PRGN 2023 Best Practice Awards: Record Entries and Awards Gala in San Francisco

The Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) announced winners of its 2023 Best Practice Awards at an awards gala ceremony held at the FANG Restaurant in San Francisco and attended by more than 30 member agencies from across the globe.

In 2023, 37 PRGN member agencies submitted 154 entries – the highest number of entries ever in the 12-year history of PRGN’s awards program. Entries on client work, agency promotion and campaigns were accepted in 23 categories, and the global best of the bests were awarded golden, silver and bronze awards.

The PRGN 2023 Awards Gala was held at the FANG Restaurant on Oct. 19, as part of the network’s October 2023 Member Meeting and Conference in San Francisco, attended by close to 70 delegates from PRGN member agencies from six continents of the world. Gala hosts were Natacha Clarac, general director of Brussels-based public affairs consultancy Athenora Consulting, who has served as the Awards project leader this year, and Natalie Ghidotti, CEO and founder of Ghidotti, a full service PR and comms agency in Little Rock, Arkansas.

The most successful agency in the 2023 PRGN Best Practice Awards was Ghidotti of Little Rock, Arkansas, which collected a total of six awards with one silver and three bronzes. Eje Comunicación from Mexico City, OneMulti of Warsaw, Poland, and Peritus PR of Birmingham, Alabama, each collected five awards, with Eje taking home five silvers, OneMulti three golds, one silver and one bronze, and Peritus PR two golds, one silver and two bronzes.

Agencies which earned four awards in the contest are Adverum (Lithuania) – which also collected four gold awards, the highest – Alkemi Collective (South Africa), Industrie-Contact (Germany), L.C. Williams & Associates (Chicago, IL), Perspective Strategies (Malaysia) and Three Box (Dallas, TX).

Winners of the 2023 PRGN Best Practice Awards by categories:

Advocacy and Awareness Campaigns:

1. Adverum – Vilnius, Lithuania
2. Eje Comunicación – Mexico City, Mexico
3. Alkemi Collective – Cape Town, South Africa

Agency Collaboration:

1. Landis Communications, Inc. (San Francisco, California) – Bianchi Public Relations (Detroit, Michigan) – Integrate Communications (Tokyo, Japan)
2. REED Public Relations (Nashville, Tennessee) – Three Box (Dallas, Texas) – Ghidotti (Little Rock, Arkansas) – Buchanan Public Relations (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) – Peritus PR (Birmingham, Alabama)
3. Three Box (Dallas, Texas) – HMA Public Relations (Phoenix, Arizona)

Agency Marketing / Self-Promotion:

1. Perspective Strategies – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2. Alkemi Collective – Cape Town, South Africa
3. Peritus PR – Birmingham, Alabama

B2B Communications:

1. Industrie-Contact – Hamburg, Germany
2. OneMulti – Warsaw, Poland
3. Landis Communications, Inc. – San Francisco, California

B2C/Consumer Communications – Products:

1. OneMulti – Warsaw, Poland
2. Sound Public Relations – Milan, Italy
3. Ghidotti – Little Rock, Arkansas

B2C/Consumer Communications – Services:

1. Media Profile – Toronto, Canada
2. Industrie-Contact – Hamburg, Germany
3. S&A Communications, Raleigh Durham, North Carolina

Communication to Gen-Z:

1. Perspective Strategies – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2. L.C. Williams & Associates – Chicago, Illinois
3. Ellun Kanat – Helsinki, Finland

Community Relations:

1. Novitas Communications – Denver, Colorado
2. Eje Comunicación – Mexico City, Mexico
3. Ghidotti – Little Rock, Arkansas

Content Marketing & SEO:

1. L.C. Williams & Associates – Chicago, Illinois
2. Three Box (Dallas, Texas)

Corporate Communications:

1. OneMulti – Warsaw, Poland
2. Three Box (Dallas, Texas)
3. OneMulti – Warsaw, Poland

Crisis and Issues Management:

1. Adverum – Vilnius, Lithuania
2. REED Public Relations (Nashville, Tennessee)

Events:

1. Perspective Strategies – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2. two cents (Brussels, Belgium)
3. Ghidotti – Little Rock, Arkansas

Financial Communications and Investor Relations: 

1. cometis AG – Wiesbaden, Germany

Influencer Campaigns:

1. Ellun Kanat – Helsinki, Finland
2. L.C. Williams & Associates – Chicago, Illinois
3. Ghidotti – Little Rock, Arkansas

Integrated Campaigns:

1. Adverum – Vilnius, Lithuania
2. Alkemi Collective – Cape Town, South Africa
3. accelent communications – Vienna, Austria

Internal and Employer Branding:

1. Peritus PR – Birmingham, Alabama

Media Relations:

1. OneMulti – Warsaw, Poland
2. Eje Comunicación – Mexico City, Mexico
3. Global. – Lisbon, Portugal

Pro Bono Work:

1. Alexander PR – Auckland, New Zealand
2. Perspective Strategies – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3. Ghidotti – Little Rock, Arkansas

Product or Service Launches:

1. Scandinavian Communications – Copenhagen, Denmark
2. Industrie-Contact – Hamburg, Germany
3. Alkemi Collective – Cape Town, South Africa

Public Affairs:

1. Peritus PR – Birmingham, Alabama
2. Athenora Consulting – Brussels, Belgium
3. Identia PR – Buenos Aires, Argentina

Small Budget Campaigns (Up to $10K):

1. two cents (Brussels, Belgium)
2. Sound Public Relations – Milan, Italy
3. Industrie-Contact – Hamburg, Germany

Social Media Communications:

1. Novitas Communications – Denver, Colorado
2. Media Profile – Toronto, Canada
3. L.C. Williams & Associates – Chicago, Illinois

Sustainability – ESG – CSR – DEI:

1. Adverum – Vilnius, Lithuania
2. Eje Comunicación – Mexico City, Mexico
3. Perspective Strategies – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Thought Leadership and Expert Positioning:

1. The Newmark Group – Nairobi, Kenya
2. Buchanan Public Relations – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
3. Peritus PR – Birmingham, Alabama

PRGN member agencies are independent, local, owner-operated public relations and marketing communications firms that share expertise and resources, while providing broad-based comprehensive communications strategies to clients worldwide.

Companies or organizations interested in the services of PRGN’s local agency network can visit its agency directory for more information.

Independent agencies interested in joining the network can visit the member recruitment section of the PRGN website for more information.