Awards and Certifications

KTDC Creative Director Kate Tallent's work has been recognized with numerous awards:

2005 Wilmer Shields Rich Awards for Excellence in Communications

• Gold Award:
  for the International Youth Foundation's 2003 Annual Report
• Gold Award:
  for the International Youth Foundation's Perspectives Newsletter
• Silver Award:
  in the special reports category for the International Youth Foundation's YouthActionNet publication: Youth in Action

2004 Wilmer Shields Rich Awards for Excellence in Communications

• Gold Award:
  for the International Youth Foundation website
• Silver Award:
  for the Magazines/Periodicals category for the International Youth Foundation's YouthActionNet publication: Youth in Action
• Silver Award:
  for the 2002 International Youth Foundation's Annual Report
• Bronze Award:
  for the Magazines/Periodicals category for the International Youth Foundation's Perspectives Newsletter

• Silver Award:
  for the Newsletters category for the International Youth Foundation's Perspectives Newsletter
• Bronze Award:
  for the International Youth Foundation's 2001 Annual Report

2001 Monadnock Paper Mills Award of Excellence
for the art-direction and design of the International Youth Foundation's Annual Report.

Certifications

As of February 2008, for the third year in a row, Kate Tallent Design & Communication is certified as a women's business enterprise through the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the nation's largest third party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the US.

KTDC has gone through a rigorous and stringent certification process to confirm the business is owned, managed, and controlled by a woman— Principal Kate Tallent.