| GolinHarris Triumphs at the U.S. Sabre Awards |
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GolinHarris in the U.S. were awarded a number of accolades at the 2006 U.S. Sabre Awards in a ceremony held at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers on May 9, 2006.
The Sabre Awards recognize superior achievements in branding and reputation, focusing on programs that demonstrate the highest standards of innovation, integrity and effectiveness.
GolinHarris was awarded with four certificates of excellence and three wins:
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Silver SABRE, Agriculture, Setting the Global Record Straight about Potential Grapefruit-Drug, Interactions, The Florida Department of Citrus with GolinHarris |
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Silver SABRE, Financial Services, Embrace Life Awards Program, State Farm Insurance Companies with GolinHarris |
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Iron SABRE, Employee Communications, An Innovative Tool for Innovative Thinking: Golinnovation.com, GolinHarris |
| Building on 50 Years: GH's 2006 Global Management Meeting |
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| GH's global managing directors and leaders met for the agency's annual management meeting. |
In March, GolinHarris headquarters in Chicago welcomed global managing directors and leaders for the agency's annual management meeting. Relating to GH's 50th anniversary year, the meeting was appropriately titled "The Next 50 Years." The day-long meeting was intended to bring together leadership to discuss the critical factors that will transform the PR industry and, hence, GH in the future.
During this interactive meeting, participants discussed and planned GH's response to such trends as consolidation, globalization, multiculturalism, digitization, personalization, activism, reputation and, of course, innovation.
With ideas generated by this meeting, GH hopes to be on the cutting edge of the PR industry by adding new capabilities, new products and new people. This will continue the agency's leadership into the next 50 years.
| GolinHarris Stays on a Roll with TransUnion Global Win |
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TransUnion has selected GolinHarris as its global public relations agency of record. GH is charged with enhancing and extending TransUnion's public relations initiatives in the areas of corporate communications, media relations, corporate social responsibility and issues management. The scope of the assignment includes work in North America and strategic international markets where TransUnion operates, including Asia Pacific.
"As TransUnion continues to grow in multiple vertical markets domestically and expands into new international markets, having the support of an experienced firm will be essential," said Colleen Tunney, vice president, corporate affairs and communications of TransUnion. "We feel GolinHarris possesses the right blend of financial services and business-to-business experience as well as issues management expertise to strengthen TransUnion's relationships with stakeholders on a worldwide basis."
TransUnion selected GolinHarris after reviewing multiple agencies. The global engagement will be led out of Chicago by Trent Frager, vice president in the firm's corporate communications practice.
On the local front, GH has already conducted media training for TransUnion in Hong Kong.
| DS2 Selects GolinHarris as Agency Of Record |
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Spain-based Design of Systems on Silicon S.A. (DS2), the leading supplier of Powerline Communications (PLC) chipsets, recently selected GolinHarris as its public relations agency for the United States.
GolinHarris is charged with ongoing strategic counsel, media relations and industry analyst relations. The account will be led out of the New York office.
"GolinHarris understands the role that PLC technology will play in the evolution of how we consume information and entertainment," said Jorge Blasco, CEO of DS2. "We selected GolinHarris as our public relations firm because they brought us strong strategic insights into the current business environment and recognized the potential for DS2."
GolinHarris' initial assignment will focus on communicating the benefits of adopting high-speed home networking and broadband access over power lines. The agency will also help leverage the adoption of DS2 technology as the baseline for the recently approved powerline communications specification developed by OPERA (Open PLC European Research Alliance).
| Martin Charged to Lead and Grow the Public Affairs Practice in D.C. |
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Josie Martin
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Josie Martin has been appointed as senior vice president and practice group leader of the public affairs team in Washington, D.C.
"Josie brings to our clients her extensive experience on Capitol Hill, her many relationships in and outside Washington, and her understanding of how to leverage public affairs campaigns to change public policy," said Lane Bailey, managing director of the Washington, D.C. office and worldwide director of public affairs. "More than that, she will bring to all of us a seasoned insight and understanding of many complex issues, particularly healthcare issues that can help us continue to grow our public affairs capability worldwide."
Prior to GolinHarris, Martin served as senior vice president for legislative and public affairs with the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH), where she led a team that worked closely with the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and senior healthcare staff on Capitol Hill responsible for the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA). She has served as a strategic communications advisor and public policy advocate for the hospital industry and others in the healthcare community that have high profile policy issues to be discussed and or resolved within the federal government.
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