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New wheels for one lucky student member
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Zipcar membership promoCPRS Toronto is offering all new student members who sign up by June 30th the chance to win a free Zipcar membership for a year. The keys to any Zipcar could be yours as of July 1st when CPRS Toronto pays your annual $65 membership fee. 

If you are eligible to be a student member and you join up now (not later than June 30th), your name will be automatically entered into the CPRS Toronto Zipcar prize draw for the random chance to win! 

It costs just $45 to become a student member for one year.  Learn more about the benefits of belonging to CPRS Toronto and apply online today!

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Archived tour of @RyersonDMZ: Viafoura (12:32)
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Part five of our March 12 Ryerson DMZ tour (and our final!) features Jalil Asaria, senior account executive at Viafoura – a tool used by CNN, CBC and the Discovery Channel.

Viafoura is an audience engagement platform for media properties.

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A night of celebrating communications excellence
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By: Miranda Germani

The ACE Awards, held on April 24 at Arcadian Court, truly lived up to its namesake of Achieving Communications Excellence. Fantastic examples of excellence were celebrated throughout the evening, with top campaign honours going to two particularly outstanding campaigns.

Winner of Best PR Campaign of the Year was Argyle Communications and Free for All for their “30% off Ontario Tuition” campaign.

“Receiving this honour from CPRS Toronto not only makes Argyle Communications and its clients feel proud, but also tells us that our professional peers believe we set and achieve high standards,” said Argyle Communications president Daniel Tisch.

“PR is at its best when practised in the public interest,” said Daniel, speaking to the importance of Argyle’s campaign. “The Ontario government had made its ‘30 per cent off tuition’ a priority, and needed support to get the message to students. PR was critical in getting this done. Like every great PR campaign, there were barriers to overcome, and a creative strategy was critical to success.”

The other star campaign of the evening was Strategic Objectives and Mondelēz Canada’s “100th Birthday of Oreo” campaign, which took home the award for Best Creative PR Campaign of the Year. Judy Lewis, Strategic Objectives co-founder and executive vice president, enthusiastically affirmed that winning the award gives her team the inspiration to continue to develop the most creative, breakthrough, and effective PR campaigns.

These two campaigns particularly epitomized achieving communications excellence for 2013. Who will win next year? The countdown begins now, so be sure to get ready to compile your amazing work into a submission for the 2014 ACE Awards.

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Archived tour of @RyersonDMZ: Phosphorus (6:32)
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Part four of our March 12 Ryerson DMZ tour features Jonathan Ingham, president at Phosphorus Media.

Phosphorus creates interactive media panel experiences.Clients have included L’Oreal, Adidas and Harley Davidson, among others.

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REVISED REPORT OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE
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 CANADIAN PUBLIC RELATIONS SOCIETY TORONTO INC. 

The Nominating Committee proposed the following slate for the CPRS Toronto Inc. Board of Directors for 2013-2014:

DIRECTORS

ATWOOD-POWELL, Jaclyn (Shaw Media)

BÉGIN, Diane APR (Thornley Fallis) 

GOODMAN, AJ (FTI Consulting) 

HAYES, Jennifer (Student Representative – Humber College) 

KELLY, Danielle APR (Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care) 

LAZER, Jilda APR (Environics Communications Inc.) 

MARTIN, MaryJane APR (MJ Martin & Company) 

McCUAIG, Vivienne (Vividthinking Communications) 

MORE, Lauren (Ford Motor Company of Canada) 

ROHRER, Jeff APR (TVO) 

ROSS, Ian APR (Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs, Government of Ontario) 

SCHULZ, Carolyn (Edelman) 

SNOW, Ginny (RBC Group Insurance Services)  

Immediate Past President

POWER, Vincent APR (Sears Canada Inc.)

Nominating Committee:

Chairperson:

Susan McDougall, APR

Members:

Mark LaVigne, APR, FCPRS

Christina A. Marshall, APR

If you cannot attend the AGM, please fill out and return the proxy form before May 6.

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Photos from the CPRS Toronto 2013 ACE Awards now available
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This year’s ACE Awards gala was, as promised, a night to remember! Well, now you can reminisce as much and as often as you like because the pictures are available through CPRSToronto’s flickr.

Thank you to everyone who joined us this past Wednesday, and congratulations again to all of this year’s winners.

