Create Smarter Podcast – Approaching Your Event Like a Media Company
Create Smarter Podcast – Approaching Your Event Like a Media Company After covering a multitude of events, Tyler & Phil have picked up on a thing or two about how to get the most out of an event. In our newest episode of the Create Smarter Podcast, we lay out some tips and tricks on […]
Create Smarter Podcast – Event Coverage with 5 Tool Productions
Create Smarter Podcast – Event Coverage with 5 Tool Productions Ever wanted to know how your friends at 5 Tool Productions handle their event coverage? Listen to Phil, Marisa, and Connor talk about their recent trip to Orlando, FL where they covered the 2022 Administrative Professionals Conference! They bring you through their thought process of […]
TRENDS – Expanding Digital Live Streaming of Events
I was reading up on a recent sale of the formerly ESPN-owned X Games to a private-equity firm to help expand the digital live streaming of the cherished extreme sports event. One section particularly stuck out to me in the article, “The company’s goal is to reimagine the X Games with unique fan experiences, an […]
Create Smarter Podcast – Giving Day Tips & Tricks
Create Smarter Podcast – Giving Day Tips & Tricks Come hang out with Phil, Marisa and Connor to talk all things Giving Day as the date fast approaches! In our newest episode of the Create Smarter Podcast, we give you tips tricks and even some insight into what we see working for our clients as […]
Creating Content for Brandeis’ Giving Day
For this year’s Brandeis Giving Day, or Giving DEISday, we wanted to do something different than we had in the past. We wanted to focus on impact and fun in order to stop the scroll! Launching Brandeis’ Giving Day Campaign To kick off the campaign, we needed a launch video. In past years, we had […]
Getting the Most out of #GivingTuesday
Students are back on campus. Your team is back from vacation. The first appeal of the fall semester is ready to go. Everything is peaceful and serene. Then suddenly you realize that #GivingTuesday is only a couple of months away, and you haven’t done anything to get ready for it. You can choose to panic…or […]
Create Smarter Podcast – Liz Monroe from the Flutie Foundation
Create Smarter Podcast – Liz Monroe from the Flutie Foundation Liz Monroe is the Director of Marketing at the Flutie Foundation, a wonderful non-profit that 5 Tool Productions has had the pleasure to work a couple of their events with such as their Winter and Summer Galas. On this episode of the Create Smarter Podcast, […]
Create Smarter Podcast – Shallow Depth of Field
Create Smarter Podcast – Shallow Depth of Field Have you ever watched a sports broadcast and suddenly noticed a crazy change in camera quality that seemed to have come out of the left field? The shallow depth of field look is a trend that has been taking over the live television industry for some time […]
Opening Doors with Boston University’s Fundraising Campaign
One of the more creative projects we have had the chance to work on this year has been Boston University’s Donors Open Doors campaign. We want to share some tips and lessons we learned from this project that you can use to make your fundraising campaign great for this upcoming year! Finding Inspiration When […]
Leveraging Video for Fundraising in FY23 (and beyond)
There’s something inherently exciting about a blank slate. It’s a chance to start fresh, try new things, and finally put that idea to the test that you’ve been brainstorming for months and months. But a blank slate can also be daunting. Filling in a full year’s worth of content and ideas, looking ahead 12 months, […]
