GreyStone Power Corporation recently received recognition in the national 2023 Spotlight on Excellence Awards program and the Cooperative Communicators Association’s (CCA) annual awards ceremony.
The Spotlight on Excellence Awards program, sponsored by the Council of Rural Electric Communicators (CREC) and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), recognized winners during the CONNECT conference, a national conference for communications and marketing professionals, held in Jacksonville, Florida, this past May. GreyStone received a Silver Award in the Best Event category for the “2022 Annual Meeting.” Amanda Busby, public and member relations coordinator, coordinated the award-winning event.
During the CCA annual awards ceremony, held during the 2023 CCA Institute, June 4-6 in Portland, Maine, GreyStone received a second place award in the publications category of online/electronic newsletter for the GreyStone employee newsletter, a second place award in the photography category of photo editing for the photo "Lineman with truck," and a second place award in the projects and programs category of social media (single platform) for the GreyStone Power Instagram. Anitra Ellison, public relations and communications coordinator, maintains the award-winning Instagram page, which you can visit at www.instagram.com/greystonepowercorp.
The annual Spotlight on Excellence Awards program recognizes the best communication and marketing efforts by electric cooperatives and related organizations. Entrants competed with electric cooperatives of similar size in 18 categories. Electric cooperative communicators and marketing professionals submitted more than 650 entries in the Spotlight on Excellence program. Faculty members from the University of Missouri – Columbia and University of South Carolina, as well as noted professionals in the fields of marketing, web design, digital communications, and newspapers judged the event, which uses a finite scoring system to determine the winners.
The CREC was organized in 1982, and seeks to advance the recognition, education and professionalism of electric cooperative communicators and their affiliated organizations. This volunteer association works on behalf of more than 4,000 electric cooperative communicators across the United States.
CCA is the only professional communications organization dedicated to serving those associated with member-owned businesses. The three-day educational program included a variety of professional development sessions, ranging from effectively connecting with cooperative members to photography and video product tips and sustainability workshops.
