Award acceptance speech written by Teresa Zumwald wins a 2015 APEX® award

ENGLEWOOD, Ohio, June 2, 2015 – Teresa Zumwald, owner and president of Zumwald & Company, LLC, received an APEX® 2015 Award of Excellence in the Speech & Script Writing category for her speech entitled “When You Come to a Fork in the Road – TAKE IT!”

This 15-minute award acceptance speech was prepared for and delivered by Chad Delligatti, president of Dublin, Ohio-based InnoSource, on May 21, 2014, at the 2014 Julian Marcus Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony at The Ohio State University in Columbus.

APEX 2015 – the 27th Annual Awards for Publication Excellence – recognizes excellence in publishing by professional communicators. APEX awards are based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content and the ability to achieve overall communications excellence.

The competition is sponsored by the editors of “Writer’s Web Watch,” published by Communications Concepts, Inc., Best Practices in Print, Web & ePublishing.

According to Concepts Editor and Publisher John De Lellis, “competition was exceptionally intense” this year since there were nearly 1,900 entries. Presented were 749 Awards of Excellence in 100 subcategories within 11 major categories:

Newsletters
Magazines
Journals & Tabloids
Annual Reports
Print Media
Electronic Media
Social Media
Websites
Campaigns, Programs & Plans
Writing
Design & Illustration
One-of-a-Kind Publications

Also presented were 82 Grand Awards honoring outstanding work in the 11 major categories.

In addition to De Lellis, the panel of judges included Kenneth J. Turtoro, noted circulation executive and marketing director with the New York agency Shain+Oringer; Christine Turner, contributing editor of the “Writing That Works” Archives; and Bill Londino, consulting editor of “Writer’s Web Watch.”

To view the APEX 2015 Awards of Excellence Winners List, download the searchable pdf file. ■