Rainier Communications' campaign supporting client Adapteva's Kickstarter drive to produce a $99 supercomputer took the top award at the Publicity Club of New England's annual Bell Ringer Awards June 10 in Boston.
 L-R: Kristin Allaben, VP awards, Publicity Club of New England; Helene Solomon, Michal Regunberg, and Ashley McCown, Solomon McCown & Co. |
The funding from 4,965 backers exceeded the push's goal of $750K and is the highest-funded Kickstarter campaign for a hardware project.
Boston-based Cone Communications took home the most honors at the event, 11, including Gold, Silver, Bronze and Merit awards for work on behalf of clients like Green Mountain Coffee (fair trade coffee), Ben & Jerry's launch of Greek frozen yogurt, and Jiffy Lube.
Fellow Beantown shops Schneider Associates (10) and PAN Communications (9) were among the top winners.
Michal Regunberg, senior VP at Solomon McCown, was given the John J. Malloy Crystal Bell Award for lifetime achievement in PR, while Alex Parks, an A/E at Fresh Ground, was honored with the club's Striker Award for a promising newcomer in the profession.
Meredith D'Agostino, senior A/E at 451 Marketing, was honored with the Ringer Award for "steady and significant progress" to her agency or company.
Kennedy Elsey of 104.1 FM morning show "Karson & Kennedy" was emcee. Complete list of winners is at pubclub.org.
Washington Women in PR recognized outstanding women in communications aged 25-35 at its annual Emerging Leaders Awards June 25 at the AT&T Forum in Washington, D.C.
Washington Women in Public Relations has released the list of finalists from agencies, corporations, nonprofits, government and trade associations throughout the Washington, D.C. from which winners will be picked at the group's Emerging Leaders Awards June 25 at the AT&T Forum in downtown D.C.
Publicis Groupe Chief Strategy Officer Carla Serrano called on the 475 gathered for the 59th Annual Matrix Awards May 19th at NYC's Ziegfeld Ballroom to not let the night "be another awards ceremony" and make it "a moment where we refuse to be edited out, not now, not for AI, not ever."
MikeWorldwide came out on top in the PR category at The 24th Annual American Business Awards... Story Partners and the Washingtonian presented PBS senior correspondent Judy Woodruff with The Hall of Fame Award at the 13th Annual Washington Women in Journalism Awards... The LAGRANT Foundation, in celebration of its 28th anniversary, is awarding 19 scholarships to students nationwide for its Healthcare Marketing and Communications Scholarship Program.
