CommsCon Awards now open for entry
Entries are now open for the 2014 CommsCon Awards, celebrating the best work and people in the world of public relations, communications and social media.
Now in its second year, the CommsCon Awards have been extended with an increased emphasis on celebrating individuals working in PR and communications roles, and agencies of all sizes.
After the success of categories to recognise PR leadership and new talent last year, additional people categories include recognition for Australasia’s best in-house and agency PR professionals, and the PR thinker of the year. Also new for this year is recognition for the specialist PR skill offered by publicists.
And there will also be the new category of social media community manager of the year.
A further new category is pro bono PR campaign of the year.
The CommsCon Awards will also seek to recognise the best PR employer in the industry. The best boutique or small agency, the best midsize PR agency and the best large PR agency will also be recognised.
The full list of CommsCon Award categories for 2014 is:
Campaign categories
- Best social media/ digital campaign
- B2C campaign
- B2B campaign
- Best campaign by small team or agency
- Internal communications / change management
- Issues management
- Launch campaign of the year
- Event/ activation of the year
- Government relations campaign
- Government sponsored campaign
- Investor relations campaign
- Corporate social responsibility
- Pro bono campaign of the year
People categories
- Emerging PR professional of the year
- PR professional of the year – inhouse
- PR professional of the year – agency
- PR thinker of the year
- Publicist of the year
- PR Leader of the year
- Social media community manager of the year
Business categories
- Best use of research / insights
- Best reporting and use of measurement / evidence of effectiveness
- Best PR employer
- Boutique or small PR agency of the year
- Midsize PR agency of the year
- Large PR agency of the year
The closing date for award entries is four weeks from today on Friday February 21.
The PDF entry form can be downloaded via this link.
Mumbrella is currently consulting with the industry on an expanded jury for 2014. Suggestions and volunteers for jurors are invited to email event producer Denise Jinks denise@focalattractions.com.au with details of relevant expeirnece and qualifications.
The awards are part of the CommsCon conference taking place on March 20 in Sydney.
Like we really need more awards!
Here we have 26 categories, and a $242 entry price. If only ten entries per category came in, that’s $62,920 of revenue. A handy little earner.
Then there’s the ‘gala awards night’ no doubt….
Some agencies have fulltime staff who do nothing else. That’s who enters these things.
How about spending our time actually earning money, or even doing pro-bono work, rather than the pointless public onanism of awards?
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