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Archived tour of @RyersonDMZ: Authintic (5:54)
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Part three of our March 12 Ryerson DMZ tour features Christopher Berry, co-founder and chief science officer at Authintic.

Authintic’s platform is an analytics technology for permission marketing.

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Pics from #CPRSACE 2013 as taken by you
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Pics from #CPRSACE 2013

Sights from the night, as posted by you during the CPRS Toronto ACE Awards Gala on April 24, 2013 at Arcadian Court.

Storified by CPRS Toronto· Wed, Apr 24 2013 19:17:25

Getting everything set and ready to go (nice program, @michael0maniac) #CPRSACE instagram.com/p/YgCm2pPTs3/Nicole
Looking good! “@Toronto_PR_Guy: With the amazing @DebWeinstein at #CPRSACE pic.twitter.com/lrREfZL4TI”CPRS2013
The #CCPR crew celebrating at #CPRSACE pic.twitter.com/yRPwv1yyUDBarry Waite
The digital girls (minus Jordanna) @cprstoronto Ace Awards #CPRSAce @fleishmanca instagram.com/p/YgRa7YMxM0/Leah Blair
@CPRSToronto stylish venue! Let’s win some awards @msl_group #CPRSACE pic.twitter.com/fQc1YpgIfeCarolyn Greathead
Here with my awesome clients @AshleighMeilach @jessvanrooyen #CPRSACE instagram.com/p/YgS8CZOfF6/Andrew F Stewart
Team @so_pr at the #CPRSACE awards! instagram.com/p/YgTBlVk-fp/Strategic Objectives
Thanks for the chocolate, @Marketwired! We appreciate the gesture. ALMOST makes up for the lack of booze #CPRSACE pic.twitter.com/iT19N5QX2lMaverick PR
With an amazing group at #CPRSAce @LaurenCMore @FordChantelB @jayneerickson @ammar_ammar @CPRSToronto pic.twitter.com/gZV0Xel69zKerri Stoakley
Good looking @NATIONALPR seat mates at #CPRSAce. #alreadywinning @CPRSToronto pic.twitter.com/PddIUo3cshJoannaMWilson
Looking good Aaron, @robmanne & @andrewfstewart @cprstoronto #winning #cprsace @ Arcadian instagram.com/p/YgT_15uLQ0/Christine Lu
At the #CPRSAce Awards @CPRSToronto with the @fleishmanCA crew #PR pic.twitter.com/yyuwqiAxAoNare Tutundjian
It’s gonna be a good night @ashleighmeilach @jessvanrooyen @cprstoronto #cprsace #pr #gala #awards @… instagram.com/p/YgUsRmuLRu/Christine Lu
Let’s do this! Time to celebrate our successes. #pr #CPRSACE @ Arcadian instagram.com/p/YgU2ZPI6Qp/Philippe Gaudet
Wine makes for some very, very happy MAVERICKs #cprsace pic.twitter.com/7t92FhtwBDMaverick PR
“@daltonkaren: @CPRS2013 Promoting National Conference at ACE Awards. #cprsace pic.twitter.com/AMGTgt6aIU” Go @CPRS2013 Go! Let’s make it happenJean Valin
#CPRSACE underway! @consumersos Sean O’Shea taking the stage! instagram.com/p/Ygbw4rvTun/Nicole
Go @MAVERICK_PR ! RT @KellyOlivePR: The rap chicks of #PR checking out the @cprstoronto #cprsace awards! cc @koolkrys instagram.com/p/YgT2okMdI8/Kool Krys
@blogsley and @sejfitch representing @energiPR at the #CPRSACE awards! Congrats to all the winners! yfrog.com/odsl1wbjenergi PR, DigiComm
Sharing a laugh with @candipr @rosieships at #cprsace @cprstoronto instagram.com/p/YgcPeoTJkY/Rob Manne
Just took gold for Best Use of Communication Tools! @CPRSToronto #CPRSACE pic.twitter.com/O3tLfYSuZREnvironics PR
“@fleishmanCA: Congratulations to our @jacob_p and team for their #CPRSACE silver award for 1D world! So proud! pic.twitter.com/wqCZ0AVCm3” loveLeah Blair
A Gold for @ArgylePR in media relations! #cprsace pic.twitter.com/NQmLAOocXxDaniel Tisch APR
Woo! Our fabulous oreo client with our @CPRSToronto GOLD! #CPRSACE instagram.com/p/Yggbg6k-UO/Strategic Objectives
Congratulations @so_pr! @JudySLewis hits the stage for the #OreoMoment win #CPRSACE @ Arcadian instagram.com/p/YggWAsvXYr/Kelly Baita
Congrats to #GCIGROUP and Novo Nordisk (cli) who just won a silver award at #CPRSACE! What a night! pic.twitter.com/JFrcuAb1vCGCI Canada
Congrats heather_agnew #CPRSACE Volunteer of the Year Award recipient! instagram.com/p/YgizeYPToX/Nicole
@cprstoronto #CPRSACE Winning. #gold #studentprcampaign instagram.com/p/YgjBi0M_r2/Brenna
Wheeeo #BraveArtTO silver!! @CPRSStudents @VivienneMcCuaig #CPRSACE pic.twitter.com/6yW13EsMUeSarah MacKinnon
@ArgylePR wins @CPRSToronto Best Campaign of the Year! Congrats to all nominees, to our team & clients! #cprsace pic.twitter.com/HHp2LiKDYSArgyle
#cprsace award winners for crisis comms! Congrats @maverick_pr team! cc @michagoddard instagram.com/p/YgnxHisdDr/Kelly Olive
Regram from @andrewfstewart! @robmanne @jessvanrooyen @ashleighmeilach & Aaron! @cprstoronto #cprsace… instagram.com/p/Ygpm_7uLdO/Christine Lu

