<p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;">October 17, 2024</span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;">Austin, Texas</span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;">USA</span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;"> </span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;"></span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;">PR Teams of</span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;">Google Search, </span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;">Google Geo,</span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;">Google Maps,</span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;">Google Ads,</span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;">Google Gemini,</span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;">Google Shopping,</span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;">Google Payments,</span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;">Google News,</span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;">Google Sales, etc.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:22px; color:rgb(237, 35, 8);">The Oscar Goes to...</b></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;"> </span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;">The Flamingo Awards</b><span style="font-size:20px;"> are all about celebrating the incredible talent and dedication that makes KIGBO so amazing. We're here to shine a spotlight on those who went the extra mile, who blew us all away with their creativity and hard work over this past year. </span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;"> </span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;">Our leads see how amazing you are, and following lots of impressive nominations—they’ve selected some of you for tonight’s awards. </span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;"> </span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;">Our categories are:</span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;"> </span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"><i>Smart Risk Taker</i></b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"><i> </i></b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"><i>Effective Collaborator</i></b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"><i> </i></b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"><i>Trusted Advisor</i></b></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;"> </span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;">and </span><b style="font-size:20px;"><i>Culture Champion</i></b><span style="font-size:20px;">.</span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;"> </span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;">These categories represent our team values, and the nominees tonight are wonderful examples of those values in action. </span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;"> </span></p><p class="ql-block"><i style="font-size:18px; color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">(KIGBO: Knowledge and Information, Global Business Organization)</i></p> <p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="color:rgb(237, 35, 8); font-size:22px;">The Winner Is...</b></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;"> </span></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;"><i>Effective Collaborator</i></b></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;"> </span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;">This award is based on our second KIGBO value, “We trust each other. We collaborate effectively, invest in each other’s success, and lift each other up.” </span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;"> </span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:20px;">Our first winner of this category has been deemed the “ultimate KIGBO collaborator.” </span><i style="font-size:18px; color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">(KIGBO: Knowledge and Information, Global Business Organization)</i><span style="font-size:20px;"> She's able to take a nebulous, complex project that spans multiple PAs and turn it into a well-oiled, programmatic operation like she did with KIGBO’s I/O efforts. She simply just knows how to get things done when partnering with other teams. She's warmed the cold hearts of some of our trickiest execs—some who were distrustful of how Google PR worked—and quickly became their trusted counsel. She’s on top of her stuff, a joy to work with and we’re all so happy to have her on our team—congratulations to the one and only </span><b style="font-size:22px; color:rgb(237, 35, 8);"><i>Pearl Xu</i></b><span style="font-size:20px;">!</span></p>