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By: Beth Kephart ,
on 5/9/2015
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We were pleased to learn, at Fusion, that the book we had researched, written, designed, and (taken all photos for) won the Franklin Award of Excellence for Books/Hard Cover Category from the Mid-Atlantic Region of Neographics.
By: Beth Kephart ,
on 3/6/2014
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We left the house at the 7 AM hour to attend a press check at Epic Litho. Around here, at Fusion Communications, press checks are our Christmas times. They are our Santa Claus. They're what we work for.
The project on the press was a book created to tell the story of the extraordinary "refinery that could" (American Refining Group). Of the man—Harry Halloran, Jr.—who, in buying the once-endangered plant for a dollar (and the promise of considerable other investments), saved the jobs of employees and strengthened the surrounding community. Of the people who were trusted to lead. Of management's great respect for the environment. Of the town itself that has rallied, in recent years, thanks to committed educational, cultural, and health care visionaries.
I had the pleasure of researching and writing this book. My husband took the exquisite photography and designed the book with his trademark care. The company's leadership and administrative team (including Harry, of course) were there at every turn to help us bring the story to life.
To print and bind this cloth-bound project, we turned to an old friend, Jarred Garber, with whom we have worked for many years. Jarred is the senior account manager at Epic Litho in Phoenixville, PA. He and has team have delivered—time and again—stellar projects. They are not just knowledgeable and personable; they work with some of the best equipment around, all in a building, by the way, that once housed a roller skating arena. These people know their stuff. They're trusted by clients ranging from Godiva, Ferrari, and Dansko to Bucknell University to Dunwoody Village to the little communications company that also can, Fusion Communications.
When it's press check time, they open their doors and let the eager writer/designer in.
A post, then, to thank Harry Halloran, Jr. and his entire team. A post to thank Jarred and Epic Litho for taking such great care of us.
By: Beth Kephart ,
on 8/10/2011
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Several months ago, a change in one of my key corporate accounts left me wondering just what my future would be. It was a rocky few days, and I had a choice—to succumb to panic or to choose to believe in myself.
Surprising things happened because I believed. Determined and maybe a tad feisty, I worked with my design partner on a new web presence, then sent out a few notes here and there. Within weeks (it seemed quite sudden)—in one of the hottest summers on record, in one of the most uncertain economic times I can remember—new work roared in. Former clients returning with new dreams. Existing clients seeking new vehicles. Absolutely-new clients with large-scale projects that demand, of their writer, a love for history and a passion for interviewing true experts. Re-branding projects. Book projects. Think papers. Employee magazines. Client publications. The chance to sell of our photographs. This and more opened itself to our boutique marketing company, Fusion Communications, and we at Fusion opened ourselves to it.
What had seemed like a threat in the end set us free, and this, I think, is the way of things, my reason for this post. Endings are only purely endings if we allow them to be. Choose, as if you can, to see that seeming end as the space ahead of the new, more wonderful next thing.
By: Beth Kephart ,
on 6/27/2011
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As many of you know, we at Fusion Communications launched our brand new website over the weekend—a labor of love, as they say. A big thank you to all of you who have taken the time to visit the site and to let me know. Some of you have asked about that home page photo. The answer to that question is: I snapped the shot while sitting in a tiny plane headed toward Chicago from Appleton, Wisconsin.
One of the companies that is featured on the Fusion Communications site is Shire plc, a global specialty biopharmaceutical company that is led by people who continue to look for ways to make a real and meaningful contribution to the many communities in which it has a presence. I have worked with Shire for many years; I have been grateful for the honor.
One of the newest Shire initiatives is the BRAVE Awards, designed "to acknowledge ordinary people who give of themselves by caring for others in a meaningful, dedicated and selfless manner." Each recipient of a Brave Award will be given $10,000 USD.
Essentially, Shire is seeking stories about real caregivers. I post this here because I read your stories, learn from your convictions, marvel at your courage, and know first-hand that selflessness pervades the readership of this blog. There are, no doubt, deserving caregivers among you.
I present the BRAVE Awards to you here, then. Find out more by visiting this site.
By: Beth Kephart ,
on 6/26/2011
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Thanks to the very hard work of a certain illustrator/designer, Fusion:Communications, the boutique marketing communications firm that occupies most of my waking hours, has a brand new website.
I am happy to share that with you here.
