First-ever Icey Awards honor independent PR professionals

The first-ever ICey Awards were held May in Atlanta celebrating the work of talented citizens relations professionals from across Georgia The winners were all independent PR professionals who own their own agencies In each category the runner-up got the Pretty Cool award and the winner got the ICey award Winners of the first-ever Icey Awards were honored this month L to R Kim Speece Mitch Leff Debbie Fitzgerald Michael Kanell Meredith Fletcher Elise Riley Provided Independent Counselors in Georgia represent clients small and large and are usually very senior professionals with decades of expertise commented Mitch Leff of Leff Associates who created the awards ICEY stands for Independent Counselors Elevate You and we felt it was key to highlight the work these professionals provide across almost a dozen categories We expect the number of entries to grow as word spreads about the new Icey Awards The ICey Award Winners are Journalist of the Year Michael Kanell retired Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Best Nonprofit CampaignIcey Fletcher PR Wellroot Family Services Christmas Giving Pretty Cool Leff Associates Tunnel to Towers to Open Atlanta Veterans VillageBest Written WorkIcey NEW s PR Arlington Memorial Park Opens Nation s First-of-Its-Kind MausoleumPretty Cool Spotlight Communications Giving Tuesday A Day to Invest in the Arts Invest in our FutureBest PodcastIcey Strategic Global Media Second Act Stories PodcastPretty Cool Leff Associates Questions Journalist Spotlight Best Thought Leadership CampaignIcey Fitzgerald PR Fitzgerald PR helps the Caregiver s Journey SoarPretty Cool ConnectingYOUto PR Unplugged for Self CareBest Business CampaignIcey The PR Studio Media Relations Keeps Cutting Edge Firewood a Hot TopicPretty Cool NEW s PR Leveraging Media Relations to Increase CCBB membershipBest Ongoing CampaignIcey Leff Associates The Verdict is in for Emory LawPretty Cool Fitzgerald PR Fitzgerald PR helps the Caregiver s Journey SoarBest Small Event CampaignIcey Tadpole Communications Dreamhack Returns to AtlantaPretty Cool Leff Associates Gaming Convention MomoCon Sets New Attendance RecordBest Entertainment CampaignIcey My Global Presence Rome International Film FestivalPretty Cool Sage PR Georgia Production PartnershipBest PhotoIcey Haute Choc lat Multimedia Group R I C E Awards Lifetime Honoree Xernona Clayton Red CarpetBest Lifestyle CampaignIcey The PR Studio Media Relations Keeps Cutting Edge Firewood a Hot TopicPretty Cool ConnectingYOUto PR Unplugged for Self CareBest Work of the Year The Maverick AwardStrategic Global Media Second Act Stories PodcastNEW s PR Arlington Memorial Park Opens Nation s First-of-Its-Kind MausoleumThe post First-ever Icey Awards honor independent PR professionals appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta