IABC Announces 2004 Gold Quill Award Winners

Ceridian and Millerwood Capture Coveted Award

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (May 11, 2004) – Ceridian, headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, and Millerwood Communications, of Bolton, MA, are winners of the 2004 International Gold Quill Awards, announced by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), sponsored by Mercer Human Resource Consulting.

“Ceridian is proud to receive the IABC Gold Quill award of Excellence for our flexible spending account Web campaign, The Adventures of Flexman,” said Patrick Smyth, senior vice president of marketing at Ceridian U.S. Human Resource Solutions. “We are also excited to share this award with Millerwood Communications. In 2003, we took a new creative approach to help companies change their world of work by increasing employee awareness and participation of their benefit programs, and we are thrilled to offer this award-winning communication to our customers.”

Millerwood and Ceridian captured a Gold Quill Excellence award for the creation of a comic-book style character named Flexman developed for Ceridian to promote the benefits of participation in employer-sponsored Flexible Spending Accounts. To see the comic strip, go to http://ceridian.com/myceridian/nav/1,2482,11066,00.html, and click on the “The Adventures of Flexman.”

“I am honored to receive this award and share the success of this campaign with the talented project members at Ceridian as well as the creative Millerwood team,” said Christine Miller, owner of Millerwood Communications.

Millerwood and Ceridian competed among peers in Argentina , Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Croatia, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peoples' Republic of China, Philippines, Russia, Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the United States . Winners will be honored at a luncheon on June 7 and winning entries will be on display during IABC's 2004 international conference in Los Angeles, June 6-9 at the Westin Century Plaza.

For more than 25 years, IABC’s Gold Quill Awards program has been the hallmark of excellence in business communication. From the many thousands of entries submitted throughout the years, only the most outstanding communicators have been honored with this award. Of the 920 entries received this year, only 37 received top awards for Excellence.

This year’s Blue Ribbon Gold Quill judging panel included top senior communicators from Australia , Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Switzerland and the United States.

For a complete list of all 2004 Gold Quill winners, please visit: http://www.iabc.com/gquill

About Ceridian

Ceridian is changing the world of work by enabling companies to be free to succeed in their core business through its suite of innovative managed human resource solutions that include payroll and compensation, staffing, compliance, HR administration and employee effectiveness. Ceridian Corporation (NYSE: CEN) is an information services company serving businesses and employees in the United States, Canada and Europe. For more information about Ceridian’s comprehensive array of human resource solutions, visit www.myceridian.com or call 800.729.7655.

About Millerwood Communications

Millerwood Communications is a full-service communications consulting practice providing unique and innovative employee, human resources and customer communications. For more information on Millerwood services, visit www.millerwoodcommunications.com or call (978) 875-0259.

About IABC

IABC is a network of professionals committed to improving organizational effectiveness through strategic communication. With more than 100 chapters, IABC serves 13,500 members in 60 countries and 10,000 organizations.

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