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Nacogdoches County Chamber COO Kelly Augustine accepts the Texas Chamber of Commerce Executives media award for Video & Social Media at the annual TCCE conference held in June in Odessa. Pictured from left are Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives President & CEO Sheree Anne Kelly, TCCE Chairman Jim Johnson, Augustine and Texas Association of Business President & CEO Glenn Hamer.

(Photo by Steve Aicinena - Iceman Photo)

The Texas Chamber of Commerce Executives (TCCE), an association of more than 1,500 Texas-based, chamber of commerce professionals, annually honors its own marketing and communications leaders for superior work in social media, video, website, event marketing and print/electronic communications.

At the annual TCCE conference held in June at Odessa’s Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, the Nacogdoches County Chamber was announced as the Division 2 Social Media & Video award winner.

“The submission made by the Nacogdoches chamber was a promotion for the community’s rising pickleball interest,” said Chairman Dustin Beavers. “This is a perfect example of how the chamber of commerce partners with its members and stakeholders to do great things. We enjoyed working with chamber members Old Town Pickleball and the City of Nacogdoches Parks & Recreation Department and with Stephen F. Austin State University Department of Communication students to produce this award-winning video.”

Thirty different Texas chambers submitted for one of our four media categories. To ensure comparison on organizations with similar resources, TCCE created four divisions based upon the size of the chamber’s annual revenue. Judges met on multiple occasions and judged in each media category and landed on the winners.

 “Chambers of commerce are all in the communication business as the local voice of business,” said Michael Gallops, 2023 Chair of the TCCE Media Awards Committee. “The Chamber industry is one that shares information, best practices and endeavors to stay abreast and master new forms of communication. The TCCE Annual Media Awards recognizes the best communications and media work for Texas chambers of commerce of every size.”

Click and view the “Pickleball in Nacogdoches – all are welcome!” video - https://youtu.be/rQbmxxKJCgc.