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2011 Platinum PR Awards: Social Media Campaign

September 14th, 2011 by

Winner: U.S. Army with Weber Shandwick – Sharing the Army Strong Story Given the meteoric rise of social media, the U.S. Army, with the help of Weber Shandwick, focused on increasing its social media engagement… Continued

2011 Platinum PR Awards: Anniversary Campaign

September 14th, 2011 by

Winner: Pierson Grant Public Relations: 25th Anniversary of the Blizzard – A Blizzard of Publicity To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Dairy Queen Blizzard, the “Blizzardmobile” set out on a four-stop tour across the… Continued

2011 Platinum PR Awards: Satellite Media Tour

September 14th, 2011 by

Winner: InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) – Holiday Inn Launches ‘Honeymoon on Us’ with an SMT by Reality Star Melissa Rycroft Amid the relaunch of its Holiday Inn brand that included a $1 billion investment in… Continued

2011 Platinum PR Awards: Blog

September 14th, 2011 by

Winner: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse Are you prepared for a Zombie Apocalypse? It’s the question the CDC posed to shake up its standard personal safety message. In an… Continued

2011 Platinum PR Awards: Research & Measurement

September 14th, 2011 by

Winner: Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide and Kimberly Clark’s Huggies – Helping Diaper ‘Every Little Bottom’ One in three American mothers and one in five Canadian mothers struggle to afford to buy enough diapers for their… Continued

2011 Platinum PR Awards: PSA

September 14th, 2011 by

Winner: U.S. Census Bureau – 2010 Census Greg Biffle PSA As part of its effort to reach NASCAR fans—a traditionally hard-to-count audience—the U.S. Census Bureau hired driver Greg Biffle for one of its national public… Continued

2011 Platinum PR Awards: Pro Bono

September 14th, 2011 by

Winner: GLOBALHealthPR & Spectrum The Progeria Research Foundation – A Needle in the Haystack: ‘Find the other 150’ Progeria, one of the world’s most rare diseases, causes children to age prematurely and affects 54 children… Continued

How to Double Your Web Site, Double Your Voice

August 29th, 2011 by

Building a second Web site may conjure fear and loathing, but there are certain advantages as communications challenges multiply and grow more complex.

Looking for PR Magic? Pull Some Political Strategies Out of Your Hat

August 29th, 2011 by

Looking to engineer a grassroots campaign? Here are three proven strategies from the political comms front that you can use.

Public Relations in the Age of the Mega-Crisis: Real-Life Strategies That Work

July 11th, 2011 by

Conventional wisdom says B2B communicators are behind the curve when it comes to crisis response—here are four examples of enterprise crisis comms that disprove that theory.