07/28/16
Meet Scott Gallagher, Gard’s director of public relations. He graduated from Ohio University with a Ph.D. in English literature and creative writing. He learned marketing and public relations (PR) “on the fly” as the director of marketing and communications for Rogue Ales breweries and pubs. He joined Gard in 2016 after eight years as the director of communications and spokesman for Portland State University. Full story »
07/11/16
User experience and user interface designers play matchmaker, bringing an organization and their audience together. As I outlined in User Experience Design is All Around Us, UX design… Full story »
06/09/16
Everyone here at Gard Communications works hard to deliver a final product we can be proud of. Work that tells our clients’ stories, raises awareness, educates the public… Full story »
06/01/16
A few of us at Gard attended a recent event at the University Club in downtown Portland, “The Future of News,” featuring Richard Meeker and Mark Katches. Meeker… Full story »
04/13/16
Redesigning a single, large website entails managing a lot of moving parts. Multiply that by four, set them on not-quite-parallel timelines, and it’s akin to playing three-dimensional chess.… Full story »
04/05/16
Jenna Rose, our front-end web developer and photographer, has worn many hats at Gard Communications over the last five years (all color-coordinated, of course). She joined the firm in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from the University of North Texas. She previously managed a busy veterinary hospital, where she wrangled excited puppies and wandering kittens just as often as paperwork. Today, she wrangles web and digital projects like a true professional, no matter the size of the beast.
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03/29/16
Healthcare is a rapidly changing industry, and the pace isn’t expected to slow down any time soon. At Gard, we’ve been helping clients through the changing healthcare landscape… Full story »
02/11/16
In the last 37 years, we’ve promoted more than 500 events. Portland’s premier Japanese New Year event, Mochitsuki, might be the stickiest.
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01/26/16
How do you successfully transform the brand of a well-established engineering firm? Gard Communications recently wrapped up such a metamorphosis for BHEGroup, formerly Balzhiser & Hubbard Engineers. The 60-year-old… Full story »
01/19/16
Why are so many websites such bad examples of User Experience design? Following my first post, User Experience Design is All Around Us, this post will look at… Full story »
