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    What Is Strategic Communications?
    Michael Donovan
    • Apr 16
    • 3 min

    What Is Strategic Communications?

    We asked NATO. (Actually, we stumbled across this searching our own name.) But to our delight and surprise we found some extremely good...
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    Facilitating Board Strategy Workshops That Won't Bore The Board
    Michael Donovan
    • Mar 30
    • 3 min

    Facilitating Board Strategy Workshops That Won't Bore The Board

    Donovan has facilitated many successful strategy workshops for Boards of Directors and Senior Executives. Here are eight ways to keep...
    62 views0 comments
    How We Made It - Alberta Fire Chiefs Association
    Michael Donovan
    • Mar 17
    • 3 min

    How We Made It - Alberta Fire Chiefs Association

    Part of an ongoing series that gives a glimpse of behind-the-scenes production for projects past and present. Attraction and retention...
    28 views0 comments
    How We Made It - Athabasca University
    Michael Donovan
    • Mar 11
    • 4 min

    How We Made It - Athabasca University

    Part of an ongoing series that gives a glimpse of behind-the-scenes production for projects past and present. One thing I'm very proud...
    29 views0 comments
    5 Things A Three-year-old Can Teach You About Branding
    Michael Donovan
    • Mar 10
    • 2 min

    5 Things A Three-year-old Can Teach You About Branding

    Children are delightful - they are also smarter than the average adult who makes life so complicated. Here are five things a...
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    How We Made It - EPL
    Michael Donovan
    • Mar 6
    • 3 min

    How We Made It - EPL

    Building important community brands has been a cornerstone of our work. Donovan's work to rebrand the Edmonton Public Library was...
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    How We Made It - This Is DDC
    Michael Donovan
    • Mar 4
    • 3 min

    How We Made It - This Is DDC

    Part of an ongoing series that gives a glimpse of behind-the-scenes production for projects past and present. We were excited to get the...
    22 views0 comments
    4 Tips For Building More Engaging Brand Stories
    Michael Donovan
    • Mar 1
    • 1 min

    4 Tips For Building More Engaging Brand Stories

    Engaging consumers with your brand stories is bread and butter for any marketer. But, like any story, you won't just get away with a...
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    Is Brand Storytelling Better If It Comes From Your Company Or Consumers?
    Michael Donovan
    • Feb 28
    • 2 min

    Is Brand Storytelling Better If It Comes From Your Company Or Consumers?

    Ample research confirms that brand storytelling is the most powerful strategy for brand building. But is that brand story better if it...
    16 views0 comments
    How To Create Your Strategic Brand Position - Part 2
    Michael Donovan
    • Feb 27
    • 4 min

    How To Create Your Strategic Brand Position - Part 2

    EXECUTION In Part 1 of Creating Your Strategic Brand Position, the summary findings and recommendations of the brand research phase will...
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    How To Create Your Strategic Brand Position: Part 1
    Michael Donovan
    • Feb 22
    • 2 min

    How To Create Your Strategic Brand Position: Part 1

    Branding is a multi-phased approach, beginning with all-important research and stakeholder engagement. Over a 20-year period of...
    18 views0 comments
    Your Social Media Strategy In A Post-Pandemic World
    Michael Donovan
    • Feb 18
    • 3 min

    Your Social Media Strategy In A Post-Pandemic World

    With more people than ever looking to shop for products online, social media in a post-pandemic world offers new opportunities to...
    35 views0 comments
    How We Made It - Toku Systems
    Michael Donovan
    • Feb 17
    • 2 min

    How We Made It - Toku Systems

    We're often asked how we make effective creative. Here's a recent example of a product brand and video we made for Toku Systems globally,...
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    Social Media Branding - Better Ways To Improve Engagement And Audience Growth
    Michael Donovan
    • Feb 17
    • 4 min

    Social Media Branding - Better Ways To Improve Engagement And Audience Growth

    When social media first came on the scene, and for many years after, continuing to today, many marketers thought, and still think, that...
    47 views0 comments
    How To Position Your Company For Greater Market Success
    Michael Donovan
    • Feb 13
    • 5 min

    How To Position Your Company For Greater Market Success

    Over 20 years of building brands and brand strategies, we have successfully positioned companies and organizations for greater market...
    49 views0 comments
    How Listening Might Change Your Life - Again
    Michael Donovan
    • Feb 12
    • 2 min

    How Listening Might Change Your Life - Again

    I don't know what it was anymore to hear music for the first time. I'm sure it was deeply exciting and psychedelic and awakening in a way...
    26 views0 comments
    Storytelling Is The Only Way To Build A Better Business
    Michael Donovan
    • Feb 2
    • 4 min

