Events

Saskatchewan Awards for Communications Excellence (ACE)
Planning is underway for the next Saskatchewan 2010 ACE. Mark your calendar! The Gala will be held on Thursday, October 28. Call for entries and other details are located at http://www.saskaceawards.ca/.
Questions? Email: contact@aceawards.ca

ACE Entries Deadline Extended
We're going into overtime and giving you a few extra days to submit your
entries for the 2010 Saskatchewan Awards for Communications Excellence. The game clock will now run out on August 4 ... entries must be received by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, August 4.

ACE Lifetime Achievement Award
It's once again time to nominate your gurus, mentors and teachers for the ACE Lifetime Achievement Award. Nominees should be people who have truly inspired and influenced the communications profession in Saskatchewan as well as left their mark in our community. For more information and to nominate, click here.

ACE Sponsorship Opportunities
Want to build awareness around your company and more importantly around your brand? Take advantage of the sponsorship opportunities offered at the 2010 ACE Awards Gala. For more information, contact Allan Pulga, Sponsorship Chair at 337.3226 or Allan.Pulga@uregina.ca

Lights! Camera! Action! 2010 Silver Leaf Awards 
Think silver. Silver bullet. Silver arrow. Silver sword. Silver screen. Silver Leaf! Harder than gold, glittering brilliant white, and a tribute to the passion for excellence of Canadian communicators. Take a look at this silver lining:
* We've ramped up our judging process, added a go-green option to protect the planet and your pocketbook and added and expanded categories to offer more opportunities to shine.
* We're going green! Early bird deadline entries have been replaced with an option to send work samples on a CD or memory stick. This change will help to reduce your mailing and courier costs, and is better for the environment, to boot.
* We've extended the time frames, and added a few new categories so you can help us make it happen.
* For the first time in Silver Leaf Awards history, we will bring top communicators across Canada together to judge entries over a weekend as part of our Blue Ribbon Panel, modeled after the Gold Quill Blue Ribbon Panel.
* New categories have been added and others expanded. Learn more at http://canada.iabc.com/awards/silver-leaf/categories/. In addition, student members can enter work in the student categories listed for each division.
* Watch for some nifty improvements to the judging process and evaluation techniques.
Meanwhile, check out the judging criteria and Marks of a Winner.
http://canada.iabc.com/awards/silver-leaf/judging-criteria/

Questions? Comments? Ideas? Please email Claire Watson, ABC, APR, 2010 Silver Leaf Chair at Claire.Watson@fcc-fac.ca or call 306-780-3961 on weekdays.

Western Canada Marketing and Communications Professional Development Program
The Centre for Excellence in Communications (CEC) , The Centre of Excellence for Public Sector Marketing (CEPSM), Ottawa and Brown Communications Group, Calgary, are offering a series of professional development workshops for the Western Canada public and not-for-profit sectors.
Edmonton, Alberta, October 25 - November 5, 2010
For more information and to register, click here.