PhizzPop is a huge undertaking for invited teams and it’s not something that all companies can do. What’s involved?
First teams need to pick three dedicated team members that can go through three-days of intensive training. Then teams need to dedicate 3 to 5 days to solving the challenge. Finally, these teams must prepare and give their presentations to a panel of 7 judges and in front of hundreds of spectators.
This is a big personal investment to team members and their employers that can’t use these talented resources for billable work.
Every team realizes this before they get involved in a design challenge and it’s special for us in Chicago because our challenge is focused on Chicago’s 2016 Olympic bid.
Come watch what these teams come up with by registering to attend the PhizzPop Design Challenge at www.phizzpop.com and cheer on Manifest Digital, Quilogy, Roundarch and Tanagram.
Who are these guys? Learn about them below.
Competing Agencies
Agencies competing in 2008 PhizzPop Design Challenge in Chicago represent some of the most capable and powerful collections of designers and developers in the region. Each participant makes a huge investment in time and talent to compete in the challenge and showcase how design and innovation can have a profound effect at the intersection of design, business and technology. 2008 firms competing include:
Manifest Digital
www.manifestdigital.com/
Manifest Digital is a uniquely integrated next-generation agency. Founded in the principles of customer-centered design, we have evolved our heritage to incorporate the right mix of strategy, creativity, delivery, and accountability. We communicate with each other and our clients in a build-to-think process that ties these disciplines together, applying user-centered methods in new ways.
The result is innovative--from evolutionary to revolutionary--depending on your market need.
Build a better website, create vibrant online communities, or tightly integrate multi-channel marketing. Use our custom content management and marketing platform, uxCast, or the technical foundations you already have.
Regardless of the tactics, Manifest Digital applies its proven approach to close the distance between you and your customer.
Quilogy
www.quilogy.com/
Quilogy’s Interactive National Practice, a member of the prestigious Microsoft Metro Early Adopter Program, is a full service digital marketing agency that combines high impact creative designs with robust technologies to deliver compelling and cost-effective online marketing solutions.
Quilogy’s award-winning team of creative designers, writers, usability experts, multi-media specialists and technologists mix and match digital marketing techniques such as web site design and strategy, search engine optimization, e-mail campaigns, banner advertising, streaming video, e-learning and more to help clients win and keep customers, launch new products, penetrate new markets and educate sales teams.
Clients of all industries and sizes engage Quilogy to assist with complete marketing campaign development including out-of-the-box strategy, planning, creative concepts, content, production and deployment along with performance analytics to achieve desired results.
Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, Quilogy operates offices in 17 cities across the United States and is a leading Microsoft National Managed Partner providing solutions for Business Intelligence, Custom .NET, SharePoint, Microsoft Dynamics, Web Design and Interactive Marketing.
Roundarch
www.roundarch.com/
At Roundarch, we believe it is better to do a few things very well rather than try to be everything to everyone. We focus exclusively on the Web channel for the world's largest organizations. Doing so requires three key elements:
· Deep expertise in the channel to translate a company's overall goals into a compelling online strategy
· Strong design skills to translate user needs into a Web experience that is both intuitive and a joy to use
· Deep architecture and implementation expertise in Web technologies to assure that Web-based systems are both highly scalable and flexible
Roundarch has spent the past six years honing our skills in each of these disciplines and optimizing the synergy between them. The result is a company that has the depth to take on some of the channel's most complex problems for some of the world's largest organizations.
Tanagram
www.tanagrampartners.com/
Tanagram Partners designs human computer interactions with products you use at home, at the office, or mobile. This includes web and software applications ranging from interfaces for a single interaction to complex product ecologies. We are a hybrid company that is comfortable to be on the edges of traditional categories. We look at all opportunities through four lenses:
Business - Business goals and models drive client decisions. Tanagram understands and has experience with many different types of business models and processes.
Markets - Companies tap into markets, or an aggregated group of users that are defined by certain characteristics and attributes. Tanagram is user focused.
Brand – We live in a world of brands and markets that expect unified branded experiences to create greater affinities with products and services. Tanagram has deep experience in brand strategy and brand building.
Technology – The enabler for experiences and transactions of all types. Developing compelling digital experiences is what drives Tanagram to innovate and create solutions that people want to use.
Our inspired approach is rooted in creativity. By architecting engaging and relevant user experiences, we create measurable solutions that bridge our client’s need for transforming their business, market, and brand futures.
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