• ACCE “ACE” Awards for Communication Excellence
• Local and District ADDY awards
• IEDC Awards for Promotional Materials
• PDI Awards for Promotional Materials

American Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) Awards for Communication Excellence – The American Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) Awards for Communications Excellence (ACE Awards) recognizes the importance of chamber communications and those professionals who excel in the communications field. The ACE Award grades entries based on a 100-point system rather than against other entries submitted from communities across the country. The ACE Awards presented to the Partnership include:

• Best of Show Award – Website. Only one Best of Show Award was chosen from all the entries, in all categories.
• Grand Award – Website. www.desmoinesmetro.com received 100 of 100 possible points. Only one Grand award is given per category.
• Award of Excellence – Research. Workforce Attraction Initiative research project which laid the groundwork for the campaign.
• Award of Excellence – Video. “Change Your View” Workforce Attraction video.
• Award of Merit – Video. “Change Your View” Economic Development video.
• Award of Merit – Brochure. “Change Your View” Workforce Attraction brochure.
• Honorable Mention – Brochure. Change Your View Economic Development brochure.
• Honorable Mention – Poster. “Ready to Bolt” Workforce Development poster.
• Honorable Mention – Advertisement. “Ready to Bolt” ad appeared in Iowa Next magazine.

Advertising Professionals of Des Moines (Ad Pros) – The Advertising Professionals of Des Moines also awarded the Partnership and Meyocks & Priebe Advertising three ADDYs and eight Citations of Excellence for “Change Your View” campaign materials. The 2000 local ADDY awards were forwarded to the American Advertising Federation Ninth District ADDY competition to compete against winning entries from Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas. The Partnership came away with another ADDY for the original “Change Your View” song and a Citation of Excellence for the workforce attraction video. Our local and district ADDYs are as follows:

• District ADDY – Visual and Audio Elements Advertising. “Change Your View” CD (original song)
• District Citation of Excellence – Sales Promotion Audio/Visual. “Change Your View” Workforce Attraction Video
• ADDY – Sales Promotion Audio/Visual. “Change Your View” Workforce Attraction Video
• ADDY – Out of Home, Site, Interior. “See All The Possibilities” Mall and Airport Kiosk
• ADDY – Visual and Audio Elements Advertising. “Change Your View” CD (original song)
• Citation of Excellence – Sales Promotion Audio/Visual. “Change Your View” Economic Development Video
• Citation of Excellence – Trade Publication, Full Page, Four-Color. “Change Your View” Ad
• Citation of Excellence – Trade Publication Campaign, Four-Color. “Change Your View” Ad Campaign
• Citation of Excellence – Consumer Magazine, Full Page, Less than four-color. “Ready To Bolt” Ad which appeared in Iowa Next Magazine.
• Citation of Excellence – Newspaper, Full Page, Color. “Change Your View” Ad which appeared in The Des Moines Register.
• Citation of Excellence – Newspaper, Campaign, Color. “Change Your View” Ad Campaign
• Citation of Excellence – Interactive Media, World-Wide-Web. www.desmoinesmetro.com
• Citation of Excellence – Visual and Audio Elements of Advertising, Design, Logo/Trademark. Greater Des Moines Partnership Logo

The International Economic Development Council (IEDC) Promotional Materials Awards – Now in its 43rd year, the International Economic Development Council’s (IEDC) Promotional Materials Awards competition showcases the best efforts of economic development organizations in attracting and retaining business and industry in their communities through marketing materials. Our IEDC awards include:

• Best of Show Award – Audiovisual/Video. “Change Your View” Workforce Attraction video. Only one Best of Show Award was chosen from all the entries in each of six budget categories. (By the way, the Partnership competed in the top budget category, with the likes of New York, Chicago, and L.A.)
• Best of Class Award– Audiovisual/Video. “Change Your View” Workforce Attraction video. Only one Best of Class Award was chosen from each category.
• Superior Award– Website. www.desmoinesmetro.com.
• Superior Award– Custom Written Proposal. Business recruiting prospect packet.
• Honorable Mention– Computer/Multimedia. “Change Your View” Enhanced CD featuring both videos, the website and six Nada’s songs.
• Honorable Mention– General Purpose Promotion. “Change Your View” workforce attraction relocation brochure/folder.

Professionals Developers of Iowa (PDI) Promotional Material Awards – The PDI Promotional Material Awards Competition strives to recognize local development organizations for excellence in their promotional materials and to share best practices, technologies, and continuous improvement strategies in producing promotional materials. The PDI awards to the Partnership include:

• Best of Class Award – Print Advertisement. “Change Your View” ad which appeared in Business Facilities magazine.
• Best of Class Award – Existing Industry Call Program. “Executive Call” business retention measurement program.
• Best of Class Award – Brochure. “Change Your View” economic development regional brochure.
• Best of Class Award – Website. www.desmoinesmetro.com