You’ve been patient, but the wait is finally over! Join IABC London as we return to celebrating our area’s top communication professionals at the 2024 Virtuoso Awards Celebration.

Presented by IABC London, the Virtuoso Awards are southwestern Ontario’s premier professional awards celebrating excellence in communications and the best in creative strategy and design. This year’s awards are all about Breaking Through the Noise - standing out, pioneering strategies and achieving clear communication despite the hardships of the past two years. The evaluation of this year’s entries is nearly complete and trust us - our region’s communications pros once again did not disappoint!

This year’s Celebration will be held at The London Club, a beautiful space for us to come together to network and celebrate. Snacks, appetizers and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided with alcoholic drinks available for purchase.

Tickets will go fast, and group purchase options are available. Act now and join us for the best professional communications event of the year! 

Ticket Prices:

• IABC Members: $50.00

• Non-members: $65.00

• Students: $25.00

• Groups of 10: $500.00

Purchase your tickets today!

Could your career use an injection of rocket fuel?

Many communicators are working harder than ever while feeling less valued in their roles. Join IABC London for this lunch-hour virtual learning session on The Mid-Career Stall™.

Learn the 3 common career mistakes of communicators and how to fix them so you get paid, praised and promoted.

Keynote Speaker: Anthea Rowe

Anthea is a Communication Coach and Founder of Exmplify Consulting.

She helps mid-career professionals build authority at work so they achieve their career ambitions without burning out.

This interactive session will allow for questions and commentary.

Take your Friday lunch with IABC London and expand your professional & personal development! Click here to register

Note: Zoom link will be shared via email with registered participants.

Looking for more personal and professional balance in your life?

As communications professionals, we’re often on the frontline of issues and crises. Join IABC London for a lunch-hour virtual learning session to gain insight and strategies on how to address communications-related pressures and mitigate the impact of vicarious trauma.

Maud Coca, Registered Social Worker and Psychotherapist, and Clinical Director & Founder of COCA Psychotherapy, will open the session and address various ways in which we can gain self-awareness and learn strategies to aid us in managing difficult emotions and pressures, and ultimately create balance in our lives.

Patricia Hoffer, Chief Communications Officer at St. Joseph's Health Care London, will address the pressures we face being communications professionals on the frontline of issues and crises. She'll speak to her experience leading crisis communications throughout the pandemic, as well as the communications issues we continue to face today with global events. She'll share examples and strategies on how to address certain comms-related pressures and how to mitigate the impact of vicarious trauma.

This interactive session will allow for questions and commentary.

Take your Friday lunch with IABC London and expand your professional & personal development! Click here to register

Note: Zoom link will be shared via email with registered participants.

This is your chance to network with top communications and public relations professionals from across southwestern Ontario. Whether you’re a student, early career professional or seasoned in your craft, we promise an evening of connection and holiday fun!

Why should you attend?

• Connect with fellow communications professionals & meet some new contacts

• Get to know local students and new grads and meet the region's newest communications talent

• Free food (always a plus!)

• Free drink (first round’s on us!)

EVENT DETAILS

• Date and time: Wednesday, December 6, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 

• Location: The Rec Room (Masonville) (1680 Richmond Street, North London)

• Dress code: Business festive (blend business casual with some holiday accessories)

• Tickets: Register now!

  • $20 Members | $30 Non-Members | $10 Students | FREE Student Members