The Challenge: The marketing department at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) approached MKCREATIVE to ask for help: They wanted to promote the Erickson School — a unique department dedicated to the study of aging, public policy, and business. The brief was to develop a story that could not only recount the Erickson School’s history […]
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 — […]
#PRESENTATIONS: Bagger Events – Slide Presentations
The Challenge: MKCREATIVE created slide presentations for the National Committee on Citizenship conference every year. Our client, Bagger Events, contracts us to both develop presentations for the event and to provide MKCREATIVE graphics staff to run the presentations during the conference. We also act as technical consultants. Our Solution: MKCREATIVE assigned a team to develop […]
E-Seminar “Freelance Writing for Nonprofits” Filling Fast – Sign Up Now!
Today’s topic is just too topical, and critical, to pass by or put in with other materials. Kivi Leroux Miller (whose work and whose guidance MKCREATIVE have often referred to) is hosting a four-week seminar on “Freelance Writing for Nonprofits,” which is limited to but ten quick registrants (actually, SEVEN as of last count!). If […]
#DESIGN: BoxTone – Conference Materials
The Challenge: BoxTone, Inc. came to us once again: this time to solve a number of marketing and design challenges to support their presence at the prestigious WES2010 Mobile Technology Conference in Orlando, Florida and their role as a major sponsor of the event. Our Solution: MKCREATIVE worked with the marketing department at BoxTone to […]
#DESIGN: Green Guerillas – Direct Mail Piece
The Challenge: The Green Guerillas were on a tight budget but wanted a direct mail piece that could do double-duty: send traffic to their website so readers could find out more about an upcoming fundraising event, and act as a vehicle to generate donations that could be easily sent to the organization. Our Solution: We […]
#OURCLIENT: Jerry Bagger Events and Media, Inc.
Jerry Bagger Events and Media produces and manages corporate stage events for clients around the world. Our expertise is in finding the right fit among a myriad of production solutions. We organize and manage all staging, video, graphic design, presentation integration and talent for incentives, sales conferences, employee communications, customer events or meetings of any […]
#BRANDING: Youth Mural Project – Identity System
The Challenge: The client, a New York City community-based nonprofit, received grant funding to support a long-term arts program within the city. We were asked to develop an identity system for the program and the communications materials that would support it. Our Solution: We designed and developed a comprehensive branding package along with print and […]