The PR News Winners Circle includes all of the announced winners and honorable mentions from PR News' awards programs, 2009-present.

PR News Awards: 2013  

Social Media Icon Awards Winners/Honorable Mentions

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Best Social Media Team: 

  • Devils Arena Entertainment
  • Raytheon

Honorable Mentions:

  • AEG Sports
  • Cisco Systems
  • Colorado State University
  • MWW
  • Schneider National
  • United Nations Foundation
  • USANA Health Sciences

App: 

  • APCO Worldwide – Shot@Life Campaign

Honorable Mentions:

  • Accenture - Outlook journal iPad App
  • Booz Allen Hamilton – Booz Allen Insights
  • EPIX
  • Pure Michigan – See and Share the Beauty of Pure Michigan on Facebook

Corporate Blog: 

  • Walmart – Walmart Green Room - Creating a Sustainable Conversation

Honorable Mentions:

  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants - AICPA Insights
  • Bayer CropScience - Thought Leadership Hub
  • Cision
  • Finn Partners – Making Michigan Healthier, One Click, Video and Moustache at a Time
  • Microsoft Latinoamerica – Microsoft Latin America Blogs
  • SAP – Business Innovation Blog from SAP
  • San Diego Gas & Electric - Postcards from Superstorm Sandy
  • What’s Up USANA?

Crisis Management Campaign via Social Media: 

  • San Diego Gas & Electric - Pacific Southwest Event
  • Weber Shandwick – "Like This": American Airlines Responds Socially to Alec Baldwin Incident

Honorable Mentions:

  • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - Onward and Upward – HMH Restructures for the Future
  • Potomac Electric Power Company - Hurricane Sandy Crisis Management
  • Spirit AeroSystems Holdings - The calm AFTER the storm

Facebook: Community/Engagement: 

  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs – Make the Connection
  • Taco Bell

Honorable Mentions:

  • Edelman Japan – The AXE Wingmen
  • Medtronic MiniMed - The Medtronic Diabetes Community: Engaged, Inspired and the #1 Diabetes Brand on Facebook
  • Native Eyewear – The Locals Only Project
  • New Media Strategies – The Wine Bar Facebook Community
  • Quaker Steak & Lube - Be the Mayor of Lube Nation
  • USO – Patriotic Pets
  • Weber Shandwick – Frigidaire Time Machine
  • XO Group – Helping Brides In the Wake of Hurricane Sandy

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Facebook: Contest/Games: 

  • MWW – Nikon 1 "Small Moments are Huge" Program
  • Weber Shandwick - Frigidaire Time Machine

Honorable Mentions:

  • Ignite Social Media – Samsung Angry Birds Check-In Challenge
  • Marco Island Marriott “Next Generation” Facebook Contest
  • Mullen – Century 21 Real Estate Moves into SimCity Social
  • Ryan Partnership – Dove Men+Care Fan Bowl Photo Contest
  • Schneider National – Do You Have the Drive? Sweepstakes
  • Spafax Canada – Air Canada’s 75th Anniversary Facebook Game
  • Motive - Van's Natural Foods: Breakfast Bedheads
  • WellPoint – Social Summer Games

Facebook: Marketing Campaign (Budget Under $10k): 

  • CarMD.com Corp. - CarMD© Facebook Fans & Friends Contest

Honorable Mentions:

  • Strategic America - West Glen Town Center

Facebook: Marketing Campaign (Budget Over $10k): 

  • Elsevier – Med Student Survival Guide
  • Southern California Edison – Millionth Fridge Campaign

Honorable Mentions:

  • CoupSmart – Lindt: 1 Million Chocolate Truffle Giveaway
  • Edelman – Humanizing AXE: Personal Community Management On A Massive Scale
  • Ignite Social Media: FIAT Score A Scorpion
  • Motive - Van's Natural Foods: Breakfast Bedheads
  • Weber Shandwick - Degree Men: Masters of Movement

Facebook: PR Campaign (B2B or Nonprofit): 

  • American Traffic Solutions - ATS Uses Facebook to Build Brand Presence

Honorable Mentions:

  • FMC Technologies Facebook Launch/OTC Campaign
  • LBi Denmark - Making Maersk Social
  • The Marcus Group – JCP&L Facebook Campaign

Facebook: PR Campaign (Consumer): 

  • Weber Shandwick - CLEAR Scalp & Hair Beauty Therapy Launch

Honorable Mentions:

  • Cooney/Waters Group – Parkinson's More Than Motion
  • Doubletree by Hilton - Little Things Project Campaign
  • Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa – Branding a Job Fair
  • Vodafone - Live Young, Live Free
  • Weber Shandwick – Degree Men: Masters of Movement
  • Zeno Group – Seattle's Best Coffee Brews Up a Black Friday Deal with a Twist

Facebook: Social Good Campaign: 

  • Jiffy Lube International – "Muscle UpSM" with Jiffy Lube

Honorable Mentions:

  • ABC National TV Sales - "Be A Hero, Save A Hero" Fire Safety Campaign
  • Cisco Systems – Cisco's How Do You Give Back Campaign
  • Cohn & Wolfe – It Takes a Mouse to Save a Fish
  • Bounce Energy's Charity "Like" Campaign
  • Nordic Naturals - Norvember
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs – Make the Connection
  • Weber Shandwick – Summer Miles Challenge: 43,000 AAdvantage Members Gave Smiles
  • and Donated Miles to Kids In Need

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Facebook: Use of Video: 

  • Navy Federal CU – 4 Million Members 4 Million Stories-Member Appreciation

Honorable Mentions:

  • Rockfish – White Cloud: Back to School
  • San Juan Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino – Vloggers Parte Dos
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs – Make the Connection

Games: 

  • SELF Magazine - SELF Workout in the Park Social Game

Honorable Mentions:

  • Devils Arena Entertainment – New Jersey Devils Doodle Contest
  • Neiman – #Tweettoshoot

Individual Blog: 

  • Cohn & Wolfe - The Experience Effect: Cohn & Wolfe's Jim Joseph Breaks Down Marketing

Honorable Mentions:

  • Havas PR – Marian Salzman on Branding

Infographic: 

  • NASDAQ OMX - NASDAQ Economic Infograph Reports

Honorable Mentions:

  • Accenture
  • Beyond – Facebook Sustainability
  • Booz Allen Hamilton – The World of 2040
  • Finn Partners - StubHub's Election Breakdown
  • Intel Corporation – An Internet Minute
  • MSR Communications - How Personality Type Affects Social Media Behavior

Instagram: Best Contest: 

  • National Geographic Channel – The Untamed Americas Photo Contest

Honorable Mentions:

  • Doubletree by Hilton – Pet Photo Sweepstakes
  • HauteLook – Photo-A-Day Challenge

Instagram: PR Campaign: 

  • Neiman – Temple Made

Honorable Mentions:

  • The Black Sheep Agency – 365 Days of PR
  • Brown University – Scene by you at Brown
  • The Fearey Group – The Cochlear Implant Online Series at Swedish

LinkedIn: 

  • Hilton Worldwide – Zero to 81,000+ | Leveraging LinkedIn to Build an Online Voice for Hilton Worldwide

Honorable Mentions:

  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants - AICPA Group
  • FMC Technologies – Branding and Recruitment Campaign
  • Richardson Sales Training – Verifiable Outcomes

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Pinterest: 

  • EPIX - EPIX Looks Great on Pinterest
  • Elizabeth Arden - Revolutionizing Social Good: #PinItToGiveIt with Elizabeth Arden

Honorable Mentions:

  • Constant Contact - Pinning the Way to Small Business Success
  • HauteLook - HauteLook Takes Pinterest in 2012
  • Homes.com - "Pin it if You Love it" Contest

Technology: 

  • Simply Measured - Bringing Social Media Analytics to Life

Honorable Mentions:

  • Cision – Seek or Shout

Twitter: Best Tweet Content: 

  • Huge - Clever Content Makes Huge a Twitter Thought Leader

Honorable Mentions:

  • AEG Sports - 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs
  • Taco Bell - @TacoBell Brand Voice

Twitter: Best Use of Hashtags: 

  • Grand Ole Opry - #Love4Loretta

Honorable Mentions:

  • Guthy-Renker - #ProactivWorks
  • Neiman - #Tweettoshoot
  • SAP - #SAPChat

Twitter: Growth Spurt: 

  • Kronos - Kronos Grows Twitter Following by 406% in One Year

Honorable Mentions:

  • Graham Group - Louisiana Seafood: Demand It
  • Huge - Huge Twitter Account Gains 8,000+ Followers in 2012

Twitter: Marketing Campaign: 

  • National Geographic Channel - Chasing UFOs, The Wow! Reply

Honorable Mentions:

  • Intersport - Where's The Blue Hat Taking You?
  • The Stanislaus County Fair - Imagine the Fun
  • Weber Shandwick – #AAGalaxy: American Airlines Socializes New In-Flight Entertainment Offering

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Twitter: Most Engaged Followers: 

  • AEG Sports - 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Honorable Mentions:

  • Bloomin’ Brands - 40 Gifts for Dave
  • SAP - #SAPChat

Twitter: PR Campaign: 

  • Academy of Country Music - 2012 ACM Awards

Honorable Mentions:

  • Cathay Pacific Airways - Cathay Pacific Klout Campaign
  • Dixon Schwabl – RBC Heritage
  • Littelfuse - Littelfuse Speed2Design
  • National Safe Boating Council - NSBC and Paul Werth Associates: 2012 “Wear It!” Campaign Increases Awareness of Boating Safety
  • Smithsonian National Zoological Park - #PandaAI
  • Weber Shandwick + MilkPEP – The Breakfast Project

Twitter: Promoted Tweet Campaign: 

  • United Nations Foundation - #RioPlusSocial

Honorable Mentions:

  • Booz Allen Hamilton - Saluting Our Veterans
  • New Media Strategies - ACCCE "Click-to-Call" Grassroots Advocacy
  • Raytheon - Hashtags for Heroes

Twitter: Social Good Campaign: 

  • #GivingTuesday Communications Team - #Giving Tuesday

Honorable Mentions:

  • Bank of America - Express Your Thanks
  • The Black Sheep Agency - Houston Tweet Drive 2011
  • Finn Partners - Your Voice Counts

Use of Google+: 

  • Roush Fenway Racing - RFR Google + Drive

Honorable Mentions:

  • CUNA Mutual - CUNA Mutual Live!

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YouTube: Individual Video or Channel: 

  • Guthy-Renker – Proactiv Premium YouTube Channel

Honorable Mentions:

  • Hilton Worldwide – Did You Know?/Stay Ahead
  • i.d.e.a – Human Motorcycles: Behind the Scenes with the Progressive International Motorcycle Shows
  • M/C/C/ - Chuck E. Cheese's Do Gluten-free the Right Way

YouTube Marketing Campaign: 

  • PHD – Abreva Conceal Launch

Honorable Mentions:

  • CarMD.com Corp. - CarMD© Motion Commotion Campaign
  • Elsevier – Elsevier's Screening Room
  • Guthy-Renker – Proactiv Celebrity Swag Subscriber Contest

YouTube: PR and/or Viral Campaign: 

  • YTM – Nestles Hot Pockets "Pocket Like It's Hot"

Honorable Mentions:

  • American Traffic Solutions - Utilizing Social Media to Compel Drivers to Stop on Red
  • Hilton Worldwide - Hilton Worldwide Celebrates Inaugural Global Week of Service
  • Weber Shandwick – Degree Men: Masters of Movement

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PR News Awards: 2012  

Top Place to Work in PR

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Companies: 

  • AICPA
  • The Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Bain & Company
  • Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc.
  • Borshoff
  • Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens
  • Cisco
  • Cone Communications
  • Counterpart International Inc.
  • Davies
  • Discovery Communications
  • Dixon Schwabl
  • Eric Mower + Associates
  • Fahlgren Mortine
  • General Motors
  • Hunter Public Relations
  • Ketchum Inc.
  • Lippe Taylor Brand Communications
  • Max Borges Agency
  • MWW
  • Ogilvy Public Relations
  • Powell Tate
  • Quinn & Co. Public Relations
  • Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.
  • Salesforce
  • SAP America
  • VSCpr
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • WellPoint
  • Zappos

People to Watch

(Read about the winners)

Agencies: 

  • Naomi Borno, MSL New York
  • Heather Cable, Powell Tate/Weber Shandwick
  • Michelle Davidson, Shadow PR
  • Marissa Festante, Marina Maher Communications
  • Caitlin Fisher, DCI Group
  • Allison Glass, INK Public Relations
  • Sabrina Gault, Konnect PR
  • Naimul Huq, WCG
  • Jesse Lewin, Direct Impact Communications
  • Rachel Londsdale, Weber Shandwick
  • Matt Marcus, Weber Shandwick
  • Jason Meyer, APCO
  • James O’Malley, Porter Novelli
  • Marianne Ortiz, Profiles
  • Lauren M. Pratapas, Story Partners
  • Andi Rose, Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
  • Anna Treiber, Henson Consulting
  • Lauren Werner, Hager Sharp
  • Emily Zanovich, Porter Novelli

Corporations and Nonprofits: 

  • Meredith Z. Avakian-Hardaway, Dupont
  • Katie Denis, US Chamber of Commerce
  • Victoria Devine, Anchor Media
  • Julie Hendry, Direct Energy
  • James Kelly, NASCAR
  • Jason Kuruvilla, Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor
  • Nicole Levins, The Nature Conservancy
  • Karen Linhart, USA Swimming
  • Eliza Merves, Kowa Pharmaceuticals
  • Jeamy Molina, Oncor
  • Kathleen O’Connell, VisitBritain
  • Lena Shaw, UCSF
  • Lindsay Treadway, Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company
  • Jessica Williamson, Cisco
  • Albe Zakes, TerraCycle

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Digital PR Awards

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Blog (Organization): 

  • ESPN - ESPNFrontRow.com

Honorable Mentions:

  • Charles Schwab - What I've Heard
  • Lockheed Martin - MFC Viewpoint
  • The National Archives and Records Administration – Today’s Document
  • Research in Motion - Straight to the Source: How the BlackBerry Blog Team Helped Customers Discover What They Love About PlayBook OS 2.0

Blogger: 

  • Kathleen Henson, Henson Consulting - The Bubble

Honorable Mentions:

  • Steve Cody, Peppercom - RepMan
  • Todd Defren, SHIFT Communications - PR-Squared
  • Gini Dietrich, Arment Dietrich - Spin Sucks
  • Shel Holtz, Holtz Communication + Technology – A Shel of My Former Self
  • Jeff Simmermon, Time Warner Cable - Untangled

Cause Marketing/CSR: 

  • Ogilvy PR Australia - Kleenex Cottonelle: Pin to Make a Difference

Honorable Mentions:

  • AOL - TOMS ODWS “100,000 Voices Challenge”
  • Cone Communications - Timberland’s 2011 Arbor Day Campaign
  • Look Good Feel Better - Look Good Feel Better Celebrates Women with Lancôme Canada
  • MWW- Jimmy Dean Launches No Kid Hungry Initiative at BlogHer '11
  • Pearson Foundation - We Give Books
  • Popchips - Game Changers
  • Stonyfield Farm - Organic Stories: From Farm to Table

Contest/Game: 

  • Porter Novelli - Ben's Beginners Cooking Contest

Honorable Mentions:

