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CEDAR FALLS (July 2, 2008) -
Bryan Earnest has been named president of ME&V, a role held by Dee Vandeventer since the agency’s founding. Vandeventer continues to direct operations and fundraising consulting at the agency. Earnest continues to direct business development and the agency’s media department.
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CEDAR FALLS (March 21, 2008) -
“ME&V Recognized at Ceremonies in Cedar Falls and Cedar Rapids”
ME&V earned the Judge’s Choice Award at the American Advertising Federation 2007 ADDY® Awards ceremony in Cedar Rapids for its “Don’t Turn Away” campaign for St. Luke’s Health.
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CEDAR FALLS (March 11, 2008) -
ME&V president, Dee Vandeventer, will present Looking Inside: Finding Your Personal Connection to Philanthropy on Tuesday, April 1 in San Diego, Calif.
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CEDAR FALLS (March 11, 2008) -
Sarah Albertson, ME&V director of healthcare marketing, will present “Recharge Your Marketing: Allocating Marketing Dollars Effectively” at the Iowa Society for Healthcare Marketing & Public Relations (ISHMPR) conference in Des Moines, Iowa, on Wednesday, April 30. ISHMPR is an affiliate of the Iowa Hospital Association (IHA).
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CEDAR FALLS (January 9, 2008) -
Linda Maughan has joined the ME&V media department as a media buyer. Maughan has more than eight years of media buying experience.
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CEDAR FALLS (December 12, 2007) -
Jennifer Simmer has been promoted to print coordinator at ME&V. She works closely with vendors to coordinate printing of design projects for ME&V clients. Simmer has been with ME&V for more than two years as a design services assistant providing graphic design, production and print estimation services.
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CEDAR FALLS (December 5, 2007) -
Kristin Kline has been named process coordinator at ME&V. Kline has been with ME&V for more than a year assisting the audio/visual and graphic design departments as production assistant. She is now responsible for facilitating workflow for all designers in the design department and serves as a liaison between account executives and department project leaders.
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CEDAR FALLS (November 7, 2007) -
Minjia Tang has joined the ME&V Web department as a Web developer. Tang has eight years experience in computer programming, and most recently worked as the system analyst for the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa.
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CEDAR FALLS (October 31, 2007) -
Brian Breamer has joined the ME&V public relations and copywriting department as a marketing writer. Breamer has more than 25 years advertising and marketing experience.
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CEDAR FALLS (October 17, 2007) -
Kris Wieland has joined ME&V as an account executive. Her responsibilities include client relations, account management and new business development.
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Des Moines, IA (October 10, 2007) -
Healthcare Marketing Account Executive Kristin Andre and Regional Account Executive Kristy Stern attended the 2007 Iowa Hospital Association annual meeting and trade show, October 2-4 in Des Moines, IA . They shared their marketing expertise with Iowa hospitals while listening to the marketing challenges hospitals are currently facing.
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CEDAR FALLS (October 10, 2007) -
Laura Cahalan has joined ME&V as an account executive. Her responsibilities include client relations, account management and developing new business opportunities.
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CEDAR FALLS (September 26, 2007) -
Jennifer Kramer Williams has joined the ME&V public relations and copywriting department as a marketing writer. Williams has more than 15 years experience in marketing and journalism, and most recently worked as the marketing director for Barmuda MMC in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
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CEDAR FALLS (September 12, 2007) -
Cory Doss has joined the ME&V audio and visual department as a producer. Doss, a member of the Iowa Motion Picture Association, was a freelance producer for the past seven years and received more than 30 awards for three self-produced short films.
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CEDAR FALLS (August 29, 2007) -
Monte Bowden has been promoted to design manager at ME&V. Bowden, has been with ME&V for three years, specializing in healthcare public relations and marketing. He will be responsible for facilitating all design projects and continuing to serve as senior communications strategist in the public relations and copywriting department.
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CEDAR FALLS (July 26, 2007) -
Tiffini Kieler has joined ME&V as an art director. Previously Kieler worked as marketing graphic designer at Courier Communications in Waterloo. She holds a degree in graphic communications from Hawkeye Community College.
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CEDAR FALLS (July 22, 2007) -
Kristin Andre has joined ME&V as the newest healthcare marketing account executive. Andre holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing with an emphasis in sales and advertising from the University of Northern Iowa.
