Slide presentations have been both the bread-and-butter and the champagne-and-caviar of the business pitch. Slides offer an outline and a set of visual cues that help engage audiences and move donors to action. Moreover, the best-known desktop applications to create presentations, Microsoft’s PowerPoint and Apple’s Keynote, offer various ways to save your slideshow and share […]
#Interview: Howard Adam Levy, Principal of Red Rooster Group
Howard Adam Levy is Principal of Red Rooster Group, a New York City-based branding, marketing and design agency for nonprofits. Howard, who began working with nonprofits as a graphic designer in 1991, founded the agency 10 years ago. The interview was conducted by Don Akchin, a principal of Nonprofit Marketing 360 and a frequent contributor […]
#Development: National Technology Network Conference Encouraged Networking Beyond The Net
The NTEN (National Technology Network) annual conference wound up earlier this spring in Washington DC, and the focus was on building relations through and beyond social media. The NTEN website offers access to videos of the conference keynote addresses, and a number of write-ups are available from the participants. Because no one formula for building […]
#SocialNetworks: VolunteerMatch Leads Way In (Free!) Tech Outreach
The iOS platform for the iPhone and iPad is notoriously closed for apps dedicated to fundraising. Some companies have found ways to use the mobile software to reach volunteers and grow networks of potential donors (or donors via other platforms). One such nonprofit is VolunteerMatch, whose iPhone app offers opportunities to search for local projects […]
How-to: 7 Tips to Set your Slide Presentations on Fire
We’ve been providing PowerPoint and conference support for many of our clients since the early 1990s (some recent examples of our work can be found here) and while the technology may have changed, the core elements that make a good presentation great still remain: compelling content, a good “story”, professional coaching, and speaker practice — […]
Capital One, Inc.
Established in 1995, Capital One has become a Fortune 500 company in less than a decade. The company has grown into a global diversified financial services provider, with operations in the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom and continues to add innovative offerings to it’s current product range. MKCREATIVE, LLC has provided Capital One IT […]
#OURCLIENT: Crystal Smith Design, Inc.
Crystal-Smith, Inc. was founded by Chester Smith in 1948. His clients included the renown jeweler Blackstar & Gorham and stars of stage and screen including Doris Duke, Rita Gamm and Roddy McDowell. Since its inception, Crystal-Smith has evolved into a full-service fine lighting resource. For five decades running, the company provides clients with meticulous detail, […]
Green Guerillas
Green Guerillas uses a unique mix of education, organizing, and advocacy to help people cultivate community gardens, sustain grassroots groups and coalitions, engage youth, paint colorful murals, and address issues critical to the future of their gardens in New York City. MKCREATIVE Design has been the Green Guerillas’ graphic design company of record since 1998 […]