IABC Florida Members Attend World Conference in Chicago
Three members of IABC Florida’s Board attended the 2024 IABC. World Conference in Chicago from June 23 to 26, coming away with a ton of valuable information and learnings. They also heard firsthand the wonderful news that IABC Florida was named a co-winner of the Chapter Member Experience Award (along with IABC Philippines)!
President Joanne Kazmierski, Vice President of Communications Doug Filaroski, and Vice President of Professional Development Meghan Woodworth joined hundreds of communications professionals from around the world to listen to speakers who showcased how communication creates “tangible results and evokes change.”
“The IABC World Conference in Chicago kicked off with a wonderful welcoming reception and the chance to catch up with colleagues and meet new people,” said Kazmierski.
“It was a special treat to hear from some of the world’s best communicators. I learned so much about how AI [artificial intelligence] can help us be more efficient - and even enhance our work,” said Filaroski. "It’s always great to be reminded of the power of communications in business.”
Woodworth summarized her feelings about the overall conference:
“The IABC World Conference can be incredibly overwhelming, but in the most inspirational way,” she said. “You get to hear from industry professionals on a wide variety of topics. After each session, I find myself taking away pages upon pages of notes. By the end, I have so much information and new ideas that it takes me days to weeks to organize it all and prepare a list of takeaways and actionable items that I can present to my organization. To me, this conference has been by far the most valuable few days of learning each year.”
Check out some takeaways from the expert speakers at the conference, compliments of Catalyst, the official publication of IABC, in an article, 16 Things We Learned at IABC World Conference 2024.
IABC Fla. Named Chapter Member Experience Award Winner!
CHICAGO (July 25, 2024) _ IABC Florida board members traveled to Chicago to attend the IABC World Conference on June 23-26. At the conference, the new statewide chapter won a Chapter Management Award for Member Experience after the group reorganized from several city-based chapters to a single statewide entity the previous year.
A co-winner with IABC Phillipines, the Sunshine State chapter was selected for the management award from among more than 60 chapters in Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, and North American countries, such as Canada and the U.S.
The award was presented at the International Association of Business Communicators annual world conference by IABC Executive Director Peter Finn.
Since its reorganization was finalized in September, IABC Florida has hosted six events, including a "New Year - New Ideas" gathering in January featuring IABC Global Board Chair Maliha Aqueel.
Chapter President Joanne Kazmierski, who attended the conference, called the global organization's recognition of the group's efforts over the past year "Great news!"
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