Ring the Bells
I wanted to take a rare moment for a self-congratulatory note about Schwartz Communications' award winning night yesterday. Schwartz swept the Publicity Club Bell Ringer Awards (the "Golden Globes" of the PR industry,) garnering 22 awards. Many of these were for healthcare. Details follow.
SCHWARTZ COMMUNICATIONS WINS 22 AWARDS: 13 BELLS AND NINE AWARDS OF MERIT AT 2007 BELL RINGER AWARDS
Agency Recognized for Outstanding Health Care, High-Tech and Consumer PR Campaigns
WALTHAM, Mass.-June 12, 2007-Schwartz Communications today announced that it won 13 Bell Ringer Awards and nine Awards of Merit, more than any other public relations agency in the 2007 competition. Schwartz was recognized for its work in a number of health care, high-tech and consumer categories and received both Bell Ringer Awards presented for Best Health Care Campaign. It received two awards for its work on behalf of Cyberonics, PowderMed, Ltd. and ResMed/Respironics respectively and three awards for its work for Cytyc Corporation.
The awards were announced last night at the annual Publicity Club of New England Awards dinner in Boston. The Bell Ringer Awards were created by the Publicity Club to recognize excellence in public relations. This is the sixth time in seven years that Schwartz has received more than 10 Bells for work on behalf of its clients.
Schwartz received 13 Bell Ringer Awards in the following categories:
Best Special Publication-Cyberonics
Best Print Feature or Commentary Placement: Regional Business Publication-StemCells, Inc.
Best Print Feature or Commentary Placement: Regional/General Interest Publication-Cytyc Corporation
Best Print Feature or Commentary Placement: National-InterCure
Best Print Feature or Commentary Placement: National-Shawmut Design & Construction
Best Print Feature or Commentary Placement: National-PowderMed, Ltd.
Best Television News Placement: National-Resmed/Respironics
Best News Release: National-Javelin Strategy & Research
Best Response to Breaking News-Core Security Technologies
Best Product/Service Publicity: Healthcare-Cytyc Corporation
Best Product/Service Publicity: Healthcare-PowderMed, Ltd.
Best Product/Service Launch: High-tech Business-to-Business Campaign-Digication
Best Organizational Identity Campaign-Disabled Sports USA
The agency received nine Merit Awards for its work, including:
Best Feature or Commentary Placement: Magazine-Cytyc Corporation
Best Feature or Commentary Placement: Magazine-I4 Commerce
Best Feature or Commentary Placement: Online-Salary.com
Best Print Feature or Commentary Placement: Regional Business Publication-Misys Healthcare
Best Print Feature or Commentary Placement: National-ResMed/Respironics
Best Product/Service Publicity: Health Care-NxStage Medical
Best Product/Service Publicity: High-tech Business-to-Consumer Campaign-Misys Healthcare
Best Product/Service Launch: High-tech Business-to-Consumer Campaign-Void Communications
Best Special Event: Series Campaign-Cyberonics
About Schwartz Communications
Schwartz Communications was founded in 1990 by the husband-and-wife team of Steve and Paula Mae Schwartz. With offices in Waltham, Mass., San Francisco and Stockholm, Schwartz has more than 200 employees. Schwartz Communications has garnered many honors and was named three times to the Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies. Recently, Schwartz Communications was named "Technology Agency of the Year" by The Holmes Report.
Posted by Shawn Whalen on June 13, 2007 at 2:58 PM
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