What does Sharon Linhart call it when you pick up a half-dozen wins at PRSA Colorado’s Gold Pick awards? An off-night.
Linhart PR and Philosophy Communication were the big agency winners at last night’s awards event. Using the proprietary and highly sophisticated Denver PR Blog formula to determine which agencies fared best (four points for the Grand Gold Pick, two points for a gold, one point for a silver), the results are:
1. Linhart PR (21 points) – Two grand gold, six gold, one silver
2. Philosophy Communication (11 points) – Five gold, one silver
3. Pure Brand (7 points) – Three gold, one silver
4. JKD! & Co. (4 points) – Two gold
5. CSG | PR (3 points) – One gold, one silver
5. MGA (3 points) – One gold, one silver
7. Weber Shandwick (1 point) – One silver
And the big non-agency winners were:
1. Kaiser Permanente (10 points) – Five gold
2. Commerce City (7 points) – Three gold, one silver
3. Denver Art Museum (6 points) – Three gold
3. Farm Credit (6 points) – Two gold, two silver
And, finally, congratulations to the Special Award winners:
• Linhart PR’s Sharon Linhart (Swede Johnson Lifetime Achievement Award)
• Bagnulo Communications’ Meredith Bagnulo (Chapter Service Award)
• Chipotle’s Chris Arnold (PR Person of the Year)
• JKD! & Co.’s Jane Dvorak (Mentor of the Year)
• MGA’s Matthew Rodriguez (Joe Fuentes Rookie of the Year Award)
• 2012 PRSA Western District 2012 Conference Planning Committee, led by chairwoman Lisa Cutter (PR Team of the Year)
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The nomination deadline for the Colorado chapter of the American Marketing Association’s 25th Annual Peak Awards is tomorrow. Award categories include advertising, branding and re-branding, conferences and events, online marketing, publishing, design elements, marketing research, student work and, my favorite, the best client-rejected ideas.
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BMA Colorado has announced the winners at its annual Gold Key Awards, and COHN Marketing and Leopard were the big winners.
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PRSA Colorado is accepting nominations for its special awards presented at the annual Gold Pick Awards ceremony. To view category descriptions and nominate someone for an award, download the Special Awards Call for Entries form. The deadline for entries is 4 p.m. on March 29.
Special Award categories include:
- Swede Johnson Lifetime Achievement
- Joe Fuentes Rookie of the Year
- Chapter Service
- PR Person of the Year
- Business Person of the Year
- Mentor of the Year
- PR Team of the Year
The Denver Press Club is honoring sports journalist Mike Lupica with the 19th Annual Damon Runyon Award on Friday, April 12. Lupica will be glad to know that the previous four Runyon Award winners are still alive, breaking what appeared to be a frightening curse of some of the winners.
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BMA Colorado is accepting nominations for its 2013 Business Marketer of the Year. The accolade is awarded annually to a business marketing practitioner within Colorado who has demonstrated professionalism and excellence within the field of business-to-business marketing. The deadline for nominations is Friday, March 22.
PRSA Colorado’s annual Gold Pick Awards ceremony is Thursday, May 9, at the EXDO Event Center. Download the 2013 Call for Entries form to enter a public relations program or campaign for one of the 50 award categories.
Early entry deadline: Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 – 4 p.m.
Late entry deadline: Friday, March 1, 2013 – 4 p.m.
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BMA Colorado is accepting entries for its annual Gold Key competition that recognizes the best business-to-business advertising and communications.
The competition features 60 categories in which entrants can submit work, including public relations, integrated marketing campaigns, brochures, direct mail, annual reports, and newsletters. New categories this year include event marketing and content marketing.
Congratulations to Linhart PR, which has been named a national finalist for 2013 Boutique Agency of the Year from industry publication PR Week. This is the fifth time that Linhart has been a finalist in this category, including winning the 2012 award as the country’s top firm of its size.
Congratulations to GroundFloor Media, which was named a finalist in the PR Week awards. GroundFloor was recognized in the PR Product/Service of the Year category for its “Online War Room,” and the winner will be named in March 2013. The finalists are:
- Carmichael Lynch Spong: Measuring Social Media Marketing ROI with CLS Social Tracker
- GolinHarris: The Bright Collective
- GroundFloor Media: Online War Room: Securely Simulating Online Conversations and Crises
- Ogilvy PR: OgilvyConnect: Connecting the Dots for DC-Area Nonprofits
- Weber Shandwick: Social on the Inside: Launch of MyWeberShandwick
Thanks to Westword for naming me a 2012 Denver #WebAward winner for “Best PR Flack on Twitter.” I’d also like to take a second to thank all the journalists who served as subjects of my Great Moments in Journalism posts, which is what I think pushed me to the top of the list.
