{"id":2030,"date":"2025-11-18T15:10:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/communications\/?p=2030"},"modified":"2025-11-18T15:10:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:10:51","slug":"communications-team-wins-6-awards-at-umac-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/communications\/2025\/11\/communications-team-wins-6-awards-at-umac-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Communications Team Wins 6 Awards at UMAC 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At the <a href=\"https:\/\/umcommunicators.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United Methodist Association of Communicators (UMAC)<\/a> Annual Meeting on October 26-28, 2025, the NC Conference Communications Team won six awards, including two Best in Class trophies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best in Class<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Daniel, Video Producer, and Derek Leek, Communications Director, won the Hilly Hicks Award of Excellence for Best in Class &#8211; Video Production. 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The &#8220;Supporting Immigrants&#8221; video won first place in the Video Production: Less Than $500 category, and the podcast won First Place in the Podcast category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Second and Third Place Awards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Daniel, Leek, and Amanda Packer received a Second Place award for the <a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/app\/\">NC Conference App<\/a> in the Mobile App Category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leek, Packer, and Laura Dallas received a Third Place award for the &#8220;Connections&#8221; email newsletter in the eNewsletter category. <a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive this weekly newsletter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking about the work of the Communications Team, Leek said, &#8220;I love the fact that our work amplifies the voices of the NC Conference. Really, this isn&#8217;t a recognition of our team, it&#8217;s a recognition of the gifts and talents of those lay and clergy members in the NC Conference.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to the NC Conference Communications Team!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>View images of the awards below and the full <a href=\"https:\/\/9cc7b965-80fa-4bca-9048-35374dea7ab5.filesusr.com\/ugd\/8488d2_ceb8846c05a44f5787377f9a396b2762.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UMAC 2025 Awards Booklet at UMCommunicators.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1700\" height=\"2200\" data-id=\"2032\" 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