Thank you to everyone who submitted an award this year. We received over 400 entries from organizations across 32 countries. A huge congratulations to all of our winners, runners up and finalists. Interested in seeing what a winning entry looks like. See below to view video submissions from our finalists.
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2021 Gartner Communications Awards
Celebrating global excellence in communications
2021 Winners and Finalists
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Achievement in Communications Response to 2020
Winner
Telstra & The Chief Conspiracy Investigator
Telstra
Highly Commended
Friedman LLP COVID-19 Resource Center
Friedman LLP
Most Innovative
Taking the "crunch" out of credit during the Coronavirus crisis
Experian
Finalists
How We Connected Employees To Our Firm and One Another During a Year of Crises
Booz Allen Hamilton
DBS Stronger Together – Banking with Purpose Amid the Pandemic
DBS Bank
Liberty Mutual's Communications Response to 2020
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Lloyds Banking Group - internal communications covid response
Lloyds Banking Group
Spread Love /Crisis Campaign
Mary Kay Inc.
Unlock your Genius
Worley
Excellence in Change Communication
Winner
Raytheon UK: Building Better Campaign
Raytheon UK
Highly Commended
Medtronic's Operating Model Transformation
Medtronic
Finalists
Baker Hughes Leadership Forum and Leader Guide and Hub
Baker Hughes
Corporate
Natwest Group India
PMI Leverages Digital Change Comms to Engage a Remote Workforce in a Transformation That Can’t Wait
Philip Morris International
Elevating Unit4’s ‘People Experience’ from brand promise to reality: overcoming change fatigue to create a global team of motivated and engaged brand advocates
Unit4
Excellence in Communications Technology
Winner
Unit4: Turning in-active employees into Social Influencers with DSMN8
Unit4 & DSMN8
Highly Commended
TURBOSTARTY 2020
Pyaterochka
Finalists
Discover your new ChampionX intranet – A lean team, fast and multi-phase launch to unify our company after a spin-off and merger
ChampionX
Citrix + Cerkl
Citrix
Brand Communication Reimagined
Teleperformance
The Polite Type font against online bullying
TietoEVRY
Excellence in Crisis Communications
Winner
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers - Chicken Fingers and COVID-19
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
Highly Commended
A Signature Year
Schneider Electric
Finalists
AIM Crisis Communications
City of Atlanta, Atlanta Information Management
The New Reality, Internal Crisis Management Communications Campaign
Pyaterochka
Telstra - Bushfires Response
Telstra
Excellence in Employee Engagement
Winner
Citrix - The Source
Citrix
Most Innovative
Future of Awesome Tour
Comcast & GO2 Partners, Elevux and Renegade
Finalists
Allianz EVP
Allianz & AMV BBDO
2020 Employee Giving Campaign
GE Appliances
Now is Our Time: Internal Call to Win
Manulife Hong Kong
Piloting Good Life SCOR in North America
SCOR Global Life
#OneTCS Channel
Tata Consultancy Services Limited
Colors of UST
UST
Excellence in Reputation Management
Winner
Building Reputation Intelligence
Southwest Airlines
Highly Commended
TELUS' Stay Connected Series
TELUS
Finalists
GE Appliances - Excellence in Reputation Management
GE Appliances
Parsons Brand Refresh
Parsons Corporation
Insisting on Relentless Transparency to Earn Trust
Philip Morris International
Sandvik Group: Engineering lifechanging innovations
Sandvik AB & Stone Junction
Going Net Zero at WSP
WSP UK
Small Idea, Big Impact
Winner
High Voltage Can Jump Phase Two Campaign
Queensland Rail
Highly Commended
Safety Starts with the Heart
Kimberly-Clark
Most Innovative
Phishing with Cookies - MobileIron
Ivanti
Finalists
Fraser - You Lift Us Up Campaign
Fraser
SPAD Safeworking Campaign Drives Safer Conversations
Metro Trains Melbourne
Turning heads with TELUS Critter Masks
TELUS
Amazing Women in eCommerce at Yotpo
Yotpo
Watch the Replay
The winners were announced at a free online event on August 24, 2021.
In a virtual awards ceremony hosted by Dorian Cundick, VP, Advisory, and Dean Vitté, Director, Advisory, we announced the winners of this years' Communications Awards, learned why the judges were so impressed by their initiatives and heard from the entrants a little more about their campaigns.
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