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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: BlueCross BlueShield – What’s the RealCost To engage consumers in the health care debate and give them a better understanding of health care cost drivers and how individual decisions impact costs, Regence BlueCross BlueShield began… Continued

Winner: 1800flowers.com/MWW Group – Turning 1-800-Flowers.com’s “Spot a Mom” into a Social Media Movement MWW Group and 1-800-Flowers.com’s Spot a Mom integrated traditional and digital media campaign was based on a simple, caring Mother’s Day concept—people… Continued

Winner: Berman & Company – MADD about the Beer Summit In response to a debate over a racially charged incident in Massachusetts between a Harvard University professor and a Cambridge police officer, President Obama invited both… 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: O’Malley Hansen Communications – Sharing the Mama Sagas As a way to build awareness and drive sales of Sara Lee Fresh Ideas pre-sliced deli meat, O’Malley Hansen Communications created the Mama Sagas video and social… Continued

Winner: Roll International – Wonderful Pistachios: From FDA Recall to Unprecedented Sales in Eight In March 2009, the FDA issued a precautionary pistachio nut recall, prompting a 60% sales plummet for Paramount Farms’ Wonderful Pistachios despite… Continued

Winner: Marketing 24/7 Inc. – “Business Makeover Birmingham” Ruwena Healy, president of Marketing 24/7, joined with Dent, Baker & Co. and Corsini Consulting Group to launch a business makeover contest in 2009 that would provide $30,000… 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: General Electric – Jeff Immelt’s Renewing American Leadership Speech at West Point On Dec. 9, 2009, GE CEO Jeff Immelt delivered a speech to graduating cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The speech focused… Continued