July 28: Our Big Fat Greek Azbee Awards Reception

Mark your date book or put this information in your PDA: July 28, 2011, is the date of this year’s Azbee Awards of Excellence celebration. The event will take place at Chicago’s Athena Greek Restaurant. Further details will be posted, but for now, pencil it in.

Date: July 28, 2011

Time: 6:00 p.m.

Location:
Athena Greek Restaurant
212 S. Halsted Street
Chicago, IL 60661
Register online.

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Photos from the 2010 Azbee Banquet


Here’s a photo of the folks from Realtor Magazine at last week’s Azbee Awards banquet at the Hotel Sax. More photos are posted on ASBPE's Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ASBPE.

Also: see Nikki Golden’s post on the ASBPE National Blog, “Celebrating Success.”

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July 22: National and Midwest-South Print Azbees

The Chicago Chapter of the American Society of Business Publication Editors cordially invites you to the Azbee Awards of Excellence Banquet. We'll be giving out both national awards and and awards for the Midwest-South region.

Date: Thurs, July 22, 2010

Time: Cocktails & Networking at 6:00 p.m. Dinner & Awards at 7:30 p.m.

Location:
Hotel Sax
333 North Dearborn Street Chicago, IL 60654
312.245.0333
(parking available)
Cost: $70 for each member (spouse/guest may attend at member rate); $80 for nonmembers

To register: Please fax or mail this registration form (29K Word doc) with your payment no later than July 16 to:
Betty Hintch
Fax: 847.483.9407
bhintch@briefingsmediagroup.com
(847) 483-9406
350 S. Newbury Place
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
Questions? Contact Chicago Chapter President Nikki Golden at lucy_njr@yahoo.com or (630) 204-7651.

See which publications are regional and national finalists (37K PDFs).

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Midwest Regional Azbee Awards Banquet Is Wednesday, July 8

Join us on Wednesday, July 8, at Petterino's restaurant in Chicago's theater district to honor the Midwest region winners of ASBPE's Azbee Awards of Excellence. You'll have a chance to chat with other business publication editors, art directors, and other staffers; then we'll present the awards and a slide show of the winning entries.

Full banquet details:

Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Time:
Cocktails and networking begin at 6:00 p.m.
Dinner and awards presentation start at 7:00 p.m.
Place:
Petterino's
150 N. Dearborn
Chicago, IL 60601

(312) 422-0150
(Valet parking is available.)
Map and directions
Cost: $70 for members; $80 for nonmembers. (A spouse or other guest may attend at the member rate.)

To register: Fax or mail a completed registration form (36K Word doc) to the contact listed on the form by July 3, 2009.

Questions? Contact Chicago chapter president Nikki Golden at (630) 204-7651.

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ASBPE Announces Midwest-South Region Finalists

ASBPE has unveiled its list of 2008 Midwest-South Region Finalists. To see that list, click here.

If you have not RSVPd for the Midwest-South Awards banquet, please do not delay. Details can be found in the blog post below.

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Chicago Chapter of the American Society of Business Publication Editors announces regional banquet will take place July 17

The Chicago Chapter of the American Society of Business Publication Editors will host its regional banquet on July 17 at Petterino's, 150 N. Dearborn, Chicago, Ill. (in the Theater District). A cocktail and networking reception will be held from 6 p.m.-7 p.m. with dinner and awards presentation immediately following.

To reserve your space, please fax the following information (or click here to download and print) to Kelly Quigley by July 10 (Fax: 312-329-8811; this is a private and secure PC Fax) or print and mail this information to Kelly Quigley, 430 N. Michigan Ave., 9th Floor, Chicago, IL 60611-4087

BANQUET REGISTRATION

Name(s):
Title(s):
Company:
Street Address:
City, State, ZIP:
Daytime phone:
E-mail address:
Number of people attending with your party: ___ Members ___ Non-Members

Payment
$85 for each member (spouse/guest may attend at member rate);
$95 for non-members

___ My check, payable to ASBPE Chicago Chapter, is enclosed

Type of credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express)
Full Name, as it appears on card:

Credit card number:

Expiration Date:

Signature:

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

Questions? Contact chicago Chapter President Renee Pas at reneepas@ameritech.net or 630/832-8313. Please remember to save a copy of this form as your receipt

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Save the Date: ASBPE Midwest Chapter to host regional awards ceremony July 17, 2008

Mark your calendars: The ASBPE Midwest Chapter will host its regional awards banquet Thursday July 17, 2008.

The event will be held at Petterino's (150 North Dearborn Street, Chicago)

There will be a cocktail networking reception from 6 p.m.-7 p.m. with the award ceremony and dinner starting at 7 p.m.

To cost to attend is $85 for members (guests can attend at the member rate) and $95 for nonmembers

Questions? E-mail Erin Erickson at erin[dot]alissa[at]gmail[dot]com

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ASBPE releases 2008 National Conference information

Join your fellow B2B editors at the ASBPE National Conference July 23‒25, 2008 at the InterContinental Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri.

Each day will bring networking and interactive learning opporuties guaranteed to make you a better b2b editor in this print-to-digital age.

Topics for discussion at this year's conference include:

  • How to juggle increasing digital and print duties
  • How to do a podcast
  • How to do video
  • How to rebuild poorly written articles from industry experts

as well as topics on editorial leadership and interviewing

This year's conference attendees will also have the opportunity to attend a Kansas City Royals baseball game as well as hob-nobing with your fellow editors at the annual Azbee National Awards banquet.

Download the conference brochure here and be sure you don't miss this year's conference.

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ASBPE Changes Awards Deadline to February 15

The American Society of Business Publication Editors has moved the date of the ASBPE entry deadline to February 15.

Mark that on your calendars -- February 15.

Still not sure if -- or how -- to submit an entry? Check out the ASBPE website for tips, tricks and webinars on how to submit winning entries.

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ASBPE Now Accepting Call for Entries for 2008 Awards

It's that time of year again: time for the Annual American Society of Business Publication Editors Awards.

Affectionately known as the Azbee's, this year's award form can be downloaded from the ASBPE website.

The deadline for entries is February 15, 2008.

New to this year's competition, entrants can submit layouts and articles electronically. Be sure to set your RSS feed to this blog or our National blog for up-to-date information on the entry process.

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ASBPE offers webinar to Trade Press Editors: Winning Editorial Awards

Join ASBPE Awards of Excellence winners Boyce Thompson of Hanley Wood and Don Tennant of IDG as they explain in a free webinar how they prepare for editorial awards.

On Friday, December 14th, you can log in and learn:

  • How and why the editors chose the articles they entered
  • What the awards have meant to the winners’ careers and to their publications
  • How to build award potential into the articles you write and edit
  • How to apply the standards of editorial competitions to your day-to-day work

Webinar Details:
When: Friday, December 14th, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST.
Where: Your computer. A web conference dial-in number and access code is required, and will be provided to registrants in a subsequent e-mail.
How to attend: To reserve your place, email b2beditor@gmail.com to obtain a registration form.

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Congratulations to Azbee Nationals Winners

The American Society of Business Publication Editors has revealed the winners of this year's National Awards.

Visit the winners' page for a complete list.

Congratulations to all of this year's winners!

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Regional Azbee Award Winners Named

The names of the winning publications in the Midwest-South region have been announced.

National winners will be revealed Aug. 2.

Editors gathered July 19 at the stylish Hotel Monaco to celebrate the Midwest-South regional Azbee Awards banquet.

These are the magazines that won regional awards.

National Awards


National award winners will be announced at a banquet during our National Editorial Conference in New York City on the evening of Aug. 2.

Here are the national finalists.

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