S&A Cherokee Receives Six InSpire Awards from NCPRSA

Four Entries Also Capture Best in Category Designation

2012-05-12

CARY, NC, May 12, 2012 (Press-News.org) For the fourth consecutive year, S&A Cherokee has won multiple InSpire Awards from the North Carolina Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (NCPRSA). NCPRSA launched the awards program in 2009 to honor the region's best efforts in public relations and communications.

S&A Cherokee received five Bronze InSpire Awards, recognizing tactics or components of campaigns, and one Silver InSpire Award, recognizing entire campaigns. Four of the company's winning entries also received Best in Category designation.

Bronze Award of Excellence and Best in Category, Feature Stories - Netsertive Article for Dental Entrepreneur Magazine

Bronze Honorable Mention, Social Media - Netsertive Blogs for ResidentialSystems.com

Bronze Award of Excellence and Best in Category, Press Conferences - Town of Garner/Strategic Behavioral Health Press Conference

Bronze Award of Excellence, Magazines - Cary Magazine

Bronze Award of Excellence and Best in Category, Research and Evaluation - University Dining - Red, White & U Focus Groups

Silver Award of Excellence and Best in Category (tie), Integrated Communications for Government, Associations and Nonprofit Organizations - Band Together NC Promotion and Branding

"We're very pleased to have won awards in every category in which we submitted this year," said Chuck Norman, APR, owner/principal of S&A Cherokee. "More importantly, we are gratified to receive recognition by our peers for the great work we do on behalf of our clients."

The 2012 InSpire Awards were held at the Capital City Club in Raleigh on May 2 and were emceed by Valonda Calloway of NBC17. This year's entries were judged by PR and communications professionals from the New Orleans Chapter of Public Relations Society of America.

For more information on S&A Cherokee, visit http://www.sacherokee.com or call (919) 674-6020.

About S&A Cherokee
Delivering intelligent communications, S&A Cherokee is a full-service communications company providing public relations, advertising, marketing, event planning and custom publishing services. Originally founded as Smith & Associates in 1982, the company is based in Cary, N.C. In addition to its consulting and event planning services, S&A Cherokee publishes national and regional magazines such as Auto Remarketing, SubPrime Auto Finance News and Cary Magazine, as well as custom client publications. For more information, visit http://www.sacherokee.com or call (919) 674-6020.

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