Join us we celebrate the MAGC of the North at this year's Northern Lights Ceremony!

We hope you can join us for the Annual Northern Lights Awards Ceremony Luncheon at 11:30 on July 30 at the Plymouth Community Center. Celebrate and mingle with other MAGC members and see if you won a Bronze, Silver, or Northern Lights Award for your community.

New this year, the event will begin with a keynote speaker featuring last year’s Scott Pengelly Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, Janine Hill. Hill, who leads all communication efforts for the City of Bloomington, has a storied career in government communications. From communicating sales tax initiatives, to leading her community through the COVID-19 pandemic, to taking on the City’s lead communications role during Super Bowl 52, Hill has paved the way for effective government communications.

Following the keynote, Hill will announce this year’s Special Achievement Awards, which will be followed by the traditional Northern Lights Award Ceremony.

Please plan to join us to continue building our networks and to celebrate the remarkable work our fellow communicators produce!

View the complete details and registration information.

Add Your Magic to Our Fall Conference

We are delighted to announce the date of the MAGC Fall Conference, October 22, 2025, at the Heritage Center of Brooklyn Center. Interested in adding your expertise to the conference? We’re looking for passionate communicators to present dynamic sessions or help plan an unforgettable MAGC Fall Conference. Whether you’ve got a bold presentation idea or want a seat at the planning table, now’s your chance to shape the experience.

Submit your proposal or join the committee today!

Communicating with Style and Substance

If you’re passionate about communicating, you’ve come to the right place. The Minnesota Association of Government Communicators is a peer organization of professionals dedicated to improving public-sector communications.

We organize thought-provoking workshops, an annual conference and various other activities to improve our communications skills and to strengthen our peer networks. We share our best work through our annual Northern Lights Awards Contest, we celebrate our accomplishments and learn from each other's successes at the annual Northern Lights Awards Ceremony.

Our members represent all levels of government—federal, state, regional, county, and local—as well as school districts, universities and colleges,  nonprofits and agencies serving these organizations. 

Our members are...

• Writers and editors.
• Graphic designers.
• Publications staff and managers.
• Marketing and public relations specialists.
• Web designers.
• Public information officers.
• Media relations specialists.
• Teachers and professors.
• Photographers.
• And more.

Do we sound like your kind of people? Join us!