She’s spent the last five years at Coweta-Fayette EMC, where she embraced technology by increasing the use of video messaging and creating a podcast for younger members. Phillips has been a co-op communicator for more than 25 years, first at South Alabama Electric Cooperative in Troy, where she helped start an education program to expose ninth through 11th-graders to the co-op business model.
“Chellie represents everything co-op, and I can’t think of anyone more deserving based on what she not only has done for us, but for co-ops in general,” he said. Phillips’ numerous efforts to improve employee engagement “absolutely” have raised workplace morale, in turn leading to better service for members, said Coweta-Fayette EMC President and CEO Chris Stephens, who nominated her for the award. Chesnutt Award for Best Total Communication Program. It was established in memory of Justin LaBerge, senior leadership communications manager for NRECA from 2015 to 2018.Īlso during the Connect Conference, Phillips and her team won the 2022 Edgar F. The award recognizes a co-op communicator with demonstrated excellence, influence and impact in co-op communications, both as a practitioner and contributor across the network.
Phillips’ innovative ideas helped her win the 2022 LaBerge Award for Excellence in Strategic Communication, presented May 3 during the Connect Conference in Seattle. She also helped launch the first Summer Alternative Energy Adventure to showcase the co-op’s commitment to STEM education by bringing together teachers and allowing the community to participate virtually through social media.
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As a seasoned communicator, Coweta-Fayette EMC’s Chellie Phillips knows that co-op employees, community stakeholders and the media all need to be part of the equation to engage members.Īs vice president of public relations and communications at the Palmetto, Georgia-based co-op, Phillips helped create Vision EMC, an in-house professional development program aimed at improving co-op employee engagement.
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