Congrats to Partners in Diversity for an outstanding NW Equity Summit yesterday! The Gard team was on hand capturing videos, photos and interviews and seeing how organizations can be "unapologetically DEI." @diversitypdx

Congrats to Partners in Diversity for an outstanding NW Equity Summit yesterday! The Gard team was on hand capturing videos, photos and interviews and seeing how organizations can be "unapologetically DEI." @diversitypdx

The Gard web team has been creating some amazing websites – and w3 Awards agrees! The tumwata village site just took home silver in the public relations category. Check it out here: tumwatavillage.org

After creating four specialty clinic websites for Oregon Specialty Group, our web team designed a parent site to tie them all together – with a new careers section to support OSG’s growing recruitment efforts. Cheers to the launch of oregonsg.com.

Gard Communications’ own alpine enthusiast, Jon Bell, shares his 11 favorite autumn hikes in the Portland Business Journal ow.ly/oWrR50PWBZ2

It’s a season of change here at Gard Communications, including two significant promotions for Chelsea Punian and Hannah Smith. We are excited for this next chapter!

Meet one of Gard's newest team members: Volunteer dog walker, hot springs fan and office manager/bookkeeper extraordinaire, Julie Wallis! ow.ly/mVNY50PZa5N

For all things digital, we needed an expert digital media manager. We found one in Karah Langson, who in a prior life owned her own video business that frequently landed her in the pages of Martha Stewart Weddings and Vogue Weddings. ow.ly/PJ0s50PZayP

Watch as @fox12Oregon's Around The House NW explores our client, Habitat for Humanity Portland Region's ReStores, and tune in this Saturday to see the host refinish one of the pieces he found while shopping. ow.ly/a3zV50Q0NBe

A big honor for our director of web and digital, Julia Stoops: Her painting, “Gathering for the Festival,” was part of the prize for this year’s winner of the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. It’s from her Lissajous series, which you can see at juliastoops.net.

Clients in the News: UScellular is recruiting Oregon nonprofits to apply for its After School Access Project. The program will provide $13 million in hotspots and service to help close the homework gap for students who lack reliable internet access. ow.ly/Ip0250QcHtk

Yesterday, we celebrated the December birthday and four-year anniversary of Gard copywriter – and officewide Slack emoji – Jon Bell.

Clients in the News: Helping spread the word about a leadership transition at Home First, an affordable housing developer that's delivered more than 1,500 units in Oregon. ow.ly/714o50QjjvT

We helped our friends Habitat for Humanity Portland Region spread the good word about a new affordable housing development they're collaborating on in Lake Oswego: ow.ly/YiBZ50Qkp0P

Some pics from a great holiday party, along with our best wishes for a happy holiday season!

Video is everywhere these days, and Gard is expanding our video capabilities with the addition of our newest team member, ace Video Storyteller Daniel Thoennessen! Learn more about his approach to creative video storytelling on our site: ow.ly/9x1650QnbOa

Last year, Oregon Health Equity Alliance gathered the voices, writing and art of Oregonians most affected by COVID-19. We’re proud to launch an online library of these powerful stories as part of our pro-bono engagement with OHEA. Start browsing here: ow.ly/a2nN50Qp0m1

Our amazing Creative Director, John Plymale, is heading into his 26th year with Gard. We asked him for a little reflection on his time here – and a pic from the year he joined us! ow.ly/aZF150QvImK

Some advice from Gard's Public Affairs team on navigating the world of digital ad campaigns during the 2024 election season. gardcommunications.com/stories/its-20…

Clients in the News: espn.com/college-sports…