And the Award Goes To…

IAC and our clients! Here are a few of the awards IAC's clients have won for their online communities.

Bronze Pollie Award
IAC, the established leader in providing online communities, was awarded the Bronze Pollie Awards for "Best Use of Website for Volunteer/Field Organizations" for their work for Mary Jo Kilroy, a Franklin County, Ohio Commissioner who was reelected in November.

The Pollie Awards are the national showcase for excellence in political communications and is sponsored and judged by the American Association of Political Consultants.

The award placed IAC on a pedestal with two of the nation's leading political Internet firms. Blue State Digital, which features members of the former Howard Dean Internet team, won the Silver Pollie Award for their work with America Coming Together. Grassroots Enterprise was awarded the Gold Pollie Award for developing the Sierra Club Online Volunteer Phonebook. Mike McCurry, former Press Secretary for President Bill Clinton, is Chairman.

"IAC set out to prove that when it comes to Internet innovation local candidates and organizations can match national candidates and organizations," said Clarke. "After just one year in the political market, that day has come."

Standard of Excellence Design Award
The site IAC created for the University of South Florida Alumni Association, was awarded the Standard of Excellence WebAward in the 2004 WebAward Competition.

More than 1,300 sites were judged by experts from around the world based on design, innovation, content, interactivity, navigation, copy writing and use of technology.

CASE 6 Educational Partner of the Year
IAC was nominated as the Educational Partner of the Year in 2004 by the members of CASE 6 for its years of dedicated participation and sharing of industry solutions to CASE members.

In presenting IAC the award, Mary Feller, Assistant VP of Development, Metropolitan State College of Denver, told the 500 industry professionals in attendance, “This year's recipient, Internet Association Corporation (IAC) has been providing colleges and universities with opportunities to communicate and network with alumni via the internet since 1995. For CASE, IAC developed a much needed volunteer tracking network that was first used by District II, and IAC is working with CASE headquarters to replicate this volunteer model in other districts. As Sherri Schmidt from North Dakota State wrote in her nomination letter, ‘many of us look to Don Philabaum for advice and counsel as we explore this new frontier in alumni relations, marketing and philanthropy.'”