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Golin Signs as AOR for Horizon Organic Horizon Organic, owned by WhiteWave Foods, brought Golin on as their agency of record for PR purposes. Golin will work with Fallon (the ad agency for Horizon) in developing 2017’s holistic strategy as Golin also brings creativity to the strategy and campaigns. WhiteWave’s director of communications, Matthew Hargarten, said: “We have charged Golin with coming up with a PR plan to seize on cultural moments throughout the year to bring the Horizon brand into those relevant conversations. Media is a big part of that, but also social and content will be at play... Read More >

The Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District is requesting proposals from firms to develop and implement an integrated marketing plan (the Plan) focused on water conservation and highlighting the District’s key regional messaging and resources available through the District’s website (www.northgeorgiawater.org) and My Drop Counts water conservation program (www.mydropcounts.org). The District is seeking a firm with experience in public relations, social media marketing and program measurement. Since its creation in 2001, the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District (the District), which is comprised of 15 counties (Bartow, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Paulding... Read More >

SAARC Development Fund (SDF) having its Secretariat at Thimphu,  Bhutan, was inaugurated by the Heads of State/ Governments of SAARC member states in April 2010 during the 16th SAARC summit in Thimphu. The objectives of SDF are (i) To promote the welfare of the people of SAARC Region, (ii) To improve their quality of life, and (iii) To accelerate economic growth, social progress and poverty alleviation in the SAARC Region and (iv) To bring about Regional integration among the SAARC member states. The SDF is seeking a PR Agency for the following scope of services: Integrated Communication: To disseminate information... Read More >

The United Nations Development Programme office in Kosovo is seeking a branding agency for a community campaign on waste management and informal dumping in Gjakova / Đakovica Municipality. The project aims to tackle the issue of informal dumps and gaps in waste management in the city of Gjakova / Đakovica. The problems will be identified and solved by a platform composed of all the stakeholders, i.e. local residents, municipality staff, CSOs. In order to reach out to the affected citizens and involve them in the meetings of the platform, social and traditional media will be used along with formal channels... Read More >

SKDKnickerbocker Getting the News out for Clinton on Former Miss Universe It’s quite amazing how Hillary Clinton spoke about Trump’s alleged comments on the former Miss Universe, Alicia Machado, from years ago and major publications that usually require time to arrange photo shoots and interviews had them up and running by the following morning, mere hours later. Also interesting that virtually every story being run, and there were a LOT of them, came at it from exactly the same perspective. Coincidentally, the same talking points as proposed by the most Democrat-leaning PR firm, SKDKnickerbocker, that frequently represents the Clinton campaign... Read More >

Nassau Health Care Corporation (“NHCC”), also known as the NuHealth System, is a New York State public benefit corporation and seeking to retain an advertising agency/consultant to support on-going marketing initiatives and to develop advertising and marketing materials for the purpose of promoting and increasing awareness of the NuHealth system and its services. The scope of services includes developing, preparing and placing of advertising in various media. NHCC operates Nassau University Medical Center, a 530-bed tertiary care teaching hospital (“NUMC”) and the A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility (“AHP”), a 589-bed skilled nursing facility. Additionally, NHCC co-operates various Community Health... Read More >

Former NBC News Anchor John Seigenthaler Joins Finn Partners Seigenthaler worked at NBC News for much of his career as a special correspondent and the NBC Nightly News Weekend anchorman. Over the decade or more with NBC, he worked on many national and international stories including national conventions, U.S. presidential campaigns, natural disasters around the world and various terrorist attacks in New York, London, Paris, and the Middle East. He joins Finn Partners’ New York office as their Senior Counsel, working with clients and agency teams in reputation management, media direction and training, crisis communications, and video and social media... Read More >

Crenshaw Communications nabs contract with Netatmo Netatmo appointed Crenshaw Communications as their agency of record, chosen from among several PR firms submitting bids to the RFP. Netatmo is a smart home tech company offering and creating beautifully designed intuitive, connected consumer electronics. Crenshaw will be providing content services and media relations in the U.S. Virginie Golicheff, Netatmo’s Communications leader, said, “Crenshaw’s track record in CE and consumer technology, coupled with the team’s knowledge of the consumer lifestyle and home design space, convinced us to choose them. The Smart Home market in the U.S. has enormous growth potential, and we are... Read More >

The Port of Pittsburgh Commission is seeking proposals from design/creative agencies for support of a public relations initiative. They are seeking to refine their image to align with its current roles and activities in order to clearly announce who the Port of Pittsburgh Commission is and why it is important. In addition, The Port of Pittsburgh Commission seeks to enhance their online presence and facilitate effortlessness in the ability of its target community members and organizations to become aware of, engage with, and take action on the Port of Pittsburgh Commission's advocacy and funding programs, through a scalable inbound digital... Read More >

Advisory Council of Excellence Added by AIM Sports Reputation Management Two things happening at AIM, first they are changing their name to one they feel better reflects their more global client base and expansion because they are covering all kinds of sports and sporting activities. They are now known as PN AIM Sports. And as their first act after the name change, they added an Advisory Council of Excellence (ACE). This group represents a variety of sports and communications people including those formerly associated with the NCAA and professional teams and sports media experts. Those named to the council include... Read More >