A professional jury from Swiss Marketing awarded the trophy for outstanding Marketing achievement to Phonak for the Hear the World initiative. Phonak wins the Marketing Trophy in the "large enterprises" category. Every year, Swiss Marketing awards the Marketing Trophy for the most innovative and successful marketing ideas from Switzerland. Swiss Marketing is the leading professional organization in Switzerland for Marketing and Sales. The jury gave a special honour to Phonak for it’s outstanding achievement with regard to fighting the stigma surrounding hearing loss and hearing instruments, that still exists today, with the Hear the World initiative.
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The HEAR THE WORLD magazine was awarded with the “Silver Mercury Excellence Award" in the category "Magazines". This award honours excellence, imagination and innovation in public relations and corporate communications. Not only large PR firms, but also non-profit organizations and small businesses all over the world are recognized.
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The HEAR THE WORLD magazine was nominated for the 2009 "Designpreis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland" (Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany). This award is the most important official German recognition for outstanding achievements in the fields of product and communication design. It is also called the 'award of awards'. The reason: No other design award subjects entrants to similarly demanding standards. Companies are only eligible to compete for the award, if their products have already received a domestic or international award.
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The HEAR THE WORLD magazine was nominated for the 2009 Shortlist of the “iF communication design award”. This internationally renowned design competition recognizes achievements in the ever diversifying field of communication design - from printed image brochures to campaigns to websites. The award is presented to outstanding designs, offering an opportunity to compete with innovative products in a serious competition.
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The Hear the World initiative received the 2009 "Stevie Award" in the category "Communications Team of the Year in Europe". The “Stevie Award” is presented to international companies in recognition of their achievements and positive contributions around the world with the purpose of generating public awareness through the award. The “Stevie” has been presented since 2002, and quickly became one of the most desirable international awards.
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The photos of the two ambassadors, Plácido Domingo and Franka Potente were ranked fourth and tenth at the "OBS-awards 2009". The award recognizes the best PR photos from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Journalists, media spokespeople and communication experts vote on the PR images to be honoured by “News aktuell”.
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The HEAR THE WORLD magazine won the ECON Gold Award in the category "magazines, newsletter". Furthermore, the HtW initiative was shortlisted in the category "strategic corporate communication". The “Econ Award” is presented by the publishing house Econ and the Handelsblatt, recognizing the best German-language corporate communications. Eligible participants are companies, associations, clubs, foundations, institutions and administrative bodies.
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The Hear the World campaign received the 2008 "International PR Campaign Creativity Award". This award is presented by the "International Public Relations Association" for outstanding international campaigns.
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2008 Swiss Dialog Marketing Award Letter of Distinction The Hear the World initiative received the 2008 “Letter of Distinction" of the "Swiss Dialog Marketing Award". This award recognizes outstanding works in dialog marketing in Switzerland. The winners of the gold, silver and bronze awards are selected by a panel of expert judges, who evaluate projects according to quality and quantity criteria.
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The Hear the World initiative was selected as one of the finalists of the “COMPRIX 2008”. The “COMPRIX” recognizes innovative healthcare communication, aiming to drive quality improvement in the market. It is now the biggest award in the pharmaceutical and healthcare market segments.
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The Hear the World campaign received the 2008 “Corporate Communications” Award. The annual award stands for creative, integrated communication and the winners are selected by an impartial panel of judges. The purpose of the award is the promotion of professional internal and external communication in business and public administration. It recognizes the most successful integrated communication projects by agencies, major companies, SMEs, non-profit organizations and public administrative bodies.
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The HEAR THE WORLD magazine received the 2007 “iF communication design award”. This internationally renowned design competition recognizes achievements in the ever diversifying field of communication design - from printed image brochures to campaigns to websites. The award is presented to outstanding designs, offering an opportunity to compete with innovative products in a serious competition.
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The HEAR THE WORLD magazine received the 2007 “European Excellence Award” in the category “External Publications”. This award recognizes outstanding achievements in the field of corporate publications.
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The HEAR THE WORLD magazine received the 2007 “Best of Corporate Publishing” Award in the category “Non Profit/ Associations B2C/Institutions”.

With more than 600 submitted publications, the “Best of Corporate Publishing” Award is the biggest corporate publishing competition in Europe. Since 2003, the award has been presented by the Forum Corporate Publishing and, the leading industry magazines acquisa, Horizont, w&v and Schweizer Werbewoche to the best corporate publications from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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The Hear the World initiative received the 2007 Innovation Award of the "International Sponsoring Awards". The award recognizes creative and successful sponsoring projects by companies and agencies. The awards were presented to eligible sponsoring projects in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in the following categories: Sports, culture, media and public.
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