2018 Blacksmith Awards Winners
The 2018 Blacksmith Awards were announced at a ceremony at The Summit – A Dolce Hotel on Nov. 15, 2018. Thank you for your support to make the 2018 Blacksmiths a huge success, and to all the organizations that submitted entries.
Below is a list of all of the organizations and people that were recognized with Awards of Excellence or a Blacksmith during the event:
Content Marketing
Award of Excellence: Scooter Media Drives Results with Content Marketing
Award of Excellence: DD Awareness Month, Hamilton County Developmental Disabilities Services
Blacksmith: SHP: A Content-First Approach, Wordsworth Communications
Crisis Communications
Award of Excellence: People Working Cooperatively Faces Funding Crisis, Scooter Media
Blacksmith: Communicating Through a Hurricane, Vehr Communications & Fast Park
Events & Observances -- More Than 7 Days
Award of Excellence: It Takes A Village: HealthCare Connection 50th Anniversary Celebration, HealthCare Connection
Blacksmith: 50 Years, 50 HCDDS Facts, Hamilton County Developmental Disabilities Services
Events & Observances – 7 Days or Fewer
Award of Excellence: Lanterns and Landmarks Historic Tour, City of Montgomery
Award of Excellence: Empower Grand Opening, Empower
Award of Excellence: GeoTour Event, Great Parks of Hamilton County
Award of Excellence: Bringing Renewable Energy Goals to the Big Apple, Fifth Third Bank & Wordsworth Communications
Blacksmith: Safety Week 2018, Intrinzic
Integrated Communications
Award of Excellence: The Jewish Hospital -Mercy Health Brain Tumor Center Launch, Mercy Health
Blacksmith: Dremel DigiLab, Empower
Internal Communications
Award of Excellence: Bon Secour, Mercy Health Combination, Mercy Health
Award of Excellence: Rudler Employees Exceed Expectations on Social Media, Scooter Media
Blacksmith: Impacting associate heart health: Check. Change. Control., Ohio National Financial Services
Marketing
Award of Excellence: Conquer the Cleanup with Dremel Versa, Empower
Award of Excellence: Launching DevouCycle, Scooter Media
Blacksmith: SHP: Leading Design in a New Direction, Wordsworth Communications
Most Effective Campaign on a Five Thousand Dollar or Less Budget
Blacksmith: PWC Ramp it Up for Veterans, Scooter Media
Most Effective Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign
Award of Excellence: Social Responsibility and Sustainability, Third Bank Commits to 100% Renewable Solar Energy, Fifth Third Bank & Wordsworth Communications
Multicultural and Diversity Campaign
Award of Excellence: First Ladies Flu Shot, Cincinnati Children’s
Public Service
Blacksmith: Brent Spence Bridge, Rasor
Reputation and Brand Management
Award of Excellence: FORM Student Innovation Competition Inspires Next Generation of Architects and Designers, Formica Corporation
Blacksmith: Executive Communications in Urban Commercial Development, Wordsworth Communications
PRSSA Campaign
Blacksmith: Cherish Your Childhood - Miami Bateman Team, Miami University PRSSA
BEST IN SHOW - CAMPAIGNS
Ohio National Financial Services
Impacting associate heart health: Check. Change. Control
Internal Communications
Media Relations
Award of Excellence: Ride Cincinnati Media Roundtable, Pomme Communications
Award of Excellence: Buffalo Fans Give Back, Vehr Communications & Andy & JJ Dalton Foundation
Award of Excellence: Adopt Don’t Shop, Wordsworth Communications
Award of Excellence: Running from the Devil, Wordsworth Communications
Feature Stories
Award of Excellence: Expanding to a Regional Audience Through Trade Publications, Wordsworth Communications
Best Use of Social Stories
Blacksmith: Christ Church Cathedral’s Great Wallet Mystery, Pomme Communications
Twitter Engagement
Blacksmith: CEO Leverages Twitter as Key Communication Channel, Wordsworth Communications
Facebook Engagement
Award of Excellence: 2017 Victorian Holiday Village, Ohio National Financial Services
Award of Excellence: The Stories of South Dearborn, Scooter Media
New Digital Platform
Blacksmith: Rearchitecting and Redesigning Mercy.com, Mercy Health
Websites
Blacksmith: A Content-First Website in a Portfolio-First World, Wordsworth Communications
Creative Tactics
Award of Excellence: Flash Mob Promotes CincySings 2018 & ArtsWave Campaign, Ohio National Financial Services\
Award of Excellence: A Devilishly Fun Media Kit that Earned Heavenly Placements, Wordsworth Communications
Blacksmith: Paint the Town Orange for National Cancer Survivors Day, Pomme Communications
Annual Reports
Blacksmith: 2017 Multimedia Annual Report, Clermont County
Blogs
Blacksmith: The Summit, a Dolce Hotel – blog, Rasor
Online Videos
Award of Excellence: #SkipTheStraw PSA, Shara Clark Communications
Best Use of Branded Content
Award of Excellence: Activating Hope, St. Elizabeth Heathcare
Podcasts
Blacksmith: Making Progress Podcast, Cincinnati Public Schools and Vehr Communications
Magazines
Award of Excellence: Beechwood Independent Schools Legacy Magazine, Scooter Media
PRSSA Tactic
Blacksmith: Petition for a Purpose, Miami University PRSSA
Best in Show/Tactics
Pomme Communications
Christ Church Cathedral's Great Wallet Mystery
Best Use of Social Stories
2018 New PR Professional of the Year: Drew Boehmker of Scooter Media
2018 Independent Practitioner of the Year: Pamela Gilchrist, APR, Gilchrist Group
2018 PRSSA Student of the Year: Maddie Malloy, Miami University
2018 CEO Communicator of the Year: Brent Cooper, President & CEO, Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
Communications Team of the Year: Mercy Health
2018 Small/Mid-Size Agency of the Year: Scooter Media
2018 Large Agency of the Year: Vehr Communications