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Awards

For every award we’ve received at Vanguard, we’re reminded of the vital work our clients are doing to create a better world. Our accolades are a testament to the important work that our clients do and the innovative work of our talented staff. Take a look at our most recent awards — hard work gets results, and it shows.

The Stevie® Awards for Women in Business Finalist, Best Overall Company of the Year – Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations Service Business Up to 100 Employees
	The Stevie Awards for Women in Business recognized Vanguard for our banner year in 2011, where we saw unprecedented growth in clients, staff and revenue. A very successful Farm Aid and National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day were two of the year’s biggest highlights. And our pro bono design and event planning efforts for the National Network to End Domestic Violence raised funds in support of a important cause that was meaningful to many of our staff.
The Association for Women in Communications, Clarion Award American Academy of Physician Assistants — Career ComPAnion Manual
	This comprehensive go-to resource for physician assistants offers detailed information on issues integral to a PA’s career, including contract negotiations, certifications, professional insurance, loan repayment and ethical conduct. A three-ring binder — complemented by a bookmarked PDF file on CD-ROM with the same material — provides ideal formats for physician assistants on the go.
The Association for Women in Communications, Clarion Award Vanguard Communications — InSites: Blogging for Social Change
	InSites is an extension of Vanguard’s commitment to share, train and teach the skills we have as social change communicators. InSites provides opinions and forward-thinking analysis on the latest in communications trends, strategies and technologies. Our staff regularly blogs about new ways to inform, change attitudes and affect public policy on today’s critical social issues.
International Academy of the Visual Arts, Communicator Award of Excellence Vanguard Communications — 2011 Vanguard Calendar
	A holiday tradition in the Vanguard family is the annual calendar, which highlights those who have provided us with inspiration for our work. These social change communicators come from all walks of life — music, literature, art and politics. Our 2011 calendar highlighted 12 revolutionary poets, journalists and fiction authors, who reminded us how courage, conviction and communication can rewrite history.
International Academy of the Visual Arts, Communicator Award of Distinction Galvin Electricity Initiative — An Electric Revolution
	The Galvin Electricity Initiative works to transform our nation’s power system into a resource we can all rely on. To a large degree, the Initiative engages policy and industry leaders, but for a broader decision-making audience, Vanguard produced the award-winning digest “An Electric Revolution: Reforming Monopolies, Reinventing the Grid and Giving Power to the People.” The narrative follows the evolution of the electric grid and the promise it holds to meet consumers’ needs in the 21st century, while the highlighted visuals — light bulbs created out of various common objects — reinforces the theme of electricity transformation.
International Academy of the Visual Arts, Communicator Award of Distinction American Academy of Physician Assistants — IMPACT 2011 Calendar
	The American Academy of Physician Assistants tasked Vanguard with designing a flashy calendar to match the vibe and energy of its 2011 annual conference location — Las Vegas. Building excitement for the conference, the sleek desk calendar profiled why this unique city is the Entertainment Capital of the World.
International Academy of the Visual Arts, Communicator Award of Distinction American Academy of Physician Assistants — PA Foundation 2009 Report
	With a new president, a re-imagined logo — also compliments of Vanguard — and a new tagline, the PA Foundation was looking to reinvigorate their fundraising efforts and empower the PA profession to improve the health of communities nationwide. The clean design highlighted not only the success of the PA Foundation, but also its programs that support PAs.
International Academy of the Visual Arts, Communicator Award of Distinction Campaign for High School Equity — Huffington Post Op-Ed
	Just days before the critical 2010 mid-term elections, Vanguard drafted an op-ed for the Campaign for High School Equity that contrasted the enormous amounts of cash that our country spends on campaign advertising with the enormous benefits such an investment can yield in education. The op-ed generated buzz on the Huffington Post’s education page.
The Association for Women in Communications, Clarion Award Virginia Commonwealth University’s Center on Human Needs’ Project on Societal Distress — Issue Snapshots
	Translating data points into compelling graphics for an issue brief series was Vanguard’s task for Virginia Commonwealth University’s Center on Human Needs’ Project on Societal Distress. The goal of the snapshots was to create an eye-catching and interesting representation of complex data points relating to food security, housing, income, health care and education. Our approach was to communicate these points by showing a negative; for example, by showing peas missing from a plate (food security) and golf balls absent from tees (health care/retirement), audiences understood that some Americans are lacking in critical measures of well-being.
The Association for Women in Communications, Clarion Award Building Bridges Initiative
	When service providers, families and youth share responsibility for improving the lives of young people with mental health needs and their families, everybody wins. The Building Bridges Initiative partnered with Vanguard to establish a brand identity that would serve as a foundation for this important mission. The resulting logo conveyed the idea of collaboration, dialogue, partnerships, connections and openness — important elements to the Initiative’s diverse membership and key audiences.
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