PRISA PRISM Awards 2010
The PRISA PRISM Awards, now in their 14th year, are presented to public relations and communication professionals who have successfully incorporated strategy, creativity and professionalism into public relations and communication programmes and strategies that showcase a successful public relations campaign.
If your business has a programme or strategy to highlight the difference successful public relations and communication management can make, you should enter.
ELIGIBILITY
Business enterprises, associations, private institutions and government bodies are eligible to submit entries to the PRISA PRISM Awards.Public relations firms and consultancies may enter on behalf of clients and share honours with them.Participants may submit as many individual entries as they wish. You may submit programmes previously entered in other awards and competitions. The PRISM Awards offers broad international recognition to campaigns honoured separately at the national level.
Entrants do not have to be members of PRISA to participate - it is open to all practitioners in corporate departments and consultancies.
SCOPE
Entries may be submitted in a wide variety of professional categories. Details on the focus of each category are provided under Categories. Campaigns entered in all categories may be local, regional, national or international in scope. The categories encompass programmes targeted to a variety of audiences and publics.
The same entry may be submitted in more than one category.
RECOGNITION
The PRISA PRISM Awards will be presented to the winners at a celebratory event to be held on the 31 March 2010 at Gallagher Estate, Midrand, Gauteng.
JUDGING AND AWARDS
A panel of senior practitioners, communication specialists and the media will judge entries submitted to these Awards. In considering entries, the judges may grant none, one or more awards in each category. The PRISA PRISM Overall Gold Award will be awarded to the individual entry judged to have demonstrated the highest standards of competence. Judges' decision is final.
CRITERIA
Public relations campaigns entered in the PRISA PRISM Awards must exhibit a high standard of excellence in a variety of programme aspects. Specifically, each entry will be judged on the basis of its competence in five areas. Please ensure that your entry is prepared according to these guidelines.
(For guidance, please consult the PRISA website www.prisa.co.za for previous entries and see how the winning entries were submitted.)
Please note when completing each section for the entry, that each has equal points weighting.
Entries should be delivered on or before 26 January 2010 to:
• PRISA
ProComm House
108 Bram Fischer Drive
Ferndale, Randburg
• PRISA cannot take responsibility for lost or damaged entries.
• All submissions become the property of the PRCC, and may be used for publicity / education purposes.
• Entries cannot be returned.
Date: 31 March 2010Venue: Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand, Johannesburg