COMCO Mundo Celebrates Global IABC Gold Quill Agency of the Year Victory with Inaugural Purple Ball

 COMCO Mundo celebrates its wins at the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)’s global Gold Quill Awards 2024 with the The Purple Ball: COMCO’s Gold Victory Celebration at the F1 Hotel in Bonifacio Global City.

The COMCO Mundo Squadron converged for The Purple Ball: COMCO’s Gold Victory Celebration, igniting global excellence in communications.

 

As the first communications agency from the Philippines and Southeast Asia to receive the highly-coveted Agency of the Year (Mid-Size Agency) award during the 2024 Gold Quill Awards in Chicago, USA, interregional powerhouse communications group COMCO Mundo League of Enterprises / COMCO Southeast Asia is also the only consultancy firm from Asia-Pacific to be included in this year’s Best of the Best and Special Award Winners of the internationally acclaimed award giving body. 

 

 

COMCO Mundo / COMCO Southeast Asia receives the global IABC 2024 Gold Quill Awards Agency of the Year Award from the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC).

(Photo Credit: Florencio Jusay Jr.)

The Agency of the Year recognition marks COMCO Mundo’s compelling presence and seal of excellence, not just in the Asia-Pacific region, but also across the world as it continues to work with local and international brands and projects with its own unique brand of #MeaningfulStorytelling. The Gold Quill Awards' “Agency of the Year” honor is given to agencies with the highest-rated entries making these top organizations the Global Best of the Best and Special Award Winners. Since the Gold Quill Awards’ inception in 2008, this is the first time that a Filipino and Southeast Asian agency won the much sought-after award in the industry. 

 

  

Ceremonial awarding of the 2024 International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Gold Quill Awards to COMCO Mundo and its partner organizations together with the IABC officials  (from left): Awarding of the Corporate Social Responsibility and Climate Change and Sustainability Communication Awards to Century Tuna and COMCO Mundo; Awarding of the Digital Communication and Social Media Awards to COMCO Mundo and Write to Ignite Season 3 Winners; and Awarding of the Communication Training and Education Award COMCO Mundo with its Camp COMCO Mentorship House Stewards.

 

COMCO is also the most awarded organization in the Philippines and the Asia-Pacific at the Gold Quill Awards 2024 receiving recognitions in Corporate Social Responsibility and Climate Change and Sustainability Communication for “Save Our Planet, Save Our Seas – The Century Tuna “Saving Our Seas” Initiative”, in Digital Communication and Social Media for “UNMASKED: The COMCO Mundo Write to Ignite Initiative Season 3”, and in Communication Training and Education for “Igniting Talent – The Camp COMCO Mentorship Program”.

 

“A long time ago, we had a dream. And the dream was for us to stand tall on the world stage together with other fellow communicators from all the different countries,” said Philippine Chair of the IABC Gold Quill Awards’ Blue Ribbon Panel, IABC Philippines Adviser, and IABC Fellow, Ms. Ritzi Villarico-Ronquillo, APR. “Tonight, the dream, years ago, is not just a dream. COMCO made it a reality. Not only for every Filipino communicator but also for our country and for the next generation. So beyond the trophy, the crusade has started. We must stand tall with our colleagues across the globe. We must show them just how Pinoys can really be excellent.”

 

The USA-headquartered IABC is a global network of communication professionals that recognizes the best practices and innovative campaigns of agencies, companies, and brands that foster excellence in the field of communications through the Gold Quill Awards.

 

Group Chief Executive Director and Lead Strategic Communications Counsel / Partner and Co-Founder Mr. Ferdinand L. Bondoy delivers a speech to toast the group’s accomplishments since its creation in 2016 and fulfillment of its Mission 2024.

 

“The 1st Purple Ball is a celebration not just of the awards that COMCO has received this year but also of the growth of our amazing team, our COMCO squadron, which we have built and nurtured through the years. The Agency has come this far because of all the dedication, passion and craftsmanship of each and every COMCOy. To represent the Philippines as well as Southeast Asia and even the Asia-Pacific region on the world’s biggest arena in the practice of the communications profession is an honor we proudly accept as it serves as a testament of what can be accomplished by our commitment to craftsmanship excellence, workplace community culture, and meaningful storytelling,” said Mr. Ferdinand L. Bondoy, COMCO Mundo Chief Executive Director and Lead Strategic Communications Counsel / Partner and Co-Founder.