  • AICPA - Put the smack down on flimflam
  • GolinHarris/McDonald's- Perfect Pair: Frozen Strawberry Lemonade
  • Littelfuse - Littelfuse Speed2Design
  • rbb Public Relations - Team Vlasic
  • Zocalo Group - Tastes from Home with Frito-Lay

Crisis Management: 

  • American Airlines and Weber Shandwick - "Like This" American Airlines Responds Socially to Alec Baldwin Incident

Honorable Mentions:

  • Chesapeake Energy - Responding to Rolling Stone
  • Chevrolet: General Motors - Volt NHTSA Investigation
  • Hospital for Special Care - Response to Shooting at Hospital for Special Care
  • PCIAA & RMIIA - Are You Wildfire Ready?
  • TTNET - Rate Hike Period Communications Management
  • Weber Shandwick - McDonald’s China Crisis 315 Management Leveraging Social Media

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Digital Communicator: 

  • Samara Finn - Marina Maher Communications

Honorable Mentions:

  • Tim Haran - USANA Health Sciences
  • Richard Licata - NBC Entertainment

Digital Marketing Campaign - $100K and under: 

  • Ogilvy PR Australia - Kleenex Cottonelle: Pin to Make a Difference

Honorable Mentions:

  • Discovery Communications - Shark Week 2011
  • D S Simon Productions, Inc for HP Hood and the Dairy Management, Inc.- The NFL Gets Down with Dairy during National Dairy Month
  • HORN - Tech the Halls: HORN Turns Reporters Into Rockstars
  • Linhart Public Relations and Vermilion Design + Interactive - Rudi’s Organic Bakery: “Brighter Days Giveaway” Drives Awareness and Sales
  • PR Newswire Association, LLC and Apple Vacations - Dominican Republic Winter Getaways Have It All

Digital Marketing Campaign – $100K - $200K: 

  • The History Channel - Hatfields & McCoys

Honorable Mentions:

  • CRT/tanaka - Vibrant Rioja Social Media Program
  • Emerging Media - Dirty, Sexy Gadgets
  • NBC Entertainment - For Your Emmy Consideration

Digital Marketing Campaign – $200K - $500K: 

  • MilkPEP and Weber Shandwick - "REFUEL | got chocolate milk?" my After Campaign

Honorable Mentions:

  • The Hershey Company - Twizzlers Landmark Summer Promotion
  • HORN - NBC and News Corporation Sweep CES with Breakout Digital Product Launch
  • Lippe Taylor Brand Communications - Schick Intuition Simplifies Lives with “The Simplicity Project”
  • RadioShack and Weber Shandwick - Saving America Money, One Mobile Makeover at a Time
  • Save Our Water/ACWA - Save Our Water

Digital Marketing Campaign - $500K+: 

  • Porter Novelli - HP Inkology

Honorable Mentions:

  • AICPA - ThisWayToCPA
  • Boeing - From Inspiration to Innovation
  • Current Lifestyle Marketing - Glad Black Bag’s Wild Life Campaign
  • Simantel - Cat® CT660 Vocational Truck

Digital PR Campaign: 

  • PBS - Masterpiece “Downton Abbey, Season 2” Digital Fan Engagement

Honorable Mentions:

  • The Clorox Company with Ketchum - Bleach It Away
  • Eukanuba - P&G Eukanuba 28 Days Challenge Social Media Campaign
  • Everyday Health - Everyday Health’s YouTube Channel Launch
  • Inner Circle Labs - Zite From News Reader to News Leader
  • MWW - The Warner Sound Captured by Nikon
  • Food Network and Text 100 - Food Network’s The Great Food Truck Race

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Digital PR Team of the Year: 

  • American Red Cross (co-winner)
  • MWW’s Dialogue Digital (co-winner)

Honorable Mentions:

  • Fleishman-Hillard
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Lantronix
  • NBC Entertainment

Email Newsletter: 

  • Toy Industry Association - Toy News Tuesday, the Toy Industry Associations Weekly e-Newsletter

Honorable Mentions:

  • Bhava Communications - Beyond the Lead Database: Engaging Cloudera’s Community with an Interactive e-Newsletter
  • Hunter Public Relations - Hunter PR: The 511
  • LEWIS PR US - LEWIS PR Newsletter 2011 – 2012
  • Peppercom - Trading in innovation: Peppercom’s Innovation Mill
  • UCSF - Pulse of UCSF

Employee Communications Online: 

  • Capstrat - Diversified Information Technologies Facebook Group

Honorable Mentions:

  • Bacardi Limited - One Bacardi Anniversary Hub: Celebrating 150 Years of Bringing People Together
  • Newlink Communications - Digitally Bringing Arcos Dorados Staff to the McDonald’s Worldwide Convention
  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Connections Online
  • Ogilvy PR - State Fund’s Rumor Mill Clearinghouse

Facebook Communications/Uses of Facebook: 

  • PepsiCo - Tropicana: 100% Florida OJ Love

Honorable Mentions:

  • Cisco Systems - Building Engagement on Cisco’s Corporate Facebook Page
  • Esurance - Supporting the Trevor Project
  • Integrate PR - Goode Company BBQ
  • Marion, Montgomery, Inc. - Direct Energy Social Relaunch
  • rbb Public Relations - Team Vlasic
  • RF|Binder - al fresco All Natural Milestone Promotion: Generating Buzz for a New Product Using Social Media
  • The Ritz Carlton - Let Us Stay With You
  • Sprout - Sprout's Hooray for Mother's Day Sweepstakes
  • TBWA/Chiat/Day - Nissan & Habitat for Humanity Charity Game
  • Weber Shandwick - American Airlines Invites Customers to “Fly for the cure,” Launches virtual Pinkboard to Honor National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Influencer Communications: 

  • GroundFloor Media - Launch of LiveWell Moms Ambassador Program

Honorable Mentions:

  • CRT/tanaka - Making Mom Bloggers Carpet Cleaning Converts
  • GolinHarris - The Family Arches Community
  • MasterCard - MasterCard e-Influencer Campaign
  • SHIFT Communications - Influencers Join the Block Party

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Intranet: 

  • The Nature Conservancy - CONNECT

Honorable Mentions:

  • Bacardi Limited - ONE Bacardi Intranet Connects Employees
  • Intellectual Ventures - IVWeb
  • Liaison Technologies - How a Nearly Zero-Cost Intranet Unified Nine Offices on Two Continents
  • Turk Telecom - TT Intranet – ilettisim
  • Weber Shandwick - Social on the Inside: Launch of MyWeberShandwick

Listening Campaign: 

  • Cone Communications - The "Freedom of Yes!" - The Launch of Yoplait Lactose Free Yogurt

Honorable Mentions:

  • MilkPEP and Weber Shandwick - The Breakfast Project
  • Spectrum - The Science of Listening: Using Strategic Communications to Create an Industry Leader

Location-Based Digital Campaign: 

  • The Ritz-Carlton - The Ritz-Carlton World Concierge

Honorable Mentions:

  • AMD - AMD FX/Guinness Record Project
  • Weber Shandwick - McDonald's Kung-Fu Panda II LBS Leveraging Social Media Campaign

Media Relations Campaign: 

  • AMD - AMD FX/Guinness Record Project (co-winner)
  • Unilever - Suave Professionals® Keratin Infusion™ Launch (co-winner)

Honorable Mentions:

  • Inner Circle Labs - The Three Ps: Predicting People’s Patterns
  • LEWIS PR - Unisys B2B Infographic Media Placements
  • RF|Binder and Akerman Senterfitt - Tweeting with Purpose: Using Twitter as an Extension of Media Outreach

Microsite/Custom Site: 

  • AOL - AOL's Homepage for Heroes

Honorable Mentions:

  • Boeing - From Inspiration to Innovation
  • High Road Communications - Sun Life Financial: BrighterLife.ca
  • Ingersoll Rand - ShopIR.com Launch
  • The Nature Conservancy - Picnic for the Planet - Earth Day 2012
  • NBC Entertainment - For Your Emmy Consideration
  • Raytheon - Rocking Content & Responsive Design = Raytheon at the 2012 Farnborough International Airshow

Mobile Initiatives: 

  • American Cancer Society - QuitBuddy Campaign with Mobile Engagement for Smoking Cessation & Lung Cancer Awareness, February 2012 (co-winner)
  • Vodafone and Plasenta - VODAFONE Farmer Club: Vodafone Reaps What It Sows (co-winner)

Honorable Mentions:

  • Accenture - Accenture iPhone app
  • DC Interactive Group - Sherman Health ICE App
  • Kanyon Shopping Center - Kanyonline
  • NBC Entertainment - For Your Emmy Consideration
  • TTNET - Tivibu Home Controller

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Most Engaged/Online Community: 

  • CRT/tanaka - Vibrant Rioja Social Media Program

Honorable Mentions:

  • The Clorox Company with Ketchum - Bleach It Away
  • GolinHarris/McDonald's - The Family Arches Community
  • Unilever - Clear Scalp and Hair Therapy
  • Vodafone and Plasenta - VODAFONE FreeZone: “Live Young, Live Free”

New Digital Service/Product: 

  • HORN - Dyle, Live Mobile TV

Honorable Mentions:

  • Cone Communications - The Embeddable Mini-Microsite: An Innovation in Blogger Engagement
  • Ground Floor Media - Online War Room™: Securely Simulating Online Conversations and Crises
  • SocialChorus - Influencer Relationship Marketing Software Platform

New Site: 

  • APCO Worldwide - Shot@Life Campaign

Honorable Mentions:

  • American Automobile Association - Safety Knows No Age: Helping Seniors Drive Safer & Longer
  • MilkPEP and Weber Shandwick - The Breakfast Project
  • National Safe Boating Council - BoatOnCourse.com
  • Waggener Edstrom Worldwide - The Shared Learning Collaborative

Online Newsroom: 

  • ConranPR - ConranPR Digital Newsroom

Honorable Mentions:

  • Bally Technologies - Bally Online Newsroom
  • Cisco Systems - The Network: Cisco's Technology News Site
  • Fleishman-Hillard - Designing, Building and Managing AT&T's Best In Class News Hub
  • Hilton Hotels & Resorts with Covalent Logic - Hilton Global Media Center Relaunch/Redesign
  • MWW - Nikon Online Press Room
  • Procter & Gamble - P&G Online Newsroom

PR Firm of the Year: Digital: 

  • Weber Shandwick

Honorable Mentions:

  • Affect
  • Fleishman-Hillard
  • HORN
  • Integrate Public Relations
  • MWW
  • Porter Novelli

Public Affairs Campaign: 

  • International Franchise Association - Operation Enduring Opportunity

Honorable Mentions:

  • APCO Worldwide - Shot@Life Campaign
  • Property Casualty Insurers Association of America - Put the Brakes on Accident Fraud
  • Southwest Airlines - Free Hobby Campaign

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Redesign/Relaunch of Site: 

  • National Council on Crime and Delinquency - NCCD Website Redesign

Honorable Mentions:

  • Charles Schwab - What I’ve Heard
  • Experian Hitwise - The New Hitwise
  • KB Home - The Reimagined KBHome.com
  • Spectrum - Relaunching the Online Face of a Global Leader in Oleochemicals Production

SEO: 

  • CRT/tanaka - Sweetening SEO for the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers’ Website

Honorable Mentions:

  • Cuyahoga Community College - Optimizing Education: SEO for 120 Programs
  • DMC Harper University Hospital - DMC Harper Bariatric Medicine Institute: Journey to a Healthy Life
  • Great Plains Communications - SEO Campaign: www.gpcom.com
  • LexisNexis® Web Visibility Solutions - Atlanta, Georgia DUI Attorneys: The Chestney Law Firm

Social Networking Campaign: 

  • The Clorox Company with Ketchum - If Mom Had Three Minutes (co-winner)
  • rbb Public Relations - Team Vlasic (co-winner)

Honorable Mentions:

  • HORN - Tech the Halls
  • MilkPEP and Weber Shandwick - The Breakfast Project
  • Ogilvy PR Australia - Kleenex Cottonelle: Pin to Make a Difference
  • Porter Novelli - Ben's Beginners Cooking Contest
  • Quinn & Co - Affinia Hotels
  • Waggener Edstrom Worldwide - Tweet-A-Beer: Turning virtual contacts into personal connections, one frosty mug at a time

Twitter Communications: 

  • Waggener Edstrom Worldwide - Tweet-a-Beer: Turning virtual contacts into personal connections, one frosty mug at a time

Honorable Mentions:

  • AMD - AMD FX/Guinness Record Project
  • American Airlines and Weber Shandwick - 30 Deals in 30 Days: American Airlines' AAdvantage Program Celebrates 30 Years with a Tweet
  • Cisco Systems - @CiscoSystems: Cisco's Corporate Twitter Handle
  • MilkPEP and Weber Shandwick - The Breakfast Project
  • NYC & Company - Global Twitter Communications Launch
  • U.S. Department of Labor - Equal Pay Twitter Chat

SEO: 

  • CRT/tanaka - Sweetening SEO for the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers’ Website

Honorable Mentions:

  • Cuyahoga Community College - Optimizing Education: SEO for 120 Programs
  • DMC Harper University Hospital - DMC Harper Bariatric Medicine Institute: Journey to a Healthy Life
  • Great Plains Communications - SEO Campaign: www.gpcom.com
  • LexisNexis® Web Visibility Solutions - Atlanta, Georgia DUI Attorneys: The Chestney Law Firm

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Social Networking Campaign: 

  • The Clorox Company with Ketchum - If Mom Had Three Minutes (co-winner)
  • rbb Public Relations - Team Vlasic (co-winner)

Honorable Mentions:

  • HORN - Tech the Halls
  • MilkPEP and Weber Shandwick - The Breakfast Project
  • Ogilvy PR Australia - Kleenex Cottonelle: Pin to Make a Difference
  • Porter Novelli - Ben's Beginners Cooking Contest
  • Quinn & Co - Affinia Hotels
  • Waggener Edstrom Worldwide - Tweet-A-Beer: Turning virtual contacts into personal connections, one frosty mug at a time

Twitter Communications: 

  • Waggener Edstrom Worldwide - Tweet-a-Beer: Turning virtual contacts into personal connections, one frosty mug at a time

Honorable Mentions:

  • AMD - AMD FX/Guinness Record Project
  • American Airlines and Weber Shandwick - 30 Deals in 30 Days: American Airlines' AAdvantage Program Celebrates 30 Years with a Tweet
  • Cisco Systems - @CiscoSystems: Cisco's Corporate Twitter Handle
  • MilkPEP and Weber Shandwick - The Breakfast Project
  • NYC & Company - Global Twitter Communications Launch
  • U.S. Department of Labor - Equal Pay Twitter Chat

Video: 

  • Coca-Cola Company - Coca-Cola Happiness Machine for Couples

Honorable Mentions:

  • Boeing - From Inspiration to Innovation
  • CIT Group - CIT Executive Insights Video Series
  • Everyday Health - Everyday Health's YouTube Channel Launch
  • Fleishman-Hillard - AT&T YHM: An Inspiring Journey To Better Health
  • Lockheed Martin - MFC Chat
  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital - You Make it Possible
  • Vivid Ascent - Chicago Auto Show Webisodes

Viral Campaign: 

  • Marina Maher Communications - Head & Shoulders' Mane Man Delivers Legendary Results by Scaring "Guy's Guys" All Over the World

Honorable Mentions:

