CLOSING THE YEAR WITH ANOTHER WIN! UPEI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS! PRESIDENT'S EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNER! GET THE BLUES IN A GOOD WAY AWARD FINALIST! YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR'S FORUM FUTURE MILLIONAIRES SPEED NETWORKING 2 CONGRATS TO AN UP-AND-COMING ENTREPRENEUR ANOTHER CREATIVE LUNCH SPEED NETWORKING LAUNCH ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL BRAND AWARENESS SESSION NATIONAL RECOGNITION WITH A FALLING "G"! MARKETING AND ADVERTISING ADVISORY BOARD STUDENT MENTORING CREATIVE LUNCH NOMINATED TWICE ATLANTIC EXPOSURE SPEAKING AT JA ATLANTIC CONFERENCE
- CLOSING THE YEAR WITH ANOTHER WIN!The Shops of Confederation Court Mall, K-Rock 105.5, and Habitat for Humanity PEI recently teamed up for the "Come Home Sweet Home - Buy a House to Build a Home" campaign. This campaign gave Islanders a chance to build a gingerbread home out of a gingerbread kit to raise funds to help build real homes for three deserving Island families.
Fresh Media is excited to announce that we were awarded FIRST PLACE in the Gingerbread House contest under the business category! We're also excited to announce that the gingerbread kits sold out and the contest was a huge success. Best of luck to the deserving Island families on their new homes. - UPEI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS!Fresh Media owner Melody Dover was recently invited to speak to the "Introduction to Business" class at UPEI. It was a rewarding afternoon for Melody, speaking with such a large class of up-and-coming business owners, as the students posed some very good and challenging questions about business and life as an entrepreneur. Thanks to everyone who attended.
- PRESIDENT'S EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNER!Melody Dover and Fresh Media were awarded the inaugural Greater Charlottetown Chamber of Commerce Emerging Business Award of Excellence at the November 2nd gala ceremony.
An absolutely tremendous honor, we wish to thank John Gaudet, Kathy Hambly, and all of the Charlottetown Chamber committee and judges for this award.
We wish to extend congratulations to the other nominees and winners who also received recognition for their entrepreneurial achievements.
A special, heartfelt thank you to all our clients that continue to support Fresh Media. We're thrilled to share this award with you all. - GET THE BLUES IN A GOOD WAYWe are pleased to once again support the PEIBWA by offering our design servcies for all promotional material for the 2nd annual Red, White and Blues event.
We encourage all to come the MacKenzie Theatre on September 23rd and enjoy the musical stylings of Teresa Doyle and blues band Bourbon Street. You will also be able to sample a full range of domestic, new world and European red and white wines, as well as a broad selection of delectable hors d’oeuvres. - AWARD FINALIST!Fresh Media is very excited to be one of three finalists for the Emerging Business Award the the inaugural Greater Charlottetown Chamber of Commerce's President's Excellence Awards event. The awards take place on November 2nd, 2006, at the Delta Prince Edward Hotel.
- YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR'S FORUMFresh Media Inc. was honored to have been the creative source behind the brand identity for the "PEI Young Entrepreneur's Forum - YEF". Working with this group of dynamic young people, we have developed an image that captures their energy and charisma.
The YEF is an organization started in 2003 by university students Bill Hennessey and Kristi Kelly. The YEF brings together students with aspirations of becoming entrepreneurs and members of the business community to discuss business successes and challenges. - FUTURE MILLIONAIRESMelody Dover was invited to be the guest speaker at the Young Millionaires Program Celebration Night, which recently took place on September 13th in Kensington, PEI.
With 36 members from the western region, Melody learned what business each of these amazing young Islanders started this past summer, and what they learned from their experience. It was a fun and inspiring evening with so many great ideas and talent on display.
Facilitated by the Central Development Corporation, the Young Millionaires Program is designed to assist youth, ages 8 to 16, by helping them get started in a business of their own, and develop skills they will need to succeed such as marketing, record keeping and public speaking. - SPEED NETWORKING 2The next SPEED NETWORKING event will happen on Thursday September 14th, from 4:00pm to 6:00pm, at Jake's Kitchen & Bar at the Charlottetown Yacht Club. Hosted by Melody Dover of Fresh Media, up to thirty registed Charlottetown Chamber of Commerce members will have the opportunity to quickly make numerous new business contacts, perfect their 30-second pitch, all the while having a great time.
