KCOM-PR Presented Small Business Leaders Award

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KCOM-PR PRINCIPALS BONNIE & JON KAYE

HONORED BY BOCA CHAMBER

WITH 2023 SMALL BUSINESS LEADERS AWARD

The 2023 Boca Chamber Business Awards Luncheon brought together prominent businesspeople, community leaders, and distinguished guests to recognize and honor exceptional enterprises and individuals who have made significant contributions to the Boca Raton business community (featured below). Held at Boca West Country Club, the event was attended by nearly 300 high-profile guests, including government officials, prominent business leaders, influential community members, and supporters of the Boca Chamber.

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2023 Business of the Year: Palm Beach State College, presented by 2022 honoree Angelo Bianco/BRiC (center) to (right) PBSC President Ava Parker and Provost Van Williams

2023 Small Business Leaders of the Year: Bonnie & Jon Kaye, KCOM-PR, presented by 2022 honoree Erick Solms of Simplitfy

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2023 Business Leader of the Year: Paul Adkins, Florida Peninsula Insurance presented by 2022 honoree St. Andrew's School Headmaster Ethan Shapiro

Boca Chamber President & CEO: Troy McLellan

WITH OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO YOU...

Clients, Partners & Supporters

As PR & Marketing professionals whose sole mission is to put other brands in the spotlight, we are humbled to receive this coveted award spotlight…and now be added to the impressive roster of annual awardees ...many brands we have represented and/or collaborated with through our 27 years.

To those who have entrusted us with your business and nonprofit brands…we share this honor.

To those who engaged us to help create, launch, and revitalize your brand…your journey has been part of our journey.

To the iconic brands who tapped us to help transition them through new ownerships and management teams, and/or reposition themselves for future generations …we appreciate being part of your trailblazing growth.

To those who joined us to help break through traditional barriers…

you too have been part of our rich tapestry. We thank you for helping initiate, activate, and amplify critical community conversations on sensitive, and sometimes uncomfortable topics. These have included mental health awareness, Holocaust education, and supporting those most vulnerable.

To all those who partnered with us on public-private engagement, always stepping up and showing up with, "How can we help?” Please know that through the years …together we have helped make Boca Raton a great place in which to live, work, play, visit, learn, and heal.

We also thank those who have been brave by taking “a leap of faith” with us…to help build never-before experiences for our community that have become annual Boca traditions.

We will never forget who brought us to the dance (The Boca Raton Resort & Club), and all those who have helped keep us on the dance floor for 27 years so that we could forge indelible imprints and impacts. KCOM-PR’s membership and involvement in the Boca Chamber going on 27 years has helped us launch our firm and establish our brand and grow relationships.

We are proof that you CAN be married AND work together successfully …

as long as you respect one another’s values and strengths …share the same priorities and goals…and laugh a lot.

“What are we most proud of?”

There has been a lot in 27 years. Among them…

Creating and driving hundreds of public-private partnerships that have helped build businesses while uplifting the community.

Being part of the iconic, retained to represent some of Boca’s

treasured assets:

Being tapped by the City of Boca Raton for the re-branding, revitalization, and repositioning of Downtown Boca. We love driving around Downtown Boca and seeing our logos featured on banners, signage, and destination marketing.

Being retained for the re-branding of “The Pink Plaza” as it transitioned into the vibrant mixed-use village of Royal Palm Place that resulted in it being home to the first and only statue of Addison Mizner in Boca, standing proudly atop Royal Palm Place village clock tower to officially serve as the southern entrance of Downtown Boca.

Representing the Boca Raton Resort & Club, spanning 23 years ... working through four ownerships, and seven management teams through to its debut as The Boca Raton

Serving as the corporate communications department for a Boca-headquartered hospital company Promise Healthcare, which grew from six specialty hospitals to 21 hospitals in eight states.