  • AMD - AMD FX/Guinness Record Project
  • GolinHarris/McDonald's - Introducing Chicken McBites: Bite-Sized Enjoyment
  • Mohegan Sun - Mohegan Sun's Shine 360°

WOW! Campaign: 

  • BWK New York - A F***ing Great PR Launch on a Shoestring Budget (co-winner)
  • Linhart Public Relations and Vermilion Design + Interactive - Rudi’s Organic Bakery: “Let’s Doodle Lunch” Campaign (co-winner)

Honorable Mentions:

  • American Red Cross - Giving a Virtual Hug: American Red Cross and Dell Launch Digital Operations Center
  • HORN - Tech the Halls: HORN Turns Reporters Into RockStars
  • Kaiser Permanente - Every Body Walk!
  • Vodafone and Plasenta - VODAFONE Farmer Club: Vodafone Reaps What It Shows

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Platinum PR Winners/Honorable Mentions

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Small PR Firm of the Year: 

  • Henson Consulting
  • InkHouse Media + Marketing

Honorable Mentions:

  • Airfoil Public Relations
  • HORN
  • InkHouse Media + Marketing
  • Schnake Turnbo Frank | PR
  • Walker Sands Communications

Midsize PR Firm of the Year: 

  • Cone Communications
  • Makovsky + Company

Honorable Mentions:

  • Coyne Public Relations
  • MWW
  • Peppercom
  • PMKBNC

Large PR Firm of the Year: 

  • Ogilvy Public Relations
  • Weber Shandwick

Honorable Mentions:

  • Cohn & Wolfe
  • GolinHarris
  • Ketchum
  • Waggener Edstrom Worldwide

Anniversary: 

  • Henson Consulting - Henson Consulting Perfectly Plates Lettuce Entertain You 40th Anniversary

Honorable Mentions:

  • Axiom Marketing Communications with The Village Company – Mr. Bubble’s 50th Birthday Bash
  • Hill+Knowlton Strategies – Tenet Care Fund Birthday Celebration
  • The Marcus Group - Forty for Goodness Sake
  • Qorvis Communications, LLC – Operation HOPE 20th Anniversary Opportunity Bus Tour from Chaos to Community
  • San Francisco Symphony Centennial Celebration

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Annual Report: 

  • Entergy Corp. - Entergy Corporation's Low-Income Customer Progress Report
  • NYU Langone Medical Center - 365 Days of Excellence: 2012 Annual Report

Honorable Mentions:

  • AICPA - Change. Vision. Opportunity.
  • American Red Cross - Down the Street, Across the Country, Around the World
  • Baylor Health Care System - 2011 Report to the Community: Innovation for Each Patient's Sake
  • Charles Schwab Corp. – What I’ve Heard
  • Dresser-Rand with Eric Mower + Associates – Operation Excellence
  • Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy - 2011 Report to the Community
  • The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey - Aviation Highlights 2010
  • UT Southwestern Medical Center - 2011 Southwestern Medicine
  • Weber Shandwick - The Yawkey Foundations 2011 Grants Report

Blog: 

  • Apriso Corp. - Building Thought Leadership for a “Manufacturing Transformation”

Honorable Mentions:

  • Cone Communications – What Do You Stand For?
  • Edelman – HP's 367 Addison Avenue Blog: The Ultimate Online Resource for SMB Success
  • ESPN - ESPNFrontRow.com, ESPN's public facing corporate blog
  • Makovsky + Company - Pennies for Your Thoughts: Driving Growth and Reputation Through "My Three Cents"
  • Peppercom – Steve Cody's RepMan
  • Scholastic Inc. – On Our Minds @Scholastic

Branding: 

  • Hanna Lee Communications - Campari's "Year of the Negroni"

Honorable Mentions:

  • Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens - I'm for Brooklyn and Queens
  • Edelman - Pantone Color of the Year: Making a Brand Synonymous with Color
  • Fresenius Kabi/APP Pharmaceuticals - Stand Tall
  • General Motors Corp. with Weber Shandwick - Closing the Perception Gap: Compelling Content Helps Drive More Consumers to GM’s Revamped Vehicles
  • Ketchum - DoubleTree by Hilton Cookie CAREavan Across America
  • McDonald’s USA and GolinHarris - National Hiring Day: I Love My McJob
  • Redbox: The Entertainment Destination
  • RF|Binder - Dunkin’ Donuts: America Runs on Dunkin’, Dunkin’ Donuts Runs on PR

Cause-Related Marketing: 

  • Bristol-Myers Squibb - Turning the HIV Fight into a Movement

Honorable Mentions:

  • The Mosaic Company - Home Runs for Food
  • The Clorox Company - Power A Bright Future
  • Cooney/Waters Group - Voices of Meningitis: Urging Moms to Vaccinate their Preteens and Teens
  • Esurance - The Trevor Project
  • Exponent PR - Caribou Coffee Brews Hope for a Cure
  • Hunter Public Relations - Drops of Good: The Maxwell House Community Project
  • MSLGROUP Americas - Pepto-Bismol Throws a Feast for All
  • Porter Novelli Melbourne and Alzheimer’s Australia - Fight Dementia
  • Samsung Electronics America with Weber Shandwick - Solve for Tomorrow
  • Tide with DeVries Public Relations - Tide Loads of Hope Spreads to Help Haiti

Community Relations: 

  • Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company - MassMutual's Tornado Relief Efforts

Honorable Mentions:

  • Cooper City Utilities – You Win: We All Win
  • Davies – Bridging to a Sustainable Future
  • Hart – Republic Services Transition Campaign
  • Henry Schein Cares - American Dental Association’s Give Kids a Smile Program
  • InkHouse Media + Marketing and Raytheon Company – 2011 Raytheon Pi Day
  • Integrate Public Relations - Care2Spin benefitting Easter Seals Greater Houston
  • Lockheed Martin IS&GS - STOP. THINK. CONNECT. Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Awareness Month
  • Marmillion + Company – Blue Ribbon Resilient Communities for a Resilient Gulf Coast
  • Minnesota Pork with Weber Shandwick – Oink Outings: A Passion for Pork, From Farm to Fork
  • Philips Electronics North America Corp. – Philips Cares Employee Volunteerism Program
  • U.S. Army with Weber Shandwick – Building an Army of Advocates

Crisis Management: 

  • Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company - MassMutual's Tornado Relief Efforts

Honorable Mentions:

  • 2K Sports - NBA 2K12
  • Community Partnership of Southern Arizona - When Fear Ruled the Headlines: Crisis Response to the January 8, 2011 Tucson Shootings
  • Dominion Resources – Hurricane Irene
  • ESPN - ESPN "Linsanity" Headline
  • Heineken USA - Beer Recall: Creating a Successful International Communications Brew
  • JPA - Major Healthcare Association’s Response to Investigative Series
  • MWW - Flight Plan for the Future: JetBlue Preserves Its Direct Relationship with Pilots
  • Ogilvy Public Relations - Fighting Fire with Fire: Resetting the Media Dialogue for Mexico

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Employee Relations: 

  • MWW - Flight Plan for the Future: JetBlue Preserves Its Direct Relationship With Pilots

Honorable Mentions:

  • American Airlines with Weber Shandwick - Making Bold Moves: American Airlines Makes Biggest Aircraft Order in History
  • Bacardi Limited - Engaging Employees in Celebrating 150 Years of Bringing People Together
  • Brigham and Women’s Hospital - The Brigham Way 2011
  • Latham & Watkins LLP – Start Well
  • NextEra Energy - Reversing an Alarming Safety Trend
  • Philips Electronics North America Corp. - We are Philips
  • Syngenta – Growing Stronger Together: How the Internal Communications Team Shaped "One Syngenta"
  • Dell and WPP Team Dell - Dell's "The Power to Do More" Campaign Launch

Event Marketing: 

  • RF|Binder and Malaysia External Trade Development Corp. (MATRADE) - Malaysia Kitchen for the World 2011

Honorable Mentions:

  • AICPA - 2011 AICPA Accounting Competition
  • Avocados from Mexico and CRT/tanaka - Avocado Takedown: No Guacamole Allowed
  • Grow Marketing - Levi's Mirror, Mirror....What's My Curve ID?
  • Humana - 2011 AEP Campaign
  • Ketchum - DoubleTree by Hilton Cookie CAREavan Across America
  • MWW - Bowling Industry Rolls a Strike: U.S. Open Comes to Cowboys Stadium
  • PepsiCo with Weber Shandwick – PepsiCo Imagines the Future of Digital at SXSW 2012
  • Qorvis Communications, LLC – Horatio Alger Special Concert to Promote Awareness in PA

External Publications: 

  • Ogilvy PR with Merck Pharmaceuticals - Healthy Beginnings for Babies

Honorable Mentions:

  • The Axis Agency - Culture Magazine
  • Davies - Telling a Powerful Story
  • Hitachi America, Ltd. - Hitachi North America Group Company Brochure
  • The Mosaic Company – Sustainability Report
  • Novartis Consumer Health - Turbo and Scott
  • U.S. Postal Service – Postal Facts 2011
  • UT Southwestern Medical Center - 2011 Southwestern Medicine

Facebook Campaign: 

  • American Airlines with Weber Shandwick - Mystery Miles: More Than 230,000 Take Flight on Facebook With the AAdvantage Program

Honorable Mentions:

  • Anaheim/Orange County Visitor & Convention Bureau – Share Our Sunshine
  • Integrated MarketingWorks – The Avocados from Mexico “Wake Up a Winner” promotion
  • Disney Consumer Products - Disney Baby
  • Essilor of America with Weber Shandwick – Combatting the Enemies of Clear Vision with Captain Crizal
  • Foundation for Eye Health Awareness with Weber Shandwick - Make a Spectacle of Yourself with Think About Your Eyes
  • MSLGROUP Americas - Pepto-Bismol Throws a Feast for All
  • RF|Binder and Talenti Gelato e Sorbetto - Share the Love
  • Wisconsin Department of Tourism - Travel Wisconsin's Summer Fun Report

Financial/Investor Relations: 

  • SHIFT Communications - Appirio’s $60m PR Campaign

Honorable Mentions:

  • CA Technologies - Enhanced Capital Allocation Program
  • CCG Investor Relations Strategic Communications - Clear Media Ltd. and CCG Investor Relations: We Can See Clearly Now - A Fast Growing Outdoor Advertising Company Builds a Strong Wall Street Following
  • IndoPacific Edelman - ABM Investama IPO Communication Program
  • S2Publicom - Arcos Dorados IPO
  • Strategic Public Relations Group – Melco Crown Entertainment Hong Kong Primary Dual Listing

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Global PR Campaign: 

  • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures - Disney's The Muppets Global Publicity

Honorable Mentions:

  • Bacardi Limited - Celebrating 150 Years of Bringing People Together
  • Bayer AG – Global Introduction of the LIFE Corporate Values at Bayer
  • Financial Times – Launch of FT Mobile Web App
  • Hilton Hotels & Resorts - Announcing an Authentic Experience for Chinese Travelers
  • IEEE with Weber Shandwick - Raising IEEE's Profile from São Paolo to Shanghai
  • Weber Shandwick - Mobil 1 Car Swap

Green PR: 

  • NASCAR - NASCAR Green

Honorable Mentions:

  • APRA Porter Novelli – My Green City 2011
  • Diageo PLC – Glass is Good
  • MWW - MWW: Making MWW Matter More
  • O'Malley Hansen Communications - HanesBrands Uses Green for Good in Latin America
  • Türk Telecom – Environment Friendly Communications Campaign
  • The Walt Disney Company - Disney Kids and Nature Celebration

Influencer Communications: 

  • RF|Binder and Band-Aid Brand – Band-Aid Brand Rescues Fashion Emergencies

Honorable Mentions:

  • APCO Worldwide Washington, D.C. – Stop Air Tax Now
  • Doral Bank - Women of Success (Mujeres d Exito)
  • GolinHarris - McDonald’s Influencer Communications Plan/Building Brand Trust
  • Mom Central Consulting – Whirlpool Test-Drive Campaign
  • Edelman Frankfurt - How to couple David and Goliath: The Novartis midwife project
  • Porter Novelli – The Laughing Cow Community Leaders
  • Rogers & Cowan – Jenny Packham for Gossip Girl
  • SHIFT Communications - Influencers Join the Block Party
  • WALK PR - Your Photo. Your Right.

Internal Publication: 

  • Kaiser Permanente - The Source: The Newsletter for Procurement and Supply

Honorable Mentions:

  • Bally Technologies – Your Voice
  • Disney Interactive - Disney Interactive Energizes Employee Community Via "Interface" and "Portal" News Channels
  • Maryland Dept. of Business & Economic Development - myDBED
  • The Mosaic Company - Grow Magazine
  • MWW - 2012 Corporate Citizenship Report: Promise and Practice
  • Pratt Institute - Prattfolio Magazine: 125th Anniversary Commemorative Issue
  • Southwest Airlines - Southwest Airlines' LUVLines: Communicating to 43,000 Employees in more than 70 locations nationwide

Marketing Communications: 

  • AICPA - ThisWaytoCPA

Honorable Mentions:

  • Adobe Systems – Adobe Launches Creative Cloud and Sparks a Corporate Brand Transformation
  • Baptist Health South Florida – South Florida Meets the New West Kendall Baptist Hospital
  • Downy with DeVries Public Relations - Downy Puts Mike in the Window for Clean Sheet Week
  • Exponent PR - Novartis Uncovers the Dirty Truth about Fleas
  • InterContinental Hotels Group – IHG's Check It Free Promotion
  • The Reading Hospital and Medical Center - HeartSAFE Berks County
  • School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University Of South Carolina - The Great Weiner War of 2011, Lulu's Hot Dogs

Media Event: 

  • Ogilvy PR with National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute - The Heart Truth Red Dress Collection 2012
  • Waggener Edstrom Worldwide – Microsoft Office 365: Launching collaboration for everyone from the smallest businesses to the largest

Honorable Mentions:

  • Chandler Chicco Agency on behalf of Sanofi US - Get Back In Rhythm
  • GolinHarris for Nintendo of America - Nintendo Drives Mario Kart 7 to a New Dimension
  • MSLGROUP Americas - Prilosec OTC & Larry The Cable Guy Coach Football Fans on "A Better Way to Tailgate"
  • Red Agency - Foodbank Australia: Bridge the Hunger Divide
  • Weber Shandwick - Mobil 1 Car Swap
  • Powell Tate - Highlighting Weight Watchers as a Leader and Partner in Public Policy Conversations on Reversing the Obesity Epidemic

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Media Relations: 

  • General Motors Corp. with Weber Shandwick -Closing the Perception Gap: Compelling Content Helps Drive More Consumers to GM's Revamped Vehicles
  • GolinHarris for Nintendo of America - PR Barks Up the Right Tree by Naming Uggie as Nintendo's First Spokesdog

Honorable Mentions:

  • Hill+Knowlton Strategies – Tracking health reform all the way to the Supreme Court
  • Makovsky + Company – Launching a New Category in Vision Technology and Building a National Sales Network
  • McDonald’s USA and GolinHarris – McDonald’s Commitments to Improved Nutrition Choices
  • MWW - Re-Shaping Zumba's Image from Dance Workout Phenomenon to Global Multimedia Giant
  • National Restaurant Association - Kids LiveWell
  • NBC Entertainment – Smash
  • Ogilvy PR with Blurb - Bringing Your Story to Life
  • Samsung Telecommunications America - Samsung Mobile Blows Away Tablet Competition with Launch of the Galaxy Tab 10.1
  • Symantec Corp. and Connect Marketing - Symantec Honey Stick Project
  • The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino - The Venetian and The Palazzo Las Vegas Announce First-Ever Winter in Venice Holiday Celebration