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The project on the press was a book created to tell the story of the extraordinary "refinery that could" (American Refining Group). Of the man—Harry Halloran, Jr.—who, in buying the once-endangered plant for a dollar (and the promise of considerable other investments), saved the jobs of employees and strengthened the surrounding community. Of the people who were trusted to lead. Of management's great respect for the environment. Of the town itself that has rallied, in recent years, thanks to committed educational, cultural, and health care visionaries.
I had the pleasure of researching and writing this book. My husband took the exquisite photography and designed the book with his trademark care. The company's leadership and administrative team (including Harry, of course) were there at every turn to help us bring the story to life.
To print and bind this cloth-bound project, we turned to an old friend, Jarred Garber, with whom we have worked for many years. Jarred is the senior account manager at Epic Litho in Phoenixville, PA. He and has team have delivered—time and again—stellar projects. They are not just knowledgeable and personable; they work with some of the best equipment around, all in a building, by the way, that once housed a roller skating arena. These people know their stuff. They're trusted by clients ranging from Godiva, Ferrari, and Dansko to Bucknell University to Dunwoody Village to the little communications company that also can, Fusion Communications.
When it's press check time, they open their doors and let the eager writer/designer in.
A post, then, to thank Harry Halloran, Jr. and his entire team. A post to thank Jarred and Epic Litho for taking such great care of us.
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By: Beth Kephart ,
on 8/10/2011
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Surprising things happened because I believed. Determined and maybe a tad feisty, I worked with my design partner on a new web presence, then sent out a few notes here and there. Within weeks (it seemed quite sudden)—in one of the hottest summers on record, in one of the most uncertain economic times I can remember—new work roared in. Former clients returning with new dreams. Existing clients seeking new vehicles. Absolutely-new clients with large-scale projects that demand, of their writer, a love for history and a passion for interviewing true experts. Re-branding projects. Book projects. Think papers. Employee magazines. Client publications. The chance to sell of our photographs. This and more opened itself to our boutique marketing company, Fusion Communications, and we at Fusion opened ourselves to it.
What had seemed like a threat in the end set us free, and this, I think, is the way of things, my reason for this post. Endings are only purely endings if we allow them to be. Choose, as if you can, to see that seeming end as the space ahead of the new, more wonderful next thing.
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By: Beth Kephart ,
on 6/27/2011
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One of the companies that is featured on the Fusion Communications site is Shire plc, a global specialty biopharmaceutical company that is led by people who continue to look for ways to make a real and meaningful contribution to the many communities in which it has a presence. I have worked with Shire for many years; I have been grateful for the honor.
One of the newest Shire initiatives is the BRAVE Awards, designed "to acknowledge ordinary people who give of themselves by caring for others in a meaningful, dedicated and selfless manner." Each recipient of a Brave Award will be given $10,000 USD.
Essentially, Shire is seeking stories about real caregivers. I post this here because I read your stories, learn from your convictions, marvel at your courage, and know first-hand that selflessness pervades the readership of this blog. There are, no doubt, deserving caregivers among you.
I present the BRAVE Awards to you here, then. Find out more by visiting this site.
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on 6/26/2011
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By: Beth Kephart ,
on 1/7/2010
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Here's the thing about submitting a brand-new novel to editors for the very first time:
My first novel for adults has gone off today to a handful of editors, thanks to my agent, Amy Rennert. The very best thing for me to do right now is to keep that novel out of my mind. By paying attention to clients. By focusing on my YA Seville novel. By making room in the world for the two books due out in 2010 and room in me for the books of others. By continuing to plumb recipe books for recipes I can manage, and by keeping the house nutsy-quality clean. By dancing. By laughing. By gathering my dear friends near, and chilling.
What will be will now be. One must live in the meantime. Tonight I'll watch 500 Days of Summer, something I've long wanted to do.
You don't know what will happen.
My first novel for adults has gone off today to a handful of editors, thanks to my agent, Amy Rennert. The very best thing for me to do right now is to keep that novel out of my mind. By paying attention to clients. By focusing on my YA Seville novel. By making room in the world for the two books due out in 2010 and room in me for the books of others. By continuing to plumb recipe books for recipes I can manage, and by keeping the house nutsy-quality clean. By dancing. By laughing. By gathering my dear friends near, and chilling.
What will be will now be. One must live in the meantime. Tonight I'll watch 500 Days of Summer, something I've long wanted to do.
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Feisty indeed. This is all excellent news and I'm happy for you. Striving to always be ready for the 'new, quite better next thing'.