As 2011 winds down, Ketchum has put together a list of some favorite Ketchum Blog posts from this year. Check out some posts you may have missed and leave a comment if you have any topics you would like to see covered on the blog in 2012.

Ketchum's 2011 Year in Review

Ketchum has been nominated for 11 PRWeek (U.S.) Awards, including one for the publication's Large PR Agency of the Year award and one for Global Campaign of the Year. The winners will be announced on March 1 at a ceremony in New York.

Ketchum Pleon has announced that David Vindel will join as Managing Director of European Technology in the first quarter of 2012 to head London’s Technology Practice.

Ketchum Pleon France has merged with fellow Omnicom Group agency DDB Financial, enhancing Ketchum’s already deep financial communications offerings in the U.S., Western Europe and China.

Ketchum has announced that Sean Fitzgerald, current Managing Director of Ketchum's San Francisco and Los Angeles offices, called Ketchum West, has been named Director of Ketchum's Shanghai office, and that the current Director of Ketchum West, Dave Chapman, will assume responsibility for Ketchum West.

What makes this idea creative? What does creativity do for business? How can a team become more creative? In order to come up with creative business solutions, one must first understand some of the basics of creativity. The latest issue of Ketchum's online magazine seeks to answer some of these questions.

The European Public Relations Education and Research Association and Ketchum Pleon have entered into an agreement for Ketchum Pleon to be an exclusive research partner and sponsor of the European Communication Monitor for the next three years.