Jennings Honored In New England With 11 Healthcare Communications Awards

CHAPEL HILL, NC – June 1, 2011 – Jennings, the North Carolina public relations, branding and advertising agency, was recently honored with 11 Lamplighter Awards for healthcare marketing. The New England Society for Healthcare Communications (NESHCo) honors hospitals, agencies and healthcare facilities for excellence in marketing, public relations and communications.

“We are fortunate to have built a solid base of wonderful healthcare clients in New England,” said Jennings President and CEO, Dan Dunlop. “We always strive to create advertising campaigns that are innovative, strategically sound and that will help our clients achieve their business objectives. Receiving awards is just icing on the cake.”

Jennings received awards recognizing work created for four different hospitals and health systems:

Gold:

• Lowell General Hospital & Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center – Total Campaign
• Lowell General Hospital & Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center – Social Media
• Signature Healthcare & Tufts Medical Center – Affiliation Campaign – Bariatrics Brochure
• Signature Healthcare & Tufts Medical Center – Affiliation Campaign – Photography
• Southwestern Vermont Medical Center – Print Campaign

Silver:

• Lowell General Hospital & Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center- PR Campaign
• Signature Healthcare & Tufts Medical Center – Affiliation Campaign – Social Media
• Southwestern Vermont Medical Center – Photography

Excellence:

• Lowell General Hospital & Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center – Radio Spot
• Lowell General Hospital & Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center – Pediatrics Brochure
• Lowell General Hospital & Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center – Print Campaign

The Lamplighters were established to showcase and honor communications excellence in the New England Region. The 2011 competition included more than 340 entries from more than 85 organizations throughout the area. This year the Minnesota Health Strategy and Communications Network judged entries.

“The Lamplighter Awards shine a light on the best and brightest public relations, marketing and communications work from healthcare organizations,” said Lee Reynolds Crouch, APR, president of NESHCo. “This year’s competition encompassed an impressive array of creativity, innovativeness and results-driven entries and the decision process was an extremely difficult one for our judges in Minnesota.”

All winners are currently posted on the NESHCo website at www.neshco.org.

About NESHCo
For four decades, NESHCo has served as the region’s premier professional development organization for communication professionals working in the health care industry. The Society is composed of nearly 300 members throughout New England. For more information, visit www.neshco.org.