Category: Partners
CreateAthon Blog
What we learned from going sleepless in Seattle
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Written by Rhian Rotz
During global Pro Bono Week (#PB14), Waggener Edstrom celebrated its second CreateAthon experience. Twenty-four ambitious and energetic employees filled up on protein, energy drinks and delicious food — but no sleep — to create and deliver storytelling campaigns, marketing materials, PR plans and new brand identities to help support the missions of five amazing... Read More
288 hours of Pro Bono next week! (and 48 this week)
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Written by Peyton Rowe
That’s a lot of volunteering, helping nonprofits solve various communications and marketing challenges. It’s a lot of coffee, too. Twelve marketing organizations in the US and Canada will host CreateAthon events during Pro Bono Week, October 19 – 25. The week is a global celebration of skills-based volunteerism and the impact it can have on... Read More
Riggs Partners and the University of South Carolina Announce 2014 CreateAthon Dates
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Written by CreateAthon
Riggs Partners and the University of South Carolina are pleased to announce that both organizations will once again host CreateAthon events this fall. is a 24-hour marathon during which professionals and students in the communication arts deliver marketing services to nonprofit organizations on a pro bono basis. Riggs Partners will hold its 17th annual CreateAthon... Read More
Hop on CreateAthon.
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Written by Julie Turner
It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year is the song we’re all singing about this time every year. Yes, the warm, sunny summer days are nigh. But what really puts the wind in our sails is when our CreateAthon partners start setting the wheels in motion for CreateAthon 2014. The first step? Signing the CreateAthon... Read More
Furman CreateAthon Sparks Student Creativity
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Written by Julie Turner
Furman University Art Department Chair Ross McClain digs his ultra-smart students. Yet he thinks they would benefit greatly from failing at something every now and again. You know as a learning exercise. That was one reason the esteemed South Carolina university signed on for CreateAthon in 2013. Writer Ron Wagner shares more about their inaugural... Read More
Flipside Shares the Love
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Written by Alexandra Frazier
Once upon a time in a faraway land (okay, so Canada isn’t that far away, but bear with us), the do-gooders at Flipside met the do-gooders at Riggs Partners, and they fell in love, and they produced amazing CreateAthon work for dozens of deserving clients. They also wrote really, really awesome “thank you” notes like... Read More
CreateAthon in Dogs
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Written by Julie Turner
There’s no better day than April Fools Day to take a stroll through CreateAthon from a unique and flavorful perspective. There are a few shy volunteers across the CreateAthon universe you may have missed in all the all-nighter ruckus. Little Bit L.B. (“she’s a little bit of everything”) works at the CreateAthon mothership: Riggs Partners.... Read More
(Very)Nicely Done!
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Written by Alexandra Frazier
The folks at verynice, a design and innovation consultancy based in Los Angeles, know a thing or two about pro-bono. Since opening their doors, they’ve donated over $775,000 in creative services to clients all over the world. CreateAthon was a unique opportunity, then, for the firm to give back to two deserving nonprofits located in... Read More
Live CreateAthon Action in Richmond, VA
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Written by Julie Turner
Did you catch this week’s post on Furman University’s inaugural CreateAthon on Campus? Psst. It’s here. Well, if you dug the good work done by all those Paladins earlier this month, then you also may dig what’s happening right now at Richmond’s Virginia Commonwealth University. They are CreateAthon-ing their Ram hearts out. Lucky for you, you can... Read More
Waggener Edstrom rocks CreateAthon-style!
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Written by Julie Turner
Last year we introduced you to new CreateAthon partner agency, Waggener Edstrom. Remember them? Well, they did it and Big Time. Their crew pushed through mammoth task lists for four different nonprofits in 24 hours. Creative Services Director Lee Feidelson was kind enough to share a bit about their first experience in what he aptly... Read More