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2009 Platinum PR Awards: Satellite Media Tours—Rasky Baerlin Strategic Communications

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A Pivotal Meeting With Pope Benedict XVI During the April 2008 visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the U.S., Rasky Baerlin Strategic Communications worked closely with Boston’s Roman Catholic Archdiocese to manage media activity relating… Continued

2009 Platinum PR Awards: Research & Measurement—The Coca-Cola Company & FD

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Managing Ahead of the Curve As part of the relationship between FD and the Coca-Cola Company, the two parties decided in November 2008 to launch an investor relations-focused and research-based engagement study to recalibrate investor… Continued

2009 Platinum PR Awards: Rebranding/Repositioning—Underwriters Laboratories and MS&L

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Just Look for UL In late 2008, Underwriters Laboratories (UL)—the world’s leading independent test lab for electronic appliance safety certifications—partnered with MS&L to shift its market leadership position from a B2B player to a ubiquitous… Continued

2009 Platinum PR Awards: PSA—Population Services International & Weber Shandwick

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World Water Day Video Series To leverage World Water Day on March 22, 2009, Weber Shandwick was tasked by client Population Services International to build awareness of the problems of safe drinking water in the… Continued

2009 Platinum PR Awards: Public Affairs—Ogilvy PR & FEMA

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Making America Flood Smart: Reducing the Risk & Impact of Floods To change the misconception among many Americans that flood insurance was unnecessary, FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program hired Ogilvy PR and J. Walter Thompson… Continued

2009 Platinum PR Awards: Product Launch—GolinHarris & Nintendo

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Wii Fit Gets America Moving How do you turn what looks like an ordinary bathroom scale into an innovative video game? That’s what Nintendo execs set out to do with the launch of Wii Fit,… Continued

2009 Platinum PR Awards: Pro Bono Campaign—Coyne PR & CFBNJ

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We Can’t Let This Bank Fail Community FoodBank of New Jersey (CFBNJ) is the state’s largest food bank, feeding 500,000+ residents annually with 23 million pounds of food. In the midst of the recession in… Continued

2009 Platinum PR Awards: Press Release—Boost Mobile

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$50: Monthly Unlimited As consumers become more cost-conscious, prepaid wireless cell phone carriers are seeing an upswing in business. For Boost Mobile, this proved to be the right time to define itself as a straightforward… Continued

2009 Platinum PR Awards: Online Communications

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ALPO & Cone Inc.: ALPO Real Meat Moments (co-winner) In spring 2008, ALPO tapped Cone Inc. to launch its first PR campaign in years, with the goal of creating excitement around the dog food brand and… Continued

2009 Platinum PR Awards: Podcast/Video—Cosmopolitan

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Cosmopolitan StarLaunch In September 2008, Cosmopolitan set out to find the next “fun, fearless female” musician through “StarLaunch,” an effort to build upon the power of the Cosmo brand via a platform that directly connected… Continued