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Spreading the message of branding to NPOs

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

EPIC branding lab
Last week Erin and Tim participated in a panel discussion at North Park University’s 2010 Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management Symposium, to discuss some of the issues nonprofit organizations face in branding themselves. The event was sponsored by EPIC, and Erin (founder of EPIC) moderated a panel of experts from some of Chicago’s best creative agencies and companies, including Gravity Tank, Museum of Contemporary Art, Threadless, Simple Truth, Critical Mass, Synthetic Infatuation, and others. Some of the comments overheard during the Q&A and one-on-one sessions:

“Creating a brand is about trust.” “Branding is who you are, and marketing is what you say to different audiences.”

And finally,

“An organization’s visual language organically comes out of the brand story.”

A love letter to Vinyl

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

vinyl_turntable

Dear Vinyl,

I honestly didn’t think I’d ever see you again. It’s not like we’ve kept in touch much the past few years. But it was surprising to bump into you the other day while shopping. And then I saw you again online and it brought back a flood of memories. I just have to be blunt and honest—I wondered to myself, what are you doing in my world again?
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