The Center for Rural Enterprise Engagement (CREE) was recognized at a national conference for achieving excellence in communications practice.
The Association for Communication Excellence (ACE) provides opportunities for networking and professional development to communicators in the fields of agriculture, natural resources and human sciences. ACE members convened for the annual conference in Salt Lake City, Utah from June 23 to 25, 2024.
At the ACE conference, representatives from CREE presented research, facilitated workshops and fulfilled leadership positions within the association.
 CREE was honored to receive recognition for producing high quality communication deliverables.
CREE submitted several entries to the ACE Critique and Awards (C&A) program, which provides professional feedback on communication materials. CREE received two gold awards and two silver awards for a variety of multimedia projects.
CREE’s Insight Summit Course received a gold award and was also recognized as the Outstanding Professional Skill (OPS) winner in its respective category. As an OPS winner, these projects were highlighted during the awards ceremony at the ACE conference with the video below.
Learn more about CREE’s award-winning entries below.
Gold Awards
Insight Summit Course
Category: Information Technology, Education
Team Members: Lauri Baker, Cheryl Boyer, Hikaru Peterson, Aly Morrison, Michaela Kandzer, Phillip Stokes, Karlibeth Leitheiser, Audrey King
About: Insight Summit is an online new-media marketing course where participants learn how to collect analytics and which measurements matter, create compelling and engaging visual content to share online, increase engagement with their audience and potential customers, and more.
4 Ways to Leverage AI Marketing for Your Agribusiness Blogpost
Category: Writing, Writing for the Web
Team Members: Aly Morrison, Michaela Kandzer, Lauri Baker, Cheryl Boyer, Hikaru Peterson, Jean Bricket
About: This blogpost was written for CREE’s audience to highlight ways that agribusinesses could use AI to effectively market their business or products.
Silver Awards
Reimagining Resilient Agri-food Supply Chains Course
Category: Information Technology, Instructional Design for an Online Course
Team Members: Lauri Baker, Cheryl Boyer, Hikaru Peterson, Aly Morrison, Michaela Kandzer, Phillip Stokes, Karlibeth Leitheiser
About: The Reimagining Resilient Agri-food Supply Chains course explores issues surrounding the safety, security, and efficiency of our food production and distribution system. With a better understanding of capacities and structural vulnerabilities of regional food systems, we can be better prepared to support our populations and their needs.Â
Insight Summit Promotion
Category: Marketing 1, Marketing Communications Campaign with Budget Under $1,000
Team Members: Aly Morrison, Michaela Kandzer, Lauri Baker, Cheryl Boyer, Hikaru Peterson, Phillip Stokes
About: Insight Summit is an online new-media marketing course where participants learn how to collect analytics and which measurements matter, create compelling and engaging visual content to share online, increase engagement with their audience and potential customers, and more.
