Impact Communications, developer of interactive multimedia, web, video production, and meetings announced that it has been presented with the Telly Awards’ highest honor, the Silver Telly.

For the past 30 years, the Telly Awards has honored excellence in local, regional and cable television commercials and programs and the finest video and film productions, as well as work created for the web. Impact received this prestigious honor for its video production,“St. Jude Stories of Hope.” The video was produced for Sterling Jewelers, Inc. annual national Managers’ Meeting to create employee awareness and enthusiasm for Sterling’s “Partnership in Caring” with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Impact won in the Video-Live Events category.

In 1999, Sterling launched its partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and since that time has raised nearly $18 million for the Hospital’s medical research and patient care. Impact Communications has been there from the beginning helping to generate enthusiasm and commitment each year at Sterling’s annual Managers’ Meeting with a fresh and invigorating production.

During Sterling’s Managers’ Meeting, the audience of store and district managers learn the goals of the annual St. Jude fundraising campaign in a general session that combines executive presentations, guest appearances and video. The session is designed to inspire and motivate the audience to rededicate their effort to the company’s ongoing financial commitment to the Hospital.

Impact Communications’ “St. Jude Stories of Hope” video profiled two young patients, both sharing their personal experiences of their respective journeys through care and recovery from cancer. The featured children were recommended by St. Jude to serve as patient spokespersons for Sterling. During the session both patients were introduced by the videos leading to their live appearance on stage with Sterling leaders.

Mark Light, President and CEO of Sterling Jewelers said, “We congratulate Impact Communications on having received this most prestigious industry award. Since our Partnership in Caring with the hospital began ten years ago, Sterling Jewelers has partnered with Impact to develop creative and original media to inspire and motivate our employees to continually increase their fundraising effort for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Programs such as “Stories of Hope” reflect Impact’s understanding of Sterling’s role in helping the hospital continue its lifesaving mission.”

For the second year in a row, Impact Communications’ Meetings and Events team was selected to produce the annual national conference for Aspen Dental. The Impact team again created a first-class informative and motivational experience for an audience of over 800 Aspen dentists, hygienists, and office management teams from across the country.

In keeping with the spirit of the Summer Olympic Games, this year’s three-day meeting was fittingly themed Bring Your “A” Game. Held at the Turning Stone Resort in Verona, NY, the weekend-long event featured an Olympic- inspired “Parade of Champions” where Aspen regional representatives carried customized banners, and were given a hero’s welcome as they entered the ballroom. Additional ceremonial enhancements included the lighting of the Aspen Torch by the Senior Vice-President of Operations (wearing a “regulation” Olympic-style toga.)

Special guests and entertainers included motivational speaker and Olympic gold medalist, Jim Craig, goaltender from the1980 “Miracle on Ice” U.S. Hockey team; and the innovative DJ Ravi Drums, a high-energy percussionist/deejay. Perennial favorites, The Water Coolers, again provided customized corporate theatrical performances, expressly tailored for the Aspen audience.

Impact also produced the gala ASPY Award Ceremony that honored Aspen teams for their professional accomplishments and milestones over the past year.

Impact was responsible for overall show production and management, which included concept development, staging design and prop acquisition, as well as casting, scripting, technical direction, talent management, and creating speaker support graphics. Additionally, Impact wrote, shot and edited twelve video segments which were presented during the meeting’s opening module. The videos featured professional talent and Aspen employees, with shoots taking place in a studio, at Aspen Dental headquarters, and in several dental offices.

Aspen Dental Management’s goal, in partnership with its dentists, is to provide underserved members of local communities with access to high quality, affordable, and convenient dental care.

Impact teamed with The Arras Group at The Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah to assist KTM North America in planning and producing the company’s Annual Dealership meeting. Among other things, Impact provided speaker support, stage design, setup and management.

This meeting introduced the newest line of KTM products to dealers from all over the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The highlighted product of this year’s meeting was the RC8 Super Bike.

Impact has been an integral part of KTM’s North America’s Annual Meeting for 2 years.

KTM Power Sports AG is a worldwide leading manufacturer of power sports vehicles. The company includes the Sportmotorcycle and the Sportcar division. The KTM-Sportmotorcycle AG, develops and manufactures competition off-road and street motorcycles. KTM-Sportcar GmbH builds the light-weight sports car X-Bow, KTM’s first step into the automotive field.

With more than 1,930 employees, the KTM group maintains over 20 sales subsidiaries and five joint ventures that distribute KTM products to their 1,400 independent KTM dealerships worldwide. KTM has won more than 140 World Championship titles.