Local Membership Benefits
IABC Hawaii provides an invaluable local business connection for its members and other professionals in the community who represent a cross-section of businesses and communications specialties throughout Hawaii. Members come from large corporate staffs, small businesses, communication firms, not-for-profit agencies, government, and sole practitioners. As part of its commitment to provide lifelong learning experiences, IABC Hawaii provides a range of programs and services that enable members to interact locally while keeping pace globally.
Monthly Meetings and Professional Growth Opportunities:
At IABC Hawaii speaker luncheons, members have an opportunity to hear and meet local, national, and international experts in the communications field. The luncheons, typically held on the third week of every month, are open to members and non-members. Through ongoing professional development programs and an annual MegaComm conference, IABC Hawaii gives members convenient, effective methods to master critical new skills, polish existing skills, and monitor emerging technologies and professional trends. The selected programs provide learning opportunities that enhance communicators at all career levels. Membership also entitles you to grow professionally as a volunteer and to help shape the association and the profession. IABC provides extensive support for volunteer leaders.
Career Network:
View available careers in Hawaii’s business and communication network on the IABC Hawaii website and through email notifications. Post your company’s job notices to a focused and appropriate audience through IABC Hawaii.
Member Communications:
IABC Hawaii highlights speakers, industry trends, association news and chapter activities through regular electronic communication. The IABC Hawaii web site also provides current information and historical background.
Professional Awards and Recognitions:
IABC Hawaii’s Ilima Awards program is the largest local communication “best practices” competition each year. The awards showcase the best professional work in the islands. It also prepares members for regional (Silver Quill) and international (Gold Quill) IABC competitions.
National Membership Benefits
Education and Professional Development:
Networking Opportunities:
Accreditation (ABC): IABC Hawaii supports the IABC accreditation program which bestows the professional designation of Accredited Business Communicator (ABC). The accreditation program measures your abilities and skills, and signifies the highest level of expertise recognized throughout the profession.
Networking: IABC Hawaii also provides time to just meet and network with other professionals. In a small communications community such as Hawaii, networking may be the most valuable benefit from participating in IABC.
Leadership and Friendship: IABC Hawaii offers many opportunities to volunteer and gain valuable leadership training and experience. Each year, IABC Hawaii sponsors its leaders to attend the IABC Chapter Leaders Institute to meet other chapter leaders from around the world and share best practices and strategies.
IABC offers these products and services from its administrative offices and resource library in San Francisco:
- INFORMATION Communication World, an award-winning four-color print magazine covering trends and issues.
- IABC World Wide web site, a growing resource for members, a forum for discussions about the profession, the interactive CW Online, information about the association, and homepages for IABC chapters worldwide.
- CW Online, an interactive resource on IABC’s web site, with industry news briefs and tips, a Question of the Week, updates from IABC, current, and archived “Communication World” articles, “Ask the Experts” section, and career and job postings. “Ask the Experts” section features a different communication expert every two weeks. Pressing questions, and those of simple curiosity, get a rapid response from the featured expert. IABC members submit questions through CW editors who post experts responses as soon as available.
- Information Services, a comprehensive service that provides how-to handbooks, customized information searches of electronic databases, IABC Research Foundation materials and information on award-winning programs.
- IABC Research Foundation, a branch of IABC, provides the latest findings and quantitative data, including the landmark “Excellence in Public Relations and Communications Management” study.
- IABC\NEXIS power on-line to access exactly the information needed. Members can pay for IABC staff to do searches for them, or they can subscribe to the service at a discount. Discounts on personalized research, personalized Nexis searches, Communication Bank handbooks, international conference registration, Gold Quill awards entry fees, and ABC accreditation application fees.
Who Won This Year’s Ilima Awards? See Below…
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
