Announcing Ragan’s Employee Communications Awards finalists
Congratulations to this year’s impressive finalists!
This past year has had its share of crises and obstacles—and internal communications was not spared.
Entrants in Ragan’s Employee Communications Awards never cease to amaze, though. We received a flurry of incredible internal communications work from the past year.
These impressive finalists kept their remote employees engaged and inspired, championed a more diverse and equitable workplace, delivered powerful stories and so much more.
We are planning to announce the winners of our Employee Communications Awards in mid- to late-March. In addition, winners of our Top Places to Work will be selected and announced in a Special Edition at the same time.
Scroll down to see who made this year’s list, and congratulations to all of our Employee Communications Awards finalists.
REMOTE CULTURE
Virtual Employee Engagement
- Aflac: Aflac
- Avalara: Avalara Employee engagement
- Blueprint Medicines: Internal Communications
- Bospar: Working From Home Pioneer
- CCI: Stronger Together
- Deloitte Audit & Assurance: Audit & Assurance Innovation Challenge 2020
- Ford Motor Company: COVID Communications
- HIROC: HIROC Communications and Marketing Team
- Juniper Networks: @home Campaign
- Lifelong Learning: Communications Department
- Mastercard: Mastercard Employee Communications Team
- Philip Morris International: Challenge(s) Accepted: PMI’s Innovative Efforts to Upskill and Engage Employees During Coronavirus
- ServiceNow: #ServiceNowStrong campaign
- SMS Assist: Virtual Employee Experience
- Southern Company Gas: FUEL – Employee Engagement Reimagined
- Vera Bradley, Inc: COVID-19 Employee Engagement
Virtual Employee Recognition
- Cardinal Group Companie: Cardinal Heroes
- Peraton: Inaugural Chairman’s Awards
Virtual Events/Celebrations
- Aflac: Investing Today for a Better Tomorrow
- Bristol Myers Squibb: Global Patient Week
- Brooks Running: Internal Comms: Midyear Employee Awards and Run Happy Celebration
- Capital One: SECON
- Cree, Inc: STEM Day
- ICMA-RC: Virtual Plaza Event
- ReSource Pro: US Team Meeting
- Talcott Resolution: Second Anniversary Celebration
Virtual Executive Communication
- Samuel, Son, & Co: Lighting Up Leadership With The Torch
- Seqirus: Staying Connected
Virtual Town Hall
- AvidXchange: Virtual Trip to Town Hall
- Ford Motor Company: COVID Communications
- Power Design, Inc: The PDI Show with Joe
- Prudential’s Internal Audit Department: AuditCon 2020
- Raytheon Intelligence & Space: Raytheon Intelligence & Space Virtual Leader Session
Virtual Wellbeing Programs
- Avalara: Avalara Employee engagement
- ReSource Pro: ReSource Pro ReThink Wellness
CONTENT AND COMMUNICATIONS
Benefits Communication
- Medela: Parental Leave Series
- TriHealth: Benefits Season
Change Communication
- Acenda Health: ACE Lounges for Change Communication
- Ford Motor Company: Creating Tomorrow Together
- McKinstry: Values in Action Campaign
- Philip Morris International: PMI’s Transformation Narrative Cascade
Community Relations
- Bethpage Federal Credit Union: Bethpage Cares Charitable Giving Program
- College of DuPage: Up to S.N.O.W. Good
- Hill+Knowlton Strategies for Mazda: Mazda’s Essential Car Care Program
- Talcott Resolution: 2020 Community Involvement Response
- UMass Memorial Health Care: Office of Community Health Transformation and Community Benefits/Anchor Mission
COVID-19 Communication (Corporate)
- ADM: COVID-19 Rapid Response Communications
- Aflac: Social Good in a Crisis
- Astellas: COVID-19 Employee-first Response
- Cambia Health Solutions: Cambia Internal Comms
- Citizens Financial Group: Citizens Internal COVID-19 Hub
- Extreme Networks: Extreme’s Communication and Response to COVID-19
- Ford Motor Company: COVID Communications
- Juniper Networks: @home Campaign
- Kroger Corporate: Associate Communications
- Lidl Romania: #noi-lidl: together, but keeping the distance
- Mastercard: Mastercard Employee Communications Team
- Unilever: Unilever North America, Corporate Communications
