communications
Successful communication is essential to the success of any project. As technology advances, so do our skills in providing cutting-edge options for communications and outreach. Our compelling graphics do more than just provide information. They elicit a response from readers that spurs them to ask more questions and to take action. And our technical writing skills communicate complex topics in reader-friendly language. We strive to provide communication approaches that connect with people, fostering ownership of an issue and enthusiasm for its resolution.
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Now Streaming: A Socially Distant Tour of the Burnside Bridge
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With local health guidelines limiting in-person gatherings, EnviroIssues’ Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge team was faced with the question of how to best invite stakeholders to the project area. … more
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From Verbal to Visual: King County’s Sanitation & Hygiene Guide
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Practicing good hygiene and sanitation is an important step in staying safe and healthy. However, people without stable housing or who are living in a temporary shelter or outdoor community often … more
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The flexible, festive, and much improved Park Lane
Community residents, the Mayor of Kirkland, city staff and EnviroIssues gathered in late May at Kirkland’s newly designed Park Lane to cut the ribbon—giant scissors and all—and welcome the newly … more
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Off the mainland, but not off the grid
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When folks in the San Juan Islands need electricity, they turn to the member-owned, non-profit cooperative OPALCO. And when the co-op wanted to add broadband to the services they provide, they turned … more
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Event for dirt eating drill: a Totem Award winner!
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Partying with the world's largest tunneling machine last summer brought with it a number of rewards, including sun, celebration and 5,000 new friends. Seven months later comes more official … more
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We made ‘MyTrips’ to streamline your trips
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In a city with trains, ferries, water taxis, buses, and bike lanes, all Seattleites have choices about how they get to work. For City of Seattle employees, the array of commute trip reduction … more
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“Lining” up to provide feedback
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When people flip a light switch, or plug in their iPad, or turn on the oven, they want those things to work…which they won’t, if the power supply is down. That’s why in 2009, … more
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Give a hoot! Don’t pollute that waterway!
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The Regional Coalition for Clean Rivers and Streams has a big job – educating 1.5 million people in the Portland-Vancouver area about how things many of us do on a regular basis can contribute … more
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I’m an engineer – do I have to speak to the public?
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When you’re building the world’s longest floating bridge, you can expect a lot of speaking requests. From legislative committees to city councils to Rotaries and community groups, … more
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Healthy kids, happy neighborhoods…incredible hospital
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You’d be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn’t support providing necessary medical care to sick children, particularly when that care is provided at one of the premier hospital … more
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Bertha: A big machine makes a big impression
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If someone asked you to describe a tunnel boring machine, you might think the answer was right there in the name: BORING. Well, that would mean you’ve never met Bertha, the world’s … more
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She's so pretty when she glitters
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Everyone who lives near Puget Sound has an affinity for it; it’s such a vital, beautiful body of water that it’s hard to imagine it could be in trouble. So when EnviroIssues joined a team in 2008 to … more