PRISM Awards 2023: Singtel wins PR Campaign of the Year; New award categories introduced include ‘Best Use of Storytelling in a Campaign’
- Written by Media Outreach
Singtel was named PR Campaign of the Year, for their 'Purpose Campaign - Empower Every Generation'. They also received a Distinction Award for Outstanding Employee Engagement Programme. Grayling emerged as the winner of the hotly contested Outstanding 360-degree Integrated Campaign – Consumer category.
This year's edition shines the light on People in PR and the IPRS conferred the Lifetime PR Achievement Award to well-known industry veteran Jennifer Lewis. Singlife's Pearlyn Phau bested several others to be named Outstanding PR Champion. Some of the other People awards given out were Outstanding PR Leader, Outstanding Young PR Professional and Outstanding PR Student, amongst others.
In the popular Outstanding Sustainability Communications Campaign category, Redhill and The Hoffman Agency emerged as the winners. Other highlights include TOUCH Community Services which won Outstanding Campaign by a NGO or NPO, and The Hoffman Agency's campaign "Hearing Partners encourages Singaporeans to #ListenAgain which took the Distinction award for Best Use of Storytelling.
Chair of the PRISM Awards 2023, Vanessa Wan, said: "I am deeply heartened by the strong support from the industry -- from the generous support from the esteemed judges and sponsors to the incredible number of submissions received. The IPRS felt that it was important to focus on the 'People in PR' for this year's awards. It is the PR practitioners who are at the heart of our industry, doing brilliant work every day and making an impact in their organisations, in the community, and on the profession. We all deserve to be recognised, celebrated and encouraged. Ultimately, it is through the best practices shared by the award winners that everyone will benefit, learn and grow."
Kelvin Koh, Managing Director of Truescope Singapore, Platinum Sponsor for the event, said: "Our enduring partnership with IPRS has played a pivotal role in propelling us as a leading integrated monitoring provider, not only within Singapore but also across the region. Engaging in various IPRS initiatives, we have cultivated significant relationships and valuable alliances. The PRISM Awards represents our dedicated effort to give back to this remarkable community and recognise the best and brightest in the industry. This also reflects our belief and confidence in the work of IPRS and its members, which espouses the mantra of Public Relations In Service of Mankind. The record-breaking 121 award submissions spanning 26 categories from 47 distinguished organisations is a compelling testament to this belief."
The PRISM Awards is organised by the Institute of Public Relations of Singapore (IPRS). A total of 121 submissions were received. This year's edition shines the light on People in PR – professionals, teams and champions who have made an impact through their mastery of PR strategy and execution skills.
The distinguished panel of 41 judges comprised senior PR & Communication practitioners, leading PR and Communication academics, senior media representatives, professionals, business leaders and IPRS Council Members.
The IPRS PRISM Awards 2023 is supported by: Platinum Sponsor, Truescope Singapore; Gold Sponsor, IN.FOM; and Silver Sponsors Pinpoint PR and Telum Media.
For more information, visit: https://www.iprs.org.sg/news/iprs-prism-awards-2023
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