    Storytelling Is The Only Way To Build A Better Business

    It shouldn't come as a surprise that when it comes to communicating your business, your products, your services, or your financial needs,...
    36 views0 comments
    Place Branding Strategies – You Really Need To Include Your Citizens, Too
    Michael Donovan
    • Jan 29
    • 2 min

    Place Branding Strategies – You Really Need To Include Your Citizens, Too

    In a recent article from DeepDyve, Bi-directional Place Branding, the authors make a great yet often overlooked point: Place branding...
    24 views0 comments
    The Best Brand Guides Give Voice To More Strategic, Engaging And Resonant Communications
    Michael Donovan
    • Jan 26
    • 3 min

    The Best Brand Guides Give Voice To More Strategic, Engaging And Resonant Communications

    A brand guide is more than a roadmap of micro technical uses. It's also, most importantly, a key strategic toolkit for articulating your...
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    How Do You Make Your Brand A Shared Ideal To Improve Customer Engagement?
    Michael Donovan
    • Jan 24
    • 3 min

    How Do You Make Your Brand A Shared Ideal To Improve Customer Engagement?

    Improved sales are founded on powerful brands. The landscape is littered with good ideas and superior products that simply do not make it...
    34 views0 comments
    What Is Strategic Communications?
    Michael Donovan
    • Apr 16
    • 3 min

    What Is Strategic Communications?

    We asked NATO. (Actually, we stumbled across this searching our own name.) But to our delight and surprise we found some extremely good...
    89 views0 comments
    KemPound's Success Formula - Lowest Prices, Fastest DLV, Focus On Seniors & Marginalized Patients
    Michael Donovan
    • Apr 1
    • 2 min

    KemPound's Success Formula - Lowest Prices, Fastest DLV, Focus On Seniors & Marginalized Patients

    Profiles of today's local/global innovators and industry leaders. KemPound Compounding and Repackaging Pharmacy is unique among other...
    91 views0 comments
    Facilitating Board Strategy Workshops That Won't Bore The Board
    Michael Donovan
    • Mar 30
    • 3 min

    Facilitating Board Strategy Workshops That Won't Bore The Board

    Donovan has facilitated many successful strategy workshops for Boards of Directors and Senior Executives. Here are eight ways to keep...
    62 views0 comments
    Tam Tekle: Inventor Of The Use Of Microwaves In Composite Manufacturing Keeps Reinventing Industries
    Michael Donovan
    • Mar 25
    • 2 min

    Tam Tekle: Inventor Of The Use Of Microwaves In Composite Manufacturing Keeps Reinventing Industries

    Series: Business leaders whose influence change entire industries. Tamrat Tekle – President & CEO, Natural Fibre Technologies (NFT) A...
    156 views0 comments
    Profile: Natural Fibre Technologies Set To Trigger A 20-Billion-Dollar Global Hemp Industry
    Michael Donovan
    • Mar 23
    • 3 min

    Profile: Natural Fibre Technologies Set To Trigger A 20-Billion-Dollar Global Hemp Industry

    Profiles of today's local/global industry innovators and leaders. Natural Fibre Technologies (NFT) Natural Fibre Technologies has...
    320 views0 comments
    How To Write A Blog Post In 15 Minutes Or Less
    Michael Donovan
    • Mar 20
    • 3 min

    How To Write A Blog Post In 15 Minutes Or Less

    Writing doesn't have to be hard if you practice a few simple tricks to get things flowing. Now, if you're terrible at typing, you might...
    49 views0 comments
    The Best Way To Collaborate With Teams And Clients
    Michael Donovan
    • Mar 19
    • 3 min

    The Best Way To Collaborate With Teams And Clients

    Ideas are fragile things - and so are people. If you want to get the best out of your teams and your clients in collaboration, there are...
    25 views0 comments
    How We Made It - Alberta Fire Chiefs Association
    Michael Donovan
    • Mar 17
    • 3 min

    How We Made It - Alberta Fire Chiefs Association

    Part of an ongoing series that gives a glimpse of behind-the-scenes production for projects past and present. Attraction and retention...
    28 views0 comments
    5 Important Things To Know About SEO For Beginners
    Michael Donovan
    • Mar 14
    • 5 min

    5 Important Things To Know About SEO For Beginners

    SEO is an important factor for any company competing for attention online today. Creating a strong Search Engine Optimization (SEO)...
    38 views0 comments
    How We Made It - Athabasca University
    Michael Donovan
    • Mar 11
    • 4 min

    How We Made It - Athabasca University

    Part of an ongoing series that gives a glimpse of behind-the-scenes production for projects past and present. One thing I'm very proud...
    29 views0 comments

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