Nearly 140 professional and student entries in all media, including print, broadcast, out-of-home and public service advertising, were judged by a distinguished panel of advertising and creative executives for advertising excellence.

Winners of the ADDY Awards are eligible to compete in the second level of the three-tiered ADDY Awards Competition, the District 9 ADDY Awards conducted in March. The District 9 winners are then eligible for the ultimate competition, the national ADDY, presented in June every year by the American Advertising Federation. As a three-tiered national competition with 60,000 entrants overall, the national ADDY Awards are the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition, recognizing creative excellence and the very best advertising worldwide.

During the event, Tri-State Advertising & Marketing Professionals (AMP), the local competition sponsor, will also introduce the winner of the American Advertising Federation’s Silver Medal Award, which honors an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the advertising and marketing professions, as well as his or her local community.

Tickets are available online here. Individual tickets are $30 each and a corporate table of eight is $325. Corporate tickets feature prime reserved seating, recognition of your company or organization, and free cocktail drink vouchers for each attendee. Please email Tri-State AMP with any questions.

The AAF’s Silver Medal Award Program 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.

The nomination form is available here and must be mailed to Tri-State AMP at PO Box 541, Cape Girardeau, MO 63702-0541 or emailed to info@tristateamp.com.

Past Silver Medal recipients include “Cousin Carl” Anderson of KWKZ, Mike Tenholder of The ImageMaker, Gary Rust of Rust Communications, Charles and Judy Wiles of Southeast Missouri State University, Wes Wade formerly ofHorizon Screen Printing, Jim Riley of Red Letter Communications, and Brian Young of River Radio.

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Loudon currently works in Birmingham, Ala., as central director of business development for GoVote.com, the biggest political website in the world. He is also a principal at Legacy Group, Inc., a strategic marketing and communications firm based in St. Louis. Prior to these roles, Loudon was the youngest member to serve in the Missouri State Senate, where he developed a reputation for creative thinking and problem solving. During his tenure, Loudon is credited for the rewrite and overhaul of Missouri’s workers compensation law and the landmark parental consent law. Currently, Missouri is the only state to extend this protection.

“Tri-State AMP is delighted to welcome such a distinguished speaker to our monthly luncheon,” says Emily Sikes, Tri-State AMP president. “Our membership consists of local communications professionals, as well as college students, who want to advance their skills and knowledge through our networking meetings and speakers such as Mr. Loudon allow them to hear timely, informative topics without traveling out of the area.”

The monthly luncheons are held the fourth Tuesday of each month from 11:30 am to 1 pm at Port Cape Girardeau, 19 North Water Street in Cape Girardeau. The cost is $12 for members, $15 for non-members and $10 for students. Luncheon tickets are required and may be purchased here. For more information, please email Tri-State AMP.

Tri-State AMP’s ADDY Awards Competition recognizes exceptional advertising created in the Cape Girardeau, Mo.; Paducah, Ky.; and Harrisburg, Ill., markets. The ADDY Awards honor advertising excellence in all media including print, broadcast, out-of-home and public service advertising.

All entries must be received by 4 p.m. on January 12 at Concord Printing, 301 Broadway in Cape Girardeau. Entry fees are $48 for members of Tri-State AMP, $58 for nonmembers and $32 for students. 

A distinguished panel of advertising creative executives will gather in Cape Girardeau the weekend of January 21 to select the winners from an anticipated 120 entries. To be eligible for consideration of an ADDY, all work must have been published or aired between January 1 and December 31, 2011.

Tri-State AMP will honor the ADDY Awards winners during a gala on February 24 at The Plaza by Ray’s in Cape Girardeau. Winners of the ADDY Awards are eligible to compete in the second level of the three-tiered ADDY Awards Competition, the District 9 ADDY Awards conducted in March. The District 9 winners are then eligible for the ultimate competition, the national ADDY, presented in June every year by the American Advertising Federation. As a three-tiered national competition with 60,000 entrants overall, the national ADDY Awards are the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition, recognizing creative excellence and the very best advertising worldwide.

The local ADDY Awards Competition is sponsored by the Tri-State AMP, a member association comprised of advertising and media professionals. Get more information or submit entries here.

Tri-State Advertising & Marketing Professionals is a non-profit organization made up of communications professionals in the Cape Girardeau, Mo.; Paducah, Ky.; and Harrisburg, Ill., areas. The organization seeks to provide and promote a better understanding of the functions and value of advertising; apply the skills, creativity and energy of the advertising industry in solving social problems; advance the standards of advertising through voluntary self-regulation; and promote good fellowship and free exchange of ideas. Tri-State AMP is affiliated with the American Advertising Federation and the Ninth District, AAF.

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Either way, you’re invited! Please join Tri-State Advertising & Marketing Professionals for our annual Holiday Party, featuring good food, great games and even better company. Don’t be a grinch – see you at the party!
Click below to RSVP by December 7.

The lunch program will be at noon at Port Cape Girardeau in downtown Cape Girardeau. Cost for club members is $12 and may be billed, paid at the door or paid online. Student Ad Club members receive a discount and first-time guests are free.

Wednesday, August 17, 5-7 pm

Bella Italia in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Are you looking to:

• Start a new chapter of your life?
• Start your own company?
• Re-brand your business?
• Launch a new product?

