IABC/Toronto News

Submit a IABC/Toronto member-led initiative by December 15

Do you have a value-added initiative you would like to implement/create/carry out, for your fellow IABC/Toronto members but need some seed money? Thanks to our surplus policy, the IABC/Toronto Board is allocating money from last year’s surplus for member-led initiatives. Submit your idea before December 15, 2011 by going to Read more.

December is “Member-Get-A-Member” Month

Our “Member-Get-A-Member” promotion makes it simple to get a free IABC membership. Beginning December 1st, members who recruit new professional members will get three free months of membership for each new member they recruit − up to a full year at no charge. Make sure you take advantage of this opportunity before it ends on December 31, 2011. For rules, membership information...

IABC/Toronto MEDIA ADVISORY: The Role of Communications in Election Campaigns

TORONTO, October 19, 2011 – In the past 12 months, municipal, federal and provincial election campaigns have dominated the media. In order to create a targeted approach for reaching voters and influencers, campaign managers employed a variety of tactics – grass roots advocacy, traditional communications and new media technologies, specifically social media.

These elections ...

How to be Heard in the New World: New Seminar presents a Career Strategy to Build Relationships, Expand your Network and Establish your Expertise

IABC/Toronto MEDIA ADVISORY

Attention Assignment Editors/News Directors:

TORONTO, September 20, 2011 – During a time of intense instability and uncertainty, career development has never been more important; however, with the high-speed, technology driven society we live in, how do you get heard in all this noise? On September 27th, IABC/Toronto’s Get Known, Get Remembered:...

Strategic Objectives fights sex trafficking and wins IABC/Toronto’s People’s Choice Award

TORONTO, May 26, 2011 –The Toronto Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) announced Strategic Objectives as the winner of the 2011 People’s Choice Award at the OVATION Awards Gala, held last night at The Liberty Grand in Toronto. Strategic Objective’s campaign “The Body Shop ‘Stop Sex Trafficking of Children and Young People’ Petition” was voted ...

IABC/Toronto wins for best IABC chapter website

IABC/Toronto has won the 2011 chapter management award for best chapter website. Toronto’s chapter was also recognized for having the most new members and most new accredited members.

The winners of IABC’s 2011 Chapter Management Awards were announced at last week’s Leadership Institute in Nashville, Tennessee. The awards recognize the leadership abilities, management skills, creat...

ING DIRECT Canada CEO Named 2010 IABC/Toronto Communicator of the Year

Toronto ON. January 31, 2011 – The Toronto Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) is proud to announce that the 2010 IABC/Toronto Communicator of the Year (COTY) Awar...

Mayor Rob Ford “spins” top marks in PR Report Card

TORONTO, ON – Rob Ford’s campaign for Toronto’s top job was an example of excellence in communications, according to a 2010 Report Card released by the Toronto Chapter of the International Association of Business Communications (IABC).

“While some didn’t like what he had to say; the clear, consistent and ...

IABC/Toronto MEDIA ADVISORY: Selling, Implementing and Measuring Social Media

In this session, communicators will learn how to develop their sales pitch and a practical plan to integrate social media into external communications. They’ll also learn how to get approval to double their budget the next time around by tracking the right metrics with the right tools.

WHAT: IABC/Toronto Breakfast Seminar – Selling, Implementing & Measuri...