We are happy to announce that MWW Group has made PR News’ CSR A-List and been honored as a leader in corporate social responsibility. This prestigious list recognizes firms that have a proven track record in developing and managing corporate responsibility programs and social good initiatives for clients. We understand the importance of communicating corporate social responsibility to our client’s varying stakeholders and have developed innovative and successful CSR communications initiatives on their behalf.

It is important that we give back as a company and the CSR Awards have recognized our efforts in doing our part through corporate social responsibility. It has been linked to improved reputation and employee morale, but CSR is not just good business—it brings in business as well.

The following have also been named finalists in the PR News CSR Awards:

• Michael Kempner, CEO and Chairman
  Category: CSR Professional of the Year

• Jimmy Dean and Share Our Strength: Deepening Employee Engagement
  Category: Employee Relations

• Jimmy Dean Launches Initiative at BlogHer ‘11
  Category: Social Media Campaign

The PRWeek Awards has named Michael W. Kempner, President and Chief Executive Officer of MWW Group, a finalist for the PR Professional of the Year category! Michael spearheaded the management led buy-out in December 2010, demonstrating that being an independent agency for an interdependent world truly makes a difference. Under his leadership, MWW Group has grown to become one of the largest and fastest growing firms in the nation. Michael was named PRWeek’s PR Professional of the Year in 2008.

In addition to this honor PRWeek has also named MWW Group a finalist in three additional categories!

JetBlue’s Flight Plan for the Future: Connecting with the Cockpit to Preserve the Direct Relationship with Pilots
Category: Employee Communications Campaign of the Year
Category: Crisis or Issues Management Campaign of the Year

MoMath Ramps Up the Birth of MoMath
Category: Nonprofit Campaign of the Year

These are very exciting honors because the PRWeek Awards is the highest accolade in the public relations industry, conferred each year on the best corporate, nonprofit, agency, and education teams, and the work they produce. A PRWeek Award is a unique symbol of achievement and leadership, and immediately sets the winner apart from all others.

MWW Group’s own Brett White, Vice President of the Dallas office, took home a PR News PR People Award for PR Team Leader of the Year! This distinguished award honors outstanding PR professionals across all areas of PR for their notable achievements and contributions.

Brett White joined MWW Group’s Dallas office in 2006 as a Senior Account Executive for the newly acquired Samsung Mobile account. Since then, Brett has been promoted three times – first to Account Supervisor and Account Director, and most recently to Vice President for his diligent leadership on the Samsung Mobile account and pursuit of new business opportunities.

His work with Samsung Mobile is especially noteworthy and his close relationships with his client, the media, and his team members are rooted in the key tenets of public relations. His achievements have gone far. Brett helped the team secure placements with CNN, G4, Maxim, Rolling Stone, Seventeen, and even on the daytime talk shows of Ellen DeGeneres.

In addition to his exceptional relationship skills, Brett tasks range from corporate/B2B communications to executive positioning, from strategic writing to media training, and from media relations to crisis communication.

We take pride in our work and it has been an honor to see it selected as some of the best in the industry. Most recently, the MarCom Awards awarded MWW Group with four Platinum MarCom Awards! The MarCom Awards honor excellence and recognize the creativity, hard work and generosity of marketing and communication professionals.

The following projects have been selected as winners:

Platinum:

• Breaking Through the Noise at SXSW with Nikon
  Category: Special Event

• Putting the Media Muscle Back into Gold’s Gym
  Category: Publicity Campaign

• Remaking Jimmy Dean from a Sausage Brand into a Breakfast Brand
  Category: Communications/PR Plan
  Category: Branding Refresh

Honorable Mention:

• Network for Teaching Entrpreneurship: Bridging the Educational Challenges of Tomorrow Through Entrepreneurship Education
  Category: Publicity Campaign

We are thrilled to announce Marilyn Thompson, Executive Vice President, has been named the winner of the “Lifetime Achievement Award” in the 8th Annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are the world’s premier awards for women executives, entrepreneurs, and the organizations they run.

Marilyn is an integral part of the MWW team and has 42 years of continuous professional experience specializing in the representation of health and education interests, state and local governments, and financial services and corporate entities. As the Executive Vice President of MWW Government Relations and General Manager, Marilyn is responsible for personally overseeing all congressional and legislative activity, including client-specific legislative, federal funding and grant objectives and agendas.  Her career includes long government relations and Washington experience representing the State of New Jersey and three of its Governors, as well as local governments and both corporate and non-profit interests in appropriations, budget, tax, technology, and infrastructure development.

 Congratulations, Marilyn!