2016 Blacksmith Awards Winners

The 2016 Blacksmith Awards were given out at a ceremony at Rhinegeist on November 17, 2016. Thank you for your support to make the 2016 event a huge success, and for all the organizations submitted entries.

Below is a list of all of the organizations that were recognized during the 2016 Blacksmiths:

Campaigns:

Community Relations Campaign

Blacksmith Award – Safety Dog Bus Tour; First Student with Vehr Communications

Nonprofit Campaign

Blacksmith Award – Accelerate Great Schools; Wordsworth Communications

Social Media Campaign

Silver Award – Could You Be The One; Hamilton County Job and Family Services
Blacksmith Award – National Water Safety Month; Scooter Media Company

Branding Campaign

Bronze Award – Transforming an Industry Leader; Intrinzic
Silver Award – Flamingo Air Gets a Leg Up with New Look; The Eisen Agency
Blacksmith Award – Your Marketing SOCKS!; FUSIONWRX, a Flottman Company

Influencer Relations

Bronze Award – Building an Influencer Strategy for the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Wordsworth Communications
Bronze Award – Safety Dog Bus Tour; First Student with Vehr Communications
Bronze Award – Mercy Health Home Office – Bond Hill Move; Mercy Health
Silver Award – Intrinzic leads national construction safety campaign; Intrinzic in partnership with Safety Week
Blacksmith Award – eyeTransform Change Management Communication; EyeMed Vision Care

Integrated Marketing Campaign

Bronze Award – Safety Dog Bus Tour; First Student with Vehr Communications
Silver Award – “I Made it in NKY” Northern Kentucky Advanced Manufacturing Workforce; Rose Communications
Silver Award – Greater Cincinnati Water Works Customer Care Portal Campaign; Rasor Marketing Communications
Blacksmith Award – Individually Inspired: Repositioning The Kenwood by Senior Star; Wordsworth Communications
Blacksmith Award – The Wizard of Oz at The Carnegie; Scooter Media Company

Media Relations Campaign

Bronze Award – The child and the gorilla: Changing lives forever; Gail Myers Public Relations, LLC
Silver Award – Everything (Including Media Relations) is Better with Bacon; Wordsworth Communications
Blacksmith Award – Bringing Financial Literacy to LIFE; Wordsworth Communications
Blacksmith Award – Ride Cincinnati 10th Anniversary; Pomme Communications

Tactics:

Media Relations – News Conference

Silver Award – JBF Kitten Disposal Project; Northlich, LLC
Blacksmith Award – Verizon Switch Tour; Wordsworth Communications
Blacksmith Award – Scaling Cincinnati’s Seven Summits; Wordsworth Communications

Media Relations – Best Placement

Bronze Award – Taking SugarCreek “Beyond Bacon” with Meat + Poultry Magazine; Wordsworth Communications
Silver Award – Mercy Health Home Office – Bond Hill Move; Mercy Health
Silver Award – Look Below: Eight-Page Tile Feature for Shaw Floors; Empower MediaMarketing for Shaw Floors
Blacksmith Award – The Kenwood by Senior Star Stevie Marks; Wordsworth Communications

Media Relations – Op-Ed

Bronze Award – Smithers Rapra; Topic Design
Bronze Award – Bigfoot Sighting? Tax-Free Roth Conversions Do Exist; Ohio National Financial Services
Bronze Award – 50 Cent/Autism Controversy at CVG; Hamilton County DD Services
Silver Award – Helping SHP Leading Design Build a Lasting Legacy; Wordsworth Communications
Blacksmith Award – Why Your Clients – And You – Need DI Coverage Now; Ohio National Financial Services

External Communications – Magazine

Silver Award – The Cincinnatian; The Cincinnati Insurance Companies
Silver Award – Engage: Erlanger-Elsmere Independent School District; Rose Communications
Blacksmith Award – Xavier Nation Magazine; Xavier University, Vehr Communications, Emmis Publishing

External Communications – Annual Report

Bronze Award – CincyTech 2015: This is Who We Are; Spotted Yeti Media in Partnership with CincyTech
Bronze Award – 25 Reasons to Celebrate; Clermont County, OH
Silver Award – United Way Report to the Community; Shara Clark for United Way of Greater Cincinnati
Blacksmith Award – Greater Heights; The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

External Communications – Public Service Announcement

Blacksmith Award – Ohio Lottery Billboard – PSA Problem Gambling; Northlich, LLC

Internal Communications – Internal Newsletter

Blacksmith Award – Focus Newsletter; Vehr Communications

Internal Communications – Employee Event

Blacksmith Award – A Top Workplace – Seven Years in a Row!; Ohio National Financial Services

