Image Awards

FPRA ORLANDO AREA CHAPTER IMAGE AWARDS

Conducted annually, the Image Awards competition provides PR practitioners an excellent platform to be recognized in their home markets for their outstanding public relations tools and programs.

The Image Awards also works to give entrants insights for entering their work, if they choose, into FPRA’s statewide competition: the Golden Image Awards. The Golden Image Awards have become a standard of public relations excellence in Florida.

The Image Awards competition mirrors the Golden Image Awards, but is held on a local level as opposed to statewide. Both these award competitions include four divisions, and within these divisions are multiple categories.

FPRA Orlando Member Awards

Roger Pynn Award for Career Excellence and ImPRess Award

The Roger Pynn Award for Career Excellence (formerly known as the Central Florida Public Relations Professional of the Year for Career Excellence) – the most prestigious honor bestowed by our chapter – honors a local professional for a lifetime of leadership and outstanding contributions to the field of public relations. 

This award was renamed in 2023 after Roger Pynn, APR, CPRC, a longtime chapter member and supporter who in 1984 co-founded Curley & Pynn Public Relations Management, Orlando’s first public relations agency. After being a member of FPRA for nearly 50 years and earning this prestigious award in 1987, Roger continues to give back through mentorship, volunteering and philanthropy. 

Congrats to this year’s Roger Pynn Award for Career Excellence honoree, Jamie Floer, APR, CPRC, Fellow PRSA – communications manager at Toho Water Authority!

Our ImPRess Award for Professional Achievement celebrates a trailblazer who has achieved an unprecedented or extraordinary milestone in their career, or has left a lasting mark or impression on the Central Florida community.

Congrats to this year’s ImPRess Award for Professional Achievement honoree, Marc Espeso – digital communications editor at Orange County Government and special assistant to Orange County Mayor (LGBTQ+ Liaison)!

Both winners will be formally recognized at our Image Awards program in April. 

Guidance for Award Nominations

Ideal candidates for the Central Florida Public Relations Professional of the Year for Career Excellence award demonstrate:

• Experience and leadership in the public relations profession spanning 20 years or more;

• Extraordinary contributions to advocate for and/or advance the reputation of the profession;

• Extraordinary contributions to support the community and charitable organizations; 

• Lifetime achievement, service and awards; 

• Senior-level public relations knowledge, skills and abilities; and 

• Continued pursuit of professional development by obtaining their APR, CPRC, master's degree or other relevant achievement.

In recent years, the award has honored professionals who expertly managed high-profile crises, profoundly impacted next-generation professionals, transformed their organizations with trailblazing campaigns and reached significant milestones in their careers.

See a list of past recipients.

Ideal candidates for the ImPRess Award for Professional Achievement demonstrate:

·       Emerging leadership in the public relations profession spanning a post-graduate career of at least two years;

·       Unprecedented or extraordinary career achievement, relative to their age or years of experience;

·       Contributions to support the community and charitable organizations; 

·       Entry- to mid-level public relations knowledge, skills and abilities; and

·       Continued pursuit of professional development, such as involvement in LeadershipFPRA, board membership, mentorship or other relevant activities. 

See a list of past recipients.

Additional Awards:

Member of the Year

The Member of the Year Award recognizes one member of the Orlando Area Chapter who has made a significant contribution to the Association through outstanding leadership, demonstrated enthusiasm, extraordinary involvement and loyal support.

See a list of past recipients.

Bob Davis Award

The Bob Davis Award is named in honor of Dr. Bob Davis, Ph.D., ABC, APR, CPRC, retired professor from the University of Central Florida who gave tirelessly to our chapter and FPRA for over three decades. This award honors an individual who has worked behind the scenes in the past year to support FPRA. It’s our way of recognizing an “unsung hero.”

See a list of past recipients.

Both winners are announced and honored at the chapter’s annual board installation ceremony in August.