Multicultural: 

  • Hilton Hotels & Resort - Announcing an Authentic Experience For Chinese Travelers

Honorable Mentions:

  • Bristol-Myers Squibb - Turning the HIV Fight into a Movement
  • Cigna – Haitian Creole Triangular Postcard
  • Euro RSCG Worldwide PR with Transitions Optical, Inc. – Creating Cultural Connections to Reinforce Eye Health Leadership
  • Flowers Communications Group - MillerCoors Urban Entrepreneurs Series
  • Ogilvy PR with National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute – The Heart Truth
  • Ogilvy PR with National Kidney Disease Education Program - Kidney Sundays Helps African Americans Understand their Risk for Kidney Disease
  • Porter Novelli – SOYJOY: "Yo SOY" Hispanic Campaign
  • Time Warner Cable – Hispanic Heritage Month Campaign - El Reto Fast Five

Online Communication: 

  • Cohn & Wolfe with Valvoline - Guaranteeing a New Era in Polling: Valvoline & SportingNews.com Team to Empower Fans

Honorable Mentions:

  • Ames Scullin O'Haire - Piedmont Healthcare Launches HealthWatchMD
  • County of Los Angeles, Chief Executive Office - LA County Goes Digital With Annual Report
  • IEEE with Weber Shandwick - Digital Storytelling to Advance IEEE's Technology Leadership at CES
  • Indianapolis Airport Authority - Maximizing IND's "front door to the city" during Super Bowl XLVI
  • InkHouse Media + Marketing – InkHouse for Zmags: Meet the Connected Consumer
  • Marina Maher Communications – Robitussin 100,000 Simple Acts of Relief Sweepstakes and Last Names Giveaway
  • Porter Novelli - SOYJOY: "Yo SOY" Hispanic Campaign
  • rbb Public Relations with AlphaStaff - Superheroes of HR

Online Press Room/Media Center: 

  • Rotary International Media Center Powered by Synaptic Digital

Honorable Mentions:

  • AICPA - AICPA Press Center Redesign
  • Bally Technologies - Bally Online Newsroom
  • Cisco Systems – The Network: Cisco's Technology News Site
  • Diamond Public Relations – Online Media Resource Center
  • NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications - NASCARMedia.com

Podcast and/or Videocast: 

  • American Chemical Society - Bytesize Science

Honorable Mentions:

  • Carmichael Lynch Spong with WebmasterRadio.FM - Untying the Purse Strings of America’s Most Powerful Consumer
  • Dixon Schwabl and Greater Rochester Enterprise - Eyes On The Future Radio Show
  • National Shooting Sports Foundation - NSSF’s Shooting Sportscast
  • Scholastic Inc. - Coming to America: Ellis Island - A Virtual Field Trip
  • Strategic Public Relations Group – SouthGobi Resources Ltd - Global live webcast of financial results presentation

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PR on a Shoestring: 

  • American Academy of Ophthalmology - Want Scary Eyes? The Dangers of Non-Prescription Decorative Contact Lenses
  • Porter Novelli – SOY JOY: "Yo SOY" Hispanic Campaign

Honorable Mentions:

  • American Red Cross - Save-a-Life Saturday
  • Disney Consumer Products - Disney Introduces AppMATes Mobile Application Toys
  • Edelman - Pantone Color of the Year: Making a Brand Synonymous with Color
  • Fleishman-Hillard Kansas City - Talking Sex Together (TxT): Going Mobile with Sex Ed and Teen Pregnancy Prevention
  • Formula - Native Union POP Phones Launch
  • National Restaurant Association - Kids LiveWell
  • Ogilvy Public Relations - The Guinness Storehouse: The Friendliest Place on Earth for St. Patrick's Day
  • Osborn Barr - 2011 Monsanto America's Farmers Mom of the Year Contest
  • Qorvis Communications, LLC - Operation HOPE 20th Anniversary Opportunity Bus Tour: From Chaos to Community
  • Reading Is Fundamental - Book People Unite
  • Red Agency - Foodbank Australia: Bridge the Hunger Divide

Press Release: 

  • Southwest Airlines - Southwest Airlines Introduces New Era of Customer Comfort and Sustainability with Evolution of Cabin Interior Design

Honorable Mentions:

  • Bally Technologies – U.S. Marine Wins $2.9 Million on Bally Slot Machine
  • Domino’s Pizza – New Domino’s Chicken & Bacon Carbonara Artisan Pizza & “No” Campaign
  • Howard Johnson International - Howard Johnson’s Don Draper Promotion
  • Reading Is Fundamental - Book People Unite

Pro Bono: 

  • three on behalf of the Georgia Dental Association - Georgia Mission of Mercy Communications Plan
  • Turner Broadcasting Broadcasting and Greenwich Hospital – 2011 Under the Stars Gala

Honorable Mentions:

  • Hart - Summer Food Program on behalf of ProMedica
  • KC Projects LLC - Shelby Humane Society
  • The Marcus Group – Little Kids Rock
  • Red Agency - Foodbank Australia: Bridge the Hunger Divide
  • Turkcell - Turkey’s Money-Box for Van

Product Launch: 

  • Cone Communications - My Underwear is Cooler Than Yours: Jockey Launches Staycool Collection

Honorable Mentions:

  • American Girl, LLC with Weber Shandwick - The Music of American Girl: Partnering in Perfect Harmony
  • Coburn Communication - SOMEDAY By Justin Bieber Fragrance Launch
  • Cohn & Wolfe with Valvoline - Valvoline NextGen: Launching a "Green" Motor Oil without Making Influencers See Red
  • Impress Labs - Deca Technologies Launch
  • Hellerman Baretz Communications - 7,000 to 1: Holwell Shuster & Goldberg New Law Firm Launch
  • Hill+Knowlton Strategies - The Force is Strong with "Star Wars: The Complete Saga" on Blu-ray
  • Sprint and Stanton Communications - Taking Mobility to a Whole New Dimension
  • The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino - The Venetian and The Palazzo Las Vegas Announce First-Ever Winter in Venice Holiday Celebration

PSA: 

  • Chamberlain Healthcare Public Relations - Kids Kicking Cancer PSA Campaign & Breath Break App Launch

Honorable Mentions:

  • AICPA - Feed the Pig
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology - Want Scary Eyes? The Dangers of Non-Prescription Decorative Contact Lenses
  • American Beverage Institute – Negligent Driving
  • PR Newswire Association LLC & Feinstein Kean Healthcare - Choose You Over the Flu: Public Service Announcement for Families Fighting Flu
  • Rx Mosaic Health - Check Out Your Gout
  • Ogilvy PR with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Faces of TBI

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Public Affairs: 

  • Nyhus Communications - Washington United For Marriage Launch

Honorable Mentions:

  • Arizona State University - Tempe Coalition’s 21 or Too Young Campaign
  • Entertainment Software Association with Weber Shandwick - Protecting the First Amendment in a New Era of Communications Media
  • FTI Consulting - Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor Poll
  • Hill+Knowlton Strategies - American Action Forum Elevates Expert Voices on Affordable Care Act During Historic Supreme Court Oral Arguments
  • Illinois Tollway - Move Illinois: The Illinois Tollway Driving the Future
  • Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide Taipei - Taiwan, Rice Up!
  • Powell Tate/Weber Shandwick - Keeping the Promise: Advancing the Artificial Pancreas for the Millions of Americans with Type 1 Diabetes
  • Rusnano - Nanotechnology Public Awareness Program for Russia
  • Stratacomm and UNICA - A Sweeter Alternative: Ending the Tariff on Sugarcane Ethanol
  • Waters Corp. and GolinHarris - Building a Global Network of Partnerships to Improve Food Safety
  • Weber Shandwick - Communications for Democracy: Supporting Nigeria's Elections

Re-Branding/Re-Positioning: 

  • MWW - Remaking Jimmy Dean from a Sausage Brand into a Breakfast Brand
  • Ogilvy Public Relations - Taking Ford Further

Honorable Mentions:

  • ComBlu - Repositioning an Iconic Brand: Encyclopaedia Britannica
  • Cone Communications – Fiber One Great Taste Campaign
  • General Motors Corp. with Weber Shandwick - Closing the Perception Gap: Compelling Content Helps Drive More Consumers to GM's Revamped Vehicles
  • Grow Marketing - Dockers “Are You an Alpha Fan?”
  • Intuit - Establishing Intuit as an Innovative Growth Company
  • Newlink Communications – Barrick: Turning a Complex Crisis into Gold in the Dominican Republic
  • Siemens Corporation with Weber Shandwick - Cities as Customers: Branding Siemens as Today’s Go-To City Expert

Research & Measurement: 

  • PRIME Research – Changing Behavior Through PR: Earned Media Boosts Campaign Effectiveness During Medicare Open Enrollment

Honorable Mentions:

  • Allstate Insurance Company – Strategic Reputation Management
  • The Mosaic Company – "I Am Mosaic" Campaign
  • Determinus (part of the Chandler Chicco Companies) – The STOP Obesity Alliance
  • Siemens Corporation with Weber Shandwick – Cities as Customers: Branding Siemens as Today's Go-To City Expert

Satellite Media Tour: 

  • RF|Binder and McGraw-Hill Education - Tablets and Devices: An Educational Frontier

Honorable Mentions:

  • American Red Cross – American Red Cross Remembers Haiti: Years One and Two
  • GolinHarris - Breathe Right’s Breathe Better. Sleep Better. Challenge
  • Macy’s - Celebrity Chef Rick Bayless Brings "The Macy's Culinary Council Thanksgiving & Holiday Cookbook" to Life During SMT
  • MilkPEP with Weber Shandwick – REFUEL: got chocolate milk? Campaign: "my After"
  • Rx Mosaic Health - Check Out Your Gout

Social Media: 

  • The Clorox Company - Check-in for Check Ups
  • Formula - PERT Plus “Hair Wars”

Honorable Mentions:

  • American Academy of Ophthalmology - Want Scary Eyes? The Dangers of Non-Prescription Decorative Contact Lenses
  • Conagra Foods with Edelman Digital - Slim Jim Online Community Management
  • CRT/tanaka - “Like Bissell, Love Pets: A Facebook Campaign to Help Pets Find Forever Homes”
  • Fuse LLC – Gatorade’s Go All Day Sessions
  • HORN - Tech the Halls: HORN Turns Reporters into Rockstars
  • Major League Baseball - MLB Fan Cave
  • McDonald’s USA and GolinHarris - Introducing Chicken McBites: Bite-Sized Enjoyment
  • Porter Novelli - HP hosts “Inkology at Home: Ink Challenge”
  • Porter Novelli - SOYJOY: “Yo SOY” Hispanic Campaign
  • Red Agency – Mortein: Kill or Save Louie the Fly

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Speeches: 

  • U.S. Postal Service – Purple Heart with Ribbon Forever Stamp Dedication

Honorable Mentions:

  • American Osteopathic Association – “Thinking Osteopathically”
  • Cars.com – Best of 2011 Welcome Speech
  • The Mosaic Company - University of Tampa Fellows Forum Speech
  • Office Depot Foundation – “Leadership Strategies for Nonprofit Organizations”
  • Pacific Gas and Electric Company – Bay Area Council California Outlook Conference Speech

Trade Show/Event PR: 

  • Hill+Knowlton Strategies - Ford Motor Company at CES 2012: We are a Technology Company

Honorable Mentions:

  • Bell Helicopter - Bell 525 Relentless Product Launch
  • Disney Consumer Products - Cars 2 Revs Up American International Toy Fair
  • GolinHarris for Nintendo of America - Nintendo PR Drives Mario Kart 7 to a New Dimension
  • International Game Technology - IGT Launches Its Ghostbusters Slots at G2E, Slimes the Competition
  • MWW - Jimmy Dean Launches No Kid Hungry Initiative at BlogHer '11
  • Toy Industry Association - 109th American International Toy Fair
  • UN Foundation, 92Y, Mashable – Social Good Summit

Twitter Campaign: 

  • American Airlines with Weber Shandwick - #AAGalaxy: American Airlines Socializes New In-Flight Entertainment Offering with Twitter Hashtag Promotion
  • Association of American Railroads - Freight Rail Twitter

Honorable Mentions:

  • Arketi Group – 2012 Technology Tweet Tournament
  • Disney Consumer Products – Disney Living RT2WIN Sweepstakes Campaign
  • Hill+Knowlton Strategies and salesforce.com - Desk.com: Bringing the Social Revolution (And Burritos) To Small Businesses
  • McDonald’s USA and GolinHarris – Perfect Pair: Frozen Strawberry Lemonade
  • RF|Binder and Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker - Scharffen Berger Daily Retweet Contest
  • San Diego Gas & Electric - Pacific Southwest Event
  • Waggener Edstrom Worldwide & tenfour – Tweet-A-Beer
  • WCG – Hershey’s Cookie Headquarters

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Video Program: 

  • Resolute Consulting - Brookfield Zoo: Operation Rhino

Honorable Mentions:

  • Counterpart International - Filling Stomachs, Feeding Minds in Senegal
  • Disney Consumer Products - Disney*Pixar Cars 2 Toy Fair Video Campaign
  • GM Western Region Communications & Weber Shandwick - Chevy Drive N Date Revs Up Speed Dating Like Never Before
  • Hunter Public Relations - Hunter PR Presents: “Stuff PR People Say”
  • Lockheed Martin Corp. – JAGM "Go In Cool" Whiteboard Video
  • Orange County Transportation Authority - OCTA "Catch a Ride on Metrolink" Music Video
  • Ogilvy PR with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - From Surviving to Thriving
  • United States Postal Service Corporate Communications - Systems at Work

Web Site Marketing: 

  • Home Front Communications - Freight Rail Works

Honorable Mentions:

  • Accenture - Accenture Corporate Website Redesign
  • The Ayn Rand Institute – Atlas Shrugged Video Contest
  • Bell Helicopter – Bell 525 Relentless Product Launch
  • Feinstein Kean Healthcare – Partnering for Positive Action…Sharing Stories from the Frontlines of the ViiV Healthcare Effect
  • Moet Hennessy, Hennessy Brand - KAWS x Hennessy Press Release with QR code
  • Ogilvy PR - IRS Free File: The "Less Taxing" Way to Prepare and e-File Federal Taxes
  • Waggener Edstrom Worldwide – Sasquatch Music Festival

Word of Mouth/Viral: 

  • Marina Maher Communications – Head & Shoulders’ Mane Man Delivers Legendary Results by Scaring “Guy’s Guys” All Over the World

Honorable Mentions:

  • Buffalo Wild Wings with Fleishman-Hillard – Save our Season
  • Dentsu Communications – Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology
  • Downy with DeVries Public Relations - Downy Puts Mike in the Window for Clean Sheet Week
  • Indianapolis Airport Authority – Carmina Burana Flash Mob
  • Missouri Department of Conservation – Invasive Species Alert: “ZOMBIES!”
  • Wisconsin Department of Tourism - Travel Wisconsin and Pure Michigan Pair Up for Mittengate

WOW! Award: 

