This was the first time the state had delivered training in this manner, and all the stakeholders were very anxious to see how it would work. Despite an unseasonably early blizzard that knocked out the power at the host site the day before the event, everything went better than expected. The state was thrilled with the response and with the tele-conference delivery method.

Since NAHB offers a range of sponsorship opportunities, we developed a portfolio piece where they can provide inserts with information targeted to specific vendors. The brochure copy (the flip book below) concentrates on the benefits of advertising and sponsorship with NAHB. NAHB staff reported that they saw an immediate increase in sales activity with this piece.

I want to thank you for the remarkable job you have done putting together our Sponsorship & Advertising Sales Kit and Inserts. This was no easy task, nevertheless, you have helped us create an extraordinary sales and marketing tool that can be modified and enhanced for future use.”

Dennis Harrison, Staff Vice President, Business Development, NAHB

What Other People Think:

Association Trends 2005 All-Media Contest, Trade Show/Exhibit Sales Package, Gold Medal.

Communicator Awards 2004, Brochure/Business to Business, Crystal Award of Excellence.

Meade Paper Certificate of Excellence in the Graphic Arts, 2004.

Product Catalog

Project Specs

• 48-pages
• 4-color
• 200+products
• concepting on how to organize catalog

BuilderBooks.com is the content management division of NAHB. Through BuilderBooks.com, NAHB’s 212,000 members can order resources from books on specific technical issues to videos, conference materials, and anything else that will help members professionally. Every year, BuilderBooks.com publishes a catalog highlighting the more than 200 books, videos, CDs, and other resources. The needed a designer that could provide a more sophisticated look and feel than in previous years while also adhering to their strict page counts and trim-size requirements.

We worked with the BuilderBooks.com staff to identify an image that conveyed the spirit of NAHB—a beautiful interior shot of a custom home. We designed an inside that was flexible, allowing sections to begin or end wherever necessary. This flexibility allowed us to fit 200 book images, plus order forms and other information, into a 48-page catalog.

Two Sisters Creative transformed the BuilderBooks.com catalog into a sophisticated, attractive, and functional marketing piece. The catalog resonates well with our customers. In addition to their superb design capabilities, Two Sisters Creative was very responsive to our needs and delivered an on-time product.”

Patricia Potts, Managing Director of Marketing, BuilderBooks.com

What Other People Think:

The Communicator Awards 2005 Print Media Contest, Brochure/Catalog, Crystal Award of Excellence

The George Washington University School of Political Management (GSPM) came to us to redesign their recruitment materials. Together, we helped them rethink what students need to know to make a decision to apply. We conducted focus groups with current and potential students, interviewed faculty, and researched competitive programs. The result was a the development of a new tagline: Politics from a New Perspective. We then developed an 8-page brochure that captured the energy of the students and the expertise of the faculty, using photos of actual GSPM students. We created separate brochures for each program, which are inserted in a pocket folder. A die cut window on the overview brochure allows the folder to “change” depending on which program brochure is included.

The result is a versatile piece that prospects can identify with. A bonus is a tremendous savings on mail costs (since the brochure drives prospects to the web site for complete course descriptions and degree requirements).

Feedback from the GSPM Marketing Director: “Two Sisters Creative really partnered with us from start to finish on each concept and project. They have taken the time to understand our audience and create materials that reflect our organization and speak to our audience. They have shown infinite patience and true professionalism through all the ups and downs of developing an identity and implementing creative solutions.”

• Conference Collateral/Attendee Registration Brochure

Project Specs:

• 38-pages, 4-color
• 3-panel show guide
• Self mailer

InfoComm is the audio/visual industry’s largest trade show, drawing more than 20,000 attendees and offering hundreds of educational tracks. The registration brochure has traditionally been the key marketing piece for the show because the detailed descriptions of the education sessions and the conference schedule are what make people determine whether they are going to attend. Due to the number of sessions, the brochure information hierarchy is extremely complicated. The 3-panel show guide was critical in organizing the information.

• Academic book

Project Specifications

• 232 pages, plus cover
• 4-c cover, b/w interior

The National Association for Education in the Arts published a book to commemorate the career of one of the leaders in art education. Art educators who had been influenced by her works contributed chapters about her, her work, and her impact. The 232-page “Through the Prism: Looking into the spectrum of writings by Enid Zimmerman” contains 9 sections, a foreword, introduction, and bibliography, as well as hundreds of end note references, pull out quotes, block quotes, and images. Our challenge was to design a book that captured the playful spirit of Enid (who is quite a character), while still be a readable, professional academic book.