NEWS BYTES
LRG on GSA AIMS Schedule
LRG was awarded a place on the coveted General Services Administration
(GSA) Advertising & Integrated Marketing Solutions (AIMS) schedule.
Now LRG services can be quickly secured through AIMS for conference and
tradeshow planning, graphic design, and web-based marketing.
Annual Report HOT Off the Press
For the sixth year in a row, LRG has produced the annual report for the
U.S. Department of Labor’s largest workforce development training
program. The Job Corps Annual Report (Program Year ’04) is fresh
off the presses and being distributed to employers, parents, decision
makers and other stakeholders. LRG strives to include a signature item
in every printed project and this year’s annual report features
a “Day in the Life” of a Job Corps student pictorial layout.
Defense Communities Unite
For the past three years, LRG has delivered a full range of communications
services to the Association of Defense Communities (ADC). LRG recently
helped ADC to promote its 2006 Annual Conference. More than 1000 community
representatives attend this event, which is the premier event for localities
impacted by Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) legislation. LRG worked
with the client to design and produce the conference brand, signs, website
graphics and animations, invitations, direct mailers, brochures, presentations,
programs, and conference portfolios.
BRAC Transition Help is Here
Ed Trumbull, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at LRG, was the
sole workforce development expert from the private sector invited to speak
at the ADC conference in Indianapolis, IN. Mr. Trumbull’s presentation
explained how communities can seek support from the publicly financed
workforce investment system to serve diverse populations impacted by BRAC.
Mr. Trumbull served as Maryland’s workforce and education executive
during the 1990’s BRAC installment and was a key management consultant
to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration.
Mentors and Volunteers are MVPs
Since 1998, LRG has been passionate about designing and delivering services
to promote mentors, volunteers and community service projects. LRG recently
completed a variety of products and services for clients that include
a multi-tiered outreach plan to find and engage mentors from faith-based
and community college networks and a volunteer management program (with
workshops, training materials, technical guides, best practices, and “how-to”
tools).
Caddyshack for a Good Cause
For the past 8 years LRG has been happily involved with helping clients
do good works. Recently more than 260 golfers putted their way to raise
dollars for at-risk youth through its annual charity tournament at the
beautiful Lansdowne Resort in Ashburn, VA. LRG provided scholarship management,
marketing, and disbursement services for the non-profit client that raises
approximately $30,000 a year for IT scholarships.
LRG PROMOTES JANICE FORTUNATO
TO ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT OF STrategic PARTNERSHIPS
LRG is very pleased to announce the promotion of Ms. Janice Fortunato
to Assistant Vice President of Strategic Partnerships! Ms. Fortunato has
been with LRG for more than six years and has played an integral role
in our success. With over 20 years experience in providing support to
the U.S. Department of Labor’s education training programs, Ms.
Fortunato has brought a wealth of knowledge regarding development services,
outreach support, and overall business partnership management to LRG.
Most recently, she played an integral role in the award and startup of
a major sub-contract with McNeil Technologies to provide regional support
services thru the development of a network of volunteers. Ms. Fortunato
has demonstrated exceptional leadership and dedication and we look forward
to even greater accomplishments in the future!
LRG PROMOTES ALEX DALE TO SENIOR
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
LRG is very pleased to announce the promotion of Mr. Alex Dale to Senior Creative
Director! Mr. Dale has been with LRG for nearly seven years and manages design
and production for more than 20 clients and up to $3 million in annual projects
— 75 percent represented by government clients. Mr. Dale has single-handedly
shaped the look and feel of designs for LRG and its clients, including websites,
annual reports, brochures, media kits, Flash-animated presentations, direct
mail pieces, magazines, and various publications. His designs have earned
him more than 40 awards, and his attention to detail, measured with his quickness
and commitment to excellence, has earned clients respect and repeat business.
LRG PROMOTES SARAH MCGOWAN TO DIRECTOR
OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH
LRG is delighted to announce the promotion of Ms. Sarah McGowan to Director
of Community Outreach. Ms. McGowan has been with LRG for five years with increasing
levels of responsibility. Working primarily with the U.S. Department of Labor’s
Job Corps program, she has been instrumental in the successful management
of Job Corps’ annual community service events, which include Make A
Difference Day, Groundhog Job Shadow Day, and National Youth Service Day.
Ms. McGowan coordinated significant partnerships between Job Corps and both
America’s Promise and the American Red Cross. In addition, Ms. McGowan
has shown exceptional leadership on a new sub-contract with McNeil Technologies.
She manages six staff members in Regional Offices across the nation and provides
technical assistance around the development of a national volunteer recruitment
system. LRG is thrilled to have someone as committed as Ms. McGowan!
HEAD START CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF
SERVING AMERICA'S CHILDREN
LRG was delighted to be a part of this historic milestone and designed an
anniversary website, commemorative program, and knockout invitations for a
special reception to honor 11 outstanding child and parent success stories.
In addition, LRG interviewed each recipient and distributed personalized press
releases to each local community. As a full service agency, LRG also designed
and produced commemorative lapel pins, an array of distinguishing commemorative
awards and plaques, and high-impact postcards that led to record breaking
attendance at a memorable national event in Washington, D.C.
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NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW...