Helping to engage the community and media in high-profile events that garner national spotlight, such as the ESPN RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl and the PGA Champions Tour Tournament at The Old Course at Broken Sound (both for nine consecutive years each).

THE KAYE COMMANDMENTS

Through the years we followed what we like to refer to as our Kaye Commandments

Always remember that people do business and engage with those they know, like, and trust.
Always be seriously strategic, in both life and business.
Embrace “change”… don’t fear it. The next chapter may be your best yet.
If you don’t control your narrative, someone else will.
Always be candid in counsel… it’s important to tell clients what they need to hear, not just what they want to hear. It averts crises and saves costly tunnel vision.
Words matter; always write “right” with defining and authentic original content.
It's not what you say, but how you say it that is the game-changer.
Nothing replaces in-person interaction.
Kindness is NOT a weakness...it is always a superpower in both biz and life.

ABOUT THE 2023 BOCA CHAMBER

SMALL BUSINESS LEADERS RECIPIENTS:

Bonnie S. Kaye: KCOM-PR Founder, President and Chief Strategist

Jon A. Kaye: KCOM-PR Chief Operating Officer and Chief Marketing Officer

Jon and Bonnie Kaye are at the helm of Kaye Communications PR & Marketing, an award-winning integrated branding and communications firm based in Boca Raton. Celebrating 25+ years of making indelible client and community impacts and imprints, the Kayes provide “seriously strategic” communications counsel, develop original content, and activate multi-audience initiatives and campaigns for B2B, consumer and nonprofit brands. With expertise in public/private partnerships, they provide “think tank” insights, ideation, media relations, and event production to create news-generating opportunities and amplify brand awareness, media/influencer storytelling, and impactful community relations.

From the start, their mission has been to provide unparalleled counsel, branding, marketing, community relations, and media relations services to their clients. The Kayes trailblazed public/private partnerships as KCOM-PR’s core pillar set back in the '90s... long before community engagement and corporate social responsibility were considered “best practices.”

Known as a “561 Authority,” the Kayes are trusted advisors and consummate community “connecteurs.” Their talents have been tapped by such iconic assets as the City of Boca Raton/Downtown Boca CRA; Boca Raton Resort & Club/The Boca Raton; Town Center at Boca Raton; Royal Palm Place; RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl/ESPN; Promise Healthcare (21 specialty hospitals); Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC); The Park at Broken Sound; Broken Sound Club; Lesser, Lesser, Landy & Smith; Boca Lago Golf & Country Club; Bridge Hotel/Waterstone Resort & Marina; Sklar Furnishings; Capitol Lighting; Penn Florida; Oceans 234; Habitat for Humanity SPBC; Tri County Animal Rescue; YMCA of SPBC, and Boca Raton’s Promise. They conceived and co-chaired the FAU White Coats-4-Care fundraiser for 13 years and the recent “Concert-4-Kindness” at FAU, and have produced seven annual Boca Raton Mayors Balls.

The Kayes have been presented with nine Bernays Awards, the “Oscars” for the South Florida Public Relations industry for PR Excellence; named Community Heroes in Healthcare by the Palm Beach Medical Society, and received the FAU Trustees Service Award for their community influence on behalf of its College of Medicine. Bonnie has served on the boards of Boca Chamber, FAU Foundation, FAU College of Arts & Letters, Levis JCC, Florence Fuller Child Development Centers, and is on the executive committee of RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl. Jon has served on the boards of the Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton, FAU College of Medicine, and is a Community Captain for the RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl.

Bonnie, a Miami native who graduated from the University of Florida (B.S. in Journalism) to forge a career in corporate (Home Box Office/NYC headquarters) and agency communications was presented a 2021 Prestigious Women Award by South Florida Business & Wealth magazine. Jon, a New York City native who graduated from Northwood University in Michigan (B.S. in Business & Marketing) spent a successful early career in hospitality marketing and sales. Married for 36 years, the Kayes are proud parents and grandparents.

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