by Melissa Burt | Feb 16, 2022 | Case Study, Communications
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, ESD 112 and school district communicators in our region recognized the need to collaborate to produce consistent, accurate materials to guide communications about the rapidly changing situation. We established a school district...
by Melissa Burt | Jan 19, 2022 | Tips & Tricks
Why use Canva? Canva is a great tool for those with limited budgets who can’t afford Adobe Creative Suite. It is also very user-friendly, making it easy for just about anyone to jump in feet first and start designing. The tool offers hundreds of design templates...
by Melissa Burt | Jan 4, 2022 | Case Study
With a new superintendent and construction work beginning on a recently approved bond at the start of the 2018-19 school year, the Kelso School District wanted to increase communication with the Kelso community. They had been doing four printed, black and white...
by Melissa Burt | Jun 23, 2021 | Communicator Spotlight
What kind of communications project do you most enjoy executing? I really love being brought in from the very beginning planning stages to work on a large, multi-faceted campaign and seeing it through to the end. It’s especially enjoyable if the work includes...
by Melissa Burt | May 18, 2021 | Shop Talk
You just completed a big branding project for Yakima School District. What was the project? One of Yakima’s middle schools, Washington Middle School (WAMS), had recently voted to change their school mascot away from the “Colonials” because they felt...
by Melissa Burt | Feb 7, 2017 | Case Study, Communications
In 2014-15, the Willamette Educational Service District (WESD) launched a new program that partnered with local community colleges to help students earn low-cost college credits while in high school. The problem? WESD did not have a full-service communication...