 

In 2023, the Public Relations and Communications Association Asia-Pacific (PRCA-APAC), the world’s largest professional PR body, honored COMCO as the Medium PR Consultancy of the Year during the PRCA APAC Awards 2023 for its efforts in community leadership and innovation. Earlier this year, the Dubai-based communications agency of COMCO Mundo, COMCO Middle East & Africa (COMCO MEA), was recognized by Caterer Middle East’s F&B PR Power List 2024 which celebrates exceptional and influential PR firms and campaigns in the region.

 

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COMCO SEA Wins Big in the 19th Philippine Quill with 3 Top Awards and 30 Metals

Trailblazing and global award-winning communications agency COMCO Southeast Asia has accomplished yet another milestone after winning 3 Top Awards and 30 metals from the prestigious 19^th Philippine Quill Awards organized by the International Association of Business Communicators’ (IABC) Philippines.

For the much-coveted Communication Management and COVID Communications categories, COMCO Southeast Asia bagged both Top Awards for its landmark initiative “Dear Survivor: The COMCO Southeast Asia Write to Ignite Blogging Project Season 2” besting over 800 entries nationwide. The “Write to Ignite Blogging Project” is an initiative of ComCo Southeast Asia championing the triumph of the human spirit through inspiring stories during these challenging times. “Dear Survivor: The COMCO Southeast Asia Write to Ignite Blogging Project Season 2” was co-presented by Eastern Communications and Jobstreet, sponsored by AirAsia and Xiaomi, and supported by Teleperformance. Beneficiaries of the program include Gawad Kalinga, Make-a-Wish Foundation, Save the Children, World Vision, and WWF. 

Moreover, the “Camp COMCO House Wars: The Force of Learning in New PR and Smart Social”, COMCO Southeast Asia’s award-winning intensive and comprehensive talent incubation initiative, industry linkage course and apprenticeship program, also won a nomination for the Top Award in Communication Training and Education, alongside Awards of Excellence for Communication Training and Education and Communication Management – Internal Communications. Camp COMCO House Wars has partnered with various brands and organizations such as Unilab Foundation, Starbucks, FWD Insurance, Theo & Philo artisan chocolates, CARA Welfare Philippines, and ABS-CBN among others, to deliver this landmark initiative. Camp COMCO Mentorship Program started with its first cycle in 2016 and continuously growing as it reaches its 18^th Cycle this year, with over 100 graduates in a span of 6 years.

 

In total, COMCO Southeast Asia won an overwhelming number of 30 Quill Excellence and Merit Awards together with its partner brands in various industries and sectors such as JobStreet, Teleperformance, Lamoiyan Corporation’s Licealiz, Defensil, Unilab Foundation, and World Vision, as well as SEA Wave magazine, which made them the Agency of the Year 2nd Runner-up.

 

Since its creation in 2016, COMCO Southeast Asia has already won a total of 137 awards and citations from various local and international award-giving bodies such as IABC Quill Awards, MarCom Awards in USA, Mumbrella Awards, Marketing Event Awards, Spikes Asia, Anvil Awards, Kidlat, ARAW Advertising Values Awards, The Filipino Times Awards in UAE, ASEAN PR Excellence Awards, Marketing Interactive Asia’s PR Awards Asia-Pacific, PRCA APAC (Public Relations and Communications Association Asia-Pacific) Awards, CIPR (Chartered Institute of Public Relations) Excellence Awards in the United Kingdom, Campaign Asia Pacific’s PR Awards Asia in Hong Kong, The Gold Standard Awards, APAC Tambuli Awards, and Stevie Awards.

 

"Together with our client partners, our mission is to continue igniting social change with real and impactful campaigns. While our main goal for the programs we create and implement is to touch lives and make a difference, we are truly grateful that our authentic projects have been recognized with awards from reputable organizations like the IABC and this just inspires us to continue with our mission of #MeaningfulStorytelling," said COMCO Southeast Asia's Regional Integration and Chief Executive Director Ferdinand L. Bondoy.

 

The Quill Awards is organized by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), and it is one of the world’s most prestigious awards programs in the field of business communication. For two decades, the Quill Awards have only been bestowed to the most reputable organizations and corporations in the Philippines that are making a difference in business and society. To win a Philippine Quill means being recognized as achieving the highest Global Standard for business communication practices.

To know more about COMCO Southeast Asia, visit comcosea.com. Follow them on social media: facebook.com/comco.southeastasia on Facebook, linkedin.com/company/comcosea, and @comco_sea on both Instagram and Twitter.