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2009 Platinum PR Awards: Media Events—PainePR & Duracell

October 26th, 2009 by

Duracell Powers New Year’s Eve in Times Square New York City’s Times Square is one of the biggest stages on New Year’s Eve, with millions of people from around the world gathering to see the… Continued

2009 Platinum PR Awards: Marketing Communications—American Legacy Foundation & the ad*itive

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truth Orange Summer Tour 2008 Since being established in 2000, the American Legacy Foundation’s “truth” youth smoking prevention campaign has been saving lives by reducing the number of young adults who begin smoking. In preparation… Continued

2009 Platinum PR Awards: Internal Publication

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General Electric Company: Company-Wide Intranet Redesign (co-winner To improve employee communications by increasing transparency and enabling two-way conversations among staffers, executives from GE’s communications, digital media and IT departments set out to overhaul the company-wide… Continued

2009 Platinum PR Awards: Green PR—Bank of America & RF|Binder Partners

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Environment as a Business Opportunity Two years ago, Bank of America announced a $20 billion, 10-year initiative to address climate change by championing sustainable business practices; by the end of 2008, it had already completed… Continued

2009 Platinum PR Awards: Global PR—Honeywell & Weber Shandwick

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Honeywell Nobel Laureate Lecture Series Promoting science and math education is a top priority for Honeywell, as is recruiting top talent globally. To marry these efforts, and to upend the declining number of young adults… Continued

2009 Platinum PR Awards: Financial/Investor Relations—Hill & Knowlton and HP/EDS

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HP & EDS: Becoming One HP To make sure stakeholder communications regarding HP’s acquisition of EDS were consistent and aligned, Hill &Knowlton launched a campaign that focused on the periods before, during and after the… Continued

2009 Platinum PR Awards: External Publication—Allrecipes.com & CarryOn Public Relations

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Allrecipes Monthly Measuring Cup Consumer Trend Report Food Web site Allrecipes.com wanted to position itself as a thought leader and valuable source of timely consumer trend data. It also wanted to shift perceptions of the… Continued

2009 Platinum PR Awards: Event Marketing—Deveney Communication & Louisiana Office of Tourism

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To ratchet up interest in New Orleans as an entertainment/cultural center following the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina, the Louisiana Office of Tourism retained Deveney Communication to come up with a course of action. The… Continued

2009 Platinum PR Awards: Employee Relations—Deloitte

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Greening the Dot: How Green Is Your Footprint? To provide their employees with tools and tips for becoming more environmentally responsible, Deloitte launched its “Greening the Dot” sustainability initiative. The purpose was to engage with… Continued

2009 Platinum PR Awards: Editorial/Op-Ed—The Marcus Group Inc.

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“As a for-profit, Horizon will have even less inclination to care” In September 2008, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia was told by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield that it would be dropped from the insurer’s… Continued