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2012 Platinum PR Awards: Anniversary Campaign

September 15th, 2012 by

Winner: Henson Consulting  – Henson Consulting Perfectly Plates Lettuce Entertain You 40th Anniversary As its 40th anniversary approached, the Chicago- based restaurant group Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises (LEYE) wanted to recognize its employees and diners who had supported… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Twitter Campaign

September 15th, 2012 by

Co-Winner: American Airlines with Weber Shandwick – #AAGalaxy: American Airlines Socializes New In-Flight Entertainment Offering with Twitter Hashtag Promotion  To increase awareness of the news that the Samsung Galaxy 10.1 was being added to in-flight entertainment,… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Marketing Communications

September 15th, 2012 by

Winner: AICPA – ThisWaytoCPA How do you make a 124-year-old organization of certified public accountants sexy to college kids? You create a recruiting Web site that appeals to budding accountants and market the heck out of it—and… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Social Media 

September 15th, 2012 by

 Co-Winner: The Clorox Company – Check-in for Check Ups When Clorox wanted to create a program rewarding consumers for practicing healthy habits, it teamed up with the Children’s Health Fund to create Check-In for Checkups, a… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Hall of Fame

September 15th, 2012 by

 We honor our 2012 Hall of Fame inductees—campaigns or initiatives with outstanding communications programs that have not just made an impact over the past several years but that we feel will likely be referred to… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Satellite Media Tour

September 15th, 2012 by

Winner: RF|Binder and McGraw-Hill Education – Tablets and Devices: An Educational Frontier To support McGraw-Hill Education’s commitment to developing innovative digital education tools and take advantage of new tablets coming to market, R|F Binder used… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Internal Publication

September 15th, 2012 by

Winner: Kaiser Permanente – The Source: The Newsletter for Procurement and Supply   Sometimes, internal publications can’t reach every employee. That was the challenge facing Kaiser Permanente. The organization also found out that its employees wanted… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Research and Measurement

September 15th, 2012 by

Winner: PRIME Research: Changing Behavior Through PR: Earned Media Boosts Campaign Effectiveness During Medicare Open Enrollment   The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) were having a hard time quantifying the ROI on their communications efforts… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Green PR

September 15th, 2012 by

NASCAR – NASCAR Green Since implementing an integrated marketing communications approach in 2011, NASCAR has been able to shift its NASCAR Green movement from a punchline for The Colbert Report to an effective communications vehicle for sustainable behavior among its fan… Continued

PR News Announces Platinum PR Awards Finalists

July 16th, 2012 by

This year’s awards feature a record number of categories and unmatched excellence among the entries.