Report
Lee Tokuhara
BENNET GROUP STRATEGIC
COMMUNICATIONS
Building Dreams for Hawaii Families
Monica Salter
PRUDENTIAL LOCATIONS, LLC
PERSPECTIVE Newsletter
Mark Berthold
HAWAII PACIFIC HEALTH
“100 Years of Caring for Children” Newsletter
Helen Waihee
CASTLE MEDICAL CENTER
Ulupono
Ken Lincoln
CASTLE MEDICAL CENTER
Annual Quality Report
Kathleen Connelly
PUNAHOU SCHOOL
PUEO-Reaching for College