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Gorilla Run Design

Gorilla Run Ad

Created an ad for the Denver Gorilla Run for Denver Life Magazine.

Digital Media 101 Presentation

ynpn Denver Digital Media 101 Presentation

Gave a presentation for the ynpn Denver professional development series titled Digital Media 101. Covered websites, blogs, email marketing, and social media strategies and best practices.

LiveWell Colorado Social Media

LiveWell Colorado Social Media

Created a series of #Motivation4Monday posts for LiveWell Colorado (a few are included here). “Exercise in the morning,” the most successful post, received 3,000+ likes, 1,400+ shares, and had an organic reach of more than 150,000 individuals.  

An Evening with the Rat Pack Design

The Gathering Place’s 2014 Gala

Created logo and supporting materials (invitations, sponsor packets, event signage, program, and more) for The Gathering Place’s 2014 gala which raised $164,000 to support the mission of the organization.

Giving Societies Design

The Gathering Place Giving Societies

  Created logos for The Gathering Place’s monthly giving and lifetime cumulative giving societies.

Branding Trainings

Branding Trainings for The Gathering Place

Developed and led a series of trainings for The Gathering Place’s staff and board of directors on branding and how it permeates every aspect of an organization. Branding 101 Branding 201 Branding 301

The Denver Post Coverage

The Gathering Place Writer’s Group Coverage in The Denver Post

August 13, 2013 Read the full article on The Denver Post website Briana Johnson held a spiral notebook with both hands and recited a long paragraph from the page to the five women gathered around her for the weekly writing […]

TGP Newsletter Story

The Gathering Place Newsletter: Berda’s Story

It’s a warm Thursday evening in August and St. Cajetans Cathedral on Denver’s Auraria Campus is filled with a celebratory crowd. Everyone rises as the first strains of “Pomp and Circumstance” are played and the graduates, in their black caps […]

ynpn Learning Circle

ynpn Denver Learning Circle

Led a six-week Learning Circle for ynpn Denver’s professional development program titled “Sticky Stories, Branding, and the Art of Nonprofit Communications.” Learning Circle Session 1 Learning Circle Session 2 Learning Circle Session 3 Learning Circle Session 4 Learning Circle Session […]

Westword Coverage

Shelter Shortage for Women Story Series in Westword

A series of articles in Westword‘s print and online publications in December 2012 examined the shortage of shelter beds available in the Denver metro area for women. I worked with the reporter to facilitate the interviews and gather other information (statistics, […]