Nomination time for Communication and Safety

What is recognition? Awards or recognition for a job well done are simply respect made visible. The TCIA Safety and Professional Communications Awards recognize:

• importance of the job. Many small tasks often go unrecognized, but every task is important.
• quality of the work. We all have a stake in upholding standards or expectations of quality.
• person doing the job. Too often, we recognize the performance, rather than the individuals.

Professional Communications Awards
(formerly Freeman Parr)
Professionalism can be expressed in many ways. Tree service companies display professionalism by how they communicate with clients, each other, the general public and employees. The Professional Communications Awards program honors marketing and communication excellence for this industry. More than 20 years old, the program is open to all Active and Affiliate Member companies. Over the years, the program has steadily grown in size and scope. The sophistication of the entries has grown as well. Last year, in keeping up with the times, we changed the name of the awards to the Professional Communications Awards.

Winners are selected in four categories: Brochure, Newsletter, Company Web Site and Special Entry. The entries are evaluated on their overall appearance, content quality, and their respective success in achieving the company's marketing and communications goals.

TCIA Safety Awards
The TCIA Safety Awards recognize our members and their employees when they take positive action to improve worker safety and lower accident rates. Safe attitudes and behaviors are critical in the future of your business and for the future of the industry. TCIA's Safety Awards program recognizes exemplary action in two areas. The Outstanding Individual/Crew Performance award recognizes an individual's or crew's heroic reaction to an emergency situation. The Outstanding Company Contribution award recognizes a member's proactive program to address safety issues within its own company or within a larger sphere of influence.

Deadlines
The deadline for this year's nominations is November 1, 2008. Entries will be displayed and winners announced at TCIA's Winter Management Conference in the Bahamas in February 2009.
You can download an application form here, and fax or mail it to TCIA.