IABC Atlanta | Best of the Best: How They Did It Featuring 2023 Golden Flame Award Winners

Join us as our 2023 Golden Flame award winners share how they achieved “best of the best” status. Learn best practices to help you get the recognition you deserve when this year’s awards program opens in the coming months.

• Stephen Pruitt PRINCIPAL/OWNER – Stephen’s career as a creative professional spans more than 20 years, with focused experience in communication strategy and implementation across employee experience and culture communications, brand development, marketing campaigns, design, and video/interactive production. He is a veteran of powerful storytelling, dedicating his career to engaging with audiences in compelling ways. Stephen believes that targeted creativity, based on strategy and insights, will capture imaginations and motivate change.

• Kate Lee, Communications Director – Kate joined Invesco as Communications Director in 2018, managing executive and leadership communications. She also provides communications for various M&A and major corporate initiatives. Kate previously held corporate communications positions at GE Energy, Home Depot, and MCI, as well as consulted on communications strategy for clients including McKesson and HD Supply. She is a winner of IABC Atlanta “Best in Show” in 2019 for internal communications for the Oppenheimer Funds acquisition. 

Joining Kate in discussing Invesco’s award-winning entry are Matt Gallagher, Senior Manager of Communications, and Shi-Ann James, Corporate Communications Manager. Matt is an experienced corporate communicator, with a flair for corporate storytelling. He developed his expertise while working at Cox Automotive, Cox Enterprises, and The Coca-Cola Company. Shi-Ann joined the Invesco Corporate Communications team in 2023 from R/GA. She specializes in employee engagement and organizational culture communications.

 Three things you’ll learn by attending this event:

• What goes into preparing an award-winning submission
• Innovative and creative ways to communicate
• The importance of human-centric communications and how internal storytelling can be used externally