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Hayslett Group LLC marks 15 years and 100 awards

ATLANTA, November 2009 - For Hayslett Group LLC, the month of October offered many reasons to celebrate.

The Atlanta-based communications firm marked its 15th anniversary and was awarded 11 new communications industry awards from the Georgia Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and the Atlanta Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) - marking and surpassing 100 awards since opening for business in October 1994.

To celebrate the 15th anniversary, the firm hosted a party on the rooftop of the French American Brasseries (FAB) in downtown Atlanta in mid-October. More than 100 current and former clients, employees and friends of the firm attended the celebration.

"I was very gratified by the number of people who came out to help us mark the 15th anniversary and celebrate our success and good fortune," said Charles Hayslett, the firm's founder and CEO. "It was particularly special to see so many former employees, including a good many who started their careers with us and then moved on to important new opportunities. We've been fortunate over the years to attract many, many talented communications professionals, whose work made a real difference for our clients."

Within two weeks of the celebration, Hayslett Group had picked up six awards from IABC and five more from PRSA. Among the awards were top honors from both PRSA and IABC for the media relations component of a statewide trauma awareness campaign Hayslett Group created and managed under a grant from Healthcare Georgia Foundation. The Web site Hayslett Group created for the trauma campaign - www.georgiaitsabouttime.com - was selected by IABC as the best non-profit site in Georgia in 2009. The trauma campaign also won PRSA or IABC awards for integrated marketing, community relations, public affairs and public service.

Hayslett Group also won PRSA certificates of excellence for its work on the grand opening of Spivey Station Surgery Center in Jonesboro and for an advertorial on managing healthcare billing, for Ingenious Med, a healthcare technology client.

"It's always rewarding to receive peer and industry recognition for the hard work we do," said Hayslett, "but the real reward is in helping our clients achieve important business goals and objectives."

About Hayslett Group

Hayslett Group LLC is a full-service public relations and communications management firm based in Atlanta, Georgia. It offers the full range of communications services, including communications planning, media relations, brand building, crisis communications, litigation communication, collateral design and production, event management, public affairs, speechwriting, research, interactive guidance, and media training.