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Platinum PR Award Winners and Honorable Mentions 2005

Analyst Relations

Winner
Sell-Side Analyst Outreach - SI International & CCG Investor Relations

Honorable Mentions
Nextel Communications Inaugural Industry Analyst Relations Conference - Nextel Communications

Annual Report

Winner
Annual Report 2004 - Nestlé (Malaysia)

Honorable Mentions
2004 Annual Report: Global Warming: Can We Find Common Ground? - Cinergy Corp.

FEMSA 2004 Annual Report

MetLife, Inc. 2004 Annual Review

"Redefining State of the Art" Annual Report - Summa Health System

Application of Research

Winner
"Leveraging Thought Leadership to Extend the Brand" - Monster Worldwide, Inc. & Weber Shandwick

Honorable Mentions
Rural Homeowners Consumer Education Campaign - Propane Education & Research Council with Harris Interactive and Porter Novelli

Leisure Time Advocacy Initiative and Board - Hilton Family of Hotels

PRoof - Porter Novelli Key Message Assessment & Optimization – Watson Pharma & Porter Novelli

Cause-Related Marketing

Winner
IFAW's 2004 Seal Campaign - IFAW & Edelman

Honorable Mentions
The Great American Bake Sale - PARADE Magazine

“PNC Grow Up Great” – PNC Financial Services Group & Cone

Volvo Drive for Life Days – Volvo, Haberman & Associates and Fitzgerald Brunetti Productions

Community Relations

Winner
"Diageo Spirit of the Americas”– Diageo & Westhill Partners

Honorable Mentions
360 Degrees of Financial Literacy - American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Great Battery Roundup - AAA of Northern California, Nevada & Utah

Fireman's Fund Heritage: Supporting San Diego Firefighters for a Safer Community -Fireman's Fund Insurance

Start Something Program From Target & Tiger Woods Foundation - Patrice Tanaka & Company, Inc.

"Southwest Airlines Adopt-A-Pilot Program" - Southwest Airlines

Crisis Management

Winner
“Reforming WorldCom and Establishing the New MCI” – MCI & Hill & Knowlton, Inc.

Honorable Mentions
"Do the Right Thing" - Henry Medical Center & GolinHarris

Protecting Consumer Confidence in US Beef: An Issues Management Success - National Cattlemen's Beef Association and Burson-Marsteller

Putting the Safety of Babies First - Gerber Products Company & Ruder Finn

Email Communications

Winner
"Let Symantec's Voice Be Heard" - Symantec Corp. & Connect Public Relations

Honorable Mentions
Nanotech News Email Newsletter - Foley & Lardner LLP

OFC/NFOEC Email Communications Campaign - WilkinsonShein Communications

 

Employee Relations

Winner
Choose Well, Use Well – Dominion

Honorable Mentions
A Passion for Excellence – Dominion

Jump In! A New Approach to Annual Enrollment & Benefits – Nationwide

The New England Initiative - Hewlett-Packard

Tacoma Recycles @ Work - City Of Tacoma Solid Waste Management

Event Marketing

Winner
The 2004 World Series of Poker - Harrah's Entertainment Inc. & Trahan Burden & Charles

Honorable Mentions
2004 Entertainment Tonight Post Emmy Party - Paramount Domestic Television

Heart of a Woman Community Lecture on Women’s Heart Disease - Christiana Care Health System

HP & Office Depot Recycling - Hewlett-Packard & Hill & Knowlton, Inc.

 

External Publication

Winner
About the Towels, We Forgive You…Holiday Inn's Book Of Towel Tales - Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts & GCI Group-Atlanta

Honorable Mentions
Editors' & Reporters' Guide to Biotechnology - Biotechnology Industry Organization

The Common Thread - Education Management Corporation

Financial/Investor Relations

Winner
Pfizer Inc. 2004 Annual Review - Pfizer Inc. & VSA Partners

Global PR

Winner
The Information Worker Board of the Future: Building a Bridge to the Internet Generation" - Microsoft Corp. & Waggener Edstrom

Honorable Mentions
Business Software Alliance 2004 Global Software Piracy Study - Business Software Alliance & Dittus Communications

