Announcing the shortlist for the Strategic Communication Management Awards 2011

LONDON, August 5, 2011

Melcrum announces shortlist for Strategic Communication Management (SCM) Awards 2011.

Today Melcrum unveiled 29 shortlisted entries across 6 categories for this year’s SCM Awards - the UK’s only awards scheme to showcase teams and individuals who have positively impacted business results through strategic internal communication.
 
This year saw an overwhelming response with 109 entries from a total of 68 different organisations for the following categories: Leader of the Year, Team of the Year, Excellence in Technology, Excellence in Employee Engagement, Rising Star, Business Impact. Nominations for the prestigious SCM Lifetime Achievement Award will be revealed and the winner announced at the awards dinner.
 
All other category winners will also be announced at the SCM Awards dinner, hosted by BBC presenter and journalist Jeremy Vine on 12 October 2011, the first evening of the Strategic Communication Management Summit in London.
 
Speaking at the announcement of the shortlist, Victoria Mellor, CEO of Melcrum and chair of the awards judging panel, said:
 
"While we’d like to congratulate those that made the shortlist, we’d also like to thank the many excellent entrants that didn’t make it to this stage. The high standard of work made the narrowing down of entries an exceptionally tough task. It’s certainly fair to say that adversity has bred highly strategic and creative communication approaches to complex challenges".   
 
The SCM Awards are being run in association with Towers Watson; a leading global professional services company that helps organisations improve performance through effective people, risk and financial management.
 
Tables and individual places for the SCM Awards dinner can be purchased at:
http://www.melcrum.com/scmsummit/book.html
 
The SCM Summit takes place on 11-13 October 2011 in London. A full programme can be downloaded at: http://www.melcrum.com/scmsummit/index.html

Strategic Communication Management Awards 2011: Shortlisted entries
Business Impact	Aviva UK Centrica Energy City & Guilds Group Dankse Bank Group Heineken UK Rolls Royce
Team of the Year	Essex County Council Nationwide Building Society Pension, Disability & Carers Service (PDCS), executive agency of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Warburtons
Excellence in Technology	Amadeus Bupa CitiGroup Department of Justice, Victoria, Australia eBay Europe Lloyds Banking Group
Excellence in Employee Engagement	Allman Communication & Tom Tom Communications: PepsiCo UK & Ireland (PIUK) Everything Everywhere Lloyds Banking Group Microsoft Services Asia Nationwide Building Society The Phoenix Group
Leader of the Year	Gabriel Winn, Director of Internal Communications, Centrica Energy Nick Howard, Retail Internal Communication Director, Lloyds Banking Group Fiona MacAllan, Group Head of Internal & Change Communication, Corporate Affairs Division, Nationwide Building Society Andy Rushton, Head of Communications, Pension, Disability and Carers Service (PDCS), executive agency of the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP)
Rising Star	Lucy Sycamore, Head of Channels, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Adam Pledger, Senior Manager, Channel Management and Planning, Lloyds Banking Group Klavs Valskov, Director of Communication, Maersk Line

About Melcrum
Melcrum, a privately held research and training business, is the leading authority on best practice, emerging trends and strategy in internal communication.

Melcrum advises internal communication leaders at 69% of the Global Fortune 100 largest organisations and 84% of the FTSE 100. Through independent research and executive education, Melcrum helps internal communicators achieve the rewards and recognition they deserve.

With global networks and offices in the UK, US and Australia, Melcrum researchers and editors spend their time meeting and talking to practitioners to find out where the best work gets done. Melcrum makes these tools, techniques, and case studies available to its members through publications, research, events, forums and websites.

For more information visit www.melcrum.com or contact:

Victoria Mellor, Group CEO, Melcrum
T: +44 (0)20 7357 8888
E: victoria.mellor@melcrum.com