Karen Szulczewski, APR, communications director for
your Better Business Bureau serving northwest Florida, was recognized at the Florida
Public Relations Association’s 2009 Northwest Florida Image Awards held on Saturday,
April 25.
Szulczewski was recognized as the
2009 Nonprofit/Government Communicator of the Year.
Szulczewski also received an Image
Award in the Public Relations Programs: Institutional category for her work on
a BBB Foundation campaign: “To support your BBB’s vision of an ethical
marketplace.”
Sponsored
by the Pensacola and Beaches of South Walton
Chapters of the Florida Public Relations Association, the regional Northwest Florida Image Awards competition serves to
recognize the best of public relations in Northwest
Florida. Entries were judged on a written summary addressing sound
public relations research, identification of objectives, implementation of
tactics and measured evaluation of success. The entries were judged by Accredited
Public Relations practitioners from the Gainesville Chapter of the Florida
Public Relations Association.
Szulczewski
serves as president-elect of the Pensacola Chapter of the Florida Public
Relations Association, as a board member for BRACE (Be Ready Alliance
Coordinating for Emergencies) and as a member of the Northwest Florida Financial Crimes
Task Force.
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