2017 AMPSKC Winners
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Contact: Marc Vasquez / Kristen Waggener
Social Media Club of Kansas City
communications@smckc.com
Social Media Club of Kansas City Celebrates 3rd Annual #AMPSKC Awards Winners
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Feb. 8, 2017) – Tonight, 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 3rd Annual #AMPSKC Awards. The event passed out 51 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.
“Kansas City is an extremely talented social media hub that continues to produce amazingly creative campaigns,” said Michael Levine, SMCKC president. “I’m proud of the work this organization gets to celebrate year after year which features the best in agency, corporate, non-profit and freelance social media efforts.”
The following agencies, organizations and non-profits took home awards this year:
Barkley
Bernstein-Rein
Boulevardia
Cass Regional Medical Center
Children’s Mercy Hospital
City of Lenexa, Kansas
Emfluence
FleishmanHillard
KC Crew
MBB+ Agency
MoDOT
Novella Brandhouse
Olathe Public Schools
Proxima
Squared Digital
Susan G. Komen of Greater Kansas City
Summit Marketing
Trozzolo Communications
UMB Financial Corporation
Unbound
WaterOne
In keeping with the unconventional roots of the AMPS Awards, SMCKC also handed out four out-of-the ordinary individual awards:
Volunteer of the Year, presented to Tia Simpson, Westport Regional Business League
Biggest Bang for Your Buck, presented to Susan G. Komen of Greater Kansas City for Komen KC Night at the K
Trailblazer of the Year, presented to Luke Wade, KC Crew
Legacy Award, presented to the Boulevardia team for the 2016 Boulevardia event
This year’s event was made possible through the support of Kansas City area businesses:
IBM, Presenting Sponsor
DEG, Creative Sponsor
NextPage, Printing Sponsor
Visit KC, Bar Sponsor
The Disruption Institute, Amplifier Sponsor
Overland Park Awards, Awards Sponsor
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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