2002 Club Achievement Awards

Club Achievement Award winners at the 2002 AAF National Conference.

Awards for advertising education are given to the clubs and federations whose programs improve the skills, professionalism and standards of current and future advertising practitioners. Education programs also provide an understanding of, and confidence in, advertising and its contributions to the community and the economy.

Tim Love presents the Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising Eduation Award to Liz Schroeder of the Advertising Women of New York.

The Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising Education Awards are presented annually to signify Saatchi & Saatchi's commitment to advancing the professionalism and high standards of the industry. Saatchi & Saatchi provides a grant for all advertising education winners. The Advertising Women of New York has won the grant for overall excellence in advertising education.

Club Management

Awards for Club Management are given to the clubs and federations whose policies, procedures and leadership development excel and contribute to the overall operations of the organization.

Awards for communications are given to the clubs and federations with the most effective and creative communications material.

Rance Crain presents the Sid Bernstein Communications Award to Sharon Damante of the Daytona Beach Advertising Federation.

In honor of Sidney Bernstein who was president, publisher and columnist for Advertising Age, this award recognizes the most effective communications programs among AAF clubs and federations. The sixth annual Sid Bernstein Communications Awards, sponsored by Crain Communications, furnishes grants to all first-place winners in this category.

Cultural Diversity

Awards for cultural diversity are given to the clubs and federations whose programs increase the minority representation in an individual advertising community to more closely mirror the mix of minorities in the market.

Recognizing the importance of diversity programs at the local club and federation level, Crain Communications honors overall excellence in this category by providing a grant for all first-place winners.
Government Relations

Awards for Government Relations are given to the clubs and federations whose projects best build effective relationships with local, state and national governments.

Awards for Membership are given to the clubs and federations whose programs and activities best enhance local membership recruitment, retention and involvement.

Awards for Programs are given to the clubs and federations whose programming efforts foster actively interested membership, well-attended meetings and membership growth.

Awards for public service are given to the clubs and federations whose projects most effectively use advertising techniques to support local, regional or national programs on behalf of the public interest.

Rance Crain presents the G.D. Crain Jr. Memorial Award for Public Service to Liam Kernell of The Austin Advertising Federation.

To honor the chairman and founder of Crain Communications, Inc., the G.D. Crain Jr. this award was designed to encourage and stimulate high professional standards for public service advertising by AAF clubs and federations. The G.D. Crain Foundation provides a grant to each first-place winner in the public service category, and to the winners of the Ad 2 Public Service Competition.

Howard Bell presents the Jim Fish Public Service Award to Mary Jean Baker of The Birmingham Advertising Federation

Jim Fish, an AAF founder and former marketing head of General Mills, was a proponent of advertising clubs and federations playing an active role in public service advertising. As a fitting tribute to Jim Fish, a grant is awarded to all first-place winning entries in this category.

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