Silver Medal Award Social 2021
The Silver Medal Award event has been postponed due to COVID. I guess networking isn’t back just yet.
The American Advertising Federation Space Coast is pleased to announce that Networking is BACK BABY!
Please join us as we toast the Space Coast’s newest Silver Medal Honoree on August 26th from 5:30-7:30 at the Landing Rooftop at Hotel Melby.
The Silver Medal Award was established by the American Advertising Federation in 1959 to recognize men and women who have made outstanding contributions to advertising and who have been active in furthering the industry’s standards, creative excellence and responsibility in areas of social concern.
This award is the most prestigious award that the AAFSC can bestow upon a local community member. Silver Medal recipients are selected by a panel of judges from past Silver Medal winners.
Previous Silver Medal Award Recipients include:
We are so excited to celebrate the achievements of our newest member to this elite club. Please join us in celebration and networking with the best advertising peeps in town!
Heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served.
Cash bar available on location.
We would like to thank our corporate sponsors for providing each attendee with 2 drink tickets:
A Cut Above Video Productions, Inc.
Sky Advertising
Your Logo by Geiger
Event Pricing:
AAFSC Member Registration $35
The AAFSC will be adhering to standard COVID-19 protocols, and an outdoor space will be available for networking.
Criteria to be selected for a Silver Medal:
- Contribution to His/Her Company – The recipient must have achieved success in one of the following areas of work: advertising agency, advertiser, media or advertising service
- Creative Ability – The recipient must have shown a consistent, high degree of original thinking in their field.
- Contributions to the General Advancement of Advertising – The recipient must have worked to increase the stature and raise the standards of the advertising profession.
- Contributions to the Community – The recipient should be someone who has been active in civic, religious, or other groups dedicated to human or social welfare.
American Advertising Federation Space Coast Welcomes New Board Members for 2021-2022
American Advertising Federation Space Coast Welcomes New Board Members for 2021-2022
Club focus on Renewing Community Connections post COVID-19 with a special emphasis on a New Collaborative Mental Health Awareness Campaign.
Melbourne, FL | June 17, 2021 – AAF, the American Advertising Federation, represents the voice of the advertising industry and its Space Coast Florida chapter announces its new board.
Known world-wide for the American Advertising Awards, the local club has a 30+ year history serving Brevard County’s business community.
Members of the association volunteer their time and talents to plan and execute community events for the benefit of local charities, contribute to the success and growth of local professionals, and promote ethical advertising in our community.
New board members include:
- President: Keri Goff, Brevard Achievement Center
- President-Elect: Jeremy Gerster, Sky Advertising
- Immediate Past-President: Stephanie Byrd, The Viera Company
- Secretary: Shamika Chamberlain, The Custom Ladybug
- Treasurer: Kim Africano, Viera Builders
- Historian: Jeremy Gonzalez, Spectaculoso
- Director: Scott Eller, Rock Paper Simple
- Director: Madison Conradis, Your Logo by Geiger
- Director: Dr. Steven Hicks, Viera High School
- Director: Adrienne Roth, Brevard Business News
- Director: Tracy Stroderd, Everything Brevard
- Director: David Jones, Diversity of Thought, Inc.
Thank you to the following non-board member Committee Chairs:
- AAF Awards Chair: Stephanie Herndon, Florida Tech
- Government Relations Chair: Bill Williams, A Cut Above Video Productions
- Government Relations Co-Chair: Susan McGrath, Brevard Achievement Center
- Technology Chair: Jennifer Pokorny, Rock Paper Simple
- Social Media & Communications Co-Chair: Brian Wallace, The AD Leaf
The operational expertise of the club was recently honored at a district and national level, receiving “Club of the Year” from the American Advertising Federation’s District 4 Governance committee, and national recognition for club achievement and public service for fiscal year 2020-21.
“Every moment of last year was historical and our club rose to each challenge and exceeded expectations. We kept safety in mind as we modernized our internal operations, volunteered and donated time, resources, and items to several local charities, and honored our founding member by reestablishing our scholarship opportunity. The board and the membership are honored to be awarded for the district Club of the Year and at the national level for both Club Achievement and Public Service,” stated Stephanie Byrd, immediate past president.
Looking forward, the club’s focus on renewing community connections for the 2021-22 year will include volunteering at beautification events, hosting a collaborative multi-agency and multi-platform mental health awareness campaign, supporting local charities through supply drives, and hosting several unique networking events with leading advertising and marketing professionals in the area.
“I am honored to lead the club as we come out of what has become the ‘COVID-19 normal.’ With many of our community members vaccinated and so many amazing Space Coast venues that have outdoor spaces available, we are able to safely resume networking activities,” stated Keri Goff, club President, “Our first major event this fiscal year will take place on August 26th at Hotel Melby, where we will be honoring a community member with the highest award our club gives, the aaf Silver Medal award. Networking is back, baby!”
The Silver Medal Award is nationally recognized as the most prestigious award a local aaf chapter can bestow upon the recipient. It was established in 1959 to recognize men and women who have made outstanding contributions to advertising and who have been active in furthering the industry’s standards, creative excellence, and responsibility in areas of social concern.
“We are well aware that we are not ‘out of the woods’ yet with COVID-19, and one of the biggest impacts we will be dealing with for a long time to come is the impact on mental health,” continued Goff. “Our club has big plans to create a multi-agency, multi-platform collaborative mental health campaign as part of our public service initiative. We will be reaching out all through the fiscal year to help create content and gain placements for a month-long awareness campaign in May, which is Mental Health Awareness Month. This campaign will culminate with a broad awareness of local resources to aid those in crisis or experiencing mental health deterioration.”
