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2012 Platinum PR Awards: Re-Branding/Re-Positioning

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Co-Winner: Ogilvy Public Relations – Taking Ford Further After successfully creating a comeback story after the economic downturn, Ford needed another kind of story—one that put consumers at the heart of its brand. To bring… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Media Event

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Co-Winner: Ogilvy PR with National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute – The Heart Truth Red Dress Collection 2012 Leveraging The Heart Truth’s decade of progress in helping to raise awareness of the No. 1 killer of… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Event Marketing

September 15th, 2012 by

Winner: RF|Binder and Malaysia External Trade Development Corp. – Malaysia Kitchen for the World 2011   In 2010, the Malaysian External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) partnered with RF|Binder to create an integrated marketing campaign, including advertising, events and sponsorships, for… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Podcast and/or Videocast

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Winner: American Chemical Society – Bytesize Science Originally launched in 2010, the Bytesize Science video series—designed to help the public discover chemistry in an educational and entertaining way—was relaunched in 2011 in an effort to gain more… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: PR On a Shoestring

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Co-Winner: American Academy of ophthalmology – Want Scary Eyes? The Dangers of Non-Prescription Decorative Contact Lenses  To the American Academy of Ophthalmology, people who wear non-prescription decorative contact lenses just aren’t seeing straight. So the organization launched… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: WOW! Award

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Co-Winners: Co-Winner: H&R Block – The ’Stache Act, a case study of the greatest  mustache campaign in history  The public relations business is full of creative, talented people, so we come to expect great campaigns. Every once… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Online Communications

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Winner: Cohn & Wolfe with Valvoline – Guaranteeing a New Era in Polling: Valvoline & SportingNews.com Team to Empower Fans  Faced with the challenge of reinvigorating the Valvoline Engine Guarantee program, Cohn & Wolfe decided to go… Continued

2012 Platinum PR Awards: Video Program 

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Winner: Resolute Consulting – Brookfield Zoo: Operation Rhino  Rather than send the Brookfield Zoo’s Board of Directors an annual report and presentation on the zoo’s initiatives for the year, the zoo tapped Resolute Consulting for a creative… 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: Pro Bono

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 Winner: American Chemical Society – Bytesize Science Originally launched in 2010, the Bytesize Science video series—designed to help the public discover chemistry in an educational and entertaining way—was relaunched in 2011 in an effort to gain more… Continued