BPW International wins
2008 Award of Excellence from the Awards
for Publication Excellence™(USA)
for its website – www.bpw-international.org
(Bangkok, September, 2008)
The Awards for Publication Excellence™
(APEX- USA) announced that the International
Federation of Business and Professional
Women (IFBPW) has won an Award of Excellence
for its website – www.bpw-international.org
under the category of “most improved web
or intranet site”. Of special interest,
is the microsite built for the upcoming
BPW International Congress to be held in
Mexico on October 24-28 and the mentoring
web section which showcases the mentoring
and skills training programs in over 20
countries.
Chonchanok Viravan, president
of BPW International said, “BPW International
is very proud to have won an award for its
website and it was a team effort which made
it possible”.
The
International Federation of Business and
Professional Women (also known as BPW International)
was founded by Dr. Lena Madesin Phillips
in 1930. BPW International was one of the
first women's organisations to be granted
Consultative Status with the United Nations
in 1947.
Through its connection
with the United Nations, BPW International
has become one of the most influential international
women's organisations. BPW International
has representatives at three UN Headquarters
in New York, Geneva and Vienna, and at UN
regional offices in Africa, Asia-Pacific,
Europe, Latin America, and West Asia. BPW
members can also attend UN meetings as observers
and are invited to give statements at various
UN meetings.
BPW International has about
25,000 members in 90 member countries and
is known for its career development, leadership
development, legislative, educational, personal
development and capacity-building projects
in each country. In pursuit of the aim to
"develop professional and leadership
potentials for women at all levels",
BPW affiliates and members have helped over
200,000 women to help themselves during
the past twelve years.
APEX™ 2008 Awards
are based on excellence in graphic design,
editorial content and the ability to achieve
overall communications excellence. APEX™
Grand Awards honor the outstanding works
in each main category while APEX™
Awards of Excellence recognize exceptional
entries in each of the sub-categories.
Naturally, entries in design
categories were judged solely on the basis
of their graphic design, and writing entries
were evaluated primarily on the basis of
editorial quality.
4,479 entries from around
the world were evaluated, in the following
distribution: Newsletters: 490; Magazines
and Journals: 837; Magapapers and Newspapers:
139; Annual Reports: 241; Brochures, Manuals
and Reports: 501; Electronic and Video Publications:
231; Web and Intranet Sites: 309; Campaigns,
Programs and Plans: 286; Writing: 745; Design
and Illustration: 504; and Special Publications:
196.
The majority of entries
were from US and Canada, and a few of the
entries were from Hong Kong and Thailand.
A total of 120 APEX Grand
Awards were presented in 11 major categories
to honor the outstanding works in those
categories. 1,393 APEX Awards of Excellence
recognize excellence in 110 individual categories.
The Awards for Publication
Excellence (APEX™) is sponsored by
the editors of Writing That Works and The
Business Communications Report in the USA.
This is the 20th year of the Awards for
Publication Excellence. www.apexawards.com
For more information, please
contact: Chonchanok Viravan, BPW International
President
Tel: +662 714 0651, +662 391 7843
Email: chonchanok.viravan@bpw-international.org
Website: www.bpw-international.org |
