Gardians Guide: Career Tips for Aspiring Communications Professionals
Graduation season has arrived, bringing with it a wave of new graduates excited to explore their future career paths. The field of communications, with its wide array of opportunities and challenges,…
Proud to be certified as woman-owned
Gard’s owner is a woman. Four of our six directors are women. And so are two-thirds of the rest of our staff. So it makes us extra proud to announce we…
Five Things You Can Learn From a Communications Audit
A communications audit is a powerful tool that can help guide and sharpen your entire marketing and communications strategy. It supports the development of your organization, provides insights into your existing…
How To Recognize AI, Deepfakes and Misinformation in Social Media
Social media is an ever-evolving, vibrant town square for exchanging ideas. Yet in recent years, it has morphed into a labyrinth where truth struggles to find a way out. At the…
Collective Team Bonding: Gard Retreats on the River
Retreats are a valuable way for Gard to foster team bonding, encourage new ideas and showcase new goals for the company. This year, we had the opportunity to hold our retreat…
Packing Potatoes for the Oregon Food Bank: Gard’s Annual Day of Service
Potatoes, potatoes and more potatoes! We packed 15,407 pounds of them last week at our annual Day of Service at the Oregon Food Bank. Gard teamed up with a client, Threemile…
Behind the scenes at a Gard video shoot
On a rainy Oregon winter day earlier this year, the Gard creative team, including creative director John Plymale, video storyteller Dan Thoennessen and associate Jabriel Pierce, headed out to shoot a…
It’s 2024 election season. Are your digital campaigns ready?
As we head into the 2024 election season, it’s getting trickier to ensure that your social media campaigns aren’t accidentally flagged as political ads and become subject to additional restrictions. But…
Sizing up nearly three decades of creativity at Gard Communications
It’s been close to 30 years since John Plymale first joined Gard Communications, but he still remembers his first day in the office as a burgeoning production artist and graphic designer…
Promotions set Gard up for its next successful chapter
It’s a season of change here at Gard Communications. Based in part on input gleaned from a successful company retreat earlier this year, we recently implemented some changes that have seen…
