Archive: October 2010

Winner: Lambert, Edwards & Associates Founded 12 years ago as a public relations and investor relations agency, Lambert, Edwards & Associates has morphed into a full-service PR firm that knows the technical aspects of investor relations… Continued

Winner: BlueCross BlueShield – What’s the RealCost To engage consumers in the health care debate and give them a better understanding of health care cost drivers and how individual decisions impact costs, Regence BlueCross BlueShield began… Continued

Winner: O’Malley Hansen Communications – Sharing the Mama Sagas As a way to build awareness and drive sales of Sara Lee Fresh Ideas pre-sliced deli meat, O’Malley Hansen Communications created the Mama Sagas video and social… Continued

Winner: General Electric – Jeff Immelt’s Renewing American Leadership Speech at West Point On Dec. 9, 2009, GE CEO Jeff Immelt delivered a speech to graduating cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The speech focused… Continued

Winner: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company/Coyne Public Relations – Goodyear ‘Get There’ Awards Goodyear had long provided the aerial footage of the Olympics for North American viewers. For the 2010 Vancouver games, Goodyear looked to… Continued

Winner: Association of American Railroads/Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide – Freight Rail Works Dirty. Inefficient. Old. These were some of the words congressional influencers were using to describe freight rail before Ogilvy PR and AAR launched an… Continued

Winner: Kimberly Clark/Marina Maher Communications Inc. – Poise and Whoopi Goldberg Destigmatize Taboo Health Condition Marina Maher was charged to engage the public in a highly private issue—to improve general awareness of Poise, a product specifically… Continued

Winner: DePaul University – DePaul University’s Campaign to Restore Funding for the State of Illinois’ Monetary Award Program Facing a financial deficit, the Illinois General Assembly planned to cut funding to the state’s Monetary Award Program… Continued

Winner: Xplor Riviera Maya – PR Launch Campaign for New Park Xplor How do you promote the launch of an eco-theme park in the middle of a worldwide financial crisis and immediately after a local sanitation… Continued

Winner: The Marcus Group Inc. – Restoring Gilda’s Club NNJ Campaign Created in memory of the late comedian Gilda Radner, cancer support organization Gilda’s Club of Northern New Jersey was on the verge closing its doors… Continued