KREMC Awarded For Communications, Marketing
Emily Cowan, manager of marketing and customer service and Katy Berger, communications specialist for Kosciusko REMC, recently received recognition in the 2014 “Spotlight on Excellence” national awards program. The program is sponsored by the Council of Rural Electric Communicators and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
Emily and Katy worked together to design the KREMC energy advisor’s vehicle wrap which earned a Silver Award for Best Graphic Design Illustration. Katy also designed the KREMC energy advisor cloth wipe which won a Gold Award in the Best Wild Card category.
“I am very proud of Emily and Katy, winning two national awards in one year is a great accomplishment,” said KREMC CEO and President Bruce Goslee.
The annual Spotlight awards competition recognizes the top-rated communication and marketing efforts by electric cooperatives and related organizations. Participants in the awards competition competed with electric cooperatives of similar sizes in 18 categories.
Electric cooperative communicators and marketing professionals submitted more than 680 entries in the Spotlight on Excellence program, now in its 26th year. Faculty members from the University of Missouri – Columbia, University of South Carolina and Ohio University Scripps-Howard School of Journalism judged the entries.
The Council of Rural Electric Communicators was organized in 1982, and seeks to advance the recognition, education, and professionalism of electric cooperative communicators and their affiliated organizations. It is a volunteer association working on behalf of more than 4,000 electric cooperative communicators across the United States.
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, the service organization representing the national interests of cooperative electric utilities, coordinates the Council’s activities. Other national organizations supporting the work of the Council are the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation, the National Cooperative Services Corporation, and Federated Rural Electric Insurance Exchange.