Congratulations to our Award Winners

Congratulations once again to all our Award Winners from the recent QLD Chapter Conference. This year saw a record number of nominations across all categories. Each category was judged by two Fellows from Chapters other than Queensland.

ADMISSIONS
The winner of the Admissions award was Citipointe Christian College.
Judge’s comments – An excellent campaign with clear success and outstanding results. Also the judges noted a great use of budget throughout the campaign

The Highly commended award for their ‘Prep Open Morning’ campaign was awarded to Ormiston College
Judge’s comments – A very successful campaign with great results and highly successful outcomes; integrated well with other marketing initiatives

ALUMNI & COMMUNITY RELATIONS 
The winner of the Alumni & Community Relations award was The Glennie School for their Glennie Poppy Project celebrating 100 years of their Old Girls organisation and the end of WW1.
Judge’s comments – Excellent concept which has clearly had impact throughout Toowoomba, thereby branding the school and alumni network incredibly positively; excellent use of the Glennie Fair as a community engagement and awareness activity. Well done on such a creative mechanism designed to engage alumni.

The Highly Commended award went to St Aidan’s for their ‘Reunion Week’ campaign.
Judge’s comments – What an incredible exercise! A program of this size requires extensive strategic planning, collaboration and ability to work with many individuals and teams; the success of this program, we have no doubt, will be adopted by other schools; a well thought through reunion program where all alumni are welcomed positively – congratulations to all involved.

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Winner of the Marketing & Communications award was Citipointe Christian College. 
Judge’s comments – The ‘I Can’ campaign by Citipointe is a standout; creative storytelling; clean and integrated look and feel; great use of alumni; well done in thinking about the investment required and how to re-use for future years; congratulations on a very successful strategy.

Highly commended award again went to Ormiston College for their ‘Day in the life of Prep’ and ‘Prep Open Morning’ campaigns.
Judge’s comments – Congratulations on targeting a specific Grade entry with your campaign as this can be hard work. However, from your results it has been hugely successful – well done on such a good targeted campaign.

FUNDRAISING
Winner of the Fundraising award was St Margaret’s Foundation.
Judge’s comments – Extensive campaign which reached its objective effectively; used a good mixed approach including a Giving Day; pleased to see 100% giving by Council, Leadership Team and Foundation

Two Highly Commended awards were decided by the judges. The first, St Joseph’s College – Gregory Terrace for their ‘Join the Journey’ campaign
Judge’s comments – High quality collateral was developed for this campaign. Positive outcomes were achieved in terms of College community perception and fundraising targets. Good mixed approach in the campaign including a Giving Day.

The second Highly Commended award for Fundraising went to Citipointe Christian College for their ‘Day of Giving’ campaign for their Equity Scholarship Fund
Judge’s comments – An effective fundraising campaign exceeding expectations; focussed on Giving Day; very strong support from staff; inclusion of students was very good

DIGITAL, ON-LINE OR FILM
The winner of the Digital, On-Line or Film award was St Joseph’s College – Nudgee for their documentary series – “The Season”
Judge’s comments – The judges really liked the creativity of this campaign; it showed great reach and engagement and achieved excellent results; good use of creative storytelling which was authentic, emotive and relatable. Congratulations to Nudgee College.

The Highly Commended award went to St Joseph’s College – Gregory Terrace for their ‘Giving Day Film Clip Series‘ campaign.
Judge’s comments – Congratulations to Terrace on this successful digital campaign; it was creative, relatable and inclusive; nearly 43% of donors were new which is outstanding; the financial return was fabulous and the use of gift matching was an effective incentive to give. Well done!

NEWCOMER AWARD
The winner of the Newcomer award was Lesley Simms from St Luke’s Anglican School.
Judge’s comments – Lesley has been able to successfully transition her corporate marketing skills to the education sector in a very short time at St Luke’s. Her projects have spanned a number of aspects of Advancement including marketing, communications, public relations, alumni engagement and event management. The judges were impressed by the quality of her publications and communications using a good balance of print, social media, press articles, video and events. Well done Lesley – a very impressive achievement by a newcomer to our profession. 

PRESIDENT’S AWARD
This award, which is decided by the current Chapter President, is in recognition of outstanding contribution to Educate Plus. The winner of the 2019 President’s Award was Nicole Wykes of Nambour Christian College.

Educate Plus would like to thank Programmed as the host sponsor for the event.