Internal Publication

Winner
McDonald’s Corporation - Customer Recovery Communications Toolkit - McDonald's Corporation & David Grossman & Associates

Honorable Mentions
"50 Years Strong: The Evolution of Stantec" 50th Anniversary Book– Stantec

The New England Initiative - Hewlett-Packard

News@Sonoco - Sonoco

Marketing Communications

Winner
"Answers for Living the Last Months of Life" - Hospice of Northwest Ohio, & R/P Marketing PR

Honorable Mentions
Citibank's Credit-ED Program for Students - TMG Public Relations

The NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Sponsorship - Nextel Communications and Carter Ryley Thomas

Play Golf America - The PGA of America

What's the Download? Tackling Illegal File-Swapping – Edelman and the Recording Academy

Media Event

Winner
Musicland Group & Axiom Marketing Communications - The Sam Goody Bad Gift Boycott

Honorable Mentions
Bring Your Cow to Dairy Queen - Pierson Grant Public Relations

Ford Motor Company & Ruder Finn - Ford Escape Hybrid-Manhattan on a Tank of Gas

McNeil Nutritionals & RF Binder Partners - The SPLENDA Gingerbread House

Promoting and Positioning the Grand Opening of the National Museum of the American Indians - Smithsonian Institute & Hill & Knowlton, Inc.

Media Relations

Winner
Hampton Hotels - Make it Hampton

Honorable Mentions
Access Communications - Two Horse Race

Dan Klores Communications with Northlich - National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

Multicultural Campaign

Winner
2004 CARE Campaign - Hill & Knowlton Inc

Honorable Mentions
2004 CDC National Infant Immunization Campaign - HMA Associates, Inc.

"Strong Men & Women: Excellence in Leadership" Campaign – Dominion

El Cerdo Es Bueno - The San Jose Group

Press Release

Winner
A Test on Troy: What's Real vs. What's Reel - University of Cincinnati

Honorable Mentions
MultiVu's Multimedia News Release Helps Launch fresh2 - the First Odor-Fighting Light Bulb - MultiVu, a PRNewswire Company, and Communications Factory

Smithsonian Award Finalist Release - Hampton Hotels

Pro Bono Campaign

Winner
Road to Freedom - Latham & Watkins LLP & Hill & Knowlton, Inc.

Honorable Mentions
A Legacy in Ice: The 2004 Ice Palace - Saint Paul Festival and Heritage Foundation & Padilla Speer Beardsley Inc.

Saving Illinois Parks and Wildlife - Partners for Parks and Wildlife & Public Communications Inc.

The UC Berkeley E-Vote Research Project: "Winning the 'Vote' for Electoral Reform" - Eastwick Communications

Product Launch

Winner
Ford Escape Hybrid Launch - Ford Motor Co. & Ruder Finn

Honorable Mentions
Genoa Color Technologies Launch – HiTechPR

Have a Heart: Launch for the First FDA - Approved Total Artificial Heart - Schwartz Communications

The Meow Mix Café - The Meow Mix Company & Grand Central Marketing Inc.

Public Affairs

Winner
"AccuPoll Champions Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail" - Paper Audit Trail for Electronic Voting & Antarra Communications

Honorable Mentions
IFAW 's 2004 Seal Campaign - IFAW & Edelman

Saving Illinois Parks and Wildlife - Partners for Parks and Wildlife & Public Communications Inc.

“Winning Passage of the Class Action Fairness Act” - Porter Novelli Public Affairs

Public Service Announcement

Winner
Medicine Cabinet - Purdue Pharma & Fenn Communications Group

Honorable Mentions
"Llegando a ti con Salud" Public Service Announcement (PSA) with Asociación Puertorriqueña de Diabetes and Novo Nordisk Inc. - Asociación Puertorriqueña de Diabetes, Novo Nordisk Inc., & Biosector 2/Barreto&Brightwell Associates

Web Site

Winner
Online Renewal System - ClevelandZooSociety.org - Cleveland Zoological Society

Honorable Mentions
FTC's Grand Scam Challenge - Federal Trade Commission (FTC) & Ogilvy Public Relations

FloridaJuice.com: FDOC's Online Communications Hub – GolinHarris

Hidden Landmarks - Hampton Hotels

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