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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
PR News Awards: 2012
Top Place to Work in PR
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
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
Digital PR Awards
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Platinum PR Winners/Honorable Mentions
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Nonprofit PR Award Winners/Honorable Mentions
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
CSR Award Winners/Honorable Mentions
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
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.
PR News Awards: 2011
PR People Award Winners/Honorable Mentions
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
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
- 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
Digital PR Award Winners/Honorable Mentions
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
Platinum PR Award Winners/Honorable Mentions
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
- 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
Nonprofit PR Award Winners/Honorable Mentions
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
CSR Award Winners/Honorable Mentions
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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