Discover your passion. Develop a strategy.

Tri-State Advertising & Marketing Professionals (AMP) will host The Reset Process – An Introduction on Wednesday, August 17 from 5 to 7 pm at Bella Italia, 20 North Spanish Street, to help marketers and business owners seeking to define their brand promise and develop a strategy to get there.

Dave Jones from the Reset Agency will introduce you to their customized approach to discovering, branding and marketing through the unique Reset Process. The “Reset” Process gets to the core of what makes an individual great by discovering his or her true identity. It operates on the principal belief that everyone has to “power down” and reboot in order to regain clarity about his or her unique design and purpose for life.

Tickets are $15 and included the event and appetizers catered by Bella Italia. Limited seating is available, so purchase tickets now.

For more information, call Drew Janes, Tri-State AMP program chair at 800-279-3859.

Audio/Visual Sponsor: Relentless Media Productions

The 2011-2012 Tri-State Advertising & Marketing Professionals Board of Directors met July 11 to elect officers and plan for the next year’s events. Back row, from left: Lindsey Church, Richard Proffer, Jaime Craig, Judy Cantoni, Erica Wheeler, Treasurer Jay Wolz and Drew Janes. Front row, from left: Tracey Beeker, President Emily Sikes, Secretary Boyce Holt, Nicolette Brennan, Tyson Schoolfield, Vice President Tonya Wells, Marilyn Kneir and Melody Anderson. Not shown is Scott Richards.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO – Tri-State Advertising & Marketing Professionals (AMP) has elected officers for the 2011-2012 fiscal year and appointed eight new members to its Board of Directors. The officers and board members are responsible for coordinating monthly networking and educational programs, social events, seminars for local communications professionals, as well as the annual ADDY® Awards. The board is also involved in collegiate relations, community service and professional development.

The Board of Directors elected its 2011-2012 officers at its annual retreat on July 11. Emily Sikes, account services coordinator at Saint Francis Medical Center, will serve as president for the coming year. Tonya Wells, assistant director of Marketing at Southeast Missouri State University, will serve as vice president. Jay Wolz, supervisor of market management at SoutheastHEALTH and Tri-State AMP immediate past president, will serve as treasurer. Boyce Holt, owner of All Media Services, LLC, will serve as secretary.

The eight new or reelected board members are Melody Anderson, director of regional development for Lutheran Family and Children Services of Missouri; Tracey Beeker, chief strategist at BE MORE Consultants; Nicolette Brennan, public information coordinator for the City of Cape Girardeau; Judy Cantoni, owner of PromoPlus, LLC; Lindsey Church, marketing director at West Park Mall; Richard Proffer, small business development counselor at the University of Missouri Extension Business Development Program; Tyson Schoolfield, regional sales executive for Canedy Sign and Graphics; and Jay Wolz, supervisor of market management at SoutheastHEALTH.

Continuing board members are Jaime Craig, account executive at Mississippi River Radio; Drew Janes, president/producer for Relentless Media Productions; Marilyn Kneir, account executive with Horizon Screen Printing & Promotional Products; Scott Richards, market manager at Mississippi River Radio; and Erica Wheeler, director of brand strategy at BOLD Marketing.

For more information on Tri-State AMP or its upcoming events, please visit www.tristateamp.com.

Just a quick reminder that our final professional development lunch & learn of the Tri-State AMP 2010/11 calendar year will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, June 28. Lunch begins at noon at Port Cape Girardeau in downtown Cape. Our guest speaker will be American Advertising Federation District 9 Governor Joe Mastroianni. Joe, whose term as District 9 governor draws to a close at the end of the month, will update us on various AAF issues on the district and national levels and will present the District 9 ADDY “winners reel”. You won’t want to miss seeing some of the best advertising and marketing campaigns from throughout the four-state region of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa.

This is sure to be an informative and entertaining program so please make plans to join us for lunch!

End of the Term Comments

My one-year term as president of Tri-State Advertising & Marketing Professionals comes to an end this week. I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it once again – the year would not have been the success it was without the support and hard work of my fellow Board members as well as many other Tri-State members.

We had quite a few successes during the 2010-11 club year including a 10 percent growth in membership, a successful ADDY competition and awards celebration, the “Art & Copy” show last fall, and the 2011 “Advertising for a Cause” campaign. We also rolled out new branding, a new website and conducted a number of very informative (and delicious) professional development lunches during the year.

My congratulations to the club’s new leadership and to incoming president Emily Sikes; I know that she and the rest of the Board of Directors will do a great job as they work to promote the marketing and advertising professions here in the Tri-State area. I look forward to the coming year and continued growth of Tri-State AMP.

Once again, thanks to everyone for all their hard work and dedication to the “ad club.”

Sincerely,

Jay

The lunch program will be at noon at Port Cape Girardeau in downtown Cape Girardeau. Cost for club members is $12 and may be billed or paid at the door. There’s a slight discount for members of the Student Ad Club at Southeast Missouri State University and first-time guests are free.

Joe, whose term as District 9 governor draws to a close at the end of the month, will update Tri-State AMP members on various AAF issues on the district and national levels and will present the District 9 ADDY winners reel. Don’t miss seeing some of the best advertising and marketing campaigns from our four-state region of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa.

This will be the last lunch program of the club’s 2010-11 fiscal year, resuming August 23.