Perisphere designed this image as a representation of positive advocacy for social change for EAD 2016. We also created variant collateral for print and digital media based on this design, including name tags and folders at the event.

Each year, Ecumenical Advocacy Days (EAD), a coalition of more than 50 national and regional Christian social-justice organizations and congregations, draws 1,000-plus people to its National Gathering and Lobby Day in the Greater Washington, D.C. area. For its 14th event, held in April 2016, EAD chose the theme of “Lift Every Voice!,” an encapsulation of its effort to address significant issues in the U.S. and around the world related to racism, economic exploitation and human rights suppression. The National Gathering weekend consisted of keynote plenaries, issues and advocacy skills workshops, worship, networking, and preparation for a lobby day on Capitol Hill around specific policy recommendations.

For a fourth straight year, Perisphere was EAD’s strategic partner over the course of an entire event cycle – from initial theme conception, brand development and collateral design, on to strategic website content updates announcing featured speakers and activities, to immediate event collateral preparation and planning, and, finally, to high-level event direction and on-site participation.

Initial deliverables included a sponsor promotional kit, which featured Perisphere-curated main and alternate theme images, as well as a sample social media guide intended to increase sponsor engagement around event registration and other key aspects of the National Gathering promotional rollout. The theme images were integrated with photography and brand materials we had previously produced in order to create new print materials, most notably this general brochure and theme insert for 2016.

EAD 2016 National Gathering Folder designed by Perisphere Media.

Perisphere also designed and produced the 2016 National Gathering folder used by participants at the event and a comprehensive social media reference kit. The latter included sample Facebook posts and Tweets for use and adaptation by advocates at the gathering and during the lobby day, as well as sponsor and speaker reference sheets. We also worked closely with EAD to produce a branded PowerPoint template for use in visual projection at the event.

Finally, over the course of the weekend event, Perisphere provided a comprehensive media and communications presence, including live Tweeting, facilitation and direction of audio/video activities with on-site staff, photography, and in-event website content updates. We also led a 90-minute workshop on “Running a Digital Campaign.” To complement all of the above event activities, we also designed, built and launched an event-focused microsite with downloadable information from our workshop as well as event Twitter and Instagram streams.

View a sample gallery of our photos from EAD 2016 below.

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