PRSA MD WebNotes
Issue #395
October 14, 2009
Spotlight
Maryland Chapter Announces 2009 Best
in Maryland and Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
The winners of the 2009 Best in Maryland Awards competition were announced during the 32nd Annual Maryland Chesapeake Conference, held Oct. 6 at the Sheraton Baltimore North in Towson. The chapter awards recognize outstanding achievement in public relations using classic and new media. In all, 43 awards were presented, including the Best in Show Award, which honored Sandy Hillman Communications for the entry titled "2008 World Series of Poker."
Lifetime
Achievement Award
A highlight during the awards ceremony included the 2009 Lifetime Achievement
Award. This prestigious award was presented to Harry Bosk, APR, principal
at Bosk Communications and director of PR and marketing at the Center
for Integrative Medicine, UM School of Medicine, for exhibiting extraordinary
achievement and outstanding leadership in the field of public relations
throughout his career.
New
Professional of the Year Award
Congratulations are in order for Katie Mercado, of A. Bright Idea, who
was honored with the New Professional of the Year Award. Katie won the
award for consistently demonstrating an understanding of the principles
of PR; effectively supporting her company's communications objectives;
demonstrating ethical behavior in accordance with the PRSA Code of Ethics;
and exhibiting conduct consistent with the highest standards of professionalism
when dealing with clients and colleagues at all levels of her organization.
"On behalf of the entire chapter, I wish to congratulate all the award winners," said Erika Murray, PRSA-Maryland Chapter President, during the awards ceremony. "The caliber of work that was submitted for awards was truly inspiring and deserving of public recognition."
Congratulations to the following winners:
A.
Bright Idea
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Comcast
Coster Communications
Crosby Marketing
Devaney & Associates
Harbor Hospital
IMPACT Marketing & Public Relations, LLC.
IWIF
Magellan Health Services
Maryland State Highway Administration
News Generation, Inc.
Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems
PNC Financial Services Group
Sandy Hillman Communications
The Baltimore Life Companies
To view
the complete list of the Best in Maryland Award winners and their awards,
please click here.
PRSA-MD
Thank you PRSA-MD Members
Order your Additional Best in Maryland Awards Today
Oct 31st Student Scholarship Deadline is Fast
Approaching
Share your PR Experiences with Aspiring PR Professionals
Industry
PRWeek Awards Gold Medal to Weber Shandwick
Feats Inc. Appoints President
MGH Adds Two Employees
Thank
You PRSA-MD Members!
On behalf of the entire PRSA-MD Board of Directors and the Chesapeake
Conference/Best in Maryland Awards Committee, THANK YOU PRSA-MD members
for making this year's Chesapeake Conference/Best in Maryland Awards
a success! Whether you attended the conference, presented a workshop
or submitted an award entry, we appreciated your support. With more
than 100 PR professionals convening at the Sheraton Baltimore North
last Tuesday, the PR vibe and energy was amazing! The Best in Maryland
Awards luncheon was almost standing room only!
Congratulations to Sandy Hillman Communications, this year's Best in Show winner, Harry Bosk, APR, our 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award winner, and Katie Mercado, A. Bright Idea, our 2009 New Professional of the Year award winner. For a complete listing of winners in each category, visit http://prsamd.org/awards/best_in_maryland.html. Thank you to our PRSA-MD members for making it happen. We hope you enjoyed the workshops, we hope you enjoyed the networking and we hope to see you next year!
Special thanks go to event sponsors, Medstar Health, IMRE Communications, Business Wire, IWIF Workers Compensation Insurance, Global Design Interactive, Whitmore Group and Bob Stockfield Photography for donating design, print and photography services. And thanks also to our Happy Hour Sponsors Miles Public Relations, Warchawski, A. Bright Idea Advertising & Public Relations, Sawmill Marketing & Public Relations for providing us some after-conference fun and relaxation.
Order
your Additional Best in Maryland Awards Today!
Congratulations to all of our 2009 Best in Maryland winners.