COVID-19 Communication (Government/Nonprofit)
- American Heart Association: National Center Internal Communications
- Atrium Health: Informing and Sustaining Healthcare Employees During a Pandemic
- Cone Health: Marketing & Communications Team
- Renown Health: Responding to COVID-19
- SMUD: Corporate Communications – COVID-19 Communication
- U.S. Department of Labor: COVID-19 Response, Office of the Chief Information Officer
- UMass Memorial Health Care: Marketing & Communications
Crisis Response
- Booz Allen Hamilton: COVID-19 Communications Support
- Cambia Health Solutions: Wildfire Communications Response
Email Communication
- Canadian Tire Corporation: CEO E-mail Communication
- Johns Hopkins Medicine: Inside Hopkins Daily Newsletter and Weekly COVID-19 Recap
Executive/Leadership Communication
- Agilent Technologies Inc.: Global Communications and Public Affairs Executive/Leadership Communication
- Bazaarvoice: Bazaarvoice
- Canada Communications, Manulife Canada
- Deloitte: Tax Communications Meeting in a box
- Encompass Health: Executive Leadership
- Experian: Level Up Leadership Podcast
- IFS: All-Access: IFS CEO Darren Roos Raises the Bar for Authentic Employee Communications During A Crisis
- Iredell Health: Iredell Insights
- John Hancock: John Hancock CEO Delivers “Some Good News”
- Seqirus: Staying Connected
Podcast
- Ascension: Good Day Ascension Podcast
- Cisco (WeAreCisco): WeAreCisco Podcast
Rebranding Campaign
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: Brand Resource Center
- Bristol Myers Squibb: Rebrand Campaign
Recruitment Campaign
- Cisco (WeAreCisco): WeAreCisco (Virtual) Intern Week 2020 Campaign
- Lidl Romania: Choose a job at home, close to your family
Return to Workplace Communication
- ADM: COVID-19 Rapid Response Communications
- Astellas: Corporate Communications
- Manulife: RTO Communications
- TechnipFMC: TechnipFMC Communications
Use of Social Media
- Cisco (WeAreCisco): WeAreCisco TikTok Summer of (Virtual) Interns
EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE
Amazing Workplace Culture
- Bethpage Federal Credit Union: Employee Experience
- Bospar: Working From Home Pioneer
- J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc: Creating a Community of Difference Makers
Brand Ambassador Program
- Pace: Walmart Brand Ambassador Program
- Weber and Mars: An Invitation to Purpose
Corporate Social Responsibility/ESG Initiatives
- Aflac: Investing Today for a Better Tomorrow
- Pace: Argo ESG Initiatives
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment
- College of DuPage: ChapsUnite Against Racism
- Flagship Facility Services: IDEA Group
- John Hancock: John Hancock Signature Series
- The Kroger Co: Associate Communications & Engagement
- The Walt Disney Company: Reimagine Tomorrow Conversation Series
Employee Education/Training Program
- Gerdau: GMAKERS
- Marathon Strategies: Adapting Professional Development For The Work-From-Home Era
Employee Engagement
- Bristol Myers Squibb: Global Patient Week
- IPM: IPM Engagement
- John Hancock: Camp Manulife – John Hancock
- ServiceNow: Dream Big Tour
- Southern Company Gas: FUEL – Employee Engagement Reimagined
Internal Event Strategy
- Bristol Myers Squibb: Global Patient Week
- CPS Energy: 2019 Veterans Recognition
- John Hancock: John Hancock’s Guest Speaker Series
- Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Labor: National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
- Walt Disney Television: CONNECT 2019
PUBLICATIONS (DIGITAL AND PRINT)
CSR/ESG Report
- Aflac: Investing Today for a Better Tomorrow
- Coca-Cola İçecek A.Ş: Sustainability Report
Feature Article
- Agilent Technologies Inc: Global Communications and Public Affairs Feature Article
- Ford Motor Company: COVID Communications
- Ford Motor Company: Product Development Center
- UC Davis Health: A cut above: EVS custodian loses his locks to support Burn Unit patient
Interview or Profile
- Honda R&D Americas: Celebrating Retirement
- Renown Health: Celebrating Jen Richards
Magazine