  • H&R Block / Elasticity - The ’Stache Act, a case study of the greatest mustache campaign in history
  • OWS with Workhouse – Occupy Wall Street: The Revolution Will Be Editorialized

Honorable Mentions:

  • Downy with DeVries Public Relations – Downy Puts Mike in the Window for Clean Sheet Week
  • GM Western Region Communications & Weber Shandwick - Chevy Drive N Date Revs Up Speed Dating Like Never Before
  • Hill+Knowlton Strategies – The Force is Strong with “Star Wars: The Complete Saga” on Blu-ray
  • Jennie-O Turkey Store - Jennie-O Creates Turkey Burger Converts One Switch at a Time
  • Major League Baseball – MLB Fan Cave
  • The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino - The Venetian and The Palazzo Las Vegas Announce First-Ever Winter in Venice Holiday Celebration

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Nonprofit PR Award Winners/Honorable Mentions

(Read about the winners)

Companies: 

  • Alliance for Young Artists & Writers
  • AICPA
  • Airlines for America
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology
  • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 
  • American Airlines
  • The American Cancer Society 
  • American Cleaning Institute
  • American College of Cardiology Foundation 
  • The American Institute of Architects
  • American Institute of Certified Public AccountantsDanya International 
  • The American Kidney FundBarefoot Wine
  • American Society of Transplantation 
  • American Student Assistance
  • American Veterinary Medical Association
  • APCO Worldwide
  • Association of American Railroads
  • Audubon
  • Breastcancer.org Research News
  • BC Association of Optometrists 
  • Brownstein Group
  • Burson-Marsteller
  • Calysto Communications & Public Relations
  • The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
  • CanCare Inc.
  • Cancer Support Community  
  • Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 
  • Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • City of Moore, Okla. and Trifecta Communications LLC
  • The Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis CPF
  • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 
  • Cone Communications 
  • Consumer Electronics Association
  • Counterpart International
  • Creative Productions
  • CropLife America
  • Dentsu Communications
  • Discovery Education
  • Dixon Schwabl
  • Duke University: The Fuqua School of Business
  • Edelman
  • Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare
  • EngenderHealth
  • The Fahad Al Salem Center for Dialogue
  • Finn Partners
  • The Foundation for Eye Health Awareness 
  • Georgian College
  • Global Impact 
  • Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
  • Goodwill 
  • Greater Rochester Enterprise
  • Greenwich Hospital 
  • The Heinz Awards
  • Houston Public Library Foundation
  • Hunter Public Relations
  • Hyundai Motor America
  • IES Abroad
  • JKG Group
  • Jones Public Affairs
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Knowles Science Teaching Foundation
  • Launch Advertising
  • Legacy 
  • The Lifetime Healthcare Companies
  • LiveWell Colorado
  • The Marcus Group Inc.
  • Maxwell House
  • Meals On Wheels Association of America
  • mGive Foundation 
  • The Museum of Mathematics 
  • Muslim Association of Puget Sound 
  • MWW Group
  • National Association of Children’s Hospitals 
  • National Drowning Prevention Alliance 
  • National Eye Institute
  • National Forensic Science Technology Center
  • National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
  • The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
  • Norton Museum of Art
  • Nyhus Communications
  • NYU Langone Medical Center
  • O’Donnell Agency
  • Ogilvy Washington
  • Office Depot Foundation
  • Payton Communications 
  • Pentagon Force Protection Agency 
  • Population Services International 
  • Posterscope USA
  • Pratt Institute
  • rabble+rouser
  • Ragusa Consulting
  • The Reading Hospital HeartSAFE Berks County
  • Rebuilding Together 
  • Robert R. McCormick Foundation
  • Roberts Communications Inc.
  • R&R Partners Foundation
  • Scholastic Inc. 
  • Sears
  • Sherry Matthews Advocacy Marketing
  • Siemens Foundation
  • SKDKnickerbocker
  • Surfrider Foundation
  • Susan G. Komen for the Cure
  • Taco Bell Foundation for Teens
  • Turner Broadcasting 
  • United Nations Foundation
  • USA TODAY
  • Weber Shandwick
  • Weber Shandwick Washington, D.C.
  • Western Governors University Indiana

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CSR Award Winners/Honorable Mentions

(Read about the winners)

People: 

  • John Brock - Coca-Cola Enterprises
  • Zafar Brooks – Hyundai Motor America
  • Lewis Fix - Domtar Corporation
  • Michael Kempner - MWW Group
  • Sonia Sroka - Porter Novelli

CSR A-List

  • APCO Worldwide
  • Burson-Marsteller
  • Carmichael Lynch Spong
  • Cone Communications
  • Edelman 
  • Euro RSCG Worldwide
  • MWW Group
  • RF|Binder
  • Strategic Objectives 
  • Waggener Edstrom Worldwide 
  • Weber Shandwick

CSR Hall of Fame

  • The Body Shop
  • Campbell Soup Company
  • Deloitte - Greening the Dot
  • Timberland

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Companies: 

  • Abbott and Partners in Health
  • The Allstate Foundation
  • Allstate Insurance Company
  • AltruHelp 
  • American Cancer Society
  • American Express
  • Amway
  • Apartment Investment Management Company
  • APCO Worldwide
  • Aspire Communications & Marketing Inc.
  • Astellas Pharma US, Inc.
  • Astro Malaysia Holdings Sdn Bhd (Astro)
  • Avon Products Inc. 
  • Bank of America  and Hill Holliday
  • Baruch College
  • The Bateman Group
  • Bayer AG
  • BCF
  • Benjamin Moore
  • Best Buy
  • BlueCross Blue Shield of Florida
  • BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
  • Blue Practice
  • The Body Shop
  • Boscobel Marketing Communications
  • Bridgestone Americas Inc.
  • Brita
  • Brown-Forman Corp. 
  • Burson-Marsteller
  • Carmichael Lynch Spong
  • Carlson Wagonlit Travel
  • Cartoon Network
  • CA Technologies
  • Chandler Chicco Agency
  • Coca-Cola Enterprises  
  • Company 20 Inc.
  • Cone Communications
  • Consumer Electronics Association
  • Crystal Cruises
  • CSC 
  • CVS Caremark 
  • Deloitte
  • Discovery Communications
  • Domtar 
  • Doral Bank
  • Dresser-Rand
  • Duane Morris
  • Edelman
  • Elite PR Consultants Beijing Company Ltd.
  • Elite PR Group 
  • Enermodal Engineering, a member of MMM Group Limited
  • Entergy Corporation
  • ESPN Inc.
  • Euro RSCG Worldwide PR
  • FedEx Corporation
  • Fenton
  • Finn Partners
  • Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company 
  • First Choice Power
  • Fleishman-Hillard
  • Fleishman-Hillard San Francisco
  • Flextronics 
  • The French Will Never Forget (TFWNF)
  • Glodow Nead Communications
  • GMP PR 
  • Grant Thornton LLP
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • The Hershey Company
  • HanesBrands
  • Hasbro 
  • Hill+Knowlton Strategies
  • H.J. Heinz Company
  • Honda Manufacturing of Alabama
  • Honeywell
  • Huntington National Bank
  • Hyundai Motor America  
  • IBM Corporation
  • InkHouse Media + Marketing
  • Intel Corporation
  • JetBlue Airways
  • Jimmy Dean
  • JKG Group
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Kangaroo Express
  • Ketchum 
  • Kraft Foods
  • LaBreche
  • Largemouth Communications 
  • L'Oréal USA
  • ManpowerGroup
  • Mars Inc.
  • Meals On Wheels Association of America
  • Miami-Dade Expressway Authority 
  • Mitchell Communications Group Inc.
  • Molson Coors Canada
  • Monsanto Company 
  • Moroch PR
  • MWW Group 
  • National Football League
  • National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • NASCAR Foundation
  • North of Nine Communications
  • Office Depot Foundation
  • Ogilvy Capitol PR
  • O’Malley Hansen Communications
  • Oracle
  • OSRAM SYLVANIA
  • Pacific Gas & Electric
  • PepsiCo Inc.
  • PHILIPS AVENT 
  • Philips North America
  • Pizza Hut
  • PlaNET Finance
  • Points of Light Institute
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  • Public Strategies Inc.
  • Procter & Gamble
  • Raytheon Company
  • Rebuilding Together 
  • Recyclebank
  • RF│Binder 
  • R&R Partners 
  • Ruder Finn
  • SAP
  • Sears
  • Select Health of South Carolina 
  • Sensiblu Foundation
  • Silver Spring Networks
  • Singer Associates
  • Southwest Airlines 
  • Sutter Health
  • The Taco Bell Foundation for Teens 
  • Telemundo Media
  • Timberland
  • Timken Company
  • Toys "R" Us Inc.
  • Transitions Optical, Inc.
  • TTNET
  • Tyco International Ltd.
  • Tyson Foods
  • Unboundary
  • University of Phoenix 
  • Urban Zen Foundation
  • USANA Health Sciences
  • Valley Metro
  • Viacom Inc.
  • Virginia Beach CVB
  • VHA Inc. 
  • Vodafone Turkey
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • WaterStone Bank
  • Weber Shandwick
  • Weber Shandwick Chicago
  • WellPoint Inc
  • WorkSafeBC
  • WWE
  • Yum! Brands 
  • Zeno Group Inc.

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PR News Awards: 2011  

PR People Award Winners/Honorable Mentions

  (Read about the winners.)

Hall of Fame Inductees:

  • John Deveney, Deveney Communication
  • Richard Edelman, Edelman
  • Roger Frizzell, PG&E 
  • Mary Henige, General Motors
  • Dave Senay, Fleishman-Hillard
  • Melissa Waggener Zorkin, Waggener Edstrom Worldwide

 

People:

  • Jill Allread, Public Communications Inc.
  • Ann Barlow, Peppercom
  • Jeff Beringer, GolinHarris
  • Kristin Binns, WellPoint
  • Bonin Bough, PepsiCo
  • Kelly Cacioppo, Marina Maher Communications
  • Leslie Campisi, Affect Strategies
  • Danielle Cass, Kaiser Permanente
  • Jamie Castaldo, Hunter PR
  • Meredith Chapman, University of Delaware
  • Steve Cody, Peppercom
  • Joseph Cohen, MWW Group
  • Alison Croyle, JetBlue
  • Stacy DeBroff, Mom Central
  • Nicole Esposito, Full Picture
  • Sandra Fathi, Affect Strategies
  • Kristy Finchy, Alpaytac
  • Julie Harkavy Fisher, Weber Shandwick
  • Sam Ford, Peppercom
  • Kris Garvey, Weber Shandwick
  • Vince Golla, Kaiser Permanente
  • Huma Gruaz, Alpaytac
  • Tim Haran, USANA Health Sciences
  • Janet Helm, Weber Shandwick
  • Jared Hendler, MWW Group
  • Kathleen Henson, Henson Consulting Group
  • Sarah Hofstetter, 360i
  • Mike Hotra, APCO Worldwide
  • Erin Howard, Peppercom
  • Ashley Howland, Baylor Health Care System
  • Barb Iverson, Weber Shandwick
  • Ed James, Gibson Guitars
  • Jessica Kleiman, Hearst Magazines
  • Evan Kraus, APCO Worldwide
  • Grete Lavrenz, Carmichael Lynch Spong
  • Dallas Lawrence, Burson-Marsteller
  • Keith Mabee, Dix & Eaton
  • Dan Macuga, USANA Health Sciences
  • Ken Makovsky, Makovsky + Company
  • Michael Manzo, Openet Telecom
  • Mark Martin, Waggener Edstrom Worldwide
  • Paul Massey, Weber Shandwick
  • Marilee McInnis, Southwest Airlines
  • Amber Meredith, Marina Maher Communications
  • Heather Mitchell, Unilever
  • Ambre Morley, Novo Nordisk
  • Barry Nelson, John Deere
  • Ana Nennig, Euro RSCG Worldwide PR
  • Karen Oliver, Porter Novelli
  • Chris Perry, Weber Shandwick
  • Holly Potter, Kaiser Permanente
  • Stan Rosenfield, Stan Rosenfield & Associates
  • Debra Lynn Ross, APP Pharmaceuticals
  • Steve Rubel, Edelman
  • Marian Salzman, Euro RSCG Worldwide PR
  • Matthew Samson, Huntington National Bank
  • Cindy Sanders, WellPoint
  • Emily Schwartz, GolinHarris
  • Patrice Smith, Kaiser Permanente
  • Pattie Sullivan, Euro RSCG Worldwide PR
  • Jody Sunna, Euro RSCG Worldwide PR
  • Greg Swan, Weber Shandwick
  • Kim Titus, Samsung
  • Mandy Treeby, Tide Brand / Procter & Gamble
  • Emilie Valle, Cone Inc.
  • Chris Vary, Weber Shandwick
  • Jody Venturoni, Weber Shandwick
  • Brett White, MWW Group
  • Carreen Winters, MWW Group
  • Kim Zimmer, Goodwill Industries International Inc.
  • Phil Zimmerman, Jeopardy!/CBS Television Distribution
  • Suzanne Zurn, Waggener Edstrom Worldwide

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15-to-Watch (Agency)

  • Lauren Begley, Peppercom
  • Dawn Brun, Porter Novelli Atlanta
  • Nell Callahan, SKDKnickerbocker
  • Brad Chase, Capitol Media Partners
  • Brian Conway, Weber Shandwick Dallas
  • Lauran Driver, WCG
  • Kelly Hamor, Weber Shandwick Seattle
  • Kelly Kalmar, Euro RSCG Worldwide PR
  • Ryan Kuresman, APCO Worldwide
  • Elizabeth Osborn, Hager Sharp
  • Caitrin O'Sullivan, Burson-Marsteller
  • Sarah Pfeiffer, Marina Maher Communications
  • David J. Semanoff, Quinn & Co. Public Relations
  • Radha Ahlstrom-Vij, Gutenberg Communications
  • Jamie Watt Arnold, Profiles Inc.

15-to-Watch (Corporate/Nonprofit)

  • Caitlin Andrews, Policy Resolution Group at Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
  • Erin-Marie Beals, EMD Serono Inc.
  • Esteban Contreras, Samsung Electronics America
  • Jennifer Ecclestone, General Motors
  • Olga Karagiannis, Hologic
  • Jacalyn Lee, XO Group Inc.
  • Anna Lingeris, The Hershey Company
  • Karen Nichols, DIAGEO
  • Ashley Roth, Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board
  • Elizabeth Rowland, Pinnacle Foods
  • Amy Savicky-Injaian, Wells Fargo & Company
  • Jaime Soper, PepsiCo
  • Sarah Swensson, Orange County Transportation Authority
  • Michael Trupo, United States Department of Labor
  • Julia Zamorska, iolo technologies

 

Top Places to Work in PR

(Read about the winners.)

  • Affect Strategies
  • AICPA (American Institute of CPAs)
  • American Heart Association
  • charity: water
  • Coyne Public Relations
  • Discovery Communications
  • EMD Serono
  • Flowers Communications Group 
  • International Paper
  • Ketchum
  • Linhart Public Relations
  • Marina Maher Communications
  • The Methodist Hospital System
  • National Education Association
  • Northwestern Mutual
  • Ogilvy PR Worldwide
  • The OutCast Agency
  • SpeakerBox Communications
  • Waggener Edstrom Worldwide

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Digital PR Award Winners/Honorable Mentions

(Read about the winners.)