Now is the time to order additional awards to share with your colleagues
and clients! To order additional awards, please visit http://prsamd.org/awards/best_in_maryland.html,
print out the order form and fax it to PRSA-MD at 866.868.7772.
- Additional Best in Maryland awards are $70 each.
- Additional Award of Excellence awards are $60 each.
Additional award orders will be accepted until October 21. Once the additional awards are ready, you will be responsible for picking them up or having them mailed to you. More information will be e-mailed to those submitting an award order form. If you have questions, please contact Erika Murray at eangel427@aol.com or 443.676.2237.
Oct
31st Student Scholarship Deadline is Fast Approaching!
Do you have a student intern in your office who is doing a great job?
Do you want to help your intern continue the journey towards becoming
a PR professional? We are still accepting applications for the Kathleen
Kelly Undergraduate Scholarship, but you only have until Oct 31st to
get those nominations in. All sophomores and juniors attending a Maryland
university, or residing in Maryland but studying outside the state,
are eligible for the $1,000 award. Financial need is not considered.
The winner will be recognized at a future PRSA event.
If you don't know of anyone, please share this information with anyone you know who might benefit from this scholarship. For more details or an application, visit http://www.prsamd.org/awards/kathleen_kelly_scholarship.html. Applications must be postmarked by October 31, 2009.
Share
your PR Experiences with Aspiring PR Professionals
Do you have an hour or so to talk to aspiring PR professionals? Then
the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) needs your help! CCBC
has an Associate Degree in PR program, but students are having a tough
time figuring out their career options. That's where PRSA-MD comes in!
CCBC is hosting Careers in PR Day in early November so that PR professionals
can come on campus to talk to students about what it is they do. We'd
love to help CCBC in this regard, but we need you! All it takes is an
hour of your time plus travel to plant the seed of PR in a young student's
mind. We're looking for a broad array of professionals so that CCBC
students can get a true sense of the depth and breadth of opportunities.
New PR professionals would be great because CCBC students may really
relate individuals with less than three years in the field. PR folks
are always talking, but rarely do they get the opportunity to talk about
themselves. If you're truly committed to PRSA's mission of advancing
PR, contact Chris Carbone at carbone.cj@gmail.com
or 410.615.0973 today and ask for more information about CCBC's Careers
in PR Day. Talk to students about how you entered the business and why
you stay in the business, and the love for PR that you may ignite (or
reignite) may be your own.
PRSA
New
Membership Promotion
PRSA is offering to cover the local chapter dues for one year for anyone
who joins as a new member before October 31, 2009. For those who join
the Maryland Chapter of PRSA, this means a $50 savings. The offer is
open to new members and reinstating members who have been inactive for
at least one year and rejoin as regular members. (Associate members
are not eligible).
Industry
PRWeek
Awards Gold Medal to Weber Shandwick
In its first global agency report card, PRWeek has awarded the gold
medal to Weber Shandwick, a leading global public relations firm with
offices in 77 markets, including Baltimore. The report card tracks the
performance of 24 global agency networks over the last 12 months against
four key criteria: business development, people, network initiatives
and cohesion, and external recognition.
Feats
Inc. Appoints President
Paul Wolman, CEO and owner of Feats Inc. (formerly P. W. Feats), has
promoted Sarah Winkler to president of the Baltimore-based experience
marketing agency. An 18-year veteran of the firm, she was previously
vice president, account director. In her new role, Winkler will drive
the company's strategic vision and be responsible for day-to-day operations,
marketing and business development. She will continue to serve as a
key strategist for clients.
MGH
Adds Two Employees
MGH recently hired two new employees-Melissa Dobres as a marketing manager,
and Amara Waters as a traffic coordinator. Dobres comes to MGH from
IMRE, where she worked directly with management to create and execute
all marketing collateral, assisted with new business outreach, and oversaw
the agency's media relations efforts. Waters comes from Apparition Studio,
where she served as a production coordinator, created promotional marketing
materials, and managed social networking.
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