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<title>New "Destination Awards" to Honor Travel and Tourism PR and Marketing Programs
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<description><![CDATA[The world’s leading partnership of independently owned public relations counseling firms, WORLDCOM Public Relations Group, announced today that it is launching a Destination Awards program. Developed by Worldcom’s Travel and Tourism Practice Group, the professional awards will honor public relations and marketing programs that demonstrate the highest standards within the international travel and tourism industry.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.pcipr.com/whoweare/releases/120203_DestinationAwards.htm</link>
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<title>Global Consumer PR Experts Provide Insights on Social Media Trends in 2012
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<description><![CDATA[Social media has dramatically altered the way that agencies and their clients approach consumer engagement campaigns, and in most cases, changed the way in which businesses connect with their target audiences.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.pcipr.com/whoweare/releases/120126_SocialMediaTrends.htm</link>
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<title>PCI Celebrates 50th Anniversary by Giving Back to the Community
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<description><![CDATA[Public  Communications Inc. (PCI) is celebrating its 50th anniversary  year in 2012 by honoring its founders and heritage through a series of pro bono  projects and staff outreach events in its five core areas of business.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.pcipr.com/whoweare/releases/120117-50thAnniversary.htm</link>
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<title>Global Survey Shows Independent Public Relations Firms Experiencing a Surge in New Business
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<description><![CDATA[Independent communications firms worldwide are starting off the year in better business shape than 2011, according to recent results announced today from a Worldcom Public Relations Group (Worldcom) survey.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 9:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.pcipr.com/whoweare/releases/120111IndependentFirms.htm</link>
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<title>WORLDCOM Public Relations Group Announces 2011-2012 Regional Board Members
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<description><![CDATA[WORLDCOM Public Relations Group (Worldcom) the world’s leading partnership of independently owned public relations counseling firms, today announced its regional board slate for the remainder of 2011 and 2012. In addition, the global partnership announced the addition of two new partners to its roster of independent agencies.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.worldcomgroup.com/about-worldcom/news-and-press/?nID=135</link>
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<title>PCI Volunteers Participate in Chicago Cares Serve-a-thon
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<description><![CDATA[PCI staff members joined 6,000 volunteers at the 18th Annual Chicago Cares Serve-a-thon, the city's largest day of service, and revitalized learning environments for more than 18,000 Chicago Public Schools students.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.pcipr.com/whoweare/releases/110613ChicagoCares.htm</link>
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<title>PCI Earns Top National PR Awards for Helping Save Community Health Care Center
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<description><![CDATA[A crisis management program that rallied a community to help save a Chicago healthcare institution won two Silver Anvil awards - the highest award given in the PR industry - from the Public Relations Society of America last evening during an awards ceremony in New York City.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.pcipr.com/whoweare/releases/110610PRSA.htm</link>
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<title>PCI Wins Best Of The Best At This Year's Golden Trumpet Awards
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<description><![CDATA[Public Communications Inc. (PCI) and its clients received the Publicity Club of Chicago's Platinum Award for the year's best overall public relations program, and the Jeffrey D. Bierig Brand Builder Award for the program that most significantly enhances and promotes a brand for an organization, product or service. The awards are two of the top four honors presented by the Publicity Club and were among 10 awards received by PCI and its clients at the 2011 Golden Trumpet Awards luncheon at the Palmer House. The Publicity Club of Chicago is the largest independent public relations organization in North America.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.pcipr.com/whoweare/releases/110509PCCAwards.htm</link>
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<title>Worldcom EMEA Survey on PR trends reveals that traditional media still plays a key role
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<description><![CDATA[Worldcom Public Relations Group, the world's leading network of independently owned public relations counseling firms, has announced the results of its first survey on PR trends in Europe.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.pcipr.com/whoweare/releases/110501WorldcomEMEASurvey.htm</link>
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<title>PR and Ad Execs Agree: PR Leading in Social Media
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<description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Sosnow of Worldcom partner BlissPR is presenting data from social media survey at professional conferences and was covered by the industry publication The Holmes Report]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.pcipr.com/whoweare/releases/110314PRSocialMedia.htm</link>
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<title>PCI CEO featured on radio program
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<description><![CDATA[Tune in to hear PCI CEO Dorothy Pirovano on PR Insider talking about "Are you a strategist?"]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.pcipr.com/whoweare/releases/110304VoiceAmerica.htm</link>
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<title>PCI CEO published in The Holmes Report
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<description><![CDATA[Read PCI CEO Dorothy Pirovano's latest article published in The Holmes Report.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.pcipr.com/whoweare/releases/110228HolmesReport.htm</link>
