ABC/Columbus offers a variety of programming for communications professionals. We start our program year in September with monthly programs and other professional development activities culminating in June’s Bronze Quill Awards Banquet.

For all IABC/Columbus events, members and non-members on our mailing list receive timely email invitations. To be added to this list, please contact Jennifer Doron at (614) 271-9644.

December 4

IABC Professional Development Teleseminar

• Topic: Developing Your Accreditation Portfolio 
• Click here for details and to register   

December 11

IABC/Columbus Luncheon Program

• Topic: Communicating through Responsible Corporate Giving
• Speaker: TBD
• Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
• Place: TBD

December 17

IABC Professional Development Teleseminar

• Topic: Rebuilding Corporate Trust and Integrity: The Crucial Role of the Communicator     
• Click here for details and to register

December

IABC “Member-Get-A-Member” promotion during the month of December.

Current IABC members who recruit new professional members during the month of December will receive three free months of membership for each new member they bring in…up to a full year of membership at no charge.  Just three rules:

1. The new member must identify the referring member in one of the following ways:

• For mailed, faxed, and online enrollments: Write the referring member’s first and last name and chapter (or region member-at-large) on the application form
• For phoned enrollments: Mention the referring member’s first and last name and chapter (or region member-at-large)

In other words, the referring member’s name must be provided at the same time the check or credit card number is received to be eligible.  We cannot apply credit if your name isn’t mentioned, so please be sure it is!  We want you to benefit from your efforts!

2. The new member must not have been an IABC member since November 1, 2007.

3. The limit for this promotion is four members (a full year of membership at no charge).

January 27, 2009

IABC International Gold Quill Awards - Early Bird Deadline

• Enter by the early-bird deadline and save $100. Final deadline is February 3. For more information and to view the call for entry, visit the Gold Quill Awards web site.

June 7-10, 2009

2009 IABC World Conference

• Experience the IABC 2009 World Conference in beautiful San Francisco, California, where you’ll meet with 1,600 communication practitioners from 40 countries for four days of learning, camaraderie and inspiration.

October 18-20, 2009

• 2009 Heritage Region Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. Save the date!