Scott Merritt

PR News Agency Elite Award for Best Government/NGO Media Relations Campaign honoring the Easterseals 100th Anniversary campaign.

Dalton Agency was named the winner of the Phoenix Award for government media relations for the "Small Businesses are 'Rock Stars' in Georgia" campaign.

Won in partnership with the Georgia Department of Economic Development for a campaign called "Flooring Industry Revival in Dalton, Georgia"

The campaign program won a Phoenix Award in the category of Media Relations – Business to Business.

Honorable mention.
Dalton Agency for The Georgia Centers of Innovation, Launching the Next Great Aerospace Frontier: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Won in partnership with the Georgia Department of Economic Development for a campaign called "Launching the Next Great Aerospace Frontier: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles"

The campaign program won a Phoenix Award in the category of Reputation/Brand Management – Government, and an Award of Excellence in the category of Integrated Communications – Government

I worked with Development Counsellors International on a community relations and fundraising campaign in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The goal of the campaign was to raise awareness about the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, a local organization that was competing with other nationally-recognized fundraising and relief organizations for donations.

We successfully got the word out and raised tens of millions of dollars for survivors of the hurricane - all of which was delivered directly… Show more

I worked with Development Counsellors International on a community relations and fundraising campaign in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The goal of the campaign was to raise awareness about the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, a local organization that was competing with other nationally-recognized fundraising and relief organizations for donations.

We successfully got the word out and raised tens of millions of dollars for survivors of the hurricane - all of which was delivered directly into the community, not into marketing and overhead. Show less

I was part of the team that rolled out the Prize Blitz, a successful campaign that generated hundreds of positive, local media stories designed to counteract a spate of negative publicity around the sweepstakes industry.