Best Paper for Proceedings

The Best Paper for Proceedings award recognizes the outstanding research and practice described in the ABC Annual Conference Proceedings, which are submitted by conference presenters. An editorial review team of more than 15 business communication scholars and practitioners carefully review each proceedings submission, and those papers that demonstrate the highest quality research or practice, outstanding writing, and the most promise for the field are selected for the Best Paper for Proceedings award.

Previous Award Winners

2020, 2021, 2022 - not awarded

2019
Visual Persuasions: Presentations in the Era of Big Data
Dale Cyphert, University of Northern Iowa

2018
Creating a Marketplace Space (CAMS): A Discourse Analysis of 10 Business Pitches from a High-Stakes, Reality TV Show
CP Moreau, Carnegie Mellon University

2017 (tie)
Readiness for Renewal: Extending Renewal to Organizational Preparedness
Ryan Fuller, California State University, Sacramento
Ashley McNatt, University of Arkansas for Medical Science
Robert Ulmer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas


English as a Lingua Franca in Mainland China: an Analysis of Intercultural Business Communicative Competence (IBCC)
Lorraine Y. Yao, City University of Hong Kong


2016
The Essential Theories of Business Communication
Jacqueline Mayfield and Milton Mayfield, Texas A & M International University
Robyn Walker, University of Southern California