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    South Africa PR wins at global awards

    The 2011 Golden World Awards for Excellence in PR has selected 27 award winners, which includes South African Marina Penderis for the Internal Communications award for the Absa campaign, 'Absa rings the bell'.
    South Africa PR wins at global awards

    The International Public Relations Association (IPRA) has also announced its candidates for the United Nations Special Award and the Grand Prix winner, which will be named during the prize presentations at a gala event in Istanbul on Friday 21 October 2011.

    The chair of the international jury Dr Zehra Gungor, IPRA board member from Turkey, commented that the number and quality of entries demonstrated that even in these tough economic times, public relations is responding to the twin challenges of providing added value creativity within a limited budget.

    Entries this year came from fifty countries, which demonstrates both the spread of public relations and how professional the practice has become throughout the world. The challenge they presented to the jury - drawn from 29 countries - is one IPRA hopes to repeat next year.

    Golden World Award Winners 2011

    1. Business to Business
    Campus Life, an ideal method of cooperationUniversity de Santiago de CompostelaTorres y Carrera (Spain)
    2. Communication research
    Communication research essential for success in the permitting process for Europe's most complex infrastructure projectNordstreamHill & Knowlton (Germany)
    3. Community Relations
    YOUTH'10 - Malaysia's Largest Youth FestivalYouth AsiaWeber Shandwick (Malaysia)
    4. Consumer PR for an existing product
    Starbucks Earth MonthEdelman (USA
    5. Consumer PR for an existing service
    Joint Winners
    McDonald's "Makes Room for Happiness"McDonald's ChinaWeber Shandwick (China)
    and
    No Place Like HomeTürk Telekom (Turkey)
    6. Corporate communicationsPrime PR & Electrolux PR Studio (Sweden)
    Vac from the SeaElectrolux
    7. Corporate responsibility
    "Pen in Hand" Educating, not Employing Children"Garanti Pension & Life CompanyAbsolute Relationship Building (Turkey)
    8. Crisis Management
    American Airlines and the oneworld Alliance Win the Battle for Japan AirlinesAmerican AirlinesWeber Shandwick (USA)
    9. Digital Media Relations
    Deutschland findet Euch (Germany will find you)Initiative vermisste KinderfischerAppelt / kempertrautmann
    10. Environmental
    For our children and our children's childrenAygazLobby PR (Turkey)
    11. Financial services and investor relations
    Joint Winners
    Defence of Emperia Holding against a hostile takeover on the Warsaw Stock ExchangeEmperia HoldingGenesis PR (Poland)
    and
    Sabana REIT: Singapore's First Shariah-Compliant ListingSabana REITWeber Shandwick (Singapore)
    12. Healthcare
    Pfizer's Enbrel Awareness in ChinaPfizerWeber Shandwick (China)
    13. Integration of traditional and new media
    Fuel Up to Play 60National Dairy CouncilEdelman (USA)
    14. Internal Communications
    Absa rings the bellAbsaMarina Penderis (South Africa)
    15. International PR Campaign
    Sending a Strong Signal to Save Lives: European eCall Trial 2010NXP SemiconductorsNXP Semiconductors (Europe)
    16. Launch of a new product
    Nanny on Board: the launch of the MerivaOpel SpainWeber Shandwick (Spain)
    17. Launch of a new service
    Changing the Face of UK BankingMetro BankLanson's Communications (UK)
    18. Media Relations
    Think About Your Eyes Campaign LaunchThink About Your EyesWeber Shandwick (USA)
    19. Online Crisis Communications
    Bomb Threat Response: American Airlines Tweets with Passengers Aboard Flight AA24American AirlinesWeber Shandwick (USA)
    20. PR on a shoestring
    BBC TV Licensing: Creative licence on a small budgetBBC TV LicensingFishburn Hedges (UK)
    21. Public affairs
    Fit for Work EuropeAbbotWeber Shandwick (UK & Belgium)
    22. Reputation and Brand Management Online
    Home AdvantageTürk TelekomCapitol Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide (Turkey)
    23. Sponsorship
    Creating a Sunrise before Daybreak for EDF EnergyEDF EnergyWeber Shandwick (UK)
    24. Technology
    Joint Winners
    Creative Suite 5 Launch: Adobe Bites Back After Apple ClashAdobe Systems IncorporateEdelman (US)
    and
    Microsoft Journey to the CloudMicrosoftWeber Shandwick (Indonesia)
    25. Special Awards
    Central and South-eastern EuropeInformation CampaignPR Point (Bulgaria)
    CreativityNo Place Like HomeTürk Telekom (Turkey)

    For more information, go to www.ipra.org.

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