WiM is a Winner!

We are thrilled to announce that we at WiM have been honored with a bronze medal for social media in Association TRENDS’ 2013 All-Media Contest!  Our entry was one of nearly 470 entries in the association publication’s contest.

Our submission included the efforts we make on our website, our blog, our Twitter account and our Facebook page.

The TRENDS All Media Contest is an annual competition held exclusively for associations, recognizing the most creative and effective communication vehicles developed in the industry over the prior year.

We are very proud and honored to be included among the contest winners this year and we have all of you - our friends, followers, readers, members and supporters - to thank!  What began as a small group of PMA members has grown into a strong, powerful network of women from across the manufacturing sector with what we think is a very important mission: supporting, retaining and advancing women in the manufacturing industry.  We hope that in creating this community online, we are both assisting the existing community of women in manufacturing today and building a bridge for the future of the sector.

Our award is will be featured in the January issue of TRENDS and it's online now.  You can check it out here.

This is what the judges had to say about us - 

"A majority of association now have some social media presence on all the major social sites. But this group has their community at the heart of their social media strategy at all times – supporting and connecting women in a male-dominated industry.  Therefore, their tactics are about much more than promoting and marketing their products and services, they are about fostering connectedness and the visibility of their target constituents. Their social media presence is not just friendly but supportive, helpful, empowering, connecting. Their sites are also full integrated with each other, so content shared in one place is accessible in every place.  Very, very well evolved and executed, mission-driven strategy."