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Media Arts in the Public Schools wins 2007 Award of Excellence in New Communications
Saturday, 08 December 2007
MAPS, www.mediarts.org is pleased to announce that it is a recipient of a 2007 Award of Excellence in the "Education Division" of the Society for New Communications Research Awards program.
DARBY, MT., December 7, 2007 - MAPS, www.mediarts.org is pleased to announce that it is a recipient of a 2007 Award of Excellence in the "Education Division" of the Society for New Communications Research Awards program. The Society honors innovative individuals, corporations, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions and media outlets that are pioneering the use of social media, ICT, mobile media, online communities, virtual worlds and collaborative technologies in the areas of media, marketing, public relations, advertising, entertainment, education, politics and social initiatives. The award winners were announced at the Society's awards gala at the Colonnade Hotel in Boston, Mass on December 5th, 2007.
MAPS' program goal and objective is to educate and create quality jobs for youth. To achieve this goal they encourage and develop a student's creative voice, communication ability and confidence. And by combining these skills with character building tools - teamwork, leadership, critical thinking, problem solving – they are able to deliver a measurable return on human and capital investment.
Their direct audience is the businesses and citizens of Montana. However, since MAPS has a (modest) national reach, they wanted to make their messaging as accessible as possible to as wide an audience as possible.
The MAPS program exemplifies the mission of this awards program: the successful and innovative use of new communications solutions and social media practices to enhance communications and relationships," commented Mike Manuel, SNCR Best Practices committee chairman.
"Now in our fourth year MAPS continues to be honored by the talent, creativity and commitment of many, many Montana youth. Our five programs – Corvallis High School and the Missoula, Bozeman, Red Lodge and Wolf Point Boys and Girls Clubs - are examples of what young people can achieve when given the opportunity. Thank you, SNCR for recognizing our students and their accomplishments and honoring them with your 2007 Award of Excellence. Peter Rosten, MAPS Founder and President.
To see the other 2007 "Award of Excellence" recipients please visit http://www.newcommreview.com/
