Day: 27 October 2018

Ad Council Honors Univision with the 2018 Catalyst Award

Stuart Mitchell

The Ad Council, America’s leading non-profit organization dedicated to using communications to drive social change, presented Univision Television Station Group, part of the local media division of Univision Communications Inc. (UCI), the leading media company serving Hispanic America, with the 2018 Catalyst Award for its extraordinary support of the Ad Council’s public service campaigns. The recognition was given at TVBForward 2018, the Television Bureau of Advertising’s (TVB) annual leadership conference in New York City. The inaugural Catalyst Award, previously known as the Crystal Bell Award, honors media outlets annually across…

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PatientPoint, NoStigmas Team Up on Waiting Room Campaign to Increase Mental Health Awareness

Stuart Mitchell

PatientPoint® and peer-to-peer mental health support network NoStigmas® today announced a partnership designed to help address mental health stigmas—beginning at the doctor’s office. By delivering a unique combination of compelling educational content and patient testimonials in more than 4,500 primary care waiting rooms nationwide, the two organizations hope to increase understanding and reduce stigmas surrounding mental illness. While mental illness is one of the most common health conditions in the U.S., only about 20 percent of American adults have sought treatment for a diagnosed or self-reported mental health condition within…

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Digital City Brings Attention to the Devastating Impact of Illiteracy in the United States

Stuart Mitchell

A powerful visualization of the extent of illiteracy in the United States has been unveiled today in the form of ‘IlliteraCity’. Supported by Actor and Activist, Idris Elba, in conjunction with Project Literacy a global campaign founded by digital education company Pearson, the city has been launched to bring to light the many real world problems that people who cannot read and write face. ‘IlliteraCity’ was constructed from real-world demographics and statistics around literacy, and was created to provide a startling representation of the ramifications illiteracy can have on a city…

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Social Misfits Media Joins Freuds Network 

Stuart Mitchell

The specialist social media and digital agency Social Misfits Media has become the tenth brand in The Brewery Group, the parent company of global communications agency freuds. Founded by social entrepreneur and CEO Carlos Miranda in 2012, Social Misfits Media has an impressive track record of helping NGOs, charities and foundations find their voice and have a positive societal impact, building on its mission of turning “social media into social good”. Clients in its global portfolio include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Amnesty International and Lumos. The announcement of…

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Fareshare Launches new campaign to shout about our incredible food

Stuart Mitchell

Charity Fareshare has launched a new Campaign to talk about how we use surplus food, they talk aboput it here on their website (copied below): One of the most common misconceptions about surplus food is that it’s out of date or ‘gone-off’. If you step into our enormous fridges, full to bursting with incredible fresh fruit and veg, meats, cheeses and yogurt you’d see that nothing could be further from the truth. It’s all in date, and exactly like the food you’d eat at home. Surplus happens for all sorts…

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