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<title>The World's Largest Partnership of Public Relations Counseling Firms Announces its Newly Elected Asia-Pacific Region's Board
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<description><![CDATA[The Worldcom Public Relations Group, the world's largest partnership of independently owned public relations counseling firms, announced today the election of its Asia-Pacific Region's board of directors.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2011 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.pcipr.com/whoweare/releases/110223APRegionWorldcom.htm</link>
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<title>PCI CEO Becomes Chair-Elect of Worldcom Public Relations Group Americas Region Board</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dorothy Oliver Pirovano, APR, CEO of Public Communications Inc. (PCI), is the chair-elect of the Americas Region of the Worldcom Public Relations Group, the world's largest partnership of independently owned public relations counseling firms. PCI is one of the founding firms of the 22-year-old partnership, which has 107 offices in 95 cities worldwide.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.pcipr.com/whoweare/releases/100927Worldcom.htm</link>
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<title>PCI Names New President in Leadership Team Changes</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jill Allread, APR, is the new president of Public Communications Inc. (PCI), a national, integrated communications agency. Allread, 51, of Oak Park, is the fourth president of the 47-year-old firm, founded in Chicago. PCI ranks among the top 45 independent PR firms in the country.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.pcipr.com/whoweare/releases/100914PCIPresident.htm</link>
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<title>Public Communications Inc. Earns City of Chicago Woman-Owned Business Enterprise Certification, and National WBE Certification for the Sixth Year</title>
<description><![CDATA[Public Communications Inc. (PCI) has received certification as a Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) from the City of Chicago and won a WBE certification from the Women's Business Enterprise National Council for the sixth year in a row.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.pcipr.com/whoweare/releases/100831WBE.htm</link>
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<title>Koziol Promoted To PCI Vice President</title>
<description><![CDATA[Wendi Koziol has been promoted to vice president and an officer of Public Communications Inc. (PCI), the Chicago-based independent integrated communications agency that has been serving clients nationally for 47 years.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.pcipr.com/whoweare/releases/100805Koziol.htm</link>
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<title>Be Nimble or Be Gone: Worldcom Execs Pinpoint Coming Global PR Trends - and Top Service Areas to Tap Now</title>
<description><![CDATA[What are you doing after the recession? Perhaps an overly optimistic question, but one serious PR professionals ignore at their own risk. Worldcom's leadership has been talking to agencies - and companies that hire agencies - here and abroad. And what they are hearing is that while companies are hiring firms for one-off projects today, what they want for the long-term is a serious partner - one who can move beyond the traditional PR functions.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.pcipr.com/whoweare/releases/100804BeNimble.htm</link>
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<title>Worldcom PR Group Survey: PR Trends Shift to Multichannel Services</title>
<description><![CDATA[Firms Expect Increase in Social Media, Research and Decline in Media Relations, Advertising Services In Next Three Years]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.pcipr.com/whoweare/releases/100628PRTrends.htm</link>
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<title>Merlin Entertainment Group Names PCI as PR Agency of Record</title>
<description><![CDATA[Merlin Entertainment Group, a leader in location-based family entertainment, has announced that Public Communications, Inc. has been named Agency of Record to manage public relations for LEGOLAND Discovery Center Chicago.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.pcipr.com/whoweare/releases/100625LegoAOR.htm</link>
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<title>PCI has moved on up - and over!</title>
<description><![CDATA[Same Downtown Chicago Block; Same Great Client Service]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.pcipr.com/whoweare/releases/91019PCImoves.htm</link>
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<title>PCI CEO Elected To Worldcom Group Americas Region Board</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dorothy Oliver Pirovano, president and CEO of Public Communications Inc. (PCI), Chicago, was elected today to serve as member retention chair for the Worldcom Public Relations Group Americas Region Board of Directors.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.pcipr.com/whoweare/releases/91016WorldcomBoard.htm</link>
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<title>PCI earns eight PR awards for outstanding client programs</title>
<description><![CDATA[PCI and two of its clients, the Museum of Science and Industry and John G. Shedd Aquarium, earned eight prestigious awards this month from the Publicity Club of Chicago and Public Relations Society of America - Chicago Chapter.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.pcipr.com/whoweare/releases/90526Awards.htm</link>
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<title>PCI Participates in the Letters to Santa program sponsored by Direct Effect Charities</title>
<description><![CDATA[PCI's staff decided this holiday season to give back to the community by participating in the Letters to Santa program sponsored by Direct Effect Charities.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.pcipr.com/whoweare/releases/81216LettersToSanta.htm</link>
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<title>Jack Wlezien named PRSA Chicago Young Professional of the Year</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Chicago chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) named Jack Wlezien, senior account executive, its 2008 PRSA Chicago Young Professional of the Year.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://www.pcipr.com/whoweare/releases/80521YoungProfAward.htm</link>
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