Get Connected PR Celebration – October 17, 6-8 p.m.

Location: Delray Beach Golf Club, 2200 Highland Ave., Delray Beach, FL 33445 (directions)

Tickets: $25.00, includes one free drink per person – RSVP NOW at Eventbrite!

The inaugural launch of what we hope will be an annual special event! A fun, casual, celebratory Happy Hour to gather together our public relations & marketing members, future members, media and friends.

Join us and enjoy delicious hors d’oeuvres, beverages, great ‘island style’ music provided by DJ Derek, and (of course,) lots of great conversation! Fun ‘chat topics’ and giveaways, too!

Thank you to our sponsors!

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2017 Bernays Awards

Bernays Awards, Monthly Meetings, News, Past Meetings

13th Annual Bernays Awards Luncheon

January 27, 2017 | Embassy Suites West Palm Beach – Ballroom

2017 Bernays Awards: The annual awards program of the GCPRC is named in honor of Edward J. Bernays, the father of public relations. The awards recognize outstanding performance and campaigns by members of the Gold Coast Public Relations Council, South Florida’s largest independent organization of PR & Marketing professionals.

Thank you to our generous Sponsors: Business Wire and 3E Connections

2017 Winners & Nominees

President’s Award

Elizabeth Kelley Grace and Julie Mullen – The Buzz Agency

Founder’s Award

Dan Shube – Labor Finders International

Judge’s Award

Margie Yansura – Wordsmith Communications

PR Star Award

Naki Carter – Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society

Best Nonprofit/Charity Project or Campaign – Small

WINNER: American Disabilities Foundation, Inc., a 501 c3 not for profit (ADF) – The 2016 – 8th Annual Boating & Beach Bash for People with disabilities
3EConnections – Mix, Mingle & Give
Gladstone Multimedia – Seek in the City: A Fairy Tale
Kaliah Communications, Inc., in partnership with JLM Communications, LLC. – The Arc of Palm Beach County’s 2016 Cowboy Ball

Best Nonprofit/Charity Project or Campaign – Large

WINNER: Clerk & Comptroller, Palm Beach County – Operations Fresh Start
Cultural Council of Palm Beach County – Public Relations Campaign for the Cultural Concierge
Fish Consulting – Franchising Gives Back
Florida Atlantic University (Division of Research) – Owl Research and Innovation Magazine

Best PR Campaign by a Large Company or Firm

WINNER: Fish Consulting – Rooter’s Bathroom Astrology
Fish Consulting – Happily Ever Dunkin’
Labor Finders International – Tell us Your “Dirty Secret” Job
Labor Finders International – “We’re on a roll”

Best PR Campaign by a Small Company or Firm

WINNER: Kaye Communications, Inc. – Bee Positive Now^TM
Spotlight Families Magazine PR Director Christina Nicholson – Launch of the Spotlight Kids section in Spotlight Families

Best Internal Communications

WINNER: Florida Atlantic University (Division of Research) – Owl Research and Innovation Newsletter
Labor Finders International – Advancing the Customer Experience: How we’re Changing Lives”

Best PR Blogger

WINNER: Christina Nicholson – Media Maven Blog at mediamavenandmore.com
Coele Gaia (www.gigmagfl.com) – Florida’s Number One Source for Music, Entertainment and more!
Tenet Florida Physician Services (TFPS) – The Health Spot Blog

Best Social Media Campaign

WINNER: Constitutional Tax Collector, Serving Palm Beach County – Picture it: Who Rides with you?
City of Port St. Lucie – City of Port St. Lucie Website Rebuilding Survey Campaign

Best Special Event

WINNER: Karen Galanaugh, APR – Buffalo Days Indian Relay
City of Port St. Lucie – The City of Port St. Lucie’s Forum on Race relations and Inclusion
Cynthia Beckles (Momentum Marketing) for Riverwalk Toastmasters Club – Speakfest 2016
Jackie Awve Marketing – TOBY 2016

Best Marketing Material

WINNER: Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners – Parks and Recreation Department – Department overview video
Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties – 2015-2016 Annual Report
Deborah Bottorff & Associates – Palm Beach International Film Festival
Labor Finders International – The Labor Finders 2016 Spring TAC Program: The Last Straw
Meals on Wheels of the Palm Beaches – Meals on Wheels of the Palm Beaches 2015-2016 Annual Report

Best Crisis Communications

WINNER: City of Port St. Lucie, Communications Department – Hurricane Matthew Emergency Operations Communication Campaign: PSL EOC via Social Media
Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties and United Way of Palm Beach County – 2016 Great Give / The Crisis
Metropolitan Community Church of the Palm Beaches (MCCPB) – Response to Pulse Nightclub tragedy

Bernays Awards 2016

News, Past Meetings

Gold Coast PR Council Announces Winners of 12^th Annual Bernays Awards

(West Palm Beach, FL – February 1, 2016) More than 100 local public relations, marketing and media professionals attended the 12^th annual Bernays Awards luncheon hosted by the Gold Coast PR Council (GCPRC), the largest independent organization of PR/Marketing professionals in South Florida. Awards were presented in 13 different categories.

The Presidents Award, the most prestigious of all Bernays Awards, was presented to the “Culture Keepers” at the three daily newspapers: Rod Hagwood from the Sun-Sentinel, Jan Sjostrom of the Palm Beach Daily News and Leslie Grey Streeter from the Palm Beach Post. They were lauded for their outstanding coverage of South Florida’s cultural and entertainment community.

In nine competitive categories, the winners were:

+ For Best Nonprofit/Charity Project or Campaign – Large, for an organization with an annual budget of more than $100,000, the 2016 Bernays Award went to Mounts Botanical Garden of West Palm Beach for its popular exhibition Nature Connects: Art with LEGO Bricks.

+ For Best Nonprofit/Charity Project or Campaign – Small, the award went to Kaye Communications in Boca Raton for the Great Doggie Dine-Out & Paws Fest.

+ For Best PR Campaign by a Large Company or Firm (with five or more employees), the award winner was The Buzz Agency in Delray Beach for Chef vs. Chef at Max’s Harvest.

+ For Best PR Campaign by a Small Company or Firm, this year’s Bernays Award was given to JLM Communications for work on behalf of Avocado Grill in downtown West Palm Beach.

+ For Best PR Blogger, the winner was Newsy Parents for How to Swim in 5 Days with Baby Otter.

+ For Best Marketing Material, the Bernays Award was given to FAU Division of Research for the Institute for Sensing and Embedded Network Network Systems Engineering at FAU (I-Sense) Video, which also picked up this year’s coveted Judge’s Award.

+ For Best Internal Communications, the award was presented to the Constitutional Tax Collector, Palm Beach County for In-Service Day 2015: Learn, Grow, Excel, Repeat.

+ For Best Social Media Campaign, this year’s winner is JM Family Enterprises for #ToyotaInTampa.

+ For Best Special Event, the winner is the Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton for the Inaugural Boca Raton Mayors Ball.

+ GCPRC’s annual Founders Award was presented to former Board member and long time supporter Judy Joffe from NCCI Holdings.

+ For the annual PR Star Award, there are two winners this year: the Constitutional Tax Collector, Palm Beach County and Discover the Palm Beaches.