"We walked away with two Golds, two Silvers and one Bronze Award, which made us the joint most awarded agency in the 2018 edition of the awards. United States-based Landis Communications also walked away with five awards," says Lynn Erasmus, HWB’s managing director.
HWB won awards in the B2B Communications Category (Gold for the 2018 Africa Health Conference, and Silver for SOLA Future Energy); Gold in the Crisis Management Category (for its public information campaign around the Listeriosis crisis for Nilfisk and Averda); Silver in the Financial, Communications Transactions and Investor Relations Category (for Anuva’s Section 12J project); and Bronze in the Public Affairs and Lobbying Category (for the launch of the annual South African Reconciliation Barometer, on behalf of the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation).
"Each year, we recognise the best performing campaigns that our agencies accomplish for their clients in the previous 12 months," adds PRGN president CL Conroy.
"There is always great excitement along with some surprises. This year, we were pleased to see a record number of agencies participating in the contest, further increasing its weight and depth in the international public relations scene," Conroy adds.
"I congratulate all of our agencies for their outstanding work and express my appreciation to our clients who place their trust and reputation in our member agencies. These award-winning projects and case studies show the breadth of professional knowledge of our members, and the high level of service they carry out for clients across the globe," says Conroy.
A record number of 29-member agencies participated in the Best Practice Awards programme, with 106 entries submitted, of which the best of the bests earned awards, as voted upon by agency leadership.
Founded in 1990 by a group of public relations leaders, with more than $101-million in revenues and approximately 1 000 professionals in 50 locations, PRGN is one of the world’s largest international public relations networks.
PRGN partners are independent, local, owner-operated public relations and marketing communications firms that share expertise and resources, while aiming to provide broad-based comprehensive communications strategies to clients worldwide.
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