Best practice in internal communications is exhibited in campaigns and channels that make people take notice. Creativity, strategy and effective evaluation are key to doing so. The Institute of Internal Communications (IoIC) will be honouring the best in internal communications at its 2013 Awards, which are now open for entry.

Awards categories range from traditional categories like print and writing to design to innovation and digital media. The Awards celebrate those individuals and teams that consistently demonstrate best practice in internal comms.

IoIC Awards Chairman Louise Birkett says, “Effective internal communication is increasingly recognised as playing an important role in achieving business objectives and there is greater focus on evaluating its quality and impact. The IoIC Awards reinforce this industry focus by providing entrants with evaluation of their work and enabling them to benchmark it against that of their peers.”

Last year’s awards were distributed at a celebratory event at London’s Hilton Park Lane in June. Wardour, Unilever and E.ON UK were among the gold winners at the 2012 Awards. The 2013 Awards feature 47 classes of entry. Entries must be received by 30 April, with a discount applied to those received by 19 April.