Big picture, little picture

Business people spend lots of time asking themselves big-picture questions. “Will adding this product improve my overall bottom line?” “How should I communicate the need to raise my rates without alienating my current customers?” “How long can I maintain my current website without it looking out of date?” Big decisions, high stakes, important outcomes. Calculating … Continued …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Crown Hill Heritage Foundation

Crown Hill Heritage Foundation

One of the most famous memorials within the 555 acres of Crown Hill Cemetery, the third-largest non-governmental cemetery in the U.S., honors Mary Ella McGinnis, who died on August 6, 1875, at the age of six. If you stand in just the right spot at the right time of day, her statue appears to return … 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 …

Phoenix Theatre

Phoenix Theatre

The Phoenix Theatre, an Actors’ Equity member institution, presents diverse plays, including recent Broadway hits (which it’s often the first Midwest theatre to stage) and new works by Hoosier playwrights. It mounts productions on two stages in a renovated church that’s been its home since 1988. Faced with ongoing needs for updates to its physical … Continued …