ABOUT PHILIPPINE QUILL

The Philippine Quill Awards is the country’s most prestigious awards program in the field of business communication. It has been bestowing the seal of approval to the most reputable organizations and corporations in the nation for almost two decades, emphasizing the use of excellent communication to achieve business goals, and to make a difference in society. The Philippine Quill and the Philippine Student Quill Awards honor exemplary communication research, programs, skills, and creative work. Each entry is evaluated using IABC’s highest global standard that measures and determines the finest, the sharpest and the brightest in the business communication industry among professionals and students. And this is one of the reasons it is considered as the biggest prize in business communication in the land.

CRITERIA

Distinguished evaluators - from private organizations, government, and the academe - score entrant’s critical thinking and skills in identifying a communication need, creating and implementing a solution, and assessing results. Entries are assessed by distinguished evaluators against a time-tested global standard with these weights:

• Entries in Division 1: Communication Management, Division 2: Communication Research, Division 3: Communication Training and Education:

• Entries in Division 4: Communication Skills: Evaluators score students’ critical thinking and skills in identifying a communication need, creating and implementing a solution, and assessing results.

• Each entry is rated using IABC’s Global Seven-point Scale of Excellence, from 1 to 7, with 7 as the highest. Evaluation determines the entries that will receive awards during the awards ceremony. • Entries with a total average score of 5.25 to 5.74 win an Award of Merit while those with a total average score of 5.75 and higher will receive an Award of Excellence.

ABOUT IABC PHILIPPINES

IABC Philippines is the first IABC country chapter in Asia. It is an association of top business, industrial, and organizational communicators and professionals that supports the highest professional standards and practice of exceptional quality and innovation in organization and business communication. It advocates for continued professional growth, learning, and communication excellence, linking Filipino practitioners with colleagues and best practices worldwide*.