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GOLIN HARRIS NAMED PRWEEK LARGE PR AGENCY OF THE YEAR 2010

CHICAGO (March 18, 2010) – GolinHarris was named Large PR Agency of the Year 2010 at the eleventh annual PRWeek Awards ceremony held in New York City.  This prestigious award recognizes financial performance, client growth and retention, thought leadership, and PR creativity and innovation.

The PRWeek Awards, sponsored by PRWeek Magazine, showcases and recognizes the best practices in the PR industry and are among the highest accolades in the public relations industry. 

PRWeek noted that “judges were impressed by the agency’s thought leadership, financial performance, client wins and service, particularly in a tough economic year.”  The judging panel praised Get Real, GolinHarris’ thought piece on authenticity, calling it “timely and impressive.”  Get Real deconstructs the concept of authenticity and provides an easy-to-use 12-step process for applying authenticity.  In addition, the judges recognized GolinHarris’ Gold Standard client service model, its social media thought leadership and Al’s Day, the agency’s annual community service day to honor founder Al Golin.

It is the second time in four years that GolinHarris has been selected as Large PR Agency of the Year.  This award comes on the heels of the agency being named 2009 Asia Pacific PR Consultancy of the Year. 

President and CEO Fred Cook stated “We are extraordinarily proud of this award and of our accomplishments this past year.  It is very gratifying when our peers recognize our team’s excellent work and dedication to innovation and client service.”

About GolinHarris

Established in 1956, GolinHarris is a leading full-service public relations agency with 30 wholly-owned offices located in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East.  We provide strategy and execution across practices such as consumer brand marketing, corporate communications, digital/social media, corporate social responsibility, healthcare, internal communications, multicultural communications, technology and public affairs.   For more than 50 years, GolinHarris has created innovative and award-winning public relations programs that deliver results for clients such as BP, Dow Chemical Company, Florida Department of Citrus, Kaiser Permanente, McDonald’s, Nintendo of America Inc., Olympus, Orange, Texas Instruments, and Underwriters Laboratories.  GolinHarris was recognized as PRWeek’s 2009 Global Agency Report Card Bronze Medal Winner and was named 2009 Asia Pacific PR Consultancy of Year and the 2008 International Consultancy of the Year by the PRCA.  In addition, GolinHarris has been selected as one of the 2009 Best Places to Work For by The Holmes Group, Atlanta Business Chronicle, National Association of Business Resources, Sunday Times and Crain’s New York.  The agency is headquartered in Chicago and is a subsidiary of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG).  For more information, visit www.golinharris.com

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