People:

  • Todd Defren
  • Jim Joseph
  • Marian Salzman

Companies:

  • Adfero Group
  • American Airlines
  • American Automobile Association (AAA)
  • American Heart Association
  • The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • APCO Worldwide
  • ASCD
  • Astute Technologies
  • AT&T
  • The Axis Agency
  • Baylor Health Care System
  • Best Buy
  • Burson-Marsteller
  • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
  • Cisco Systems, Inc.
  • Cohn & Wolfe
  • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • Conover Tuttle Pace
  • Consumer Electronics Association
  • Crown Equipment
  • CRT/tanaka
  • Dell Inc.
  • Discovery Communications
  • Dixon Schwabl
  • Edelman
  • Euro RSCG Worldwide PR
  • Fahlgren Mortine
  • First Degree
  • GCI Health
  • General Mills, Inc.
  • GolinHarris
  • The Heritage Classic Foundation
  • Hilton Hotels & Resorts
  • Idaho National Laboratory
  • Impress Labs
  • Inner Circle Labs
  • Intel
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Jones Lang LaSalle
  • Kimberly-Clark
  • Kronos Incorporated
  • MetroPCS
  • MilkPEP
  • Mom Central Consulting
  • Mullen
  • MWW Group
  • NEI
  • Network Solutions
  • Ogilvy & Mather Hong Kong
  • Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
  • Orange County Transportation Authority
  • Pappas Group
  • PAN Communications
  • Peppercom
  • Porter Novelli
  • Raytheon Company
  • RF|Binder Partners, Inc.
  • Shift Communications
  • Siemens Industry, Inc.
  • Turk Telekom
  • U.S. Army
  • USANA Health Sciences
  • Ventana Public Relations
  • Visit Newport Beach, Inc.
  • VOX Global
  • Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, Inc.
  • Weber Shandwick
  •  Whirlpool

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Platinum PR Award Winners/Honorable Mentions

(Read about the winners.)

Companies:

  • 1-800-Flowers.com
  • Adfero Group
  • Aflac
  • AirTran Airways
  • Allison & Partners
  • Alpaytac, Inc.
  • American Airlines
  • American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
  • Astellas Pharma U.S., Inc.
  • Barb Clapp Advertising & Marketing LLC
  • Bausch + Lomb
  • Bayer Health Care Pharmaceuticals
  • Beehive PR
  • Berman & Company
  • The Board of Elections in the City of New York
  • Boeing
  • Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Bowling Properties Association of America
  • Breastcancer.org
  • Buick
  • Burson-Marsteller
  • The Campaign for Disability Employment
  • Carmichael Lynch Spong
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Central Arizona Project
  • Chamberlain Healthcare Public Relations
  • Chrysler Group LLC
  • Coca-Cola HBC Croatia
  • Cohn & Wolfe
  • Comcast
  • CommunicationWorks
  • Concepts, Inc.
  • Cone, Inc.
  • Conover Tuttle Pace (CTP)
  • Consumer Electronics Association
  • Cooney/Waters Group
  • CooperKatz & Company, Inc.
  • Coyne PR
  • Cramer-Krasselt
  • Deloitte
  • Dell
  • Denison University
  • Deveney Communication
  • Diageo
  • Digitas
  • Discovery Networks Latin America/U.S. Hispanic
  • Disney Consumer Products
  • Disney Parks
  • Dove
  • EA Sports
  • Early Learning Division Ontario Ministry of Education
  • Edelman
  • Entergy Corporation
  • Eucomed
  • Euro RSCG Worldwide PR
  • FD
  • Financial Times
  • First Degree
  • Fleishman-Hillard
  • Flowers Communications Group
  • Foundation for Eye Health Awareness
  • GE
  • General Motors
  • Gibraltar Associates
  • GLOBALHealthPR
  • GolinHarris
  • Goodyear
  • The Government of Mexico
  • Grow Marketing
  • Hampton Hotels
  • Hawaii Visitors & Conventions Bureau
  • Henson Consulting
  • The Hershey Company
  • Hill & Knowlton
  • Hormel Foods
  • Howard Brown Health Center
  • Huntington Bank
  • IFC
  • Illinois Tollway
  • Impact Public Affairs
  • Initiative Media
  • INK PR
  • Inner Circle Labs
  • Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario
  • Intel
  • Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG)
  • iolo technologies
  • JELL-O
  • Jiffy Lube International
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Kaplan Thaler Group
  • KDPaine & Partners
  • Ketchum
  • Kimberly-Clark
  • King County Library System
  • Kingdom Quality Communications
  • Kraft Foods
  • Lambert, Edwards & Associates
  • Linhart Public Relations
  • LinkedIn
  • Lions Club International
  • M Booth
  • Macy's, Inc.
  • Makovsky + Company
  • MaggieMoo's Ice Cream and Treatery
  • McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations
  • Mediabrands
  • The Methodist Hospital
  • MilkPEP
  • MS&L
  • Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA)
  • MWW Group
  • National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
  • Navistar International Corporation
  • NEI
  • Nestle
  • Nikon
  • Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority (NRHA)
  • Northwestern Mutual
  • NSF International
  • NYU Langone Medical Center
  • Office Depot
  • OfficeMax, Inc.
  • Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
  • O'Malley Hansen Communications
  • The OutCast Agency
  • Padilla Speer Beardsley
  • PainePR
  • Pantone
  • PCI
  • PepsiCo
  • Pierson Grant Public Relations
  • Porter Novelli
  • RED PR
  • RF|Binder Partners, Inc.
  • R/P Marketing Public Relations
  • Samsung Mobile
  • SCORE
  • Sealed Air Corporation
  • Shift Communications
  • Siemens Industry, Inc.
  • Smithsonian's National Zoo, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
  • Southwest Airlines Company
  • Spectrum
  • Sprint Nextel
  • Tourism Australia
  • Turk Telekom
  • Turkcell Illetisim Hizmetleri A.S.
  • Unilever
  • U.S. Army
  • U.S. Census Bureau
  • U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
  • Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, Inc.
  • Warschawski
  • Weber Shandwick
  • WebmasterRadio.fm
  • Widmeyer Communications
  • Yum! Brands
  • Zeno Group
  • Zocalo Group

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Nonprofit PR Award Winners/Honorable Mentions

(Read about the winners.)

People:

  • Patrice Smith
  • Mark Thomas
  • Dr. Marisa Weiss

Companies:

  • Alliance for Consumer Education
  • American Airlines
  • American College of Physicians
  • American Heart Association
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists & FD
  • American Student Assistance
  • ASTM International
  • BlueCross BlueShield of Rhode Island
  • Cone on Behalf of Lindt USA
  • Coyne PR on Behalf of Breastcancer.org
  • DAWSON + MURRAY + TEAGUE Communications
  • Dentsu Communications
  • Discovery Education and Siemens Foundation
  • Engineers without Borders
  • Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
  • First Book
  • GolinHarris
  • House of Commons Administration of Canada
  • Howard Brown Health Center and Public Communications Inc.
  • Jiffy Lube International and Cone
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Legacy
  • The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation
  • MWW Group
  • Museum of Science and Industry Chicago and PCI
  • MusiCares
  • Neathawk Dubuque Packett
  • National Down Syndrome Society
  • National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc.
  • NYU Langone Medical Center
  • Office Depot Foundation
  • Office Depot Foundation and Business Civic Leadership Center
  • ONE
  • Peel District School Board
  • Pentagon Force Protection Agency
  • Ruder Finn and the Alice Ferguson Foundation
  • Seattle Children's Hospital Research Foundation
  • SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association
  • Stanton Communications & Airforwarders Association
  • Tierney on Behalf of Fox Chase Cancer Center
  • United Nations Foundation
  • United Way of the Greater Triangle
  • The U.S. Chamber of Commerce
  • U.S. Fund for UNICEF and American Airlines
  • Vault Communications on Behalf of the Mark Twain House & Museum
  • Virginia Early Childhood Foundation
  • Weber Shandwick for American Airlines
  • Western Connecticut Healthcare
  • Williams Whittle
  • Xenophon Strategies for The Salvation Army

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CSR Award Winners/Honorable Mentions

(Read about the winners.)

People:

  • Leslie Brunt, Pizza Hut
  • Tom Buckmaster, Honeywell International
  • Bill Bullard, Diageo
  • Renee Connolly, EMD Serono
  • Stuart Kirby, Diageo PLC
  • Jack McFadden, Deloitte
  • Tracy Pleschourt, Carmichael Lynch Spong

Companies:

  • Alyeska Pipeline Service Company
  • AICPA
  • American Airlines
  • American Beverage Association
  • Amerigroup
  • ArcelorMittal
  • AstraZeneca Turkey
  • ASTRO All Asia Networks Plc (ASTRO)
  • Benevity Social Ventures Inc.
  • BlueCross BlueShield Delaware
  • Bridgestone & Meals on Wheels
  • Canada Lands Company
  • Carmichael Lynch Spong
  • CA Technologies
  • Charles Schwab & Co
  • Coca-Cola HBC Croatia
  • Cone, Inc.
  • Coyne Public Relations
  • DABO & CO
  • Deloitte
  • DeVries Public Relations
  • Discovery Communications
  • Edelman
  • EMD Serono, Inc.
  • Entergy Corporation
  • Ernst & Young
  • Euro RSCG Worldwide PR
  • First Choice Power
  • Fleishman-Hillard/ConAgra Foods Foundation
  • Fleishman-Hillard/The Allstate Foundation
  • Gibbs & Soell and Syngenta AG
  • Hafslund and PR-operatorene
  • Henry Schein, Inc.
  • Honeywell International, Inc.
  • Hormel Foods and Burson-Marsteller
  • International Paper
  • Jiffy Lube International and Cone Inc.
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Lehigh Valley Health Network
  • Lockheed Martin Corporation
  • Loyola University Chicago
  • Mass Mutual Financial Group
  • Medtronic
  • Mullen
  • Novartis
  • OMC Petrom S.A.
  • Oracle Corporation
  • Peel District School Board
  • PepsiCo
  • PwC/Edelman
  • RF Binder
  • Scripps Networks
  • Siemens Foundation/Discovery Education
  • Sodexo, Inc.
  • Southwest Airlines Company
  • The Hershey Company
  • The Lifetime Healthcare Companies
  • The USA Science & Engineering Festival and Lockheed Martin
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • Tiller LLC
  • Toys"R"Us, Inc.
  • Toys"R"Us, Inc./UNICEF
  • Turkish Catastrophe Insurance Pool
  • United States Postal Service
  • USANA Health Services
  • Viacom
  • VHA, Inc.
  • Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, Inc.
  • Walmart/Treehugger.com
  • Weber Shandwick Dallas
  • Yahoo!
  • Yum! Brands

PR Legal Awards Winners

  • Caffeine Communications/Warhafsky Law Firm
  • Duane Morris
  • Hellerman Baretz Communications
  • Holland & Knight
  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • Jaffe PR
  • Lesser, Lesser, Landy & Smith PLLC

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PR News Awards: 2010  

CSR Award Winners/Honorable Mentions

People:

  • John Brock, Coca-Cola Enterprises
  • Renee Connolly, EMD Serono
  • Steve Ellis, Chipotle
  • Lucienne Gigante, Doral Bank
  • Kimberly Kelleher, SELF Magazine
  • Michael Kempner, MWW Group
  • Stuart Kirby, Diageo
  • Frank Mantero, GE
  • Jack McFadden, Deloitte
  • Randy Millian, Diageo
  • Scott Pansky, Allison & Partners
  • Tracy Pleschourt, Carmichael Lynch Spong
  • Victor Velazquez, AICPA
  • Glen Wakeman, Doral Bank

Companies:

  • Abelson Taylor
  • ADC Foundation
  • Aflac
  • American Federation of Teachers
  • Amerigroup Corporation
  • AstraZeneca Canada
  • Bank of America
  • Basin Electric Power
  • Bersay Communication Consultancy
  • Bickel & Brewer/Carter Public Relations
  • BNY Mellon
  • Broadview Networks
  • Brown-Forman Company
  • Butterball
  • Carmichael Lynch Spong
  • Cartoon Network
  • Cephalon Inc.
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill
  • Cisco Canada
  • Cisco Systems Inc.
  • Clif Bar & Company
  • Coca-Cola Enterprises
  • Coca-Cola Turkey
  • Colorado Springs Utilities
  • Comcast
  • Consolidated Edison Company of NY
  • Cubitt Jacob & Prosek Communications
  • Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
  • Deloitte
  • d expósito & Partners
  • Doral Bank
  • Energy Corporation
  • eBay Inc.
  • Fenton Communications
  • Fleishman-Hillard St. Louis
  • Fleishman-Hillard/The Allstate Foundation
  • GE
  • Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
  • Hasbro Inc.
  • Hess Corporation
  • H.J. Heinz Company
  • Inkhouse Media + Marketing
  • ITT
  • Jiffy Lube International and Cone
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • KCBS Marketing
  • KOC Holding
  • McCain Foods
  • Michigan State University
  • Monsanto Company
  • MPR Pazarlama Halkla Illiskiler AS
  • MWW Group
  • Nickelodeon
  • Office Depot Foundation
  • Otter Tail Power Company
  • Oracle Corporation
  • Pepsi Bottling Group
  • Philadelphia Multicultural Affairs Congress
  • Pioneer Services, a Division of MidCountry Bank
  • PriceWaterhouseCoopers
  • Puget Sound Energy
  • QIAGEN
  • Questar Exploration and Production
  • Remarkable Group
  • Siemens Foundation with Weber Shandwick
  • Singer Associated & Aimco
  • Sprint
  • Stern + Associates
  • St. John & Partners
  • Taylor
  • The Body Shop
  • The Regence BlueCross BlueShield
  • Tourism Toronto
  • Unum
  • U.S. Fund for UNICEF & American Airlines
  • Valencia, Pérez & Echeveste PR
  • Verizon Communications
  • VHA Inc.
  • Viacom
  • Waggener Edstrom Worldwide Inc.
  • Waste Management
  • Weber Shandwick on Behalf of Humanity United
  • WeissComm
  • West Penn Allegheny Health System

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PR Legal Awards Winners

  • Abshire Public Relations
  • Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
  • Hellerman Baretz Communications
  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • Hunton & Williams LLP & Jaffe PR
  • Mayer Brown
  • NMG Consulting
  • Rasky Baerlein

Digital PR Awards

People:

  • Idil Cakim, GolinHarris
  • Bill Dunn, NSSF
  • Tim Haran, USANA Health Services

Companies:

