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  • FleishmanHillard’s Sharon Piehl Named to 2016 Loeries Live Events and PR Awards Jury

    August 15, 2016

    Sharon Piehl, managing director of FleishmanHillard’s South African office, has been selected to be part of the live events and PR jury at this year's Loeries Creative Week Durban.  After spending four years as the lead of FleishmanHillard’s Brand Marketing portfolio, Piehl was appointed as Managing Director of FleishmanHillard Johannesburg in May 2016, and now oversees an award-winning team of over 70 communications specialists. Piehl, along with 12 other brand communications specialists in the Live Events and PR Categories...

  • Time for this dog to wag its own tail

    December 3, 2015

    For too long, public relations agencies have toiled surreptitiously, positioning our clients as role models, by pulling together resources, formulating new strategies, shaping and maintaining perceptions and assembling content for the right audience. We have spent years doing this for our clients, but it is time we started doing the same for ourselves. Industry awards garner substantial coverage for agencies, they provide the opportunity to profile great work as well as the agency itself. Big...

  • Why Industry Awards Should Not Be Over Looked

    February 19, 2014

    As PR professionals we are not naturally geared for soaking up the limelight. Most of our hours are spent developing and executing plans that showcase the successes of our clients. We are often the unsung heroes who remain in the background when the lights go on. We work hard to craft well thought of, inspiring campaigns with brilliance that we often take for granted. There is a tremendous amount of thought, time and energy put...