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Congratulations to the 2013 ACE Award Winners!
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The 2013 CPRS Toronto ACE Awards gala was an unforgettable celebration!  On April 24th, CPRS Toronto welcomed over 350 of Toronto’s PR elite to acknowledge and honour the best communications campaigns in the city.

ACE Awards are given to organizations and individuals who have positively influenced the Toronto PR industry, as determined by a judging panel of seasoned communications professionals. Winners left the gala with more than a trophy – being recognized with an ACE Award is a symbol of quality and mutual respect amongst Toronto’s PR community.

Congratulations to the 2013 ACE Award recipients!

Best PR Campaign

  • Argyle Communications and Free for All – 30% off Ontario Tuition

Best Creative PR Campaign 

  • Strategic Objectives and Mondelēz Canada – 100th Birthday of Oreo

Leadership Awards

  • Lois Marsh Award: John Muldoon, APR
  • PR Professional of the Year: Cathy Cowan, Cowan & Company Communications Inc.
  • Volunteer of the Year: Heather Agnew, RBC
  • CPRS Toronto Young PR Professional of the Year: Adrian Seeley, PRAXIS
  • CPRS Toronto Public Relations Student of the Year: Hannah Sunderani, Centennial College

Media Relations – Budget Over $50,000

Gold

  • Strategic Objectives and Mondelēz Canada –  100th Birthday of Oreo
  • Argyle Communications –  The Canadian Pain Summit

Silver 

  • Kraft Canada and Edelman –  MiO Trick Squirts
  • Revera Inc. and Environics Communications –  Thought Leadership – The Revera Reports
  • LOFT and Edelman –  LOFT Canada Launch
  • Novo Nordisk Canada and GCI Group Canada –  Igniting the VA Dialogue
  • NATIONAL Public Relations –  P.F. Chang’s Canadian Launch
  • NATIONAL Public Relations –  Capital One Credit Education Week
  • DDB Public Relations –  autoTRADER.ca: The Most Cars in One Place
  • Shaw Media and Edelman –  The Real Housewives of Vancouver Campaign
  • APEX Public Relations and George Brown College –  George Brown College Waterfront Campus

Bronze 

  • APEX Public Relations, Morin Public Relations and Walmart Canada –  Mom of the Year Award
  • APEX Public Relations and Kao Canada –  John Frieda Precision Foam Colour
  • Environics Communications –  The Talk
  • Citizen Optimum / Future Shop –  Future Shop Holiday 2012
  • eBay and Edelman –  eBay Canada 2012 Holiday program
  • Kraft Canada and Edelman –  Kraft Food for Families
  • NATIONAL Public Relations and Direct Impact –  Ford of Canada Power of Choice Campaign
  • Argyle Communications and PC Financial –  PC Canadian Family Finance Series

