MINNEAPOLIS, May 12, 2011 - Colle+McVoy won two Judge’s Choice Awards and had seven pieces selected (tied for the most selected) at the AIGA Minnesota Design Show 2011. The awards, sponsored by AIGA Minnesota, highlight the region’s top work, submitted by creative professionals and students, and is judged by a panel of nationally recognized design professionals.

"This is incredible recognition since the Twin Cities design community features some of the most creative work in the nation," said Ed Bennett, design director, Colle+McVoy.

Colle+McVoy won two of four coveted Judge’s Choice Awards for the corporate identity for People for Bikes, the nation’s largest unified movement to improve bicycling, and for the Schwinn Bell Choir, a holiday campaign for Schwinn featuring eight festive people on bikes performing e-carols that helped get bikes and helmets to kids across the country.

The other five pieces selected into the show include the agency’s All Set Card Set, Caribou Coffee Globe/Donate/I Heart You out-of-home (OOH) campaign, Caribou Coffee Oven OOH, Schwinn Calendar and the mobile site for TakeMeFishing.org.

AIGA Minnesota supports the interests of professionals, educators and students who are engaged in the process of designing, regardless of where they are in the arc of their careers. Its mission is to advance designing as a professional craft, strategic tool and vital cultural force. It is one of the largest chapters in the AIGA, serving nearly 1,300 members in Minnesota and the upper Midwest.

MINNEAPOLIS, April 1, 2011 - Exponent PR received 12 awards last night during the 33rd annual Minnesota PRSA Classics Awards, the most received by any agency or company. Sponsored by the Minnesota chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), the awards celebrate the best public relations campaigns of 2010.

"It’s an honor to have our work recognized as some of the region’s best," said Tom Lindell, managing director, Exponent PR. "This recognition is a tribute to great client partners and their success."

Exponent PR received recognition for its work on behalf of a range of clients, including Bikes Belong, Caribou Coffee, CHS Inc., DuPont Crop Protection, General Mills, Nestlé Purina and Winfield Solutions. Following are the specific awards:

- Marketing Products (Established budget more than $75,000): "Time’s Up, Cupcake. It’s Time for Pie!" for General Mills

- Public Service (Business/Industry): "Pedaling to Mainstream" for Bikes Belong

- Special Events/Observances (Less than seven days): "Caribou Coffee Grows Hope with Amy’s Garden" for Caribou Coffee

- Institutional Programs (Business/Industry): "Amy’s Blend Brews Hope" for Caribou Coffee

- Creative Tactics: "Staying Awake for Success" for Caribou Coffee

- Web sites: "Linking Advocates to peopleforbikes.org" for Bikes Belong

- Speech Writing: "Paying Respect to Environmental Respect" for DuPont Crop Protection

- Feature Writing: "Follow These Steps to Improve Pasture Productivity" for DuPont Crop Protection

- Magazines: "’C’ the World Through CHS" for CHS Inc.

- Newsletters: "Nourishing Veterinary Know-how" for Nestlé Purina

- Media Kits (More than $15,000): "Larger Than Life Granola Thins Make Media Hungry for Nature Valley" for General Mills

- Brochures: "Winfield Solutions Proves Seeing Is Believing" for Winfield Solutions

Minnesota PRSA is the tenth-largest chapter of the PRSA, the world’s largest organization for public relations professionals, with nearly 32,000 professional and student members. Minnesota PRSA comprises more than 400 members who represent business and industry, counseling firms, independent practitioners, military, government, associations, hospitals, schools, professional services firms, and nonprofit organizations.

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 17, 2010 - For the second year in a row, Colle+McVoy is the most awarded agency at The Show, this year’s Advertising Federation of Minnesota’s annual award show. The agency won 74 awards in total, including the most gold (14), silver (12), bronze (10) and merit awards (38). Work was accepted into every medium of the awards (design, print, radio, TV, digital, OOH, guerrilla, integrated), recognizing the agency’s truly integrated offering.

"As an agency, it’s very rewarding to see our drive for standout work pay off and be recognized alongside the best work in the community," said Mike Caguin, executive creative director, Colle+McVoy.

Colle+McVoy received awards for creative work for Caribou Coffee, Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation, People For Bikes/Bikes Belong, Taubman Centers, Koala Ranch Wine, Minnesota State Lottery and more.

The Show is a widely recognized standard of excellence in the advertising industry. The awards honor the best work in advertising, design and interactive, as well as student work.

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 21, 2010 - Colle+McVoy has received recognition in the prestigious O’Toole Awards program, known as one of the toughest advertising industry competitions. The agency has been recognized as a finalist in the Mid-Sized Agency of the Year category and is a two-time finalist in the O’TooleBox Category.

Established in 1991, The O’Toole is one of the most competitive and highly regarded award programs in advertising. Its purpose is to recognize those agencies that consistently set and maintain the very highest standards. To win, an agency must submit a body of stellar work for several different clients. Only 20 finalists in four categories were selected this year and awards will be announced in New York City on Sept. 27.

Colle+McVoy is one of four finalists in the Mid-Sized Agency of the Year. To enter, advertising agencies from all over the world had to submit five pieces of work for five separate brands.

In the O’TooleBox category, Colle+McVoy has been honored as a finalist twice (only six finalists are selected), for the rebranding of Caribou Coffee, the world’s second-largest coffee retailer, and developing the People for Bikes program, a first-of-its kind new brand and movement to make our world a more bike-friendly place. The O’TooleBox honors excellence in creative and original thinking for a body of work, for a single campaign idea across multiple contact points.

"We are all about creating standout, effective work for our clients," said Mike Caguin, executive creative director, Colle+McVoy. "To be recognized by the O’Toole awards as one of the best, most creative agencies in the country is an absolute honor and reflection of our strong client partnerships."

Proceeds from the O’Toole Awards are donated to the 4A’s Foundation, Inc. A primary goal of the Foundation is to award scholarships to multicultural students of the advertising arts. More information can be found at www.aaaa.org and www.otooleawards.com.