Indiana/World Skating Academy

Indiana/World Skating Academy

At Indiana/World Skating Academy, world-class competitors train with elite coaches and families share fun on the ice. Since I/WSA opened its doors in 1987, it has nurtured talent, added ongoing revenue to the City of Indianapolis, and donated ice time to other community organizations. Faced with the need for a new facility that offered better … Continued …

Tangram (formerly Independent Residential Living of Central Indiana)

Tangram

Independent Residential Living of Central Indiana sought to rebrand itself with an identity that more closely reflected how its services and mission had evolved since it was founded. The not-for-profit organization chose Tangram, naming itself after a classic puzzle that challenges you to build shapes out of a set of seven geometric forms, including five … Continued …

Master Plan outreach

Crown Hill Heritage Foundation

Crown Hill Cemetery embarked on a Master Plan to support this historic not-for-profit institution’s restoration, preservation, and community-partnership needs. Following up on the opportunities and challenges of this document, the Crown Hill Heritage Foundation used direct mail to reach its donor audience with a message about the cemetery’s origins. Titled “From Strawberry Hill to Crown … Continued …

B Plus C Communications capabilities

B Plus C Communications

How do you set yourself apart in a crowded field? At B Plus C Communications, we wrestled with that question until the day we realized that a cat’s successful bids for attention achieved the same results as a successful marketing campaign. Solution to the capabilities brochure problem: Showcase the cat and tell his authentic story. … Continued …

Unexpected places for critical and creative thought

You’ve got a deadline staring you in the face, and the ideas you need to finish a proposal or project have vacated your conscious mind. The more desperately you need to finish something, the more your ability to brainstorm can seem to dry up. And then you hop in the shower, onto the treadmill, or … Continued …

The (inverse) power of 3

Spend even a small amount of time watching TV and you’ll run into commercials in which an advertiser uses three actors to portray the range of diversity in the population that uses its products or services. One after another, each of the three “characters” looks into the camera and intones the same line of dialog. … Continued …

Independent Residential Living of Central Indiana

Independent Residential Living of Central Indiana

This 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization serving persons with disabilities needed a headquarters building that could bring all its staff members under one roof within the community they serve. The new facility would replace a patchwork of leased spaces. To assist with fundraising efforts targeting the costs of designing and building the facility, B Plus C Communications … Continued …