Trends: Government

Celebrating 40 Years of Creative Advertising, #40: DNR: Wisdom of Trees.
The Forestry Division of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wanted to raise awareness of all the good that trees do for humans in Michigan … and all the good that the Forestry Division … Read more

Celebrating 40 Years of Creative Advertising, #36: OHSP: Find the Drunk Driver/Fallen Brothers
Since 2016, Brogan & Partners has been helping the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP) communicate safety messages to Michigan drivers. And often we’re tasked with delivering a messa … Read more

Celebrating 40 years of creative advertising.
In 1984, Marcie Brogan, along with her creative partner, Anna Kabot, left Doner Advertising to produce their best creative idea to date: a new kind of ad agency. One that was not only owned by women, … Read more

COVID campaign aims to ease veteran stress
Emergent trauma, loneliness and wage loss resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic create the “perfect storm” for mental health issues. This is especially true among our veteran population, compounding up … Read more

Weekly Recap – September 18, 2020
Tiktok Blocked Just when you finally learned how to Dougie, the US will ban all TikTok and WeChat app downloads from Sunday, per to a government order published today. The order, issued by the Commerc … Read more

Social Marketing Example #15: Michigan State Police – Look Again Human Trafficking
It’s hidden in plain sight. In your community, or the next. If you saw it happening right before your eyes, would you know? To bring awareness to the incomprehensible human trafficking epidemic, the M … Read more

Social Marketing Example #12: “Enough SAID” Brochure
When Michigan Women Forward (MWF) learned about the discovery of 11,341 unopened, untested rape kits in a Detroit storage unit, they were both horrified and outraged. The city lacked the funds to test … Read more

Michigan is banning flavored e-cigarettes and misleading ads.
E-cigarettes first caught our attention in the 2014s (“Slim. Charged. Ready to go. Are electronic cigarette ads targeting kids?”). While the product’s packaging precluded widespread youth adoptio … Read more

Social Marketing Example #4: “Who’s the Drunk Driver?” 360-degree video.
“Don’t drink and drive” is not a new message. Despite years of cautionary PSAs, hundreds in Michigan still die each year in alcohol-related crashes. The Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning came … Read more

Weekly Recap – January 18, 2019
You Do You Just move it. Research suggests that a mere 20% of Americans are meeting federally recommended guidelines for physical activity, amounting to $117 billion in annual healthcare costs (NPR.or … Read more