2018 ACE Award of Excellence
The overarching goal of the LiveWell Jefferson campaign is to create and cultivate a culture of health and wellness among the business community and residents of Jefferson Parish. Through educating employers on the importance and implementation of health and wellness programs, the LiveWell Jefferson campaign strives to produce more productive employees, help attract and retain talent, build staff morale, combat employee absenteeism, minimize staff turnover and reduce healthcare costs for employers.
2018 ACE Award of Excellence
The Grand Rapids Area Chamber created a rebranding campaign to reflect the new Grand Rapids Chamber - a member-centric Chamber that is there to help your business grow by providing you all the tools to get to where you want to go.
2018 ACE Award of Excellence
The Minority Business Accelerator (MBA) is a program of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce Foundation designed to aide Black and Hispanic businesses prepare for growth. The objective of the MBA Campaign was to successfully launch the program in December 2017 by educating the business community about the need for the MBA program and recruit qualified applicants for the inaugural 2019 Cohort. The goals were to brand the MBA program and promote it using print, social media, digital, web, media, chamber stakeholders, and community information sessions.
2018 ACE Award of Excellence
The Greater Des Moines Partnership launched a national digital marketing campaign to amplify the region's story, increase the pipeline for economic development projects and attract talented people to live and work in the region. The talent-focused messaging shares the ability to "Live Life Without Compromise" in Greater Des Moines (DSM) while the economic development-focused messaging shares the benefits of growing a business in DSM with company leaders and site selectors.
2018 ACE Award of Excellence
Every five years, the Greater Des Moines Partnership launches an Investor Campaign to secure funding for the next five years of operations. The goal of the Maximizing Momentum 2022 Investor Campaign was to raise the necessary funding to activate the strategic priorities identified by the Greater Des Moines (DSM) region. These priorities include building the regional economy, amplifying our regional voice and strengthening Downtown as the core of the region.
2018 ACE Award of Excellence
To address the funding situation around streets and public safety, the OKC City Council voted to host a special election to seek approval from voters to invest more than $1.2 billion dollars in infrastructure and personnel in order to solve these problems. Voters would be faced with 13 bond issue propositions and two sales tax propositions on one ballot. The Chamber was asked by leaders of the business community to fund and run the campaign to sell all 15 propositions on the ballot to the voters by encouraging a "yes" vote on all 15.
2018 ACE Award of Excellence
The goal of the Greater Binghamton Chamber's campaign was to reevaluate the focus of the Chamber and create a dynamic brand strategy. The Chamber launched a new logo, new tagline, new printed materials (letterhead, envelopes, business cards, folder, membership piece, newsletter template), new website, new Facebook page, new signage/banners, and a new video at a Rebrand Bash.
2018 ACE Award of Excellence
In 2017-2018, the Detroit Regional Chamber engaged in a yearlong awareness campaign to encourage civility in political discourse in the Detroit region. This campaign stemmed from a to-do item from the Chamber's 2017 Mackinac Policy Conference — an annual convening of more than 1,700 business, government and community leaders to re-energize Michigan. See the Conference Summary.
2018 ACE Award of Excellence
In 2017-2018, the Detroit Regional Chamber engaged in a yearlong awareness campaign to encourage civility in political discourse in the Detroit region. This campaign stemmed from a to-do item from the Chamber's 2017 Mackinac Policy Conference — an annual convening of more than 1,700 business, government and community leaders to re-energize Michigan. See the Program Book.
2018 ACE Award of Excellence
The Chamber dedicated its October 2017 issue of the Detroiter magazine to civility. The magazine featured 13 stories of key leaders in government, community, philanthropy and the media, dubbed "Champions of Civility," who work across party lines toward a common goal of improving lives for all Michiganders.