WASHINGTON — Eagle Communications, Inc. has been selected by the ESOP Association for two national awards, the 2015 Special Events – Series of Events Award and the 2015 Printed Materials Award. The Annual Award for Communications Excellence (AACE) honors are sponsored each year by the Association to recognize the outstanding communications and educational programs of its members. The awards are presented each May at the Association’s Annual Conference in Washington to companies who have excelled in communicating the ESOP (employee stock ownership plan) and its meaning to the company’s employees.
This is the second year in a row Eagle has been recognized by the national ESOP Association in the Printed Materials category. This award recognizes excellence in the use of original, printed informational materials that are used to promote the company’s ESOP to the employee-owners, customers and community. The Special Event – Series of Events category recognizes excellence in the organization and creativity involved in a series of ownership events. The awards are split into two Divisions. Division A: 250 or Fewer Employees and Division B: Over 250 Employees. With 290 employee-owners, Eagle was among the smallest companies competing in the larger division.
“We are pleased to have been selected in two categories as 2015 AACE award winners by The ESOP Association,” said Eagle President and CEO, Gary Shorman. “We are proud to be an ESOP company and strongly believe in the power of employee-ownership and share that belief with all our employees.”
AACE Award winners are chosen by a panel of five judges made up of both management and non-management employee-owners, each of whom has demonstrated active experience and interest in the field of ESOPs and employee ownership communications. Awards are based on: overall quality and quantity of employee owner education, contributions of employee owners, integration of the ESOP into company culture, frequency of ownership communications, involvement
and response of employee owners, encouragement of ownership attitudes, clear explanations, creative ideas, graphic design, and technical quality.