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2010 Platinum PR Awards: PSA

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Winner: Legacy/Ad Council/YouCast – Becoming an EX: National Quit Smoking Campaign As part of its effort to extend the reach of EX, a national quit smoking plan, Legacy, which has spearheaded the campaign, created PSA elements… Continued

2010 PR Platinum Awards: Website Marketing

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Winner: BlueCross BlueShield – What’s the RealCost To engage consumers in the health care debate and give them a better understanding of health care cost drivers and how individual decisions impact costs, Regence BlueCross BlueShield began… Continued

2010 Platinum PR Awards: Global PR

October 5th, 2010 by

Winner: The Coca-Cola Co. – Expedition 206: 365 Days, 206 Countries, 1 Mission Building upon the digital activity already buzzing about the brand, Coca-Cola launched Expedition 206 to connect more closely with a young audience—and give… Continued

2010 Platinum PR Awards: Online Communications

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Winner: 1800flowers.com/MWW Group – Turning 1-800-Flowers.com’s “Spot a Mom” into a Social Media Movement MWW Group and 1-800-Flowers.com’s Spot a Mom integrated traditional and digital media campaign was based on a simple, caring Mother’s Day concept—people… Continued

2010 Platinum PR Awards: Video Program

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Winner: O’Malley Hansen Communications – Sharing the Mama Sagas As a way to build awareness and drive sales of Sara Lee Fresh Ideas pre-sliced deli meat, O’Malley Hansen Communications created the Mama Sagas video and social… Continued

2010 PR News: Financial/Investor Relations

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Winner: Novartis AG/Ruder Finn – Restoring Confidence and Driving Reputation in an Economic Crisis Big Pharma’s resiliency has been tested during the global downturn. In response, Novartis wanted to break from the struggling pack and reassure… Continued

2010 Platinum PR Awards: Marketing Communications

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Winner: Roll International – Wonderful Pistachios: From FDA Recall to Unprecedented Sales in Eight In March 2009, the FDA issued a precautionary pistachio nut recall, prompting a 60% sales plummet for Paramount Farms’ Wonderful Pistachios despite… Continued

2010 Platinum PR Awards: Speeches

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Winner: General Electric – Jeff Immelt’s Renewing American Leadership Speech at West Point On Dec. 9, 2009, GE CEO Jeff Immelt delivered a speech to graduating cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The speech focused… Continued

2010 Platinum PR Awards: External Publication

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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: Social Media Campaign

October 4th, 2010 by

Miller Meiers H&R Block Get It Right Social Community H&R’s strategic goals for a social media platform included becoming a live conduit for sharing ideas and advice and establishing itself as a friendly, reassuring source… Continued