Communicator Award
Aqua Sciences
June 2, 2008
On June 2, 2008, DCI Group was awarded a Communicator Award of Distinction as part of the 14th Annual Communicator Awards. DCI Group submitted an entry detailing the firm’s work for Aqua Sciences. This public affairs and media relations campaign culminated with Aqua Sciences’ product being named by Time magazine as one of the best inventions of 2006.
The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program honoring creative excellence for communications professionals. Founded by communication professionals over a decade ago, The Communicator Awards is an annual competition honoring the best in advertising, corporate communications, public relations and identity work for print, video, interactive and audio. The past year’s 14th Annual Communicator Awards received over 8,500 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes, making it one of the largest awards of its kind in the world.
Hermes Creative Awards
The Stafford Foundation
April 24, 2009
On April 24, 2009, DCI Group received two Hermes Creative Awards for its recent work with the Stafford Foundation on the People’s Inaugural Project. There were approximately 3,700 entries from the United States and several other countries. DCI Group was chosen to receive a Platinum Award for Pro Bono Work and a Gold Award for Newspaper Placement.
Hermes Creative Awards is an international competition for creative professionals involved in the concept, writing and design of traditional materials and programs, and emerging technologies. Entries come from corporate marketing and communication departments, advertising agencies, PR firms, design shops, production companies, web based innovators and freelancers.
Hermes Creative Awards is administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals. The international organization consists of several thousand marketing, communication, advertising, public relations, media production, web and free-lance professionals. The Association oversees awards and recognition programs, provides judges and sets standards for excellence.
Gold Hermes Creative Awards
Test for Life campaign
May 1, 2008
On May 1, 2008, DCI Group was awarded two of the 2008 Gold Hermes Creative Awards in the Product Launch and the Communication Campaign categories. DCI Group submitted an entry based on our work for Aqua Sciences in the Product Launch category and an entry based on our Test For Life campaign for the Communication Campaign category.
Peter Barron Stark & Associates Award for Workplace Excellence
2006, 2007
The 2007 winners of the Peter Barron Stark & Associates Award for Workplace Excellence™ have been announced. Many awards that claim to measure workplace excellence are based on responses provided by an administrator in a written questionnaire. The Award for Workplace Excellence is considered especially prestigious as it is solely based on actual employee feedback.
Peter Stark, President of Peter Barron Stark & Associates, shares the purpose of employee opinion surveys, “Through these surveys, employees believe their voice can be heard by management. And, once that voice is heard it can be acted upon to make positive workplace improvements.” Peter also believes that an Employee Opinion Survey “is the best gift an organization can give to its employees and customers.
Winners were selected based on criteria that included exceeding an 80% overall favorable response. The surveys measured employees’ responses in categories such as Communication, Leadership, Values, Work Environment, Motivation, Honesty, Integrity, Ethics, Commitment to Quality and Service, Benefits and Compensation.
Public Relations Society of America
VeriChip Saves Lives campaign
June 14, 2007
On June 14, 2007, DCI Group was awarded the 2007 Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) National Bronze Anvil for Media Relations in the category of Business to Business – Products. DCI Group submitted an entry based on its “VeriChip Saves Lives” media relations campaign for the VeriChip Corporation.
Bronze Anvil Awards were created by PRSA in 1969 to recognize outstanding public relations tactics — the individual items or components of programs or campaigns. They are awarded in 55 categories and subcategories including consumer relations, newsletter, Web site, feature story, press/media kit and blogs.