Adam Ritchie Brand Direction won Best Agency Disruption in the Agency Spotlight portion of the Innovation SABRE Awards. The category recognizes a firm “disrupting the traditional ways of doing business and moving the industry toward the future.”

PR News included Adam on its list of “top talent and passionate professionals who day in and day out are making communications matter in the marketplace.” The jury said Adam “shifts from building some of the industry’s most experimental and lighthearted campaigns to managing serious reputational crises from minute to minute.” (PR News)

Adam Ritchie Brand Direction was shortlisted by PRovoke for Best Agency Disruption and Best Agency Thought Leadership in the Innovation & Insights SABRE Awards. This year's finalists “went beyond, pushed boundaries and proved innovation during unfathomably challenging times.”

Adam Ritchie Brand Direction won the Boutique Agency of the Year category in the PR News Platinum PR Awards. The firm was recognized for its invention-first approach to PR. The awards "mark excellence across people, teams and campaigns.” (PR News)

Adam Ritchie was named to PRovoke’s annual Innovator 25 list, featuring “remarkable innovators who are addressing the industry’s challenges with ingenuity and insight to make meaningful change.” The editors said this year's honorees are “taking risks and producing groundbreaking creative across emerging platforms.” (PRovoke)

Forbes and research partner Statista have named Adam Ritchie Brand Direction as one of America’s Best PR Agencies. More than 12,700 experts and 20,500 customers were surveyed and nominated more than 5,000 firms, which were then narrowed down and scored. The agencies who made the cut are helping clients “navigate their clients through an uncertain, volatile and noisy year.” (Forbes)

Adam Ritchie Brand Direction was named to the PR News Agency Elite Top 100 list. The editors said the firm is “expanding the way public relations is practiced” and overall remarked how “creative concepts and execution can be accomplished by teams of any size.” Firms were scored across more than a dozen criteria to highlight “the standout agencies doing the most innovative work.” (PR News)

The International Association of Business Communicators has invited Adam Ritchie to speak about using communications as an organization’s creative engine at its international conference. Attendees include 1,000 communications professionals from 40 countries. The IABC World Conference shares “innovative ideas, creative tools and critical connections needed to make communication the centerpiece of a thriving business community.” (Catalyst)

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University will send off its graduating public relations seniors, recognize faculty and host a keynote from Adam Ritchie. The online celebration will salute the students’ hard work and share insights for career-building in a challenging economy.

Adam Ritchie Brand Direction was shortlisted five times in The Drum Marketing Awards US. The agency was recognized in four campaign categories — Consumer, Retail, Social Media Strategy and PR Strategy — and Adam was shortlisted for Marketer of the Year. The awards recognize campaigns and individuals who demonstrate “innovation, creativity and results.” Honorees were chosen by a judging panel of marketing executives from Disney, PepsiCo, Johnson & Johnson, GSK, Mailchimp, Expedia, IBM, Apple, HP and BMW. (The Drum)

PRSSA has invited Adam to give the keynote address at its annual meeting of chapter presidents and nationally affiliated student-run firm directors. Adam’s talk, “The Career Advice They’ll Never Tell You,” covers creating an unforgettable impression, landing the job you want and making the most of it. (PRSSA)

Adam Ritchie Brand Direction was shortlisted by PRovoke in the North American Agencies of the Year Awards. The jury recognized the agency’s industry leadership, range of capabilities and said, “Adam Ritchie's non-traditional take on PR sets the firm apart.” Honorees are chosen from “the best PR firms across the US and Canada.” (PRovoke)

In an article on the marketing world’s unique work setups, Campaign US looks at how Adam Ritchie Brand Direction uses treadmill desks.

The Public Relations Society of America's professional development series is hosting a live interactive session led by Adam. Invention in PR will help professionals “go deeper than storytelling and into authorship” and is the PRSA’s first Case in Point program on creativity. (PRSA)

The Public Relations Society of America's news source, Strategies & Tactics, profiled Adam. The piece appears in the Social Purpose edition and discusses invention as a celebration of the craft. In the up-front section, Adam’s work is called “entrepreneurial and innovative.” (PRSA)

Adam will share how to bring complex business concepts into the mainstream by pegging them to trends in pop culture, as part of the ENET panel on digital marketing.

Adam will join a panel of industry experts to share advice on producing effective entries for marketing communications competitions. The session will be hosted by the PR Club and cover winning strategies for the Bell Ringer Awards, as well as any national program.

Adam is the featured guest on the first episode of PR Nation, where he shares advice for creating breakthrough campaigns and accurately predicts the future. PR Nation offers “the best in PR talk, tips and tactics” with hosts Robert and Summer Johnson.

Adam Ritchie Brand Direction was shortlisted by PRovoke in four separate campaign categories in the Innovation & Insights SABRE Awards: Best Earned Media with Influencers + Communities, Best Use of Integrated Social Media, Best Use of Photo Networks and Best in Crowdsourcing & Co-creating. This year's finalists, “went beyond, pushed boundaries and proved innovation.”

The Public Relations Society of America has invited Adam Ritchie to speak about evolving PR from a message carrier to a creative engine at its international conference in San Diego. Keynotes include journalists Bob Woodward, Laura Ling and actor Richard Dreyfuss. The PRSA International Conference "brings together the leading minds in public relations, communication and marketing."