Insights

Yours is almost certainly not the only company that does what you do. So how can you create a unique and unequaled experience of what doing business with you looks, sounds, and feels like? There’s one industry that has been perfecting the customer experience for 250 years—hospitality.

Capital campaigns can be an uphill battle, with so much competition for nonprofit projects. It helps when an organization has a clear vision and a solid track record to back it up— yes, and, a marketing agency that specializes in message development and brand awareness to catapult them forward.

It was a record-breaking year for AFCEA Bethesda. The 12th Annual Health IT Summit, held January 15-16, 2020 in North Bethesda, Md., exceeded chapter goals for attendance, sponsorship, exhibitors, media coverage, and revenue.

Bob Sprague joined a panel on “HR Considerations in Mergers & Acquisitions,” sponsored by Quantive Events, at the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce February 12.

Yes& adds Jennifer Anderson, Senior Account Manager, and Alfred Warren, PR Account Executive to our talented team.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia has selected Yes& to provide a communications audit—helping the civil rights and free speech organization prioritize top issues in 2020.

The 2019 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree has been safely delivered (via a specially-packed, extra-large truck) to Washington, D.C.! For the past 50 years, the U.S. Forest Service has selected one lucky tree—always from a different national forest across the country—to adorn the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol building during the holidays.

On December 12th, the AFCEA (Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association) Washington, D.C. chapter celebrated its 44th Winter Gala. More than 1,000 technology professionals, along with their partners from federal military and intelligence agencies, turned out in black tie for a festive evening of networking, great food and drink, and raising money to help underprivileged children in the Washington, D.C. area.

Tableau is a Seattle-based data-visualization software company that hired Connelly Works – now Yes& - in 2018 to expand Tableau’s content strategy in the federal sector.

Yes& adds a new Event Manager, Elizabeth Richards to the stellar team.

For the second year in a row, Yes& was honored to receive Corporate Philanthropy Awards from the Washington Business Journal in two small-business categories. Yes& ranked number eight for Giving and number four for Volunteer Hours.

Chance for Life is a non-profit organization dedicated to giving every child a fighting chance by funding pediatric cancer research. Chance for Life was founded in 2005 by Brad Nierenberg – CEO of our teaming partner RedPeg – and is run by Brad and his wife, Callie Nierenberg. Last year, Chance for Life donated more than $1 million to pediatric cancer projects at The National Children’s Medical Center, Children’s Hospital in Washington, DC, and Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for the fight to cure pediatric cancers.