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Awards
Thursday, September 25, 2008
The Hannon Group Among Top Washington PR Professionals Honored at 40th Annual Thoth AwardsWashington, D.C., September 26, 2008 –The Public Relations Society of America’s National Capital Chapter (PRSA-NCC) recognized and honored the talent, creativity and innovation in Washington public relations yesterday at its annual Thoth Awards, held at the Hotel Monaco in Washington, D.C.
The Hannon Group received the 2008 Thoth Award in the category of Research/Evaluation for its market research project for xG Technology. To support the development of a public relations plan to promote new phone technology called the xMax T-110, xG Technology secured the services of The Hannon Group. The Hannon Group designed and executed five groups in two xG Technology markets – Cincinnati and Orlando. xG Technology made significant decisions based on the research.
From 135 entries in 27 categories, 23 Thoth Awards and 25 Certificates of Excellence were presented to representatives of public relations agencies, corporations, government agencies and trade and professional associations. The Thoth Awards (pronounced "Tot") are named for the Egyptian god of information and communication.
Tuesday, May 1, 2008
The Hannon Group Winner of The 2008 Communicator AwardsThe Hannon Group received the 2008 Communicator Award of Distinction in the Special Events Category for its promotion campaign of the Southeastern University Gala. Promotional efforts resulted in achievement of the goals of the campaign and sold out attendance with strong coverage in the Washington Metropolitan media. The gala promotion efforts resulted in media impressions of 77,008,804 and 900 attendance.
The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program honoring creative excellence for Communications Professionals. Founded by communication professionals over a decade ago, The Communicator Awards received over 9,000 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes, making it one of the largest awards of its kind in the world.
Friday, November 16, 2007
The Hannon Group Winner of The 2007 Magellan AwardsThe Hannon Group received the 2007 Magellan Bronze Award for excellence in the development of a community relations campaign for The College Savings Plans of Maryland. The Hannon Group designed and executed an integrated public relations campaign that reinforced advertising messages by using strategic community relations, media relations and partnership building (as a part of community relations).
Summit Creative Award 2006
The Hannon Group received the 2006 Summit Creative Award for their work with the United States Tennis Association (USTA).The Hannon Group was selected by USTA to provide public relations and media relations support to the Mid-Atlantic Section (MAS) of the USTA. The Hannon Group’s creativity scored among with the very best from the thousands of submissions from twenty-six countries. The Summit Creative Awards competition is a 12-year-old competition that has established itself as one of the premier arbiters of creative excellence. The international panel of judges were highly impressed with The Hannon Group’s creativity.
Magellan Award - Top 50 Publicity Campaigns in 2005
The Hannon Group campaign entitled: "Play Tennis - The Sport for A Lifetime" which it designed and executed for the United States Tennis Association/Mid-Atlantic Section received the Top 50 Publicity Campaign for 2005 Award of the Magellan Awards. The Top 50 Publicity Campaign Awards are open to the highest scoring entries. There were 475 competing entries for the award.
Magellan Award - Silver Award 2005
The Hannon Group received the Magellan Award Silver Award for its publicity campaign design and execution for the United States Tennis Association. The Campaign, entitled "Play Tennis - The Sport of A Lifetime," was one of 475 competing entries from other PR agencies including larger firms such as Hill & Knowlton, Weber-Shandwick and Fleishman-Hillard.
Thoth Award - Best Research 2005
The Hannon Group also won the PRSA 2005 Thoth Evaluation Award, in partnership with Keenan PR, for providing outstanding market research services. The Hannon Group, under subcontract to Keenan PR, designed and executed a long-term research initiative using interviews and focus groups to test advertising, messages and terms on behalf of the end-client, Comprehensive Health Services, an employee health services firm serving Fortune 500 companies and federal agencies.
Addy Award 2005
In 2005, The Hannon Group was part of the Arnold Worldwide team that won a prestigious Addy Award for the advertising agency's AMTRAK advertising campaign. For the campaign, Arnold Worldwide secured the services of The Hannon Group to develop 30 and 60 second radio ads targeting African American travelers. The Hannon Group also reviewed print advertisements for cultural relevancy and appropriateness. In addition, the company designed an online media buy strategy to promote AMTRAK's services to African American travelers.
Magellan Award - 2004 Top 50 Publicity Campaign
A team of 18 senior-level independent practitioners, co-chaired by Sandra Wills Hannon, Ph.D., The Hannon Group Founder, and Rita Mhley, President of Mhley-Davis, received top honors in the 2004 Magellan Awards. The team was honored for the publicity work it has done this past year with the Center for Child Protection and Family Support. The Center, a Washington, DC-based community organization, addresses the effects of child abuse and victimization by providing innovative school-based and parent education programming, along with training and consulting for area professionals. All team members are members of the Independent Public Relations Alliance, a group of over 80 independent public relations practitioners and small business owners in the Washington metropolitan area.
IPRA placed 31st in the top "50 Publicity Campaigns of 2004" category, and received honors in the "Organizational Communications" category of the Awards, which are sponsored by San Diego, Calif.-based League of American Communications Professionals. The Awards are a publicity campaign competition judged in peer-level competitions. This year the competition drew more than 300 entries.