Congratulations to GroundFloor Media, which was placed second overall in the Denver Business Journal’s 2012 Best Places to Work awards. Winners were chosen based on employees’ responses to a confidential survey about the organization’s leadership, planning, benefits, culture, training and development, as well as overall employee satisfaction. GroundFloor scored 99.63 out of a possible 100 percent, making it the second-highest ranking among all 40 finalists in four categories.
Linhart PR and Boulder-based Vermillion Design + Interactive were named winners in the PR News Digital PR Awards‘ WOW! Campaign category for “Rudi’s Organic Bakery: Let’s Doodle Lunch Campaign.” For the WOW! Award, which was given to the most innovative digital campaign, Linhart and Vermilion helped Rudi’s Organic launch the program that invited moms to upload their child’s artwork to receive a free customized sandwich box with the child’s design on the lid.
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Blake Communications and Heinrich Marketing recently received awards from the International Festival & Events Association for their work with the 2012 Cherry Creek Arts Festival. Blake Communications won the gold for Best Media Relations Campaign and Heinrich received three awards, silver and gold, for creative work on CCAF’s Cherry Arts 365 membership program.
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Boulder’s Fresh Ideas Group recently won the 2012 Bulldog Stars of PR Award for Outstanding Achievement by Communications Agencies and Professionals Silver award for Boutique Agency of the Year.
Congratulations to 5280 Associate Publisher Remy Spreeuw for being named a finalist for the Denver Business Journal’s Outstanding Women in Business awards.
Congratulations to KMGH/Channel 7 investigative reporter John Ferrugia for being named a winner of the ”Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism.” The award is given by the University of Missouri School of Journalism, from which Ferrugia graduated in 1975.
5280 magazine won a City and Regional Magazine Association (CRMA) Award for the Best Magazine Redesign at the recent Annual CRMA Conference Awards Dinner. The competition was open to members of CRMA and other city and regional magazines throughout North America that qualified.
Congratulations to Colorado Public Radio’s Ryan Warner and Zachary Barr for winning awards at the 2011 Colorado Associated Press Broadcasters Association Contest. Warner won first place for feature reporting for “Here’s What Happened – ‘Frostbitten’” and Barr won second place in the general reporting category for his story “A Really Good Nightmare.”
“Brogan has proven that maintaining a focus on and investment in high-quality content is a proven long-term strategy.”
Cohn Inc. was awarded a Gold Key and two Silver Keys from the Business Marketing Association’s Colorado Chapter at its annual Gold Key Awards gala.
If you see Sharon Linhart and Larry Holdren at the Capital Grille today smoking cigars, swilling scotch and generally cackling like they own the town, well, actually that’s just a typical Friday for the two of them. But there’d also be another reason: their firms were the big agency winners at last night’s PRSA Colorado Gold Pick Awards.
Using the proprietary and highly sophisticated Denver PR Blog formula to determine which agencies fared best (four points for the Grand Gold Pick, two points for a gold, one point for a silver), the results are:
1. Linhart PR (16 points) – One grand gold, five gold, two silver
2. Pure Brand (15 points) – Four gold, seven silver
3. Webb PR (8 points) – Three gold, two silver
4. GroundFloor Media (4 points) – Two gold
5. Downing Street (3 points) – One gold, one silver
6. Communications Infrastructure Group (2 points) – One gold
6. Communications Strategy Group (2 points) – One gold
6. Philosophy (2 points) – Two silver
9. JDK & Co. (1 point) – One silver
And the big non-agency winners were:
1. Pinnacol Assurance (7 points) – Three gold, one silver
2. Farm Credit (5 points) – Two gold, one silver
2. Kaiser Permanente (5 points) – One gold, three silver
4. Colorado State University (4 points) – Two gold
And, finally, congratulations to the Special Award winners:
• JKD & Co.’s Jane Dvorak (Swede Johnson Lifetime Achievement Award)
• Rocky Mountain Arsenal: Charlie Scharmann/U.S. Army, Roger Shakely/Shell Oil Co. and Steve Berendzen/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Business People of the Year)
• Margaret Fogarty/Farm Credit and Carey Madsen/InView Communications (PR Team of the Year)
• EnCana’s Bridget Ford (Chapter Service Award)
• Linhart PR’s Ashley Frost (Joe Fuentes Rookie of the Year Award)
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The Colorado chapter of the American Marketing Association (COAMA) has announced its call for entries for the 24th Annual Peak Awards. Winners will be honored at a Prohibition-themed gala celebration on June 7 at City Hall Events Center in Denver.