First come, first serve so register today by calling the Charlottetown Chamber of Commerce at 902-628-2000. - CONGRATS TO AN UP-AND-COMING ENTREPRENEURFresh Media wishes to extend congratulations to Emma Fugate on her recent graduation from the Accounting Technology and Business Administration programs of Holland College. Emma was also awarded the distinguished Governor General's Medal. This award is presented to a graduate who best exemplifies the ideals of the specific program of study and who demonstrates academic excellence.
Immediately following graduation, Emma launched her new company, "E Accounting Services", of which Fresh Media is a client. We encourage other companies to contact Emma to find out how E Accounting Services can assist their business. - ANOTHER CREATIVE LUNCHMelody Dover recently held a "Creating Brand Awareness" session for the Summerside and area members of the PEIBWA. With 21 women in business attending, this "Lunch & Learn" focused on the importance of branding and creative ways of marketing your business. Thanks to Elizabeth Noonan, Western PEI Outreach Facilitator, for organizing the session.
- SPEED NETWORKING LAUNCHHosted by Melody Dover of Fresh Media, the first ever SPEED NETWORKING event recently took place on June 1st, 2006, in partnership with the Charlottetown Chamber of Commerce and the Murphy Group of Restaurants.
The over 20 attending Chamber members had the opportunity to quickly make new business contacts, perfect their 30 second pitch, all the while having a great time. Special thanks to both ATV and CBC Television for bringing their cameras to record the action!
We look forward to working with Kim Doyle of the Charlottetown Chamber of Commerce on future SPEED NETWORKING events.
SPEED NETWORKING is another fresh idea from Fresh Media. For more information on this fun and fast paced networking event, visit the SPEED NETWORKING web site. - ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL BRAND AWARENESS SESSIONMelody Dover was invited to Mill River recently to give a session on Creating Brand Awareness to over twenty fellow entrepreneurs. Working with Paul Hickey and Resources West Inc., the day was a huge success with great ideas on branding shared by all.
- NATIONAL RECOGNITION WITH A FALLING "G"!We are pleased to announce that Fresh Media's creation for The Guild brand was recently profiled in the national graphic design magazine "Design Edge Canada". Editor Ann Meredith Brown contacted Fresh Media to be one of their five case studies in the latest issue investigating color applications, reproduction and trends. Fresh Media is proud to have The Guild showcased with other national brands. That is, if it was The Guild's proper brand!
Unfortunately something happened when they were laying out the magazine and the "G" in the Guild logo was moved, making it appear as if the "G" was falling. We could only laugh (in good fun!) when we opened the magazine. The staff at Fresh Media enjoy Design Edge and its Canadian content, and had a great laugh for the day saying, "Who dropped the G, man?!" - MARKETING AND ADVERTISING ADVISORY BOARDMelody Dover was honored to have been an advisor for the Holland College Marketing and Advertising Management Program recent skills review board. Thanks to Karen Nicholson for inviting Fresh Media to the be a part of the review. With a focused and professional program, Fresh Media is looking forward to working with future marketing and advertising graduates.
- STUDENT MENTORINGFresh Media recently volunteered their time to be a mentor for the 2006 Ice Awards Student Creative Competition. Organized by Cossette Atlantic, Fresh Media offered creative advice to the students of the Holland College Interactive Multimedia Program who entered the competition. We were inspired by the students ability to create their design submissions under such tight deadlines while never losing sight of the idea and uniqueness of their entry. Congratulations to all who competed.
- CREATIVE LUNCHMelody Dover held another "Creating a Positive Company Image Through Consistent Branding" session with great results. Through the PEIBWA "Ladies that Lunch" learning session, over 30 people attended the branding session with positive feedback received from all who attended.
- NOMINATED TWICEFresh Media Inc. and owner Melody Dover have been nominated for the 2006 Canadian New Media Awards. Melody has been nominated for Canadian Designer of the Year, while Fresh Media Inc. has been nominated for Canadian Company of the Year. A special thanks to Sandy Peardon of ITAP and Jacquie Sands of CNMA for the nominations.
- ATLANTIC EXPOSUREFresh Media owner Melody Dover is profiled in the March issue of Progress Magazine. With a large circulation that spans Atlantic Canada, this business magazine article continues to showcase Fresh Media and our creative services to potential clients.
- SPEAKING AT JA ATLANTIC CONFERENCEFresh Media Inc. has been invited to be the guest speaker over lunch on Saturday, March 4th, during the Junior Achievement Atlantic Conference hosted at the Delta Prince Edward. High school students from across the Atlantic Region will be in attendance for this exciting business conference and we are very happy to be participating.