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CEDAR FALLS (July 11, 2007) -
Mat Greiner has joined ME&V as art director. Previously Greiner worked as a graphic designer for the New Pioneer Food Co-op in Iowa City. Greiner holds a bachelor’s degree in printmaking from Drake University.
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CEDAR FALLS (March 19, 2007) -
ME&V President Dee Vandeventer will present “Media Relations: The Best of Times and the Worst of Times” on Tuesday, March 27 in Dallas, Texas, at the 44th International Conference on Fundraising.
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CEDAR FALLS (March 5, 2007) -
ME&V President Dee Vandeventer and Director of Healthcare Marketing Sarah Albertson will present “Using an Integrated Marketing Approach to Reduce Medicare Fraud” on Friday, March 9 in Chicago at the 2007 Joint Conference of the American Society on Aging and the National Council on Aging.
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CEDAR FALLS (February 21, 2007) -
Sarah Pauls has been promoted to graphic designer at ME&V. Pauls joined the ME&V design department as a production artist in October 2005.
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CEDAR FALLS (January, 2 2007) -
Terra Gissel has joined the ME&V design department as a graphic designer. Gissel has five years experience in print and Web design, and most recently worked as senior designer for eCreative Group in Independence, Iowa. Gissel is a graduate of Hawkeye Community College and the Iowa Graphic Communications Academy in Clinton, Iowa.
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CEDAR FALLS (November 22, 2006) -
Kristy Parsons has joined ME&V as a regional account executive. Parsons will manage ME&V accounts in the Cedar Rapids-Iowa City area. She has a variety of experience in brand strategy and development, marketing communication planning, strategic marketing, sales and management.
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CEDAR FALLS (October 24, 2006) -
Mark Mathis, ME&V creative director and partner, and Brian Monroe, ME&V regional account manager, will present on Wednesday, Oct. 18, a seminar entitled, “Advertising & the New Video World: Pod-casts, Video Displays & TV”
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WATERLOO (September 26, 2006) -
Be a pink ribbon runner or walker by supporting the Komen Des Moines Race for the Cure on Saturday, October 28, 2006 at Principal Park, Des Moines.
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CEDAR FALLS (August 30, 2006) -
ME&V fundraising advisor Kay Thuesen will host an audio conference on Thursday, September 14 for the Eastern Iowa Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP).
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CEDAR FALLS (August 30, 2006) -
Dee Vandeventer, president and partner of ME&V, a specialized, full-service advertising and fundraising agency, and Justin Tolan, chief fundraising adviser, will make presentations at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s 21st Annual Management and Leadership Conference.
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CEDAR FALLS (August 30, 2006) -
The deadline is approaching for Cedar Valley nonprofit organizations to submit an answer to ME&V to the question, “If you had some extra money, what creative and innovative way would you use it?”
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CEDAR FALLS (August 17, 2006) -
In celebration of its 10th anniversary, ME&V, a specialized, full-service advertising and fundraising agency, will hold bike rides to benefit a nonprofit organization through the Cedar Valley United Way
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CEDAR FALLS (August 2, 2006) -
The ME&V fundraising department welcomes Kay Thuesen as its newest adviser. Thuesen has a variety of experiences in fundraising, public affairs coordination, time management consulting, business ownership and working with volunteers.
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CEDAR FALLS (July 26, 2006) -
The ME&V accounting department welcomes Kari Justice as its newest accountant. Justice holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Hamilton College in Cedar Falls.
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CEDAR FALLS (July 20, 2006) -
The National Consumer Protection Technical Resource Center for Senior Medicare Patrols (SMPs), in conjunction with the U.S. Administration on Aging (AoA), selected two Operation Restore Trust of Iowa calendars as 2006 Products & Practices of Distinction (PPOD). The calendars, directed at nursing home administrators, state legislators and Medicare/Medicaid recipients, were recognized nationally as a “best practice” to empower healthcare beneficiaries and to protect the federal healthcare system from errors, fraud and abuse.
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CEDAR FALLS (July 19, 2006) -
Dee Vandeventer, president and partner at ME&V, will be a key presenter at this year’s American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA) Philanthropy Network (APN) Summer Forum. The APN Summer Forum takes place July 29-30 at Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, Baltimore, Md.
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CEDAR FALLS (May 17, 2006) -
Mark Mathis, creative director and a partner at ME&V, will serve as a faculty member for the National Home Furnishing Association (NHFA) Management Development Institute (MDI). MDI takes place May 21 – 24 at High Point University in High Point, NC.