  • Abraham Harrison LLC
  • Activision Blizzard
  • Amerigroup Corporation
  • APCO Worldwide
  • Associated Estates Realty Corporation
  • Bhava Communications
  • Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Communications and Marketing; Randy Tinseth and Jim Condelles
  • Calysto Communications & Public Relations
  • Cisco Systems Inc.
  • The Clorox Company
  • The Coca-Cola Company
  • Cohn & Wolfe
  • Con Edison
  • Conover Tuttle Pace
  • Consolidated Edison Company of New York
  • Covalent Logic
  • DCI Group
  • DigiNovations
  • Discovery Communications
  • Dominion Resources
  • Domus, Inc.
  • Edelman, imc2 and PSC Group
  • Edge Communications
  • Entergy Communications
  • Eric Mower and Associates
  • FD International
  • Fleishman-Hillard
  • Fleishman-Hillard Texas
  • The Florida Department of Citrus
  • GCI Health
  • GM Western Region
  • GolinHarris
  • Hilton Hotels & Resorts
  • Horizon Marketing Group
  • Hunter Public Relations
  • Inner Circle Labs
  • Intel Corporation Global Communications Group
  • JB Cumberland PR
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Ketchum Public Relations
  • Levick Strategic Communications
  • Lindberg Group
  • M&P Food Communications
  • Media Center for a World of Publishers
  • Media Measurement
  • Merillat, Hoffman York and Hanson Inc.
  • MidCountry Financial Corp.
  • Mom Central Consulting
  • Motorola Mobility
  • MS& L
  • MWW Group
  • National Association of Home Builders
  • The National Institute on Drug Abuse
  • National Shooting Sports Foundation
  • Ogilvy Public Relations
  • O'Malley Hansen Communications
  • OMV Petrom SA
  • Panini
  • Peel District School Board
  • Proctor & Gamble
  • RF|Binder Partners
  • SAP
  • SSM Healthcare
  • Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
  • Synaptic Digital
  • TechApplication.co
  • Texas Instruments
  • Text 100 Global Public Relations and Context Analytics
  • TRC Companies
  • Turner Sports
  • UCLA School of Nursing
  • Unilever Klondike
  • USANA Health Sciences
  • Weber Shandwick
  • Weber Shandwick Minneapolis

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Nonprofit PR Award Winners/Honorable Mentions

Organizations/Companies:

  • AICPA
  • American Airlines
  • American Express
  • American Heart Association
  • American Kennel Club
  • American Physical Therapy Association
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists
  • American Society of Landscape Architects
  • Amethyst Women's Addiction Centre
  • Anne Klein Communications Group
  • Bank of America
  • Bloomington Hospital
  • Camp
  • Canadian Library Association
  • City of Austin, Small Business Development Program
  • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • Cone Inc.
  • Connect-Ability
  • Conner Prairie Interactive History Park
  • CSG/Haggman
  • Danbury Health Systems
  • Eric Mower and Associates
  • Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Fahlgren Mortine Public Relations
  • Florida Realtors
  • Fraser Communications
  • Gibraltar Associates
  • Go RVing Canada
  • Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corp.
  • Hillsborough County
  • Jones Public Affairs
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Kent State University
  • Jiffy Lube International
  • Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
  • Legacy Foundation
  • Lifeline of Ohio
  • The Marcus Group Inc.
  • Metroplan
  • Mintz & Hoke Communications Group
  • National Association of Home Builders
  • National Association of Insurance Commissioners
  • National Beer Wholesalers Association
  • National Education Association
  • National Football League
  • National Screening Institute-Canada
  • National Shooting Sports Foundation
  • National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • The New York Public Library
  • Nyhus Communications
  • NYU Langone Medical Center
  • Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
  • Orange County Registrar of Voters
  • The Optical Society of America
  • Pentagon Force Protection Agency
  • Pool Safety Council
  • Recreation Vehicle Industry Association
  • REVOLUCION
  • Smithsonian
  • SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association
  • St. Mary Medical Center
  • Sunflower Foundation
  • Susan Davis International
  • Synaptic Digital
  • Texas Health Resources
  • Thoma Thoma
  • Tilson Communications
  • UNICEF
  • United Nations Foundation
  • U.S. Botanic Garden
  • Weber Shandwick
  • YouCast
  • Zeno Group

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Platinum PR Award Winners/Honorable Mentions

  • 1-800-Flowers.com
  • Ad Council
  • Adfero Group 
  • Aetna
  • AFSCME
  • Allrecipes.com
  • Alpaytac Inc.
  • American Airlines
  • American Express
  • American Heart Association
  • The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants 
  • American Institute of CPAs 
  • American Lung Association
  • American Society of Nephrology
  • American Urological Association Foundation
  • America’s Natural Gas Alliance
  • Amerigroup Corporation 
  • APRA Porter Novelli 
  • Areva
  • Arizona State University
  • Association of American Railroads
  • Andrea Clark & Associates 
  • Bayer CropScience 
  • Berman and Company 
  • Be The Match®
  • Bhava Communications 
  • Blaze Public Relations 
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island
  • Blue to Green PR
  • Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
  • Breyers
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • Bromley Communications 
  • Brushfire Inc.
  • BSM Media 
  • Burson-Marsteller
  • Castells & Asociados 
  • Cardinal Health
  • Cargill and Michael Lynch Spong
  • CCG Investor Relations Strategic Communications
  • Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
  • Central Piedmont Community College 
  • Chamberlain Healthcare Public Relations
  • CNN 
  • The Coca-Cola Company 
  • Cognito
  • Communications Strategies Inc. 
  • Cone Inc. 
  • The Conroy Martinez Group
  • Consumer Electronics Association 
  • Continuum Health Partners
  • Conva Tec Inc. 
  • Covalent Logic
  • Coyne Public Relations 
  • Cramer-Krasselt
  • Creaxion 
  • Davies 
  • DePaul University
  • Diageo 
  • Dialogue 
  • Discovery Channel
  • Edelman
  • Emerisque
  • Entergy Corp.
  • Euro RSCG Worldwide PR 
  • FDA 
  • First Degree
  • Fleishman-Hillard 
  • Flowers Communications Group 
  • The Fore Good Group 
  • Forth Worth Opera Online
  • Gagen MacDonald 
  • General Electric Co.
  • General Motors 
  • GolinHarris
  • The Goodyear Tire
  • Graham & Associates 
  • Granite Construction Company
  • Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corp.
  • Hasbro
  • Henson Consulting Inc
  • Hill & Knowlton 
  • Hilton Hotels and Resorts
  • Honeywell
  • Honeywell Aerospace 
  • Honeywell International
  • Hormel Foods
  • Horn Group Inc. 
  • Howorth, an Ogilvy PR Company
  • IFC
  • IHG Friends and Family Americas
  • Intel Corp. Global Communications Group
  • Intercontinental Hotels Group
  • ITT Corp.
  • Jumpstart
  • KAAJE Communications
  • Kaiser Permanente 
  • Kaiser Permanente Eating Well in Season 
  • Kaiser Permanente Northern California
  • Ketchum
  • Kimberly Clark
  • Lambert, Edwards & Associates
  • Latham & Watkins
  • Legacy
  • Levick Strategic Communications
  • Linhart Public Relations
  • Lion Brand Yarn 
  • Lockheed Martins
  • Loyola University Chicago
  • Macy’s
  • Make a Wish Foundation 
  • Makovksy + Co.
  • The Marcus Group Inc.
  • Marina Maher Communications Inc.
  • Marketing 24/7 Inc.
  • Maxwell PR 
  • Medco Health Solutions
  • Merritt Group
  • Methodologie Inc.
  • Miller Meiers
  • Missouri Department of Transportation 
  • Molina Healthcare Inc.
  • Mount Sinai Department of Medicine
  • MS&L Worldwide 
  • MWW Group 
  • National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications ELDP 
  • National Geographic Channel
  • The National Pork Board 
  • The National Shooting Sports Foundation
  • Neiman Group 
  • Northwestern Mutual
  • Norton from Symantec
  • Novartis AG
  • NYU Langone Medical Center 
  • Office Depot 
  • Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 
  • Ogilvy Public Relations 
  • O’Malley Hansen Communications
  • One 
  • Oriental Trading 
  • Pacific Gas And Electric Co.
  • Padilla Speer Beardsley 
  • Paine PR
  • Palisades Insurance
  • Partner of Promotion 
  • Pavone 
  • Peppercom
  • PepsiCo 
  • Phoenix 
  • Pollo Tropical 
  • Porter Novelli
  • Porter Novelli New York
  • Portugal Telecom S.A.
  • Powell Tate
  • Pulse Communications 
  • Rasky Baerlein Strategic
  • Red PR
  • RF|Binder Partners 
  • Roll International
  • Rotary International 
  • Royal Caribbean
  • Rubber Company
  • Ruder Finn
  • Qorvis Communications 
  • Saab Automobile AB 
  • Samsung Telecommunications America
  • Schnake Turnbo Frank | PR
  • Scholastic Corp. 
  • Sealed Air Corp.
  • Sears Holdings Corp.
  • Sesame Workshop 
  • Shell Lubricants
  • Siemens Corp.
  • Smithsonian Institution 
  • Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. 
  • Southwest Airlines Company
  • Sprint
  • SPT Networks Central Europe 
  • Stanton Communications Inc.
  • Strauss Radio Strategies Inc.
  • Susan Davis International
  • Synaptic Digital
  • Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited
  • Think So Creative 
  • Thomson Reuters 
  • Time Warner Cable
  • Transitions Optical Inc.
  • TSG Consulting 
  • Tucker & Associates
  • Turkey Hill Dairy
  • Unilever
  • Univision
  • UPS
  • USANA Health Sciences 
  • US Army
  • U.S. Postal Service
  • Virginia Tech 
  • Virilion 
  • Volkswagen of America
  • Warschawski
  • Weber Shandwick
  • Weber Shandwick India 
  • Weight Watchers
  • Western Union
  • Wines of Chile USA
  • World Wildlife Fund
  • WXXI Public Broadcasting
  • Xplor Riviera Maya
  • YouCast
  • Zeno Group

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PR People Award Winners/Honorable Mentions

Hall of Fame Inductees

  • Diane Gage Lofgren, SVP, Brand Strategy, Kaiser Permanente
  • Lou Rena Hammond, Lou Hammond & Associates
  • Jay M. Jaffe, Jaffe PR
  • Andy Polansky, Weber Shandwick
  • D’Arcy Rudnay, Comcast Corporation
  • Scott Widmeyer, Widmeyer Communications

People: 

  • Daniel Arguijo Jr., Houston Community College
  • Steve Astle, FICO
  • Christopher Barger, GM
  • Don Bartholomew, Fleishman-Hillard
  • Danielle Brigida, National Wildlife Federation
  • Eileen Cassidy Rivera, Vangent Inc.
  • Shauna Causey, Comcast
  • Joseph Cohen, MWW Group
  • Jennifer Coleman, Baylor Health Care System
  • Crocker Coulson, CCG Investor Relations
  • Todd Defren, Shift Communications
  • Kelly Doria, Scottrade
  • Eric Edge, Euro RSCG Worldwide 
  • Sandra Fathi, Affect Strategies
  • Rob Flaherty, Ketchum
  • Huma Gruaz, Alpaytac
  • Tim Haran, USANA
  • Helen Havlak, Euro RSCG Worldwide
  • Ulviya Hasanzade, Azercell Telecom
  • Eliot Hoff, APCO Worldwide
  • Claire Holmes, University of California, Berkeley
  • Ed James, Cornerstone
  • Bill Jenkins, Grand Canyon University
  • Michael Kempner, MWW Group Inc. 
  • Stuart Kirby, Diageo PLC
  • Claire Koeneman, President of MWW Group's Financial Relations Board
  • Samson Leung, Volkswagen Hong Kong Ltd.
  • Rene Mack, Weber Shandwick New York
  • Dan Macuga, USANA Health Sciences
  • Tim Marklein, Weber Shandwick San Francisco
  • Jason Maloni, Levick Strategic Communications (DC)
  • Starr Million Baker, INK Public Relations
  • Ambre Morley, Novo Nordisk
  • Kerry Noone, Sodexo
  • Mary O’Connell, The Clorox Company
  • Beth Pagano, Euro RSCG Worldwide
  • Eric Pehle, Weber Shandwick Minneapolis
  • Chris Perry, Weber Shandwick New York
  • Donna C. Peterman, PNC Financial Services Group Inc.
  • Holly Potter, Kaiser Permanente
  • Maria Reitan, Carmichael Lynch Spong
  • Matt Rizzetta, North 6th Agency
  • Jennifer Risi, Weber Shandwick New York
  • Thomas J. Rozycki Jr., CJP Communications
  • Michelle Russo, Discovery Communications
  • Troy Rutman, Best Western International
  • Marian Salzman, Euro RSCG Worldwide PR
  • Shawna Seldon, The Rosen Group
  • Lisa Sepulveda, Weber Shandwick New York
  • Peter Shankman, Help a Reporter Out
  • Gary Sheffer, GE
  • David Siroty, Coldwell Banker
  • Patrice Smith, Kaiser Permanente
  • Steve Soltis, The Coca-Cola Company
  • Ray Steen, General Dynamics Information Technology
  • Marguerite Tortorello, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America
  • Howard Ungerleider, Dow Chemical
  • Doug Wernert, Weber Shandwick Detroit
  • Huw Williams, Impact Public Affairs
  • Kelly Williamson, APCO Worldwide
  • Marie Yarroll, Best Western
  • Jann Yogman, North 6th Agency
  • Elizabeth Zaborowska, Bhava Communications

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15-to-Watch (Agency)

  • Amy Burke Friedman, Profiles Inc
  • William Byrne, Euro RSCG Worldwide
  • Laura A. Clementi, Carmichael Lynch Spong
  • Mary Kathryn Covert, FD
  • Alana Fontaine, Impact Public Affairs
  • Robert Gara, APCO Worldwide
  • Angela Grossfeld, Porter Novelli
  • Garland Harwood, Weber Shandwick
  • Patrick Hornung, Brunswick
  • Patrick Kerley, Levick Strategic Communications
  • Taline Kundakji, Marina Maher Communications Inc
  • Jillian Kwolek, DeVries Public Relations
  • Bradley Portnoy, Powell Tate│Weber Shandwick
  • Katie Reardon, Widmeyer Communications
  • Amy Robinson, LEWIS PR

15-to-Watch (Corporate/Nonprofit)

  • Andrea Boyle, University of Delaware
  • Cassie Bryan, Turner Broadcasting System
  • Brad Carmony, Homewood Suites by Hilton
  • Laura Dunn, Kaiser Permanente
  • Kristy Guerra, Bausch & Lomb Inc
  • Amanda Hebert, Scholastic Inc.
  • Jessica Laiti, Cox Enterprises
  • Scott Larrivee, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Justin Lyons, National Basketball Association
  • Melissa Perlman, Office Depot
  • Ashley Pettit, Southwest Airlines
  • Nathaniel Reagan, WCG Company
  • Bethridge Toovell, Rodale
  • John Trybus, The Jane Goodall Institute
  • Megan Wright, Oncor Electric Delivery

Top Places to Work in PR

  • Adfero Group
  • BAE Systems
  • Dixon Schwabl
  • Erwin-Penland Public Relations
  • Georgia Tech Research Institute
  • Hunter Public Relations
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Ketchum
  • The Morris+King Company
  • MWW Group
  • Ogilvy PR Worldwide
  • Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI)
  • R&J Public Relations
  • Southwest Airlines
  • Vail Resorts Inc.
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • Wells Fargo

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PR News Awards: 2009  

CSR Award Winners/Honorable Mentions

People:

  • Jeff Glueck, Travelocity.com Inc.
  • Rhonda Mims, ING Foundation
  • Kevin Moss, BT Group
  • Agata Tyszkiewicz, Publicis

Companies:

