Announcing Ragan’s Crisis Communications Awards finalists

When a crisis strikes, organizations and clients turn to the people and teams who are the calm amid the storm.

Ragan’s Crisis Communications Awards finalists represent the campaigns, messaging, responses, people and teams that were instrumental in mitigating the damage caused by a crisis.

Congratulations to this year’s finalists. We will announce winners in April.

Campaigns and Strategy

Covid-19 Campaign

• Consolidated Asset Management Services (CAMS): CAMS COVID Response & Safety Program
• Florida Memorial University: Protect the Pride
• INFUSEmedia: INFUSEmedia’s Covid Response
• National Automobile Dealers Association: NADA Coronavirus Hub
• OBI Creative: Omicron Surge Crisis Communications

Cybersecurity Response

• Cisco: Cisco Global Communications Instrumental in Cybersecurity Incident Mitigation and Response

Integrated Campaign

• American Egg Board with Inspire PR Group and Epic Associates: 2021-22 Bird Flu Response
• Project HOPE: #HOPEforUkraine
• The Partnership: NCH Heart Institute (NHI)

Media Relations Campaign

• Bospar: San Francisco Pride
• Identity: Guiding the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office During a Crisis
• Lambert: Flint Water Legal Defense Team
• The Partnership: NCH Heart Institute (NHI)
• The TASC Group: Protecting the Rights of Asbestos Cancer Victims Against Fortune 500 Companies

Natural Disaster Response

• ADG Strategy Group: Hurricane Ian Disaster Response
• ChenMed: ChenMed Supports Employees, Patients and the Community After Hurricane Ian
• The University of Florida: Hurricane Ian Response Plan
• Treasure Coast Food Bank: Hurricane Ian Response

Public Affairs Campaign

• American Society for Reproductive Medicine: ASRM’s Response to the Dobbs v Jackson Ruling
• The Levinson Group: The Levinson Group
• Upwardly Global: Joshua Garner

Reputation Turnaround Campaign

• Bospar: San Francisco Pride
• Florida Memorial University: SACSCOC

Social Justice Campaign

• Bospar: San Francisco Pride
• IGNITE: Reproductive Justice Campaign
• Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Planned Parenthood Action Fund: Bans Off Our Bodies
• The Levinson Group: The Levinson Group

Crisis Response by Industry

Food and Beverage

• American Egg Board with Inspire PR Group and Epic Associates: 2021-22 Bird Flu Response

Nonprofit/Government

• ADG Strategy Group: Hurricane Ian Disaster Response
• Bospar: San Francisco Pride
• Dallas ISD: Dallas ISD’s Comprehensive Safety Plan: A crisis response to the Robb Elementary School tragedy
• Identity: Guiding the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office During a Crisis
• National Automobile Dealers Association: NADA Coronavirus Hub
• Orleans Parish Communication District: OPCD Mardi Gras Public Safety Awareness

Health Care

• Arkansas Health Care Association: Monette Manor Disaster Response
• Bethany Children’s Health Center: Boil-Water Order – Bethany Children’s Health Center
• OBI Creative: Omicron Surge Crisis Communications

Utility/Energy

• Consolidated Asset Management Services (CAMS): CAMS COVID Response & Safety Program
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory: NREL Pandemic Response Team