PR Takes a Lead Role in #GivingTuesday

Giving Tuesday, an event started last year to counter the “buy buy buy” message of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, was a resounding success that looks to be even bigger this year. The initial goal was to get 250 nonprofit organizations to participate in 2012, but the total quickly grew to ten times that number, and more than 5,000 have signed up for the 2013 event.

While the United Nations Trust and the 92nd Street YMCA claim credit for the idea’s origins, the PR industry has played a large role in making it work—especially this year.

As The Holmes Report noted last week, agencies including Weber Shandwick, Fleishman Hillard, Havas and more collaborated on both outreach and the development of related “digital toolkits” to ensure that this year’s event is expertly organized.