Congratulations to 5280 magazine senior editor Natasha Gardner, whose feature article, “Direct Fail,” has been named a finalist for a National Magazine Award in the Public Interest category. The article documented the negative outcomes of a Colorado policy that allows district attorneys to unilaterally decide when to criminally prosecute juveniles as adults.
Congratulations to Elizabeth Jumel, who appears to be the lone public relations representative in yesterday’s “40 Under 40″ awards presented by the Denver Business Journal.
It’s been a good week for 5280 magazine. Less than a week after being named one of America’s Top 5 city magazines for the third time, 5280 has become the first city and regional publication ever to be named a finalist for a National Magazine Award for Digital Media.
The digital award nomination from the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) is for “The Saddlemaker,” a short video that tells the story of Jesse W. Smith, who has been making saddles in southeastern Colorado for 47 years. It was created by Jefferson Panis. Other finalists in the video category are GQ, New York Times Magazine and Slate.
Time for Sharon Linhart to fire up the ol’ F-250: Linhart Public Relations is PR Week’s 2012 Boutique Agency of the Year.
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Congratulations to the team at Philosophy Communication, which recently picked up two “Denver Fifty” awards for their work with Scotch Tasting and Lovely Confections.
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Congratulations to the team at Weise Communications, which was honored at The Denver Ad Club’s The Fifty awards for its “Rethinking Eating Disorders” campaign for the Eating Disorder Center of Denver. Weise Communications’ intern Hande Uckaleler also was honored with an Aces award for Best Intern.
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The Colorado chapter of the Business Marketing Association (BMA) has issued its call for entries for the 2012 Gold Key Awards.
I’m running out of jokes to make about Linhart winning awards, so I’ll just share this one with you straight up: Linhart has been named a national finalist for PRWeek’s Boutique Agency of the Year. Winners will be announced on March 1, 2012, at the PRWeek Awards dinner in New York City.
Congratulations to Armada Medical Marketing, GroundFloor Media, Linhart PR, CSG and Welch Creative for winning awards at the 2011 Colorado Healthcare Communicators Gold Leaf Awards. Using the proprietary, highly sophisticated Denver PR Blog formula (three points for a gold, two points for a silver and one point for a bronze), the winners were:
1. GroundFloor Media (7 points) – One gold, two silver
1. Armada Medical Marketing (7 points) – Three silver, one bronze
3. Welch Creative Group (3 points) – One gold
3. Linhart PR (3 points) – Three bronze
5. Communications Strategy Group (2 points) – Two bronze
Also, congratulations to The Colorado Health Foundation’s Chuck Reyman, who was named the Colorado Healthcare Communicators’ “Professional of the Year.”
Congratulations to Cori Plotkin of Barefoot PR and Christina Brodsly of Vladimir Jones for being named two of Colorado’s “Top 25 Young Professionals for 2011” by ColoradoBiz Magazine. And to Volume PR, which was recognized as a “Buzz Company.”
It looks like the Denver Business Journal is getting a little competition in the awards department – the Denver Post has partnered with WorkplaceDynamics for the 2012 Top Workplaces Award. Nominations are due October 28. According to Denver Post Business Editor Steve McMillan:
“The Denver area has a dynamic business environment with companies that have great stories to tell. We look forward to highlighting the metro area’s top employers and how they foster employee satisfaction.”
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Congratulations to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s communications team for winning a “Cammy Grande” award at this year’s Colorado State University Media Festival for their work on the Snowmastodon Project. The team included CSU alums Heather Hope and Amanda Bennett, as well as Rhiannon Hendrickson from Orapin Marketing + Public Relations.
If you see Sharon Linhart driving a Ford F-250 around Commerce City, don’t be alarmed. She’s just delivering two more trophies to the Linhart Awards Warehouse: PR News‘ “Small Firm of the Year” and ColoradoBiz’s ”2011 Top Company.“
Congratulations to JohnstonWells’ Gwin Johnston and the Denver Business Journal’s Bruce Goldberg for being two of six inductees tonight into the Denver Press Club’s 2011 Hall of Fame class. Gwin founded JohnstonWells as a single mother 40 years ago and built it into one of Denver’s most successful and well-recognized PR firms. And Bruce may be Denver’s favorite curmudgeon, recognized for his work as associate editor of the DBJ and his tireless support of the Denver Press Club.
