Olmstead Williams Communications honored with national PR Daily Award for 'Best Speech' from Ragan and Dow Jones in Washington, D.C.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Los Angeles-based Olmstead Williams Communications, a business-to-business public relations and social media firm focusing on technology and professional services, won "Best Speech" at Tuesday's national PR Daily Awards luncheon at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

The firm was honored for its work with interpretation industry leader Language Line Services. Other finalists in the category included the Department of Labor, LIMRA and NETGEAR/Weber Shandwick.

Representatives from Olmstead Williams Communications attended the inaugural awards luncheon catered by Wolfgang Puck with other recipients, including: "Grand Prize PR Campaign of the Year" winners Ketchum Inc. and DoubleTree by Hilton; "Best Blog," Southwest Airlines; "Best Fitness/Health Campaign," Kaiser Permanente; "Best Op-Ed," Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation; and "Best Community Relations Campaign," Allidura Consumer and The Coca-Cola Company.

"Thank you to Ragan and Dow Jones for recognizing our work helping clients craft powerful and effective messages to move audiences to take an action," said Tracy Williams , president and CEO of Olmstead Williams Communications. "Congratulations to all of the 2012 PR Daily Award honorees for delivering successful public relations strategies that help their businesses and clients meet their bottom-line objectives."

The PR Daily Awards were launched this year to celebrate talent in the public relations industry and received hundreds of entries in categories spanning traditional, cause-related, crisis-related, event and social media campaigns. For the full list of winners, visit http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/12640.aspx.

About Olmstead Williams Communications

Olmstead Williams Communications is a business-to-business public relations and social media agency with offices in Los Angeles and Seattle. The firm works with technology companies and professional services firms to meet their sales and marketing objectives, raise their profiles nationally, regionally and locally, and help increase their market share. The agency boasts a growing team and client roster of leading innovators. To learn more, visit www.olmsteadwilliams.com.

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Kaitlen Murphy Olmstead Willaims Communications, 310-824-9000, kmurphy@olmsteadwilliams.com

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