Tech Collective Honored with Marketing and Public Relations Award

“Resource Guide for the Rhode Island Bioscience Industry” receives an Excellence Award from the Southeastern New England Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.

Providence, RI, February 17, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Tech Collective, Rhode Island’s industry association for the Bioscience and Information Technology industries, was recognized with an Excellence Award from the Southeastern New England Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA/SENE) for its 2011 “Resource Guide for the Rhode Island Bioscience Industry.”

Winning in the category of Excellence in Tactics: Newsletter/ Magazine/Brochure, the “Resource Guide for the Rhode Island Bioscience Industry” details an industry overview, workforce, wage, and LMI data, career information, a glossary of bioscience terms, and additional resources. It was distributed to the netWORKri One Stop Centers to aid staff in addressing employer and client needs and questions regarding the industry.

The PRSA/SENE Excellence Awards recognize outstanding public relations strategies and tactics across a spectrum of specialty areas. Entries are judged on research, planning, execution and evaluation. Award recipients were announced at the 2nd Annual Excellence Awards ceremony held on January 31st, 2012 at McCormick & Schmick’s in Providence.

“Year after year, we continue to be overwhelmed by the amazing talent and accomplishments of public relations practitioners in the region, and we’re proud to honor them with the recognition they so rightly deserve,” said Scott Fraser, president of PRSA/SENE and principal at Fraser Communications Group. “The superior example these role models set for our profession and for next generation professionals is nothing short of inspiring.”

“Tech Collective is so proud to be recognized with a PRSA/SENE Excellence Award. It is a great accomplishment for our organization and our team as well as the Rhode Island Bioscience community,” said Giselle Mahoney, Manager of Communications and Media Relations for Tech Collective. “Our goal with the Resource Guide has always been to help promote, develop, and foster Rhode Island’s biosciences, and receiving this award is confirmation that it has worked to do just that.

For more information and a full list of PRSA/SENE Excellence Award winners, visit www.prsasene.org.

About PRSA/SENE
Established in 1982, the Southeastern New England Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA/SENE) is the among the region’s largest professional organizations for public relations professionals. Members of the non-profit association represent corporations, agencies, sole practitioners, military, government, health care and other service organizations throughout Southeastern New England. For more information, visit www.prsasene.org.

About Tech Collective
Tech Collective is Rhode Island’s Bioscience and Information Technology Industry Association. Uniting industry, government and academic stakeholders, our mission is to inspire, engage, educate and employ a high-skill, high-wage Knowledge Economy in Rhode Island. Since its transition from the Rhode Island Technology Council (RITEC) in 2004, Tech Collective has received more than $6.3M in federal, state and private grant funding to foster industry and workforce awareness, collaboration, and development through forums and initiatives including: Tech10, GRRL Tech, Women in Technology, Bio-Ed, and STEM-based education and training programs for K-16 students as well as incumbent and transitioning workers. Get connected to Tech Collective at www.tech-collective.org, on Facebook (TechCollectiveRI), Twitter (@Tech_Collective), and on Linkedin (Tech Collective).

Contact: Giselle Mahoney
Manager of Communications and Media Relations
Tech Collective
401-521-7805 x101
gmahoney@tech-collective.org

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