The 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.