Writings from Force 5 Basecamp

09/10/13

Calling all Non-Profit organizations (NPOs) located in St. Joseph County! Nominations are now open for our Force for Good contest. You could win $5,000.00 in brand development and marketing communication services. We know times are tough for NPOs and part of our brand is a commitment to doing good work for people who do good works. We would like to

08/07/12

Over the past years, we’ve had the good fortune to work for and with great companies. Some have been clients, some vendors. In each case, these folks have been terrific. Each of them has had a common goal–to bring success to themselves, their community, and to us. On occasion, we find the company or vendor that doesn’t have this goal-its

09/12/11

The winner of the 2011 A Force for Good non-profit awareness contest is “St. Joseph County Bridges Out of Poverty.”  The winner was chosen by an outside selection committee made up local marketing professionals.  The decision was difficult due to the wide range of highly qualified Non-profit finalists.  Congratulations SJC Bridges! And a huge thank you to all our judges

08/05/11

Well, we are at the end of the first week of nominations in our Force for Good non-profit awareness contest! Last I checked, we had 16 nominations. Actually, there were many nominations, but a fair number were duplicates. You non-profits have a lot of fans! I have been reading the acceptance write ups from the organizations as they come in,

07/27/11

Real Superheroes Don’t Wear Capes The greatest heroes don’t wear capes, can’t fly and aren’t from a distant planet. They are ordinary people doing extraordinary things every day.  They lead, operate or volunteer at the many non-profit organizations (NPOs) in our community in an effort to make our world a better place.  And like all heroes, when they are empowered,

12/28/10

South Bend, IN , December 28, 2010– Force 5, a brand development and marketing communications firm located in South Bend, IN, today announced that its Privacy Policy has been certified for compliance for the third year with the Safe Harbor Principles of the U.S. Department of Commerce. In October 1998, the European Commission’s Directive on Data Protection went into effect.

09/20/10

South Bend, Ind. – Force 5, South Bend, Ind., announces the addition of William “Butch” Whitmire as Vice President of Client Development. Whitmire’s responsibilities include building long-term relationships with, and developing and implementing marketing strategies for prospective clients. Whitmire has over 22 years of sales, management, marketing and leadership experience in planning, communicating and executing marketing initiatives and creative projects.

09/09/10

Force 5, South Bend, In., announces the addition of Christian Mattix as web application developer and network administrator. Mattix’s responsibilities include technical design and development of web applications, along with building, optimizing, maintaining and trouble shooting complex and secure databases, among other duties. Mattix graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and a minor

10/15/09

Force 5 presented to the “Networking and All that Jazz Expo” in South Bend, Indiana. David Morgan, Certified Brand Strategist, gave a presentation on Brand Development and Director of Client Development Andrew Fletcher presented a workshop on Surviving and Thriving in Today’s economy. David’s presentation was entitled “Who Are You? What Do You Do? Why Does it Matter?” Brand Development

09/17/09

Force 5 presented to the Michiana Chapter of the National Tooling and Machining Association last week. The Presentation was on “Brand Development in new Economy.” Vice President of Force 5, David Morgan gave the presentation while President Deb DeFreeuw and Director of Client Development Andrew Fletcher led the discussions. “Brand Development for small and medium size businesses has taken on

08/18/09

Force 5 was featured in the South Bend Tribune Business Weekly. To read the complete article click below. Treasure hunt – Companies should search deeply in quest to develop their brand, South Bend Tribune Business Weekly