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PR News on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, celebrated the winners and honorable mentions of its PR Agency Elite Awards at the Grand Hyatt in New York City. The awards set benchmarks of excellence in client PR efforts, as PR agencies were recognized for their work in 23 practice areas.

Winner: Weber Shandwick Weber Shandwick needed to make itself as social on the inside as it had become externally. In the summer of 2012, the agency announced it was repositioning itself around the phrase “engaging,… Continued

Winner: MSLGROUP MSLGROUP North America wanted to ensure that its employees continued to grow and develop in their careers and strengthen their connection to the company and colleagues across the country. To that end, MSLGROUP… Continued

Winner: Marian Salzman, Havas PR Marian Salzman,  CEO of Havas PR North America, led the global name change for all of Havas PR’s global assets, which translate into almost $200 million in revenue. Yet creating… Continued

Co-Winner: MWW When MWW founder, CEO and president Michael Kempner in 2010 spearheaded a management led buy-out from the Interpublic Group of Companies, the decision caused a surge of interest in the East Rutherford, N.J.-based… Continued

Winner: Peppercomm Tyco International turned the page on a new chapter late last year when the security systems entity was split into three separate companies. The move created a standalone $10.5 billion enterprise focused on… Continued

Last week, Buzzfeed founder and CEO Jonah Peretti published a long memo on LinkedIn. It was titled a memo to the staff, but really was only partly directed to the staff. It was also a… Continued

Breaking into a new category is not always easy in the world of communications. So much of what we do is predicated on our category expertise, and so often we rely on that experience to inform our creative thinking for current and future clients.

Two high-profile B2B CEOs became unlikely cohorts in Twitter’ s 2013 freshman class: Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett and activist investor, Carl Icahn.

Have you found yourself feeling disconnected from key stakeholders? Are you increasingly frustrated as your repeated attempts at engaging—let alone securing commitment—are falling short of what you had