Brand Alive Inc.

🎺 "Trumpets signify a call to arms, inviting us to join a crusade against the forces around us; a triumphant victory song against the enemy." 🎺 Trumpets flared throughout the OWN.Cancer campaign close event, honouring the soon-to-open Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Center and a historic fundraising campaign. When asked to bring together an event for remarkable top donors, OWN.Cancer cabinet and key partners, our team was truly honoured. The building would open not even 45 days later, creating unique circumstances and challenges throughout the planning. It took the utmost care, attention to detail and patience from all teams. As we share more about the event experience here, our team would like to thank all of the AHS staff and leaders who helped bring this to life and for their tireless and dedicated efforts. We knew the event needed to be elegant and almost regal, without being too "over the top." The aesthetics and design of the event were led by our partners at OneWest Event Design. Our teams were inspired by an image of both a bell and a trumpet, utilizing elegant gold and bronze anchored on rich black surfaces throughout, punctuated with modern and elegant greenery. A 100' long black carpet and OWN.Cancer on-brand gratitude messaging enhanced the exterior arrival experience. Inside, guests explored a reception format event, a custom menu designed by Chef de Cuisine of Hotel Arts, a fully wrapped, branded stage hosted important remarks for the evening and an LED totem-enhanced soon-to-open Donor Recognition Wall. The event was scored by a surprise performance from Order of Canada recipient and decorated performer, Jens Lindemann. Additional trumpeters popped up on mini stages to sound the "antiphonal" call of triumphant victory as we led into an emotional campaign close tribute video. The evening's most triumphant moment was the announcement of a final gift of an astounding $30 million dollars from the Owerko family and the Campaign Co-Chairs announcing the total funds raised by the OWN.Cancer campaign and donors of $293 million dollars! Congratulations to all involved in this incredible journey - we are so lucky to be a small part of it. Alberta Cancer Foundation University of Calgary Alberta Health Services OWN.CANCER #OWNCancer #albertacancer #corporateevents

Throwback to one of our all time favourite events! In the height of the pandemic, our clients at connectFirst Credit Union asked us to help them launch their historic rebrand to their employees. With the stakes high and event restrictions tight, we partnered up with our friends and colleagues at OneWest Event Design to bring this unique drive-through activation and province wide roadshow to life. In Calgary, a drive-around experience peppered with live entertainment, DJ tunes and an in-vehicle photo opp culminated in a 200'+ immersive experience with a robotic LED lighting tunnel and a customized box of branded goodies to commemorate the occasion. Around Alberta, OneWest's incredible team brought a unique parking lot experience to each employee, offering cF's people the chance to "meet" the brand for the first time in a decked out, branded vehicle. We continue to be proud of our colletive safety management of this project and have loved watching the connectFirst brand flourish in the marketplace ever since. For more than 80 years, connectFirst has celebrated great milestones in Albertans' financial journeys - from supporting local business owners build their dreams to farmers feeding the nation and more. Today, they have more than 40 branches across central and southern Alberta with a mission to make money make a difference and to do what’s right for every member.

Three cheers to the incredible event profs we work with behind the scenes to bring events to life! 🥂 Countless hours spent mapping the right strategy, designing customized and creative experiential ideas, and onsite leadership all culminate into seamless results and life changing memories for our clients and their people. 🤝

Event profs know that mental health can be a moving target throughout the year, with the ebb and flow of our industry and event cycles. Here's how Owner & Executive Producer Lisa Marks CSEP BComm is checking in with her mental health at the 2024 half-point! ⤵

We help our clients maximize the impact of their events portfolio budget as a unique event management company built like a modern start-up: entrepreneurial and agile with a belief that anything is possible with the right team. ⁠ ⁠ We leverage our long term relationships with gig-economy event producers to provide a full-stack range of agency services delivered in a flexible way. Our collective of tenured event professionals and award winning partners join our projects based on the scope of the event, allowing us to scale our company proportionate to client needs. Our lean company structure is void of complex fees and hierarchy, guaranteeing our clients invest in solutions, not overhead. ⁠

In an industry home to traditional agencies, we're a dynamic start-up, entrepreneurial and agile, believing anything's possible with the right team. ⁠ ⁠ We leverage our long term relationships with tenured, award winning freelance producers to offer comprehensive agency services delivered in a flexible way. Our scalable business model adjusts to client needs and for each event, minimizing complex fee structures and team hierarchy, ensuring our client investments cover solutions, not overhead.⁠ ⁠ Our growth mindset prioritizes depth of value over a lengthy client list. Unlike typical agencies that expand rapidly, we focus on fewer clients, enabling us to add deep value across multiple departments throughout the year. ⁠ ⁠ Our lean team structure maintains high availability and commitment, ensuring maximum impact for our clients and meaningful growth for us. 📈

Working with corporations and brands on event scenarios and strategy is our daily work. Often, our clients are managing complex internal environments and look to us to help guide them on each step. Swipe to see some of the common challenges our clients face and how we help tackle them. 🤝✨️

"The more successful you are, the more you need to give back." - JR Shaw, Founder, Shaw Communications As a company built on the principals of matching hard work with generosity, we are proud to give back a meaningful portion of our profits each year to local and international organizations and initiatives. Swipe to see how we invest in the world around us. 🌍️👐 Featuring: Kindred Connections Society SEARCH Foundation Axis Connects Trellis Society 🖤

We are a lean start-up powered by long term relationships with award winning producers. As a micro business built like a start-up, we know today's modern brands want to partner with an events company that can work agile, is value driven, and provides custom solutions to complex challenges. We do this by expanding and contracting our team behind the scenes based on the needs of our clients, tailoring the exact team needed for each and every project. Free from the hierarchy of traditional agencies, our company structure means our clients invest in solutions, not overhead. Give us a follow to see how this looks in practice!