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09.18.13
A Confession
We aren’t lawyers, but we are advocates, and recently we have been helping a new law school make its case, online and in other media. In 2009, the Texas legislature earmarked $5 million of the State’s 2011-2012 budget for the creation of a new public law school in North Texas, the UNT Dallas College of…
07.12.13
A Story About A Corey
Congratulations to the Southlake Historical Society, which is receiving the Albert B. Corey Award from the American Association of State and Local History. The prestigious Corey Award is given to “volunteer historical organizations that best display the qualities of vigor, scholarship and imagination in their work.” The SHS award is specifically for its new…
07.12.13
AASLH’S COREY AWARD GOES TO SOUTHLAKE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The Southlake Historical Society’s new creative, engaging website – www.southlakehistory.org – has earned the SHS the Albert B. Corey Award from the American Association of State and Local History as part of its Leadership in History Awards. The annual awards are the nation’s most prestigious recognition for achievement in the preservation and interpretation of state…
07.01.13
IRCE Top 10 Takeaways
Last month, we attended IRCE 2013 in Chicago, where 200 speakers presented during a 4-day event focused on internet retailing. After the conference, IRCE sent attendees 10 key insights to be considered by every online retailer (SullivanPerkins has many clients in that most dynamic of spaces). Here are those insights: 1. Video leads to better…
06.21.13
Way to Go, Mighty Mo!
We like to think SullivanPerkins logos are powerful communications tools. Rarely have we seen that power so visibly demonstrated as when Mighty Mo Hooker took out John Montes with a TKO in the sixth round of their welterweight fight at Beamers in Dallas on June 8. That’s right, we designed the logo on Mighty Mo’s…
05.30.13
Hi-Yo, Tina!
Who was that bonneted woman in Trailer #4 for the new Lone Ranger flick starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer? Why it’s none other than our old friend Tina Parker. We know Tina as the brilliant Co-Artistic Director of Kitchen Dog Theater, for whom we’ve done numerous award-winning posters and other promotional pieces over the…
05.14.13
Oh, Pretty Woman
The UNT Foundation recently hosted an event at the Meyerson in downtown Dallas in support of the Emerald Eagle Scholars program, which provides financial support to deserving UNT undergraduates. At the event, outstanding UNT alums were honored. Lisa Loeb paid homage to Roy Orbison, whose family was present. NFL Hall of Famer Mean Joe Greene…
05.03.13
Oh Boy
When it first came to our attention that former SullivanPerkins staffer Somere Sanders had published a children’s story, with illustrations from former SullivanPerkins staffer Robert Soto, we thought – how sweet. But then things got strange. According to Somere’s bio on Amazon, where her book can be purchased, Somere now “lives in a purple polka…
04.29.13
BNSF CEO Earns Distinguished Award
One is a star performer. The other is Brad Pitt. SullivanPerkins has a nearly ten-year relationship with BNSF Railway. Earlier this month, BNSF CEO Matthew K. Rose received a 2013 Horatio Alger Award at a gala ceremony in Washington, D.C. that was also attended by Brad Pitt. The award, given this year to a distinguished…
04.12.13
Who’s that famous face?
That’s right, it’s J.P. Anderson, a former SullivanPerkins staffer who wrote for Inside Look, our community magazine project that provided where-to-go, what-to-do information for hundreds of communities, from Hawaii to New York. SullivanPerkins handled this massive assignment for over 15 years. The client: GTE Directories, which became Verizon Information Services, which became Idearc, which became…