2020 #AMPSKC Award Winners

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Lauren Vaughn
Social Media Club of Kansas City
president@smckc.com

 

Social Media Club of Kansas City Celebrates 5th Annual #AMPSKC Awards Winners

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Feb. 28, 2020) – Last night, the Social Media Club of Kansas City (SMCKC), the Social Media Club Global’s most active local chapter, honored the best in social media marketing campaigns during the 6th Annual #AMPSKC Awards. The event passed out multiple individual, gold and silver campaign awards in seven categories:

  • Multi-Channel Integrated Campaign

  • Integration with an Offline Campaign

  • Facebook (Sole or Primarily) Campaign

  • Email (Sole or Primarily) Campaign

  • Twitter (Sole or Primary) Channel Campaign

  • Visual Campaign

  • Event or Real-Time Marketing Campaign

Each campaign contained winners from at least one up to all of the following categories: brand, agency, non-profit or government, education or regulated industry.

The following agencies, organizations and non-profits took home awards this year:

Multi-Channel Campaign

  • Brand via External Agency:

    • Silver Award, presented to Callahan Agency for Serious Bean for the 4th of July

    • Gold Award, presented to Propaganda3 for Planet Comicon Kansas City 2019

    • Gold Award, presented to Look East for Best Food Facts TASTE Tour

    • Gold Award, presented to DEG, an Isobar Company, for DRI DUCK 2019 Influencer Campaign

  • Brand via Internal Team

    • Silver Award, presented to Garmin for Menstrual Cycle Tracking on Garmin Connect

    • Gold Award, presented to Netsmart for CONNECTIONS2019

  • Government/Educational Institution via External Agency

    • Gold Award, presented to MBB Agency for the University of Kansas 2020 Fall Apply campaign

  • Government/Educational Institution via Internal Team

    • Silver Award, presented to the Missouri Department of Transportation for Paving the Way for KC’s First Partial Turbine Interchange

    • Gold Award, presented to RideKC for Queer Eye on RideKC

  • Nonprofit via External Agency

    • Gold Award, presented to MBB Agency for Emergency Department Influencer Campaign

  • Nonprofit via Internal Team

    • Silver Award, presented to Missouri Library Association for Uncon2019

    • Gold Award, presented to 90.9 The Bridge for Thundergong! KC

Integrated with Offline Campaign

  • Brand via Internal Team

    • Gold Award, presented to Garmin for fenix 6 Campaign

  • Nonprofit via External Agency

    • Gold Award, presented to MBB Agency for the Cosmosphere - 2019 Integrated Campaign

  • Nonprofit via Internal Team

    • Gold Award, presented to Visit Kansas City, Kansas for Kansas City, KS Summer Fun Passport

Facebook Campaign

  • Brand via External Agency

    • Silver Award, presented toWoodruff for Diamond Pet Foods - Diamond Pro89 Product Launch

    • Gold Award, presented to MBB Agency for 2019 QTS Paid Social Campaign

    • Gold Award, presented to Voltage for Dordt University Campus Visit Days

  • Nonprofit via External Agency

    • Gold Award, presented to MBB Agency for My Health KC Social Media Campaign

  • Nonprofit via Internal Team

    • Gold Award, presented to Girls on the Run Serving Greater Kansas City for Spring 5K Registration

Email Campaign

  • Brand via External Agency

    • Gold Award, presented to Woodruff for the Diamond Pet Foods Email Newsletter, “The Scoop”

  • Nonprofit via Internal Team

    • Gold Award, presented to Girls on the Run Serving Greater Kansas City for the Parent Volunteer Opportunities Email

Twitter Campaign

  • Brand via External Agency

    • Gold Award, presented to Woodruff for Taste of the Wild - Ancient Grains Twitter Campaign

Visual Campaign

  • Brand via External Agency

    • Silver Award, presented to Woodruff for Taste of the Wild - Picture PAWfect Contest

    • Gold Award, presented to Woodruff for Taste of the Wild GIPHY Channel Launch and Instagram Stories

  • Brand via Internal Team

    • Silver Award, presented to Garmin for Never Stop Cycling

    • Gold Award, presented to Garmin for Garmin Instinct

  • Government/Educational Institution via Internal Team

    • Silver Award, presented to RideKC for Mural Crush Monday

    • Gold Award, presented to the City of Shawnee for Shawnee Spotlight

Event/Real-time Campaign

  • Brand via External Agency

    • Silver Award, presented to Callahan Agency for Lee Jeans at Complexcon

    • Gold Award, presented to Woodruff for CLAAS of America - Product Launches at Farm Progress Show

  • Brand via Internal Team

    • Gold Award, presented to Garmin for #AlohaGarmin Kona Ironman Championship

  • Government/Educational Institution via Internal Team

    • Silver Award, presented to WaterOne for Johnson Drive Water Tower Bowl Raising

    • Gold Award, presented to North Kansas City Schools for Homecoming 2019 in North Kansas City Schools

  • Nonprofit via Internal Team

    • Silver Award, presented to Visit Kansas City, KS for Visit Kansas City, Kansas and Midwest Travel Network Twitter Chat

    • Gold Award, presented to Big Brothers Big Sisters Kansas City for Summer Bowl for Kids’ Sake 2019

    • Gold Award, presented to Big Brothers Big Sisters Kansas City for The Most Wanted Auction

In keeping with the unconventional roots of the AMPS Awards, SMCKC also handed out three out-of-the ordinary individual awards:

  • Best in Show, presented to Propaganda3 for Planet Comicon Kansas City 2019

  • Biggest Big Idea, presented to MBB Agency for Emergency Department Influencer Campaign

  • Trailblazer of the Year, presented to Susan Hiland, North Kansas City Schools

This year’s event was made possible through the support of Kansas City area businesses:

Visit KC
Intouch Group
emfluence
Rivas Photography
Alpha Graphics

Each business donated funds or in-kind support to SMCKC.

About Social Media Club of Kansas City
The Social Media Club of Kansas City (SMCKC) is a network of social media professionals who seek to explore key issues facing our society as technologies transform the way we connect, communicate, collaborate and relate to each other through emerging social media. Established in 2008, SMCKC has grown into Social Media Club Global’s most active chapter in the US. For more information, visit www.smckc.com.

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