The FEIEA Grand Prix 2010 is now open for entries, offering you a prime opportunity to gauge your organisation’s communications against a European benchmark.

Entries are welcomed from right across Europe, and the competition is open to anyone involved in business communications with employees or organisation members as their main target audience.

Entry classes cover printed publications, electronic communications and communication strategies. This year, we have added two new classes for face-to-face internal

The closing date is 10 June 2010, and awards will be presented at the FEIEA Grand Prix awards dinner in Vienna on 15 October 2010.

You can find out more by downloading the attached PDF.

CiB has launched a regional network for members who work or live in Southern England – Hampshire, West Sussex, Surrey, Berkshire, Wiltshire and Dorset.

There's no charge for CiB members, just lots of benefits, including breakfast meetings hosted by Mandarin Kite (near Winchester). There is also a LinkedIn group for people to ask advice and stay in touch between breakfast meetings.

It is with deep regret that we report the death on Saturday 20th February of John Hartvig of Denmark.

A former chairman of the Danish association Dansk Personalebladsforening, and head of information for the leading electrical company, Kemp and Lauritzen, John held the role of Secretary General of the Federation of European Industrial Editors Associations for over a decade.

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CiB Scotland is delighted to announce the winners of the 2009 Scottish Communications Awards.

The awards were presented at a black tie dinner in Glasgow on Friday 26 February 2010. The winners were presented with their trophies by broadcaster Shereen Najiani.

Duplicate trophies and duplicate certificates can be ordered online.

Leamington Spa agency Summersault and the in-house team from Essex County Council were the big winners at the 2009 Central Region awards, held on Friday 5 February at the National Motorcycle Museum.

The Summersault team took eight awards and five Class Winners on the night, including the prestigious Tom Dawson Award for the best of the best in print publications. Last year’s big winner, 44 Communications, was close behind with seven awards overall.

CiB’s landmark annual conference at the Carden Park Hotel near Chester on 12th – 14th May 2010 will explore the potential of active communication for making a real difference as the economy starts to recover - while also celebrating CiB’s rebirth as the Institute of Internal Communication (IoIC).

CiB now has a group on LinkedIn. You can find it at http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2709430

The group is open to both members of CiB and non-members and will feature news, job vacancies and details of CiB events. There are also a number of active discussions for you to take part in. You have to be a LinkedIn member to join, but this is an easy process.

A group of 18 CIB members and guests met up in the boardroom of the Yorkshire Post newspaper in January to discuss the impact of the recession on business communications.

Delegates included Yorkshire PR and communications agencies, freelance copywriters and communications managers from organisations such as Bradford digital TV and satellite developers PACE, translation company, Alexika and the Audit Commission.

CiB is working with the Lyonsdown Media Group on a supplement on employee engagement for the Guardian newspaper. This will discuss how to be better managers of people and explore the clear correlation between improved engagement and better performance.

To find out more about how your organisation could contribute to this supplement, visit:
http://www.lyonsdown.co.uk/media/ee-mediapack.pdf and contact Georges on 0208 349 6454 or georges@lyonsdown.co.uk