Canadian Business Media winners talk about how they won

An innovation at the 62nd Annual Canadian Business Media Awards in June was that winners were asked at the podium to share how they got there. Upon accepting each award, winners were asked how they created their award-winning content.  

Their answers were revealing about what’s involved in creating CBM Award-winning material, what made their pieces stand out, how they arrived at the final product and why they think experts in their field deemed their work exceptional. The CBM has released a video of some of their answers. [Yes, [blush] that's me up there asking the questions.]

Canadian b2b awards program accepting entries until February 12

The Canadian Business Media Awards in Memory of Kenneth R. Wilson (formerly the KRWs) has announced its call for entries, with a deadline of February 12 (early bird, Feb 8). Entries may be made in 30 categories, in most of which gold winners receive a $500 cash prize. 

Seven new categories have been added: 

• Best technical content
• Best use of data
• Best use of video/webcast
• Best words and pictures
• Best in-house cover
• Best e-newsletter
• Best media brand

Judges are being sought to cover written, visual, digital and integrated categories. 

The expanded awards program is a mainstay of the Canadian Business Media Association, formerly the Canadian Business Press, which has as its goal creating a stronger business-to-business media industry.

Newcom and Annex execs elected to board of Canadian Business Media

Canadian Business Media (formerly Canadian Business Press) has elected two new members to its board: 

• Joe Glionna, Vice-President of Newcom Business Media; and 
• Diane Kleer, Vice-President of Production and Group Publisher at Annex Business Media

They join re-elected directors:

• John Kerr, CEO, Kerrwil Publications Limited (chair);
• James O. Hall, President & COO, Keith Communications, Inc. (treasurer); 
• Kevin Brown, President of MediaEdge Communications; and 
• Michael Swan, President of Swan Erickson Publishing Inc.

The appointments to CBM come not long after the company also joined the b2b division of Magazines Canada, where Annex magazines are have been members for some time and where b2b membership has been steadily growing, resulting in sometimes diminishing CBM membership. 

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Canadian Business Media strikes partnership with U.S.-based ABM

Canadian Business Media has announced that it is partnering with the U.S.-based ABM (The Association of Business Information and Media Companies, a division of SIIA), In a release, it said that its business-to-business professional members will now (at the member rate) have access to all ABM events and conferences, regional training sessions, ABM research studies and report and the two organizations will collaborate on networking programs in the Toronto area.  

“We are proud to join forces with SIIA\ABM, and in doing so work towards our goal to build a stronger B2B publishing community. With this strategic partnership, Canadian publishers will gain access to invaluable inside knowledge and resources aimed at helping them prosper and ensure the perennity of their success,” said John Kerr, CBM Chair and CEO of Kerrwil Publications Limited. 

“This strategic partnership with CBM is a wonderful opportunity to share the latest developments in B2B media and information at very exciting time for our industry. We look forward to working together with CBM and getting to know its member companies and teams,” stated Mike Marchesano, Managing Director, ABM of SIIA. (SIIA is an association representing the software and digital content industries.)

For more than 60 years, Canadian Business Media (formerly Canadian Business Press) has produced the Kenneth R. Wilson Awards, a recognition program celebrating outstanding achievements in B2B magazine content. Last spring CBM relaunched with the goal of re-entering the field of members services, expanding its offerings of training and networking. The membership of CBM has shrunk significantly in recent years as multi-title b2b members, including Rogers and Annex, chose to join Magazines Canada's business media division instead.

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• Rogers pullout costs CBP 20% of membership revenue
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