Integrated Marketing – Print Collateral

Bronze Award – It Starts With You! LiveWell NKY; FUSIONWRX
Silver Award – Wilmington Savings Bank Marketing Collateral; The Eisen Agency
Blacksmith Award – Oakley After Hours Event Posters; Pomme Communications

Digital/Interactive PR – Website – Intranet or Extranet

Bronze Award - NRF Roundtable Website; EMA
Silver Award – SmartHealth Today; SmartHealth Today, St. Elizabeth Healthcare, Vehr Communications
Blacksmith Award – DopaMean’s Revenge, a PSA Website for Ohio Lottery; Northlich, LLC

Digital/Interactive PR – Video

Bronze Award – Roto-Rooter Recruits Women to Plumbing Profession; The Eisen Agency
Bronze Award – “Curb’d UnCOVered: The Parklets of Covington;” Spotted Yeti Media in Partnership with CincyTech
Bronze Award – Greater Cincinnati Water Works New Customer Care Portal Video Tutorial; Rasor Marketing Communications
Silver Award – Meet Ellen M. Katz; The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Silver Award – #FAQFriday and #MeetYourGovernmentMonday videos; Clermont County, Ohio
Blacksmith Award – eyeTransform: A New Home for Our Growing Family; EyeMed Vision Care

Social Media – Facebook

Bronze Award - Girl Scouts of Western Ohio; Topic Design
Silver Award – Imagine Mason: Imagine the Likes You’ll Get!; Rasor Marketing Communications
Silver Award – Healthy Eating Simplified; St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Silver Award – Why South Dearborn?; Scooter Media Company
Blacksmith Award – The Kenwood by Senior Star │ Updated Facebook Strategy; Wordsworth Communications

Social Media – Micro-Blogging/Twitter

Blacksmith Award – Establishing a Twitter Presence for a Regional Healthcare Powerhouse; Wordsworth Communications

Social Media – Blogger Outreach

Blacksmith Award – REM – Fit Blogger Outreach; Wordsworth Communications

Social Media – Other Social Media

Blacksmith Award – Use of LinkedIn to Engage Key B2B Audiences; EMA (Eric Mower + Associates)

Special Event

Bronze Award – Safety Dog Bus Tour; First Student with Vehr Communications
Bronze Award – Adoption Day Livestream; Hamilton County Job and Family Services
Silver Award – White Cloud “Real Comfort, Real Kids Contest” Winner Event; Empower MediaMarketing for White Cloud
Blacksmith Award – Heart Gallery; Hamilton County Job and Family Services

Events – Trade Show

Silver Award – Modex Trade Show; EMA (Eric Mower + Associates)
Blacksmith Award – Creating Connections with Key Influencers; Intrinzic in partnership with Everything But The House

Experiential Marketing

Bronze Award – The North Pole Express; Fast Park and Vehr Communications
Bronze Award – St. Elizabeth Happy & Hydrated Campaign; Northlich, LLC
Silver Award – Baby Skyline; Wordsworth Communications
Silver Award – Dream Dinners ShareCrate Nashville Blogger Event; Scooter Media Company
Blacksmith Award – Safety Dog Bus Tour; First Student with Vehr Communications

Writing – Feature

Bronze Award – Bigfoot Sighting? Tax-Free Roth Conversions Do Exist; Ohio National Financial Services
Silver Award – Why Your Clients – And You – Need DI Coverage Now; Ohio National Financial Services
Blacksmith Award – “A Gentle Giant” by Michael Perry, Vehr Communications for Xavier Nation Magazine; Xavier University/Vehr Communications

Special Purpose Publication

Silver Award – REDI Cincinnati – Site Selectors Guild Annual Conference; Erin Rolfes
Blacksmith Award – The Kenwood │ Your Guide to Alzheimer’s and Dementia; Wordsworth Communications

Blog

Silver Award – Bryan Pearson’s Forbes Blog; Northlich, LLC
Blacksmith Award – Doubling Down on the REM-Fit Blog; Wordsworth Communications

Special Project – Research

Blacksmith Award – Researching a Regional Healthcare Powerhouse; Wordsworth Communications

Special Project – Partnership

Silver Award – Uptown’s Small Businesses Share the Love on Valentine’s Day; Wordsworth Communications
Blacksmith Award – Agency Fight Night; Wordsworth Communications

Professional Recognition:

PR Professional of the Year

Blacksmith Award – Nick Vehr, Vehr Communications

Young PR Professional of the Year

Blacksmith Award – Katie Scoville, Scooter Media

PRSSA Student of the Year

Bronze Award – Stepping Up to Lead – Paige Garty, Miami University
Silver Award – Creative Energy Abounds – Dalton Ulm, Miami University

Large Agency of the Year

Blacksmith Award – Vehr Communications