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CEDAR FALLS (May 1, 2006) -
Scott Abing has joined ME&V as a videographer/editor. Abing was previously a news videographer at KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He studied communications technologies at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville
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CEDAR FALLS (May 1, 2006) -
ME&V, a specialized, full-service advertising and fundraising consultancy, has promoted two long-time employees. Kathy Schreiner, ME&V accounting department manager, has been named the human resource and operations manager. Maureen Burum, a member of the ME&V accounting staff, has been promoted to director of finance.
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CEDAR FALLS (April 24, 2006) -
Kristin Kline has joined ME&V as a production assistant. Kline assists the audio/visual and graphic design departments. She is a recent graduate of the University of Iowa where she earned degrees in communications studies and cinema.
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CEDAR FALLS (March 21, 2006) -
ME&V received a Gold ADDY Award for its annual holiday greeting card at the Advertising Federation of Cedar Rapids (AFCR) 37th ADDY® Awards Gala on Saturday, January 28.
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CEDAR FALLS (March 21, 2006) -
ME&V earned the top prize, Best of Show, at the 2006 MAC ADDY® Awards ceremony for its “Be Orange” campaign for Wartburg College. Project contributors included Mark Mathis, creative director; and Sarah Albertson, director of healthcare marketing.
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CEDAR FALLS (December 21, 2005) -
Art director Patricia Devore is the newest member of the ME&V design department. A strategic-minded creative designer with 15 years of experience in design management, graphic design and art production, Devore returns to ME&V after earning a master’s degree in design management and working as a freelance artist in Grand Rapids, Mich. and New York City.
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CEDAR FALLS (October 20, 2005) -
The ME&V building in the Cedar Falls industrial park is featured in the October issue of Inc. magazine. The advertising agency’s office space is included in the article “Trading Office Spaces” which, according to the magazine, features some of the nation’s most stunning workspaces, showing how office design can transform a company.
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CEDAR FALLS (October 19, 2005) -
Mark Mathis will present a seminar entitled “Branding Your Store: How to Make Prospects Think of You First” at High Point Market, the world’s largest home furnishings show in High Point, N.C. on Sunday, Oct. 23.
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CEDAR FALLS (September 14, 2005) -
Design services assistant, Jennifer Simmer is the newest member of the ME&V design department. She supports the workflow of creative services at the agency through design production, project coordination and estimation, typesetting and data entry.
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CEDAR FALLS (July 13, 2005) -
Dee Vandeventer and Mark Mathis, public relations experts and higher education marketing specialists, will present a seminar entitled "Media Relations: The Best of Times and the Worst of Times" to the Iowa Association of Community College Trustees Conference (IACCT).
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CEDAR FALLS (June 10, 2005) -
ME&V, an integrated advertising agency and fundraising consultancy, announces its new Healthcare Marketing division and promotes Sarah Albertson as its director.
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CEDAR FALLS (April 27, 2005) -
For the fourth year in a row, ME&V earned a prestigious Telly Award. This year, it brought home top honors earning the Silver Telly® for the animation of Quadro, ME&V’s animated corporate logo.
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CEDAR FALLS (December 23, 2004) -
Hollywood and Madison Avenue are merging in the Midwest. 23rd Century Productions with its Hollywood-styled animation, film and video capabilities, and Mathis, Earnest & Vandeventer (ME&V), an advertising agency and fundraising consultancy, are combining resources to better integrate client communications and marketing.
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WAVERLY (December 23, 2004) -
The film, created for the Waverly Quality of Life Fund, captures the history of giving in Waverly. The film premiered at the Waverly Palace Theatre and was shown as a nightly preview to the main feature. The 20-minute film features past and current Waverly residents who take pride in their city and its history of giving. Full Story
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CEDAR FALLS (December 23, 2004) -
Celebrating the spirit of giving this holiday season, the elves@work program invited ME&V clients to collect clothes for Goodwill, supplies for a school, food for a food bank or some other good deed for a charitable cause. Visit the http://www.elvesatwork.net website!
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ME&V President Dee Vandeventer and Shirley Merner, Director of Consumer Protection at Hawkeye Valley Area Agency on Aging, will present "From Photocopy to PhotoShop: Everything You Wanted to Know About Working With a Marketing Consultant But Were Afraid to Ask," on Monday, July 30 in San Francisco at the National Association of Area Agencies on Agin (n4a) 32nd Annual Gateway to the New World of Aging Conference.
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