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Cooksey welcomes a major new addition to the team with the hiring of Tom Bryson as vice president and head of the agency’s distinguished Public Sector Practice, which serves cities, counties, school districts, colleges and other prominent public sector entities. Tom will draw on nearly four decades of communications experience, including work as a journalist and three decades at the cities of Duncanville and Farmers Branch, Texas, in advising Cooksey’s clients.
Tom is a past president of both the Texas Association of Municipal Information Officers (TAMIO) and the national City-County Communications & Marketing Association (3CMA), the latter of which recognized him as the national Communicator of the Year in 2016. He serves as a founding member of the Advisory Board of the Certified Public Communicator program at Texas Christian University, where he also serves on the adjunct faculty. TAMIO also recognized Tom as a Cheryl A. Soward Communicator of Distinction in 2020.
Be on the lookout for Tom, along with other Cooksey team members, at the TAMIO Annual Conference later this week in Houston (see below)!
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Cooksey Sponsors TCMA and TAMIO Annual Conferences
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Throughout our nearly 30-year history, Cooksey has worked with countless Texas cities, schools and other public entities, helping to optimize internal and external communication programs.
Cooksey is gearing up now to attend this week’s Texas Association of Municipal Information Officers (TAMIO) Annual Conference and the Texas City Management Association (TCMA) Annual Conference. Through annual industry events like these, Cooksey forges strong relationships with municipal leaders and shares best practices with professional peers – while also learning about cities’ most vexing communications challenges, so we can devise better solutions for those “pain points.”
This year, we are proud to serve as a Platinum sponsor of the 2022 TAMIO Annual Conference and as a Gold sponsor of the 2022 TCMA Annual Conference. In addition to our new Public Sector Practice Leader Tom Bryson (see above), Cooksey CEO Colby Walton and Account Supervisor Allison Chvojan will represent our team at TAMIO. Colby along with President Jason Meyer will be at TCMA.
Drop us a line if you want to be sure and connect at either event – we’d love to hear what’s on your mind. Or catch up with us afterward if you’d like to hear some key
takeaways instead!
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New Clients Enlist Cooksey's Expertise
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Cooksey is honored to have been selected as a public relations and marketing services provider for these new clients or projects in recent months:
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HistoryMaker Homes/ONM Homes – strategic communications program development to elevate awareness of two Texas-based home development and build-to-rent brands
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Region C Water Planning Group – re-engaged by this longstanding client to develop a dynamic, new website to better inform and engage public stakeholders in the planning process for North Central Texas’ long-term water supply
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Wildcatter Realty Partners – brand development and the public launch of a major, mixed-use development in Greenville, Texas for a DFW-based commercial developer
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Cooksey's Clients Secure a Total of 12 Honors at AVA Digital Awards and Hermes Awards
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Earlier this year, Cooksey was recognized at the AVA Digital Awards, an international marketing communications competition, with one Platinum Award, two Gold Awards and one Honorable Mention, highlighting our diverse, successful experience in digital marketing and creative services. We also recently received five Platinum and three Gold honors at the Hermes Awards, a distinguished international competition recognizing the year's top strategic communications, media relations, and digital and print media efforts.
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Cooksey’s clients recognized through these awards programs were:
- Anna Economic Development Corporation
- Bell Fort Worth Alliance Air Show
- Credit Union of Texas
- Forward Fort Worth
- Harrison, Walker & Harper
- Hillwood
- Irving Economic Development Partnership
- Jackson-Shaw
- Richardson Economic Development Partnership
- Tarrant Transportation Summit
- Trinity Regional Flood Planning Group
To learn more about Cooksey’s work earning each award, please view our press releases: AVA Digital Awards and Hermes Awards.
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Cooksey CEO Colby Walton (pictured at right, above, with President Jason Meyer) was recently selected for recognition in Fort Worth Inc.'s list of the 400 Most Influential People in Fort Worth. Launched in 2018, The 400 recognizes professionals in Tarrant County who wield significant influence throughout the community and across their industries.
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About Cooksey Communications
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Founded in 1994, Cooksey Communications is a Texas-based strategic communications firm specializing in issues-related communications for government/economic development, transportation/water, energy and education clients, and strategic communications for professional services, real estate/development, retail/hospitality/consumer and nonprofit clients. Cooksey repeatedly has been named one of the top public relations agencies in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex by the Dallas Business Journal. For information, visit www.cookseypr.com.
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