The Colorado Healthcare Communicators is accepting entries for its 2011 Gold Leaf Awards. Entry deadlines are August 12 to meet the early entry deadline and August 19 for the final deadline. Check out the Call for Entries for details on submission guidelines, judging criteria and deadlines.
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Moxie Creative Communications Agency won six national Telly awards for campaigns created on behalf of T-Mobile, CoBank, Xcel Energy, National Multiple Sclerosis Society and Universal Technical Institute (UTI). The Telly Awards honor local, regional and national cable television commercials and programs, as well as video and film productions, and work created for the Web.
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Linhart Public Relations has been named a finalist for 2011 Small Firm of the Year by industry publication PR News. The winners will be announced on Sept. 14 at the PR News Platinum PR Awards luncheon in New York City. This is the third consecutive year that Linhart is a finalist for the award.
Congratulations to Cohn Marketing, which won two Business Marketing Association B2 awards. Cohn was named a “Best of Category” winner in both the Multi-Touch Program and Facebook Program divisions.
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Congratulations to Denver’s Faction Media, which picked up eight Awards of Excellence at the recent Business Marketing Association B2 Awards. Faction’s eight awards were for marketing projects with clients Comcast, Avaya and tw telecom.
Cohn Marketing has picked up a Bronze Peak Award in Online Marketing and a Peak Award in Social Media/Viral Marketing from the Colorado Chapter of the American Marketing Association for its “BeMerrySanta Goes Social” campaign.
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Denver-based Motive has picked up a couple of awards for its work with clients. The agency was named the 2011 Grand Ex Award winner by trade publication Event Marketer for its DEWmocracy campaign for Mt. Dew. The campaign used social media to drive the entire campaign and it resulted in a new flavor of Mt. Dew being offered to consumers. Motive also won a Communicator Award in the Marketing Effectiveness category for its work on the Qdoba Burrito Boredom campaign.
Congratulations to JKD & Co.’s Jane Dvorak, who picked up what appears to be Denver’s only 2011 PRSA Silver Anvil award. JKD & Co. won the award for its “Eye-Spy the Orange Truck” campaign on behalf of client Applewood Plumbing Heating & Electric.
Congratulations to GroundFloor Media, which was recognized at the 2011 SABRE awards for its “Get Grounded” employee volunteerism and community giving program, as well as for work with clients Motive, Qdoba and “Complete College Colorado.”
GroundFloor received a certificate of excellence in the community citizenship category for its “Get Grounded” program, and was named a Gold Award finalist for its work with Moxie and Qdoba, and a Silver Award finalist in the government agency category for “Complete College Colorado,” a statewide education campaign for the office of former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter Jr. that aimed to raise awareness about the importance of a college degree.
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Moxie Creative Communications Agency won a Bronze Peak award from the Colorado Chapter of the American Marketing Association for outstanding production of a 60-second television commercial. The award was presented for Moxie CCA’s creation of Universal Technical Institute’s “Road of Life.”
Linhart PR won something like its 6,000th award of the year, this time being named one of the Top 50 small company workplaces in America as judged by Inc. Magazine and Winning Workplaces. Nearly 350 companies competed in the contest, and a national panel of experts in leadership and small to mid-sized business judged the finalists. Selections were based on specific metrics and qualitative assessments of the finalists’ success in creating the kind of workplaces that engage employees and deliver bottom-line results.
Congratulations to the Colorado Public Radio news team, which won two first place and two second place awards at the Colorado Associated Press Broadcasters Association (CAPBA) annual awards event. “Colorado Matters” Host Ryan Warner and reporter Megan Verlee won first-place awards, and health reporter Eric Whitney and reporter Zachary Barr picked up second-place awards.
“We’re honored by CAPBA’s recognition of our new team’s achievements,” said CPR Vice President of Programming Sean Nethery. “Winning these awards helps reaffirm that we are fulfilling our mission to inform and educate listeners through in-depth local news coverage.”
Linhart PR picked up an honorable mention in The Holmes Report’s “2011 Best Agency to Work For.” The report based its rankings on a written questionnaire and online survey of more than 75 PR firms nationwide, and Linhart PR ranked among the four honorable mention winners in the boutique agency category.
