In a global industry first, Australian Publicist and PR professional, Alice Collins, was awarded Silver (Highly Commended) in the International Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communication (AMEC) Young Professional of the Year 2017 Awards.
Alice Collins, founding Director of Sydney based boutique PR agency, Insight Communications, has been named among six finalists globally for the Young Professional of the Year Award 2017, in the International Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communication (AMEC) Awards.
Mumbrella have revealed the line up for the 2017 Mumbrella360 Masterclasses and Insight is excited to be hosting the sole PR masterclass: “More Than Just a Spin Cycle or Hashtag: How to Use PR for Public Good”.
Insight’s Mumbrella360 Masterclass will feature multi-award winning case studies. Delegates working in the cause, culture, community, health and government space will gain ‘Insights’ into delivering innovative, fully integrated awareness campaigns that can achieve tangible results to effect real and significant social change.
In October 2016, Betty and crew commenced their 46 day Central Australian Tour in Darwin then headed south through the Territory to South Australia and then east through Far West NSW travelling over 6,000 kilometres and holding 36 media and community events.
Betty’s trip took her to 36 communities including Uluru, Coober Pedy, Broken Hill, Port Augusta and Adelaide. We would like to thank the Northern Territory Government, NT WorkSafe and the Government of South Australia – SafeWork SA, all 33 Councils and Bunnings for hosting Betty.
Special thanks to NT, state and federal MPs, Asbestos Diseases Society of South Australia (ADSA) and the Asbestos Victims Association of SA (AVA) for welcoming our Ambassadors and Betty to your communities. And to our amazing volunteer crew, Geoff and Karen Wicks who made Betty’s tour possible, our heartfelt thanks!
#Asbestos #AsbestosAwareness #AsbestosBetty #NTWorkSafe #SafeWorkSA #SafeWorkNSW #BettyTheADRIHouse #AsbestosAwarenessMonth
On the second anniversary of the disappearance of William Tyrrell, Insight produced a new Community Service Announcement to promote the NSW Government’s $1Million Dollar Reward for information leading Police to William.
To manage public consciousness surrounding the disappearance of 3-year-old William Tyrrell; Insight was approached to conduct a pro-bono, integrated, public relations campaign aligned with Police objectives to generate national awareness, reports to Police and empower William’s Parents as the foremost voice for William.
Today, alongside NSW Police, Insight launched the Where’s William? Campaign and www.whereswilliam.org with NSW Police and Crime Stoppers NSW.
Australia’s national public awareness campaign ‘Don’t Play Renovation Roulette – Asbestos Awareness Week 2012’ has won international recognition in the highly competitive 2014 Global Alliance COMM PRIX Public Relations and Communication Management Awards For Excellence held in Madrid overnight.
In winning the Best Public Service Campaign Award, Insight Communications are Australia’s first and only public relations and communication representatives to win a prestigious international Global Alliance COMM PRIX Award that recognises the most outstanding public relations and communication management programs from around the globe.
Insight Communications’ campaign ‘Don’t Play Renovation Roulette! – Asbestos Awareness Week 2012’ was internationally recognised receiving a highly sort after industry award ‘Best Use of Communication Management: Not-for-Profit’ at the International Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communication (AMEC) Awards held in Amsterdam overnight.
Amid a highly competitive field from across the globe and competing with a record number of entries, Insight Communications was the only Australian public relations agency to be shortlisted in the prestigious AMEC Awards 2014.
Today at the 1st International Conference on Asbestos Awareness and Management, Insight Communications launched the video “Betty on the Open Road: Driving Home The Dangers of Asbestos”, a promotional tool to educate stakeholders on the importance of asbestos education.
‘Betty’ – The ADRI House, an initiative of Insight Communications working with the Asbestos Education Committee in partnership with the Asbestos Diseases Research Institute (ADRI), is a purpose built, mobile model home designed to demonstrate where asbestos might be found in and around any Australian home built or renovated before 1987. Betty’s mission is to educate all Australians about the dangers of asbestos so they stop playing renovation roulette and think smart, think safe, think asbestosawareness.com.au, because it’s not worth the risk!
Betty was launched on November 25, 2012. This promotional video was filmed during Betty’s Tour of the NSW Central West during mid 2013.
Amid a highly competitive field, Insight Communications, Winner of the NSW PRIA Awards for Excellence was announced outright National Winner in the Public Relations Institute of Australia national Golden Target Awards for their campaign, ‘Don’t Play Renovation Roulette – Asbestos Awareness Week 2012’ in the category of Government Sponsored Campaign.
Insight’s 9th industry Award for Excellence since launching in 2008, ‘Don’t Play Renovation Roulette – Asbestos Awareness Week 2012’ was a national campaign that achieved more than 900 media pieces and engaged multiple stakeholders including organisations and governments, at all levels Australia wide.
Media coverage included print circulation that reached 14+ million Australians with 14 television and 147 radio interviews collectively reaching over 4.5 million Australians to effectively drive traffic to asbestosawareness.com.au and increase traffic by 261% with access via mobile devices increased by 2700%.
A feature of the campaign conducted on behalf of the Asbestos Education Committee (AEC) working in partnership with the Asbestos Diseases Research Institute (ADRI) was Insight’s experiential marketing and community engagement tool ‘Betty – The ADRI House’, a unique, purpose built mobile house designed to educate Australians about the dangers of asbestos, the locations of where it might be in found in homes and how to manage it safely.
Finalists for the award included leading PR agencies Porter Novelli Melbourne, VIC; n2n Communications NSW; and Winangali QLD with all three campaigns conducted on behalf of the Federal Government’s Department of Communications.
Insight Communications is a fully integrated public relations agency specialising in cause, culture, community and health awareness campaigns that shine a spotlight on brands and issues that matter.
This latest award for Mother/Daughter duo Clare Collins and Alice Collins comes off the back of their previous multi-award winning campaigns that have been recognised for successfully positioning brands as national leaders in their field.
Often working within small budget parameters, Insight’s campaigns and public relations expertise has successfully engaged Australians and raised awareness of significant health and welfare related issues affectively elevating the brands of many organisations to national significance including the AEC, ADRI, Cystic Fibrosis Australia (CFA) and Ovarian Cancer Australia (OCA).
“Insight is driven by our passion to actively inform Australians about important health issues and for those not-for-profit organisations we work with, we also create unique business development platforms enabling them to generate funds to sustain their on-going commitment to communities,” said Insight’s Managing Director, Clare Collins.
“We are truly humbled by the recognition of our peers and the Public Relations Institute of Australia and are extremely proud to have once again, delivered a national campaign that has great ongoing significance to the health and well being of all Australians.”
