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Company: Cote & D'Ambrosio, Wickford, Rhode Island
Company Description: Full-service advertising, public relations and communications firm
Nomination Category: Advertising
Nomination Sub Category: Best TV or Cinema Ad Campaign

Nomination Title: Ocean State Job Lot TV Advertising Campaign

   1. The date in 2005 on which this nominated campaign was first run, aired, or otherwise made public:

October 2005

Company: GeoLearning, Inc., West Des Moines, Iowa
Company Description: GeoLearning is the leading provider of Managed Learning Services and hosted learning technology. The company’s products and services are used by corporations, government agencies and non-profit organizations to manage human capital development, accelerate critical business processes and drive organizational performance.
Nomination Category: Advertising
Nomination Sub Category: Best Specialty Ad Campaign

Company: Ruder Finn, New York, New York

Company Description: Ruder Finn is a global communications consultancy committed to creating demand for our clients' products and services in the marketplace through strategic, innovative and creative positioning solutions.

Company: S&M NuTec, N. Kansas City, Missouri
Company Description: S&M NuTec develops innovative, practical, top-quality products to provide value for the welfare of pets and pet owners. Entrepreneurial spirit including, passion, risk-taking, innovation plus great attitudes and dedication have propelled S&M NuTec to the #1 dog treat for the pet industry in the USA in 2003 and projected to be #1 in the world in 2004, after just 7 years of sales.
Nomination Category: Advertising/Design Craft & Technique

Company: Administaff, Houston, Texas
Company Description: Administaff, Inc. (NYSE: ASF) is the nation's leading Professional Employer Organization (PEO), serving as a full-service human resources department for small and medium-sized businesses throughout the United States.
Nomination Category: Advertising
Nomination Sub Category: Best Outdoor Ad Campaign

Nomination Title: Administaff Small Business Classic Billboards

Company: Internet Strategy Group, Baltimore, Maryland
Company Description: ISG is an award-winning team of dedicated business, marketing, and creative professionals. As the fifth largest Web design firm in Baltimore, ISG began providing strategic support services to the Sylvan Learning Systems companies in 1998. Today, we manage online marketing efforts for a broad range of clients around the world.
Nomination Category: Advertising
Nomination Sub Category: Best Online Ad Campaign

Company: Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation, Parsippany, New Jersey
Company Description: Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation For 100 years, the Coldwell Banker® organization has been a premier provider of full-service real estate. Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation, a subsidiary of Cendant Corporation (NYSE: CD), has more than 3,700 independently owned and operated residential and commercial real estate offices with over 120,000 Sales Associates globally.
Nomination Category: Advertising

Company: Leisure Care LLC
Company Description: Founded in 1976, Leisure Care, LLC is one of the largest privately owned and most innovative operators of senior living communities in the United States and Canada. The company’s inventive ‘Five Star Fun’ philosophy is changing the perception of senior living by providing amenities and services commonly associated with a luxury hotel and which support a healthy, active lifestyle.
Nomination Category: Advertising

Company: Nuveen Investments, Chicago, IL
Company Description: Nuveen Investments proudly manages over $100 Billion for individual investors, the financial advisors that serve them, as well as corporations, unions, endowments and foundations.
Nomination Category: Advertising
Nomination Sub Category: Best Newspaper Ad

Nomination Title: Smarter Ways To Be Conservative - Single Entry: Fishing

Company: SAS
Company Division/Group: Creative Services
Company Description: The world leader in business- intelligence software and services, enabling customers to turn raw data into usable knowledge. Founded in 1976, SAS serves more than 39,000 business, government and university sites in 117 countries.
Nomination Category: Advertising
Nomination Sub Category: Best Mixed Media Campaign

Nomination Title: The Power to Know - 2005 Ad Campaign