Media Relations – Budget under $50,000

Gold

  • APEX Public Relations and Nike Canada –  Sustainable Olympic Track Uniforms

Silver 

  • TD and Paradigm PR –  Credit Cards & You
  • energi PR –  MFPA: Canvassing the Country
  • APEX Public Relations and Nestlé Canada –  Nestlé Assorted Paints the Town Red
  • PRAXIS –  Lifesaving Society: Swim to Survive+
  • Argyle Communications and Staples Canada – Back to School with Staples
  • Fleishman-Hillard Toronto –  One Direction 1D World Toronto
  • SiriusXM and NATIONAL Public Relations – SiriusXM’s Siriusly Sexy Survey

Bronze 

  • APEX Public Relations and Kao Canada –  Summer Beauty with John Frieda and Jergens
  • Citizen Optimum –  ACE Bakery Canada’s Best Sandwich
  • TD and Paradigm PR –  TD Educates About Cyber Fraud

Best Use of Special Events.

Gold 

  • RONA Inc. and MSL Canada –  The Nature of Colour
  • DDB Public Relations –  Subaru’s BRZ Scorches the Competition

Silver 

  • Citizen Optimum / IKEA Canada –  IKEA Winnipeg Store Opening
  • PRAXIS –  CCMadMen Event

Bronze

  • APEX Public Relations and Kao Canada –  YWCA Facility gets a Makeover
  • PRAXIS –  Dean and Todd’s Banff Ice Party at Blue Mountain
  • PRAXIS –  CARSTAR Dirty Car Art Exhibit

New Product or Service Launch Campaign of the Year 

Gold 

  • Energizer Personal Care –  Launch of Schick Hydro Silk
  • McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada Ltd.  –  Our Food. Your Questions.

Silver 

  • Shaw Media –  Continuum Series Launch Campaign
  • Kraft Canada and Edelman –  MiO Trick Squirts
  • Kaiser Lachance Communications –  Sears Canada LOOK! Report Launch
  • NATIONAL Public Relations –  P.F. Chang’s Canadian Launch
  • APEX Public Relations and Kao Canada –  Bioré Welcomes You (Back) to Your 20s

Bronze

  • APEX Public Relations and Nike Canada –  Measuring Movement to Make Life a Sport.
  • Ketchum PR Canada and Philips Canada – Philips Sonicare Diamond Clean Launch

Employee Communications Campaign of the Year

Silver 

  • Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited –  Grow Your Mo’ for Movember Campaign
  • Bombardier – Employee Communications Campaign of the Year Bombardier Aerospace Toronto Site

Community Relations Campaign of the Year 

Gold 

  • Argyle Communications and Free For All  –  30% Off Ontario Tuition

Silver 

  • Citizen Optimum –  Hyundai Hockey Helpers
  • Argyle Communications –  The Crosstown and the Community

Bronze 

  • Ontario Tire Stewardship, OARA and Environics Communications –  Ontario Tire Stewardship and OARA: Annual Tire Take Back Events
  • PRAXIS –  The Courvoisier Collection
  • Environics Communications and Stewardship Ontario –  Make the Drop, Battery Recycling Program

Best Digital Communications Campaign of the Year 

Silver 

  • Energizer Personal Care and Paradigm PR –  Playtex Gentle Glide Communications
  • Unilever Canada and Edelman –  Salty’s Missing Again’s Digital Journey
  • Kraft Canada and Edelman –  Kraft Foods DessertCentre.ca Program

Best Use of Communication Tools (Internet, A/V, Research & Measurement, Print and Publications)

Gold

  • Environics Communications and Pfizer Consumer Healthcare –  Advil Nighttime Year II

Brand Development Campaign of the Year

Gold

  • McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada Ltd.  –  Our Food. Your Questions.

