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Winner: Rotary International – End Polio Now Though it may seem like a disease of yesteryear, polio is still a very serious problem in many parts of the world. Through its “End Polio Now” campaign,… Continued

Winner: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants – ThisWayToCPA Wisdom Books: The Future CPA’s Guide to Life and Awesomeness and The Future CPA’s Guide to Work and World Domination The Future CPA’s Guide to Life… Continued

Winner: Cone Communications – Northwestern Mutual’s Childhood Cancer Program: Help for Today, Hope for Tomorrow Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in children ages 15 and younger in the U.S. In fact,… Continued

Winner: MasterCard – The MasterCard Conversation Suite Transforming a brand’s image can be a daunting proposition, but MasterCard made it look easy. Three years ago the company set out to rebrand itself as more of… Continued

Winner: Taylor on behalf of Allstate – Allstate’s Once is Never Enough Program (a.k.a. the O.N.E. Program) With its Once is Never Enough Program, Allstate and partner Taylor have taken the “you’re in good hands”… Continued

Winner: Bristol-Myers Squibb with Ogilvy Public Relations – Men and Melanoma: The Unexposed Target Raising awareness can sometimes be the best measure for prevention and early detection of several diseases. Ogilvy and Bristol-Myers Squibb agrees,… Continued

Winner: Cooney/Waters Group Inc. – Parkinson’s More than Motion You probably already know Parkinson’s most recognizable symptoms: tremors, stiffness, or slowness which can affect movement. What you may not realize is that Parkinson’s disease affects… Continued

On Tuesday October 15, Bruce Kasanoff, managing director at Now Possible, took the stage at the 2013 PR News’ Platinum PR Awards. In his keynote, Kasanoff enlightened a packed room full of PR pros what three words can transform their careers.

At the first session of PR News’ SEO Workshop this morning, Jake Finkelstein, founder and CEO of Method Savvy, and Michael J. Lamp, senior social and digital media strategist at Hunter Public Relations, taught attendees how to improve search rankings and reviewed the founding principles to great SEO placement.

Here are two examples of how I leveraged my skills and experiences as a public relations professional to successfully influence public policy—all without getting paid a dime for my time or worrying about which clients may be offended by my stand.