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2010 Platinum PR Awards: External Publication

October 5th, 2010 by

Winner: General Electric Co. – Resetting Responsibilities GE sought to increase visibility of its citizenship efforts internally and externally with its fifth annual Citizenship report, which integrated more Web interactivity than ever before. Called Resetting Responsibilities,… Continued

2010 Platinum PR Awards: Internal Publication

October 5th, 2010 by

Winner: ITT Defense & Information Solutions – SystemsNews: Internal Communications for the Home Front and the Battlefield The bimonthly SystemsNews was developed to be an easy-to-read touchstone for ITT employees across the globe, giving employees information… Continued

2010 Platinum PR Awards: Satellite Media Tours

October 5th, 2010 by

Winner: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company/Coyne Public Relations – Goodyear ‘Get There’ Awards Goodyear had long provided the aerial footage of the Olympics for North American viewers. For the 2010 Vancouver games, Goodyear looked to… Continued

2010 Platinum PR Awards: Employee Relations

October 5th, 2010 by

Winner: ITT Corp. – ITT’s Employee-Based Approach to Lean Six Sigma Three years after launching its Lean Six Sigma program, ITT’s Texas Turbine Operations facility found that the performance improvements were not as dramatic as anticipated.… Continued

2010 Platinum PR Awards: Research and Measurement

October 5th, 2010 by

Winner: Association of American Railroads/Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide – Freight Rail Works Dirty. Inefficient. Old. These were some of the words congressional influencers were using to describe freight rail before Ogilvy PR and AAR launched an… Continued

2010 Platinum PR Awards: Editorial/Op-Ed

October 5th, 2010 by

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

2010 Platinum PR Awards: Rebranding/Repositioning

October 5th, 2010 by

Winner: Kimberly Clark/Marina Maher Communications Inc. – Poise and Whoopi Goldberg Destigmatize Taboo Health Condition Marina Maher was charged to engage the public in a highly private issue—to improve general awareness of Poise, a product specifically… Continued

2010 Platinum PR Awards: Crisis Management

October 5th, 2010 by

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

Nonprofit PR Awards Finalists Announced

October 4th, 2010 by

The finalists of PR News’ Nonprofit PR Awards have set benchmarks for creativity, passion and commitment. PR News will honor their work at a luncheon event in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 3.

2010 Platinum PR Awards: Event Marketing

October 4th, 2010 by

Winner: First Degree, on behalf of WomenHeart Cheerios Circle of Helping Hearts Tour Leveraging its status as cholesterol-reducing breakfast champion, Cheerios partnered with First Degree and heart health-focused charity WomenHealth to provide cholesterol screenings to minority… Continued