At Cone, we love to recognize all the hard work of our brilliant, creative staff. One such recognition is the Clip of the Month Award. Each month we honor the employee who secured the best media placement, as voted on by peers, on behalf of his or her client.

Congratulations to the April Clip of the Month winner, Maureen O’Connell, for securing coverage of FIRST—a nonprofit started by Segway inventor Dean Kamen to foster science, engineering and technology skills in young people—on ABC World News Tonight on April 20, 2009.

Honorable mentions go to:

Anjala Gulati for Working Mother’s coverage of Lindt

Aryn Ehlow for Forbes.com’s coverage of Ben & Jerry’s

Chrissy Redmond for Ideal Bite’s coverage of Guayaki

Hilary Blowers for CBS Early Show’s coverage of Lindt

Jodi Housman for The New York Times “Green Inc.” blog’s coverage of Timberland

Kimberly Leistinger for CNN.com’s coverage of FIRST