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2011 Platinum PR Awards: Video Program

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Winner: Consumer Electronics Association – CEA’s Innovation Movement Video Brochure for Capitol Hill With the objective of finding a unique way to educate U.S. policy makers about key issues concerning its Innovation Movement campaign, the… Continued

2011 Platinum PR Awards: Trade Show/Event PR

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Winner: Padilla Speer Beardsley – Automation Fair: The Premier Automation Industry Event To promote Rockwell Automation’s (RA) 2010 Automation Fair, which showcases the latest automation product, solutions and services, PR agency Padilla Speer Beardsley set… Continued

2011 Platinum PR Awards: Speech

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Winner: Early Learning Division Ontario Ministry of Education – ‘I wish I was a messenger’ Leading up to the launch of a new program in all Ontario schools—full-day kindergarten for 4- and 5-year-olds—the Ontario Ministry… Continued

2011 Platinum PR Awards: Social Media Campaign

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Winner: U.S. Army with Weber Shandwick – Sharing the Army Strong Story Given the meteoric rise of social media, the U.S. Army, with the help of Weber Shandwick, focused on increasing its social media engagement… Continued

2011 Platinum PR Awards: Satellite Media Tour

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Winner: InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) – Holiday Inn Launches ‘Honeymoon on Us’ with an SMT by Reality Star Melissa Rycroft Amid the relaunch of its Holiday Inn brand that included a $1 billion investment in… Continued

2011 Platinum PR Awards: Research & Measurement

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Winner: Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide and Kimberly Clark’s Huggies – Helping Diaper ‘Every Little Bottom’ One in three American mothers and one in five Canadian mothers struggle to afford to buy enough diapers for their… Continued

2011 Platinum PR Awards: Re-Branding/Re-Positioning

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Winner: Grow Marketing – Birkenstock Renaissance Founded in 1966, in recent years Birkenstock realized it was in danger of “aging out” and becoming irrelevant among young consumers. In response, the venerable footwear company launched two… Continued

2011 Platinum PR Awards: Public Affairs

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Winner: Smithsonian’s National Zoo, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute – Amphibian Rescue PR Campaign To increase awareness of the fact that nearly one-third of all amphibians are at risk of going extinct from a disease called… Continued

2011 Platinum PR Awards: PSA

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Winner: U.S. Census Bureau – 2010 Census Greg Biffle PSA As part of its effort to reach NASCAR fans—a traditionally hard-to-count audience—the U.S. Census Bureau hired driver Greg Biffle for one of its national public… Continued

2011 Platinum PR Awards: Product Launch

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Winner: Waggener Edstrom Worldwide – Year of IE9: Launching a More Beautiful Web Tasked with turning Internet Explorer (IE) critics into advocates, Waggener Edstrom developed a focused yearlong campaign that engaged key influencers and conveyed… Continued