- Power Design, Inc: The Power Line
- Northrop Grumman Corporation: One Magazine
- Swire Coca-Cola, USA: Corporate Communications
Newsletter
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: Knee’d To Know Newsletter
- Enbridge: Energy Matters
- Mowi Canada East: INSITE
- TricorBraun: Communications
- University of California, Office of the President: UCnetwork: Creating an employer relationship across the University of California
VIDEO
Humorous Video
- Manulife Canada: Canada Communications
- ServiceNow: April Fools Video
- ServiceNow: Meeting Effectiveness
- WE Communications: Wacky Wednesday
Informational Video
- Atrium Health: Informing and Sustaining Healthcare Employees During a Pandemic
- Ford Motor Company: COVID Communications
- Johns Hopkins Medicine: COVID-19 Fatigue? Our Brains are Part of the Problem
- Johns Hopkins Medicine: Keep It Up! Wear Your Mask to Stop the Spread of COVID-19
- ServiceNow: Meeting Effectiveness
Inspirational Video
- Auburn Community Hospital: Community Giving Tuesday Video
- Manulife Canada: Canada Communications
- Reid Health: Charlie Centers’ Story
- ServiceNow: Global Impact Story: Damien
- ServiceNow: July Now Live opening video
- ServiceNow: Story Time with Bill
- TechnipFMC: North America Communications Team
- UMass Memorial Health Care: Marketing & Communications
Leadership Video
- Manulife Canada: Canada Communications
- Seqirus: Staying Connected
- ServiceNow: Story Time with Bill
Recruitment Video
- Cisco (WeAreCisco): WeAreCisco Recruiting Video
INTRANET COLLABORATION & INNOVATION
Employee Engagement
- Citizens Financial Group: Citizens Credo Awards Platform
- Citizens Property Insurance Corporation: Connecting People to Purpose
- DFW International Airport: DFW On The Fly
- HIROC: HIROC Communications and Marketing Team
- Lidl Romania: We Are Lidl App – Changing culture through internal communication
- ORBCOMM Inc: Pulse Employee Intranet
- The Walt Disney Company: Walt Disney Television | Ovation Recognition Awards
Launch or Relaunch
- BNY Mellon: Intranet Homepage Redesign
- Keysight Technologies: Corporate Communications
- Lidl Romania: We Are Lidl App – Changing culture through internal communication
- Love’s Travel Stop and Country Store: theWave Intranet Relaunch
- SMS Assist: The Hub
- University Health: InfoNET
- Wolverine Worldwide: Relaunching Connection Amongst a Global Enterprise
INTRANET CONTENT
Instructional or Educational Content
- Ford Motor Company: COVID Communications
- Ford Motor Company: Creating Tomorrow Together
- SPI Group: Work Out to Help Out!
Video
- Agilent Technologies Inc: Global Communications and Public Affairs Intranet Video
- Juniper Networks: @home Campaign
INTRANET DESIGN
Best Intranet Design
- Baker Hughes: DT Communications and Platforms team
- BNY Mellon: Intranet Homepage Redesign
TECH
Best Employee App
- Encompass Health: Hive Employee App
- Joyson Safety Systems: ONE JOYSON, theEMPLOYEEapp
- Love’s Travel Stop and Country Store: Love’s Now Employee App
- Southern Company Gas: FUEL – Employee Engagement Reimagined
- Speakap: Jetstream
- TE CONNECTIVITY: Best Employee App Campaign Nominee
GRAND PRIZE
Best Overall Intranet
- Keysight Technologies: Corporate Communications
- SMS Assist: The Hub
- STO Building Group: STO Intranet
- University Health: InfoNET
Employee Communication Campaign of the Year
- Aflac: Investing Today for a Better Tomorrow
- BASF Corporation: Pledge to Protect
- Bristol Myers Squibb: Global Patient Week
- Bristol Myers Squibb: Rebrand Campaign
- Cardinal Group Companies: Cardinal Heroes
- DFW Airport: On The Fly
- Kroger: Corporate Affairs
- UMass Memorial Health Care: Marketing & Communications
Employee Communications Team of the Year
- Change Healthcare: Internal Communications
- Ford Motor Company: Employee Communications Team
- Manulife Canada: Canada Communications
- Optus: Channel Communications & Events
- The Kroger Company: Associate Communications
- UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group: A Merger Like No Other: UKG Global Employee Communications