  • AbelsonTaylor
  • ADC Foundation
  • Aflac
  • American Federation of Teachers
  • Amerigroup Corporation
  • AstraZeneca Canada
  • Bank of America
  • Baron Edmond de Rothschild Chemical Dependency Institute of Beth Israel Medical Center
  • Basin Electric Power
  • Baxa Corporation
  • Bersay Communication Consultancy
  • BNY Mellon
  • Broadview Networks
  • Brown-Forman Corporation
  • Butterball
  • Carmichael Lynch Spong
  • Carter Public Relations
  • Cartoon Network
  • Cephalon Inc. and WeissComm
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill
  • Cisco Systems Inc.
  • Clif Bar & Company
  • Coca-Cola Enterprises
  • Colorado Springs Utilities
  • Comcast
  • Cone Inc.
  • Consolidated Edison Company of NY
  • Cubitt Jacobs & Prosek Communications
  • Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
  • Deloitte
  • Doral Bank
  • eBay Inc
  • Edelman Chicago
  • Entergy Corporation
  • Fenton Communications
  • Fleishman-Hillard
  • General Electric
  • Golin Harris Chicago
  • Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
  • H.J. Heinz Company
  • Hasbro Inc.
  • Hess Corporation
  • Inkhouse Media + Marketing on behalf of Raytheon Company
  • ITT
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • KCBS Marketing
  • KOC Holding
  • Marketing Communications, Michigan State University
  • McCain Foods Ltd
  • Monsanto Company
  • MPR Pazarlama Halkla Iliskiler AS
  • MWW Group
  • Nickelodeon
  • Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority
  • Office Depot Foundation
  • Oracle Corporation
  • Otter Tail Power Company
  • Pepsi Bottling Group
  • Philadelphia Multicultural Affairs Congress
  • Philanthropy Communications
  • Pioneer Services, a Division of MidCountry Bank
  • PriceWaterhouseCoopers
  • Puget Sound Energy
  • QIAGEN
  • Questar Exploration and Production
  • Remarkable Group
  • Seattle City Light
  • Siemens Foundation with Weber Shandwick
  • Singer Associates & Aimco
  • Social Media Campaign
  • Sprint
  • St. John & Partners
  • Stern + Associates
  • Taylor
  • The Body Shop
  • The Regence BlueCross BlueShield
  • Tourism Toronto
  • Tyson Foods
  • U.S. Fund for UNICEF & American Airlines
  • Unum Waste Management
  • Valencia, Pérez & Echeveste PR
  • Verizon Communications
  • VHA Inc.
  • Viacom
  • Waggener Edstrom Worldwide Inc.
  • Weber Shandwick
  • West Penn Allegheny Health System

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15-to-Watch (Agency)

  • Joey-lyn Addesa, Kaplow Comm.
  • Kipp Bodnar, Howard, Merrell & Partners
  • John Cangany, APCO Worldwide
  • Laney Cohen, Makovsky + Company
  • Lavanya DJ, Gutenberg Communications
  • Kristin Dwyer, Euro RSCG
  • Paul Dyer, WeissComm
  • Amanda Kaufman, Edelman New York
  • Francisca Llamas, Weber Shandwick
  • Rachel Lenore, Marina Maher Communications
  • Nichole Mrasek, MS&L Digital
  • Anne Marie Murphy, Porter Novelli
  • Kate Rickard, MS&L Worldwide
  • Suzanne Rosnowski, Quinn & Co.
  • Andrew Ryan, Hellerman Baretz

15-to-Watch (Corporate/Nonprofit)

  • Krista Canfield, LinkedIn
  • Jaclyn Darrohn, Allstate
  • Aerial Ellis, Tennessee State University
  • Steve Field, BAE Systems
  • Elizabeth Halter, Cox Enterprises
  • Tonia Hammer, Molson Coors Canada
  • Jessica Hanson, Property Casualty Insurers of America
  • Tiane Harrison, USO
  • Lisa Jaycox, McGraw-Hill Companies
  • Kimberly Kanary, Associated Estates Realty
  • Serena Levy, The Coca-Cola Company
  • Michael Odle, Oregon Air National Guard Reserves
  • Steve Radick, Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Darryl Ryan, Time Warner Cable, West Region
  • Bryson Thornton, Dell Monte Foods

Legal PR Award Winners/Honorable Mentions

  • Abshire Public Relations
  • Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
  • Hellerman Baretz Communications
  • Holland & Knight LLP
  • Hunton & Williams LLP & Jaffe PR
  • Mayer Brown
  • NMG Consulting
  • Rasky Baerlein

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Nonprofit PR Award Winners/Honorable Mentions

  • Adfero Group
  • AICPA
  • American Heart Association
  • American Kennel Club
  • American Legacy Foundation
  • American Lung Association
  • American Society for Microbiology
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists
  • American Society of Civil Engineers
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • American Speech Language Hearing Association
  • Amy Sutnick Plotch Communications
  • BackBay Communications Inc.
  • Bank of America/RF|Binder
  • Blaze PR
  • Bloomington Hospital
  • Business Software Alliance
  • Canadian Automobile Dealers Association
  • Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science
  • Carnegi Mellon University
  • Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
  • Cleveland Clinic
  • Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Coalition to Support Medical Research
  • Comcast Washington State
  • Communication Works
  • Cone
  • Continuum Health Partners
  • Coyne PR
  • Coyne Public Relations
  • Danbury Health Systems
  • DCI Group
  • Defense Media Activity
  • Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation
  • Delta Dental of Missouri
  • Deveney Communication
  • Disabled American Veterans
  • Entergy Corporation
  • Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
  • Farm Aid
  • FD American Society for Microbiology
  • Feeding America
  • First 5 LA
  • Foundation for Chiropractic Progress
  • Full Court Press
  • Galloway Group
  • Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit
  • Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation
  • Heart of Gold Humane Fund
  • Hill & Knowlton/Georgia Department of Community Affairs
  • Hillsides
  • Honeywell & The National Center for Missing & Expolited Children/Peppercom
  • Houston Public Library
  • Institute of Food Technologists
  • International Association of Lighting Designers
  • Jiffy Lube International
  • Katz & Associates Inc.
  • King County Library System
  • Louder than Words
  • Marmillion + Company
  • Merritt Group
  • MWW Group
  • National Beer Wholesalers Association
  • National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
  • National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  • National Meningitis Association
  • NHL
  • Office Depot Foundation
  • Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
  • OneSight
  • People Tech Connections
  • Pi Beta Phi
  • Please Touch Museum
  • Qorvis Communications LLC
  • R&J Public Relations
  • R/P Marketing Public Relations
  • Rotary International
  • Saint Luke's Health System
  • Salvation Army
  • San Diego Zoo
  • Seattle City Light
  • Seattle Pacific University
  • Shedd Aquarium/PCI
  • Shell Point Retirement Community
  • Siemens Foundation/Weber Shandwick
  • Southern Festival of Books/Hall Strategies
  • Spokane Regional Convention & Visitor's Bureau
  • Strategic America
  • The Allstate Foundation and Zeno Group
  • The American Society of Anesthesiologists
  • The Body Shop Canada
  • The California Endowment
  • The National Needlearts Association/Genesis PR
  • The Public Interest Registry/RMR & Associates
  • Thoughts, Words & Images PR
  • Trainer Communications, Inc.
  • Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S.
  • United States All-Star Federation
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • US Naval Institute & CHINFO
  • US Postal Service, Corporate Communications
  • USA Rice Federation
  • WeberShandwick
  • West Glen Communications
  • World Wildlife Fund/Creaxion
  • YMCA of Greater NY
  • Yum Brands, Inc.
  • Zenzi Communications

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Platinum PR Award Winners/Honorable Mentions

  • ACA International
  • Academy for Education Development
  • Adfero Group
  • Air Transport Assoc
  • Alembic Health Communications
  • Allison & Partners
  • Allrecipes.com
  • Alpaytac Inc.
  • American Chemical Society
  • American Express
  • American Health Information Management Association
  • American Legacy Foundation
  • Analytical Graphics Inc
  • Anniversary Campaign
  • APCO Worldwide
  • Bank of America/Emanate
  • Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals/MS&L
  • Bertelsmann AG
  • Boost Mobile
  • BP Energy Company
  • Burson-Marsteller
  • CafePress
  • CB&I
  • CCG IR
  • Celebrity Cruises and Emanate PR
  • Cercone Brown & Co.
  • Chandler Chicco Agency
  • Chevy
  • Chicago Office of Tourism
  • CNN
  • Coca Cola Enterprises
  • Computer Systems Center Inc.
  • Con Edison
  • Cone Inc
  • Consumer Electronics Association
  • Cosmopolitan StarLaunch
  • Coyne Public Relations
  • Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc.
  • Creative Co-Op LLC
  • CRT/Tanaka
  • Cubitt, Jacobs & Prosek Communications
  • DaVita Inc.
  • Del Monte Foods/Coyne Public Relations
  • Deloitte
  • Deveney Communication
  • Eczacibasi Group
  • Edelman Washington D.C.
  • Edison International/Gagen MacDonald
  • Entergy Corporation
  • Epsilon
  • ExcelPR Group
  • Exelon Corporation
  • FDIC
  • Financial Times
  • Financial,Investor Relations
  • First Marine Expeditionary Force
  • Fleishman Hillard
  • Frause
  • General Electric Company
  • Global PR Campaign
  • Golfweek
  • GolinHarris International
  • Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
  • Grand Central Marketing
  • Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau
  • Green PR
  • GS&F
  • Hampton Hotels/Cohn & Wolfe
  • Hard Rock International/Coyne Public Relations
  • Hill & Knowlton
  • Honeywell
  • Howorth Communications
  • Humana
  • Images USA
  • Intrepid Agency
  • KDPaine & Partners/USO
  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • LEGO Systems, Inc./Flashpoint PR, LLC
  • LEWIS PR US
  • Linhart
  • Lion Brand Yarn
  • Mac Aids Fund/Weber Shandwick
  • Makovsky & Co.
  • Mattel/Ketchum
  • McCormick Company
  • McDonald's Corporation/Gagen MacDonald
  • Media & Communications Strategies LLC
  • Meredith
  • Merritt Group
  • Microsoft Corp.
  • Miller Meiers
  • Mom Central
  • MWW Group
  • National Association of Broadcasters
  • NewmanPR
  • Office Depot
  • Ogilvy PR Worldwide
  • Omni Hotels
  • Pacific Gas and Electric Company
  • Paine PR
  • Pearson Foundation
  • Pennzoil/Shell
  • Pepco Holdings, Inc.
  • Peppercom
  • PepsiCo
  • Pleon Performedia
  • Population Services International
  • Porter Novelli Sacramento
  • Public Service Announcement (PSA)
  • Pulse Communications Pty Limited
  • Qorvis Communications LLC
  • Queens Library
  • Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications
  • Rational 360
  • Revolucion
  • RF|Binder Partners Inc.
  • Roche/Fleishman Hillard
  • Rocket XL/Unifem
  • Ruder Finn West
  • Sage Communications
  • Samsung Telecommunications America
  • Satellite Media Tours
  • Shire/Porter Novelli New York
  • Siemens AG
  • Siemens Corporation/Weber Shandwick
  • Singer
  • Southwest Airlines
  • TD Bank
  • The Coca-Cola Company/FD
  • The Marcus Group Inc.
  • The National Institute on Drug Abuse
  • The Stafford Foundation/DCI Group
  • The UPS Store
  • Time Warner Cable
  • TMG Brand Communications
  • Tourism Australia
  • Underwriters Laboratories/MS+L
  • Unilever-Suave
  • Unique Image Inc.
  • United States Army
  • Unum
  • Valspar
  • Vectren Energy Delivery
  • Volume Public Relations
  • Waggener Edstrom Worldwide Inc. Portland
  • Warschawski
  • Weber Shandwick
  • Western Union Foundation Cone
  • World Wildlife Fund/Creaxion
  • Worthington Industries and Fahlgren Mortine
  • Yum Brands/Career Sports & Entertainment
  • Zeno Group

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PR People Award Winners/Honorable Mentions

Hall of Fame Inductees:

  • Don Bulmer, SAP
  • Peter Debrecney, Gagen McDonald
  • Donna Imperato, Cohn & Wolfe
  • Michael Kempner, MWW Group
  • Marcia Silverman, Ogilvy PR

People:

  • Leslie Aun, World Wildlife Fund
  • Julie Batliner, Carmichael Lynch Spong
  • John Bell, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
  • Howard Bragman, FIFTEEN MINUTES
  • Marie Cacciato, JB Cumberland PR
  • Anne Carelli, Coca-Cola Co.
  • Robert Chandler, Chandler Chicco Agency
  • Matt Clark, Lotus Public Relations
  • Jonathan Collegio, National Association of Broadcasters
  • Stan Collender, Oorvis Communications
  • Melissa Connolly, Hofstra University
  • Beth Courtier, BT PLC
  • Christi Day, Southwest Airlines Company
  • John Davies, Davies Public Affairs
  • Stacy DeBroff, Mom Central Consulting
  • Tomika DePriest, Spelman College
  • Allison Falkenberry, Men's Health
  • Sally Falkow, Expansion Plus
  • Robyn Fink, MWW Group
  • Tim Fry, Weber Shandwick
  • Chris Fuller, Pizza Hut
  • Leslie Gaines-Ross, Weber Shandwick
  • Jean Gonsoulin, GolinHarris International
  • Tara Greco, APCO Worldwide
  • Tim Haran, USANA Health Sciences
  • Jan Hausrath, APCO Worldwide
  • Stacey Havel, Bernard Hodes Group
  • Eliot Hoff, APCO World
  • Jennifer Houston, Waggener Edstrom Worldwide
  • Barb Iverson, Weber Shandwick
  • Ed James, Cornerstone Public Relations
  • Gloria Janata, Chandler Chicco Agency
  • Ken Johnson, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
  • Morgan Johnston, JetBlue
  • Richard Licata, Showtime Networks
  • Tricia Link, Mission FCU
  • Diane Gage Lofgren, Kaiser Permanente
  • Megan Lozito, American Heart Association
  • Keith Mabee, Dix & Eaton
  • Chris Mainz, Southwest Airlines Company
  • Drew McGowan, The Clorox Company
  • Tim McIntyre, Domino's Pizza
  • David Michaelson, Echo Research
  • Laura Monica, American Water Works Company
  • Ellen Murphy, YMCA
  • Chris Perry, Weber Shandwick
  • Susan Peters, Edelman Chicago
  • Holly Potter, Kaiser Permanente
  • Sal Petruzzi, Turner Broadcasting System
  • Ashley Pettit, Southwest Airlines Company
  • Richard Ramlall, RCN Corp.
  • John Ratcliffe-Lee, MS&L Worldwide
  • Matthew Rose, Emanate
  • Anthony Sanzio, Campbell Soup Company
  • Nora Sarrawi, Weber Shandwick
  • David Shane, Hewlett-Packard Company
  • Brian Solis, FutureWorks
  • Douglas Spong, Carmichael Lynch Spong
  • Jeff Tammes, Cornerstone
  • John Walls, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • David Westcott, APCO Worldwide
  • Colleen Wilber, America's Promise Alliance
  • Charlie Witkowski, Weber Shandwick

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Top Places to Work in PR

  • American Red Cross
  • APCO
  • Best Buy
  • Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  • Carmichael Lynch Spong
  • Chesapeake Energy Corporation
  • Children's Home Society of Florida
  • Cisco
  • CJP Communications
  • Cleveland Metropolitan School District
  • Cohn Marketing
  • Discovery Communications
  • First Horizon National Corp
  • Georgia Tech Research Institute
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Marina Maher Communications
  • MWW Group
  • Pfizer
  • State Farm Insurance
  • Sterling Communications
  • Symantec
  • Text 100
  • Turner Broadcasting Systems
  • Waggener Edstrom
  • Weber Shandwick

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