Wednesday, 9 June 2010

Small steps, big gains

Yesterday, we told you about Olivia Passmore’s commitment to enter Run Melbourne to raise money for YMCA Open Doors.

At the time of writing, she’s $310 towards her modest $500 objective. But as YMCA Development Manager, Olivia, explains…

‘When you consider it costs $41 for a gym membership for an at-risk teen, $67 to provide aquatic lessons for a school kid from an disadvantaged family and $140 for a 2-day activity camp for a single dad and his kids, you can start to see how even a small donation will make a real difference to people on Victoria’s socio-economic fringe.’

Donate here.

Tuesday, 8 June 2010

Run, Olivia, Run!

Working with the YMCA we’ve come to realise just how much it does to help people of all backgrounds.

But like many community organisations, the Y needs help too.

Which is where YMCA Development Manager, Olivia Passmore, has taken a big step – one of about 10,000 to come.

That’s because Olivia has entered the Run Melbourne marathon to raise money for the YMCA Open Doors program.

Open Doors helps people doing it tough by subsidising 80% to 100% of the cost of YMCA health and wellness programs and services, like therapeutic camps for people with disabilities or aquatic education for kids from financially strapped families.

Olivia has a modest target – $500 – to run 10 long, long, long clicks.

(Believe us, looking at her, she ain’t no runner.)

But like us, you can help ease Olivia’s pain – and the financial pain of many Victorians – by making a donation.

Monday, 10 May 2010

Calling on the call centre

Last week, those of us from trademarkDM who work on HOSTPLUS spent some time hanging out at their call centre.

Known in the industry as one of the secrets of their success, the HOSTPLUS call centre has a reputation for delivering excellent service. So it was a real eye-opener for us to see them in action.

We also gained a deeper understanding of how things work at HOSTPLUS. All the better to keep producing great work for them.

Tuesday, 23 March 2010

Do one thing and people are going to notice

Recently we created the Super Pledge for our client HOSTPLUS.

The Pledge is designed to help members start taking control of their finances by doing just one thing by June 30.

Whether it’s finding lost super, consolidating super accounts, adding to super or setting up an online account, one action now can make a big difference in the future.

Well, it turns out that The Pledge hasn’t only captured the attention of HOSTPLUS members.

This week it’s featured in the Financial Standard.

Just goes to show the power of one super idea.

Friday, 12 February 2010

Hey! We know that guy!

We met Wayne Sullivan in November last year when he came down from Queensland to join our valued client HOSTPLUS as national marketing programs manager.

We’re delighted to hear that Wayne has now been appointed executive manager, marketing.

Is it too soon to say ‘we knew him when…’?

Congratulations on your new role, Wayne. We’re looking forward to continuing to do great work with you.