“I have some big shoes to fill this year, Stephanie Byrd, our immediate past president, was able to accomplish some truly amazing things in the midst of the pandemic, including winning national recognition for our club,” Goff continued. “I am privileged to to build on the foundation she laid, and with the amazing group of people on our board of directors along with our committee chairs, I know this club will continue to push the needle forward for the advertising community here in Brevard.”
From tools, trends, and best practices to behind the scenes look at media, advertising and digital marketing innovation, aaf is the only club of its kind that features people from every facet of the industry. If you are in business, you are in advertising.
For more information on upcoming events, networking opportunities, and how to become a member of the best group of marketing peeps in town, visit aafspacecoast.org
About American Advertising Federation
The American Advertising Federation of the Space Coast is a local club and part of a nationwide network of 40,000 members, promoting positive awareness of the advertising industry while fostering professional growth for its members. The club continually provides unique opportunities for members to share ideas, engage with experts and give back to the community while protecting the advertising industry on all levels.
AAF AdCamp 2021
2020 Angel Award Competition
The Virus Delayed the Competition
The new deadline for submitting entries is August 21st. Conducted by the American Advertising Federation Fourth District, the 2020 Angel Award Competition will honor the very best in public service advertising created in 2018 and 2019.
Unlike the American Advertising Awards, the Angel Award competition judges evaluate the work for creativity and execution, and also consider the message and results. Work that might not have won an ADDY served your client well, and be worthy an Angel Award.
Just One Entry Has Multiple Award Opportunities
The Angel Award competition features a unique entry format, you enter a campaign just once, yet all of the individual pieces are in consideration for awards in multiple mediums. This dramatically simplified structure eliminates the need to enter in numerous categories. Each entry piece is judged on its own merits.
Submit Your Entries In a Single Public Service Category
Organization or Cause Promotion
Public Health & Safety Education
Fundraising Events & Initiatives
You may enter the complete multiple medium campaign, multiple single medium elements, or just a single piece of work. Each piece of an entry is judged and awarded recognition based on its own merits. Complete campaign submissions should include a results synopsis or case study which weighs in the Best of Show selection. (A video up to 5 minutes or text up to 350 words.)
The competitIon is open to all advertising service providers, public service organizations, and special interest causes and groups located in Florida and the Caribbean. No organization membership is required. Eligible entries must have been created and first used in 2018 or 2019.
Award Selection
Every submission is judged on its own merits.
Single creative element awards will be selected from all entries. For example: Print, Radio, TV, Websites, etc. entered as part of the complete campaign, single medium campaign, or just a single element entry. A panel of expert judges representing all advertising disciplines will make the award decisions. Work worthy of recognition will receive a Silver Angel Award and those representing the highest standards will receive a Gold Angel Award.
Award winning work will receive two Gold or Silver certificates: one for the entrant organization and one for the client. It will feature the credits for those who created the work. Winners will also have the opportunity to purchase the Angel trophy. The award-winning work will honored at an event during the AAF Fourth District quarterly conference in Ft. Myers on September 26th. A video featuring the work will be posted on the Angel Award website and an online album of winners will be published on the 4AAF social media channels.
Best of Show will be selected from all of the entries based on the creative concept, originality, execution, and results.
$125 PER ENTRY – DEADLINE AUGUST 21
Questions? email AngelAward@4aaf.com
Ad Day Legislative Update 2019/2020
On November 5, 2019, representatives from many of the AAF District 4 clubs visited the Capitol in Tallahassee to speak with State Representatives and Senators about issues of interest to the advertising industry. Before visiting the Capitol, Bill Williams, the AAF Space Coast’s Government Relations Chair, set appointments with the two Senators and four Representatives or their aides from Brevard County.
The lobbying day is a great opportunity to see how our State government works from the inside. We had briefings from Jack Hebert, the District 4 lobbyist, and Bill Williams, the District 4 Government Relations Chair the day before and day of lobbying. Each club’s representatives then headed to the Capitol to observe committee meetings and visit with legislators.
In our legislative visits with Representatives, Senators and their aides we focused on four major issues. The first is support for continued funding of Visit Florida and extending its sunset date to 2028 (SB 362 and HB 213), and similar support for continued funding of Enterprise Florida. As in past years we encouraged efforts to help the entertainment production business compete on a more level playing field with other states. This year we support the establishment of an entertainment production “Targeted Rebate Program” (SB 530 and HB 497). Finally, we discussed our District’s public service campaign, which is an awareness campaign to keep plastics out of the environment. More information on that is available at www.PlasticBrigade.com.
In addition to our November lobbying effort in Tallahassee, Bill Williams and other Space Coast members have visited locally with Brevard area State Senators and Representatives. Bill Williams made a presentation to the Brevard Delegation on September 25, 2019 in Port Canaveral supporting the motion picture industry in Florida.
Visit Florida’s funding was signed into law by Governor DeSantis, extending its funding through September 30, 2023. The entertainment industry’s “Targeted Rebate Program” did not get legislative approval.
Florida legislative committee meetings will begin in January of 2021, and the AAFSC will again be sending representatives to join other AAF District 4 leaders this winter to represent the interests of the advertising industry in Tallahassee. (NOTE: Due to Covid-19 restrictions meetings were held virtually for the 2021 legislative session.)