ADA publications earn awards

ADA publications earned three silver and two bronze awards in the 31st annual Salute to Association Excellence, a competition sponsored by Association Trends, a national trade group for associations.

The award-winning entries are products of the ADA’s Publishing Division. The awards were presented at a luncheon held Feb. 23 in Washington, D.C.

Earning silver awards were:

• the July 2009 issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association for substance and artistry among scholarly, technical or scientific journals;
• the 2010 ADA Catalog, judged for its timeliness and clarity in the book, manual, catalog category;
• the “CEO Crash Course: Take the Lead in Your Dental Practice,” a self-help book for dentists, also honored in the book, manual catalog category.

Bronze awards went to:

• ADA News Convention Daily, a daily newspaper produced during the 2009 annual session in Hawaii;
• the 2010 Media Kit, a package of information produced for potential advertisers.

The Association Trends contest generated 441 entries from 153 organizations, the highest volume of entries in more than 30 years.