About IABC
The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) is a non-profit professional organization incorporated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and licensed to operate in the State of California. IABC has professional and student members in more than 100 chapters in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Russia, Switzerland, Thailand, and parts of Scandinavia, southern Africa, and the Caribbean.
The headquarters staff in San Francisco provides a range of professional development and recognition services for its international members and offers administrative support for its chapters and region leaders. Visit the IABC web site for further details of its services.
In 1970, its first year of operation, IABC had 2,280 members primarily from the United States, with a budget of approximately U.S. $100,000. Thirty-five years later, IABC’s membership has grown to more than 13,700 worldwide, with an operating budget of $5.1 million and 30 fulltime staff.
IABC chapters are divided geographically into eight regions worldwide. IABC Hawaii is part of the U.S. Pacific Plains Region, which includes chapters and members in 18 western US states. The region provides management and coordinating support for chapter leaders, professional development conferences, and regional award programs for members.
Hawaii Contributions to IABC
Thursday, June 10, 2010 Waialae Country Club
Mark your calendar now and plan to spend a worthwhile half-day with your business communications peers from the corporate, non-profit and public sectors.
The 2010 IABC Hawaii Ilima Awards Dinner will follow the seminar. Key dates are below:
• Early Bird Deadline - March 22
• Entry Deadline - April 2
• Winners Notified - Early May
Communicator of the Year Award
In celebration of our 35th anniversary, we are seeking nominations for our Communicator of the Year Award. The award is given to a leader 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.
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.
For details, contact Kris Tanahara at 533-4165 or Lee Tokuhara at 295-7329 .