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FALL 2006

brandUNITY Wins Two Silver Distinctions W3 Awards
brandUNITY won two 2006 Silver distinctions for outstanding work demonstrating high standards of excellence in website design and development. The 2006 W3 Awards featured an impressive pool of over 2,300 entries from top agencies and firms worldwide.

Honoring outstanding websites, web advertising, and web marketing, the W³ Awards is the first major web competition
to be accessible to the biggest agencies, the smallest firms, and everyone in between. Small firms are as likely to win as Fortune 500 companies and international agencies.

The W3 Awards are sanctioned by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from a "Who's Who" of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms.

Bainbridge Youth Services was one of the sites awarded. The site has additionally won three other Outstanding Design and Development awards in international competitions including the Web Marketing Association's Web Awards. MORE>>

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WSA Newsbytes Article Published
Article on Digital Media published in WSA's Newsbytes June newsletter: ARTICLE HERE >>

Article Published in Media Inc. Magazine
Ann Jensen Warman's article on 25 years of technology is published in Media Inc's twentieth anniversary issue.
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Ann Jensen Warman
joins Vistage Trusted Advisor program. Vistage is a leadership development organization that brings businesses together in monthly half-day and full-day problem-solving sessions.s

Brand Strategies Workshop a Sell-out
brandUNITY's Brand Strategies Workshop at Columbia Tower Club sells out with a waiting list from among Northwest regional businesses. brandUNITY opens sign-up for its Fall webinar: MORE>>

New and Renewed Contracts
print and website identity projects, logo development, identity programs, marketing projects, retainers:

Channel 12 Television; Community Housing Coalition; Health, Housing, and Human Resources Council; Bainbridge Chamber of Commerce Logo and Identity Development; Don Rooks Real Estate; Otto Greule Photography; J.Nyden and Company; Auction for the Arts; Bainbridge Garden Tour; The Gallery; Inventure, Peter Perry Trading Company; Geariety Law; Conflict Management Strategies;VanLumen Architectural Lighting, etc.

Bainbridge Youth Services Executive Board
Ann Jensen Warman elected to serve on Bainbridge Youth Services (BYS) Executive Board. BYS promotes the social and emotional well-being of youth through counseling and diverse outreach programs. MORE ABOUT BYS>>

Fall 2005

brandUNITY's Ann Jensen Warman, presented a program,"Websites that Sell," at Book Publishers NorthWest September 2005. She also participated as an expert panelist at the Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce professional meeting on October 2005, talking about the state of websites and business development.

On November 1, 2005, Ann Jensen Warman presented a program at Seattle Freelances. She will talk about case studies and growth paths of businesses who have optimally used and developed their websites to build business exposure and revenues.

brandUNITY was a sponsor for the Book Publishers Northwest Conference on November 4th and 5th, 2005. The all-day national conference was held at Mayflower Hotel in Seattle. Come visit brandUNITY there. MORE>>

brandUNITY won a nation WebAward 2005 for outstanding website designed and developed for Bainbridge Youth Services (BYS). Executive Director of BYS, Lois Lee, and Board President, Lin Kamer-Walker wrote the content for the site, and Art Grice photographed the staff. Site features include use of mambo for content management on the job page. BainbridgeYouthServices.org

Spring 2004

brandUNITY's Creative Director, Ann Jensen Warman, will serve as President for the SPGA/Seattle Graphic Artists Guild for the 2004-2006 term. The Guild is an artist advocate organization with about 120 members locally and 3000 members nationally. Check here for more information about the Guild.

The Webmaster Award - June 2004
The brandUNITY team once again wins awards for the design of gardentour.info, this time The 2004 Webmaster Award for design excellence. See the site here: gardentour.info

Search Engine Optimization Article by brandUNITY founder, featured in Media Inc Magazine, January 2004 Ann Jensen Warman, founder of brandUNITY, submitted an article that was featured in Media Inc. Click here for the article.

Graphic Artists Guild Member Profile
Ann Jensen Warman was the featured artist in the Seattle Graphic Artists Guild weekly eNews. Read it here.

Summer 2003

Golden Web Award - July 2003
Digital Media Communications, a division of brandUNITY, won a Golden Web award for design excellence and originality for the website, gardentour.org. The site doubled online revenues for Bainbridge in Bloom over last year. brandUNITY also designed and developed the secure eCommerce center for the site.

Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, Inc.
brandUNITY's redesign for Bainbridge Arts and Crafts was awarded a WebAward for website excellence. The site features flash movies, unexpected mouseovers, interactive flash trailer, and copy written by art historian and writer, Victoria Josslin.