Silver

  • Environics Communications – airmilesshops.ca Holiday Campaign
  • PRAXIS –  Canadian Club 2013 Brand Development

Bronze

  • Veritas Communications Inc. –  SUBWAY Restaurants Commit to Fit
  • Environics Communications –  Panasonic Cooking Canada Campaign
  • Randstad and MSL Canada –  Randstad: 2013 Public Relations Program
  • Ketchum PR Canada and Philips Canada –  Philips Consumer Lighting Campaign
  • Citizen Optimum –  ACE Bakery Canada’s Best Sandwich
  • NATIONAL Public Relations –  Hankook Tire Canada, The Road to the Top
  • PRAXIS –  Pepsi Ultimate Taste Challenge
  • Real Estate Council of Ontario –  RECO’s Consumer Awareness Campaign

Crisis or Issues Management Campaign of the Year 

Bronze 

  • MAVERICK–  Crisis at Toronto Eaton Centre

Best Student PR Campaign of the Year 

Gold

  • Talk is Cheap 5.0 Team, Centennial College –  Talk is Cheap 5.0

Silver

  • BraveArt Committee, Centennial College –  BraveArt
  • Cheryl, Hannah, Kassandra, Jessica & Brittany, Centennial College –  It’s Your Moment LGFB Fashion Show
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CASE STUDY: High Road Communications’ Brighter Life for Sun Life Financial
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By: Miranda Germani

Today’s the big day: the ACE Awards gala takes place this evening! The ACE committee is busy at Arcadian Court rolling out the (metaphorical) red carpet at this very moment. Just like the Oscars’ broadcast rehashes past years’ movies and fashion before the big show, this is the perfect moment for us to take a look into our past with an ACE Awards standout.

The Sun Life Financial and High Road Communications teams took home an award last year with the BrighterLife.ca initiative, awarded in the Digital Communications Campaign category.

I was pleased to talk to Adrienne Connell, Vice President, High Road Communications before the 2013 ACE Awards officially arrive, about the success of this digital campaign.

Can you tell me about your winning campaign? 

BrighterLife.ca is Sun Life Financial’s innovative digital content marketing platform. It is aimed at helping Canadians answer their money, health, family and career questions in an informal, engaging and no-pressure way. The goal is to add real value to Canadians through the power of relevant, credible, useful content. It’s a revolutionary approach that puts the needs of consumers at the forefront and it’s helped Sun Life to connect with a whole new target audience.

What was the objective and why was it so successful?

Sun Life Financial wanted to engage consumers earlier in the sales cycle, before they had considered Sun Life or were even aware that they had a need that might be met by a financial product. They already had digital marketing platforms to engage both prospective and current customers but needed a way to reach consumers who were just at the beginning of their buying journey. Typically, customers have a trigger event, such as starting a family, changing careers or thinking about retirement.  Enter BrighterLife.ca to engage a wide span of Canadians from young professionals, to young families through to mature families and pre-retirees. It’s been a success because there is an incredible team of individuals behind it that ensure we’re creating magnetic content that is portable, and by that I mean letting audiences consume the content in the channels of their choice, be that on the website, e-newsletters, Facebook, Twitter or RSS. They also make a phenomenal commitment to activating that content across channels leveraging a combination of paid, earned, owned and shared channels.

How did winning an award contribute to the agency’s brand? 

At both High Road and Sun Life we’re very proud to work on this award-winning initiative. It’s an amazing honour to be recognized by our peers in the industry for creating innovative ideas that hopefully inspire other brands and it has helped to solidify our voice as thought leaders in the Canadian content marketing space.

What inspired you to submit?

We are always committed to celebrating our client’s successes, and awards such as this play a key role in recognizing their great work and our continued partnership together.

What were the challenges associated with submitting an award?

While we are always looking at metrics to evaluate a program’s success, distilling those down to the highlights and capturing the essence of what makes a particular effort such as BrighterLife.ca unique isn’t always quick to pull together. It took support from Sun Life’s team and High Road’s to ensure our submission told the story of BrighterLife.ca.

What was a “must-include”in your binder submission?

Creative samples of the writing on BrighterLife.ca and the user experience design of the site. We also made sure we included materials that spoke to the overall strategy and goals. Finally we included materials that illustrated the impact we’ve had with BrighterLife.ca and the vibrant community we have built around the brand.

How did it feel to receive your award at the gala?

Really good! We enjoyed a chance to bring our two teams together for a night of celebration and fun.

What advice would you give to other entrants?

Submit! Be creative in your submission while giving a clear indication of what you set out to do, how you did it and what you ultimately achieved.

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