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2012 Platinum PR Awards: PSA

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Winner: Chamberlain Healthcare Public Relations – Kids Kicking Cancer PSA Campaign & Breath Break App Launch When you think public service announcement, doing it via a smartphone application is probably not the first thing that comes to… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Pro Bono

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Co-Winner: Georgia Dental Association – Georgia Mission of Mercy Communications Plan  After recognizing a decline in the state-funded dental care safety net for adults in Georgia during the economic recession, a network of dentists took action by… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Pro Bono

September 15th, 2012 by

Co-Winner: Georgia Dental Association – Georgia Mission of Mercy Communications Plan  After recognizing a decline in the state-funded dental care safety net for adults in Georgia during the economic recession, a network of dentists took action by… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Press Release

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Winner: Southwest Airlines – Southwest Introduces New Era of Customer Comfort and Sustainability with Evolution of Cabin Interior Design   For Southwest’s Evolve, its new eco- friendly, cost-efficient cabin interior, the Southwest PR team crafted a press release around three… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Podcast and/or Videocast

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Winner: American Chemical Society – Bytesize Science Originally launched in 2010, the Bytesize Science video series—designed to help the public discover chemistry in an educational and entertaining way—was relaunched in 2011 in an effort to gain more… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: PR On a Shoestring

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Co-Winner: American Academy of ophthalmology – Want Scary Eyes? The Dangers of Non-Prescription Decorative Contact Lenses  To the American Academy of Ophthalmology, people who wear non-prescription decorative contact lenses just aren’t seeing straight. So the organization launched… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Online Press Room/Media Center

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Winner: Synapyic Digital – Rotary International Media Center Powered by Synaptic Digital:   To give journalists and other stakeholders around the world “at your fingertips” access to Rotary International materials, Synaptic Digital designed eight language- specific libraries… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Online Communications

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Winner: Cohn & Wolfe with Valvoline – Guaranteeing a New Era in Polling: Valvoline & SportingNews.com Team to Empower Fans  Faced with the challenge of reinvigorating the Valvoline Engine Guarantee program, Cohn & Wolfe decided to go… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Multicultural Campaign

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 Winner: Hilton Hotels & Resort – Announcing an Authentic Experience For Chinese Travelers In the past decade, the number of Chinese citizens traveling abroad has grown from virtually zero to an estimated 56 million in 2011. Thus,… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Media Relations

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Co-Winner: General Motors Corp. with Weber Shandwick – Closing the Perception Gap: Compelling Content Helps Drive More Consumers to GM’s Revamped Vehicles   Working with Weber Shandwick, GM created the GM News Bureau, a centralized news and… Continued