Stories by PRNEWS

Winner: ITT Defense & Information Solutions – SystemsNews: Internal Communications for the Home Front and the Battlefield The bimonthly SystemsNews was developed to be an easy-to-read touchstone for ITT employees across the globe, giving employees information… Continued

Winner: ITT Corp. – ITT’s Employee-Based Approach to Lean Six Sigma Three years after launching its Lean Six Sigma program, ITT’s Texas Turbine Operations facility found that the performance improvements were not as dramatic as anticipated.… Continued

Winner: Kaiser Permanente Northern California – Talking Health Care and the Bottom Line With Business Decision Makers In response to dire unemployment levels in California, which had a negative impact on Kaiser Permanente’s health care membership,… Continued

Winner: Royal Caribbean/Weber Shandwick – Royal Caribbean’s Return to Haiti Royal Caribbean had long, close ties to Haiti as one of the country’s largest investors. However, a crucial decision to return ships to port in Labadee… Continued

Winner: Cone Inc. with Time Warner Cable Time Warner Cable’s Connect a Million Minds Enlisting agency partner Cone, Time Warner Cable sought to align its philanthropy with its technologically forward-thinking image. The resulting Connect a Million… Continued

Winner: US Army with Weber Shandwick – Army Strong Stories Soldier To popularize the Army Strong Stories Soldier Blog blogging platform, Weber Shandwick and the U.S. Army successfully executed an integrated marketing campaign. In May… Continued

Winner: Paine PR – Iams Home 4 the Holidays Continues Its Mission to Save the Lives of Homeless Pets Building on a successful 2008 campaign that featured celebrity spokesperson Felicity Huffman, in 2009 Paine PR… Continued

Winner: Aetna – Aetna Annual Report – “Creating Value, Shaping the Future” Seeking to provide an engaging context for its annual report, Aetna released its first-ever online summary in spring 2010. As part of an initiative… Continued

These three initiatives have set high benchmarks for originality and execution, and will likely be referred to for years to come. We honor them as inductees in our Hall of Fame. Southwest Airlines Nuts About… Continued

Winner: Southwest Airlines Company – The Southwest Porch at Bryant Park   Southwest Airlines’ New York City debut with service out of LaGuardia called for something fresh and exciting. Going beyond traditional advertising and media… Continued