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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

Winner: Hill & Knowlton – Merck Asma en Español: Creating an Asthma ResourceCenter for the Hispanic Community A national survey by Merck and the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America revealed that awareness of asthma… Continued

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

Hormel Foods kept "green" top-of-mind with its employees through its annual CR report for stakeholders and an engaging communications program which featured a Twitter contest challenging participants’ knowledge of the company’s sustainability practices.

Winner: Cone Inc. and Jiffy Lube International – 2010 Maintenance Partners for Life In making the connection between maintaining heart health and vehicle health, this cause marketing campaign had seen tremendous success in its first… Continued

MWW Group & Samsung mobile created a nationwide program to collect and recycle mobile phones and educate students about the importance of cell phone recycling while raising brand awareness among this key demographic.

Co-Winner: Entergy Corporation – Low Income Customer Assistance Progress Report The annual progress report for Entergy Corporation’s Low Income Customer Assistance Program delineates the company’s strides in providing assistance for low-income households that face a… Continued

At a sold-out luncheon event in NYC, collaboration, listening skills, storytelling and passion were cited by winners of the 2011 Platinum PR Awards as key ingredients in successful PR campaigns.

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

Winner: Zocalo Group & Dell – The Dell Inspiron Storybook Online Experience To promote Dell’s new touch-screen family computer for the 2010-2011 winter holiday season, the Zocalo Group worked with the computer company to unveil… Continued