... keeps LRG from supporting its clients! On October 22, 2005 LRG president
LaVera Leonard (right) along with Gladys Wilks (left) and Willona Sloan (center)
and others from LRG gathered in Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C. to participate
in America's Walk for Diabetes. The walk was part of the national Make A Difference
Day, sponsored by USA Weekend Magazine in Partnership with the Points
of Light Foundation. LRG has provided technical support, marketing, publicity
and advertising related to the event for the past 5 years. LRG also has tabulated
how many Job Corps centers, students and staff participate in Make A Difference
Day every year and issues a national report as part of its services to Job
Corps, one of LRG's government clients. Last year a total of 119 Job Corps
Centers and 12,461 staff and students supported Make A Difference Day events
throughout the country.
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ED TRUMBULL JOINS LRG AS NEW VICE
PRESIDENT OF POLICY AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
As LRG’s new Vice President of Policy and Strategic Partnerships, Ed
Trumbull brings more than 15-years of experience in creating, implementing,
and managing innovative workforce investment solutions. His expertise in program
administration, resource development, legislative affairs, conference management
and marketing is substantial. His in-depth knowledge of the publicly funded
workforce investment system is due to his years of experience at the federal,
state and local levels. His impressive list of clients includes the U.S. Department
of Labor, U.S. Census Bureau, the University of Baltimore, the New York State
Department of Labor, and the New York City Economic Development Corporation.
At LRG, he will manage the legislative and membership efforts for clients
including the National Job Corps Association (NJCA). Read
Release.
THE WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL
RANKS LRG IN TOP 10 PUBLIC AFFAIRS FIRMS, AGAIN
The prestigious Washington Business Journal Book of Lists named LRG
among top 10 public relations firms in the in the competitive DC, MD and VA
metropolitan area for a third consecutive year. LRG is ranked number 2 for
small, woman-owned businesses in the metropolitan Washington, DC area.
LRG WINS NAGC BLUE PENCIL AWARD
LRG received a 2004 Blue Pencil Award for "Best External Newsletter"
from the National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC) for an e-newsletter,
NEH Connect, developed for the National Endowment for the Humanities. NAGC
Awards underscore the Association's high standards of professionalism in public
service. Blue Pencil Awards recognize excellence in written, published and
photographed government information products. For more information, visit
www.nagc.com.
BALL STATE UNIVERSITY HONORS LRG
STAFFER
When the fourth largest Journalism school in the country bestows its "Young
Alumnus Award," it's pretty exciting! LRG was thrilled to discover that
Trish Taylor-Jones, its director of policy and association services was selected
as Ball State's 2005 recipient of its prestigious "J" award. Taylor-Jones,
a BSU 1998 graduate, rose from student to intern with the Washington-based
Health Insurance Association of America to assistant to Indiana Senator Evan
Bayh's media team to becoming the key legislative staff person for the National
Job Corps Association and other LRG clients.
LRG SPONSORS NATIONAL TRIATHLON IN
SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY
This spring, Aaron Grau, Principal at GSP Consulting and former LRG General
Counsel raised $7,000.00 to benefit the National Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
at the NLLS Team-N-Training Triathlon Event in New York City. With LRG's help,
Grau topped the charts with the largest amount of money raised of all participants
in the mid-Atlantic states. His dedication and hard work was inspired by LRG
Vice-President Mary Schell's successful remission of non-Hodgkin's cancer.
LRG LAUNCHES PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
LRG recently debuted its portfolio website--LRG Creative--to showcase the
range of design products that LRG has developed for its clients. LRG's design
department has produced award-winning pieces in print-, multimedia-, and web-based
mediums, including interactive CD-Roms and websites, exhibit displays, brochures,
identity systems, annual reports, invitations, and more. To view samples of
LRG's work, visit http://creative.lrginc.com.
LRG PROMOTES HEAD START PROGRAM'S
40TH ANNIVERSARY
Head Start is the federal comprehensive child development program for newborns
to children age 5. Head Start serves 900,000 children through grants to 16000
communities. The 2005-06 year marks Head Start's 40th Anniversary. LRG will
provide services to commemorate this milestone beginning at the federal Head
Start meetings in Washington, D.C. the week of November 28 through December
2, 2005. LRG was selected by the Bureau and ESI, the federal contractor responsible
for logistical support, planning and management of the anniversary events.
LRG will produce collateral materials, provide spokesperson training for exemplary
Head Start program administrators and outstanding recipients who portray "success
story" qualities.
JOB CORPS MARKS HISTORIC MILESTONE—40
YEARS AND 2 MILLION YOUTH SERVED
A hallmark of LRG’s history is its continuous working relationship with
the U.S. Department of Labor’s Job Corps program. Job Corps celebrated
its 40th anniversary in 2005 and LRG proudly produced highly visible and compelling
items for the year-long commemorative celebration. The graphics team designed
a 30’ x 20’ sinewy exhibit featuring images of Job Corps students.
With a flexible design, central tower, and back-lighting, the display was
one of the most widely attended at the U.S. Department of Labor’s Workforce
Innovations conference in Philadelphia. The portable display was also used
at other Job Corps events throughout the anniversary year.
LRG MEDIA GRABS FOR JOB CORPS
LRG provided compelling background stories, hard facts and newsworthy angles
about Job Corps, the only federal residential education and training program
for at-risk youths between the ages of 16 and 24 to a variety of media to
promote interest in the program's success and its 40th anniversary year. Feature
articles appeared in The Washington Post, The Washington Times
and on ABC affiliate television and Clear Channel radio communications.
LRG VP EXPERT SPEAKER AT NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF WORKFORCE BOARDS' ANNUAL EVENT
LRG Vice-President for Business Partnerships, Jim Wright addressed the National
Association of Workforce Board's largest annual conference and received a
standing ovation for his informative presentation providing successful ways
for the publicly funded workforce system to partner with private businesses.
