On Wednesday, we recognized the area’s best work in public relations, marketing and communications during our “2019 Image Awards: All that Glitters is Gold” event at GROVE Restaurant. Winners were selected for their excellence in sound research and planning as well as production, execution and evaluation of results, including budget.
Kim Livengood, APR, The Eclipse Agency earned top honors – the Grand All Image Award – for her entry, “Finding the Bazaar.”
Earning Image Awards were Livengood for “Finding the Bazaar” and “Passport to the Bazaar”; Sharon Kunkel, Wordslinger Marketing & PR, for “Goodwill Manasota: A Hand Up Pays Off”; Premier Sotheby’s International Realty for “Shaquille O’Neal’s Orlando Home Press Release” – which also earned a Judges’ Award for cost-efficiency; and Visit Sarasota County for “VSC Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week.”
Earning Awards of Distinction were: Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County for “Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota Art Battle”; Next-Mark for “CMX Cinemas Makes an Epic Entrance into a New Market”; Habitat for Humanity Sarasota for “Lives Transformed: The Campaign for Hammock Place”; First Watch for “First Watch Blog”; and FCCI Insurance Group for “FCCI Website.”
Participation in the Image Awards is not required to enter at the statewide level for the FPRA’s Golden Image Awards; entries are due by May 10, 2019.
Eleni Pierce was recognized with The Joe Curley Rising Leader Award. This program identifies and honors up-and-coming individual FPRA members who demonstrate emerging leadership traits and demonstrate active involvement in FPRA chapter activities, programs, functions and events.
Many thanks to: our keynote speaker, the inspirational Rachel Weeks, a triathlete and track cyclist despite being “deafblind” due to Usher syndrome; our emcee for the awards, SNN anchor Hallie Peilet; and our generous sponsor of the event, Premier Sotheby’s International Realty.
Our deepest gratitude to our director of Image Awards, Elise Ramer, who has coached, proofread, encouraged and advocated for countless Image Awards entrants over the years!
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