We're moving

Due to expansion and our need for more space we are moving offices. Not too far, just down the road to Old Street. The new studio is going to be named the 'Lavish Lounge' so now it will exist online and in reality! More details next week.

Who would win in a fight?

So, as a bit of light relief we have started a regular debate with our favourite bar staff at St John.

The 'Who Would Win in a Fight' debate started like this:

Who would win in a fight between a duck-sized horse against one hundred horse-sized ducks?'

We got a variety of answers - but the common consensus was that the duck-sized horse would win. Reasons given included 'enormous webbed feet that would squash the horses' - right through to 'ducks are evil'.

This week's animal-based fight conundrum is:

'Who would win in a fight between one human-sized ant against one hundred ant-sized humans?"

Early indications are in favour of the ant-sized humans... based mostly on the concept of conscious thought and our ability to invent weapons of mass-animal destruction.

Although Madge is valiantly fighting the corner of the human-sized ant - but only on the basis that he/she/it could run faster than the time it would take the hundred ant-sized humans to invent anything...

Your comments / thoughts / ramblings are welcome...

Challenging Times

As we approach the middle of 2008, the challenges facing charities and not-for-profit organisations continue to grow. The global credit crunch is adding even further to the problems of fundraising in a society where donation fatigue is a common problem and disposable income is at a 15 year low. For all charities and not-for-profit organisations, maximising marketing budgets during these times is top priority. This still needs to be married up with producing inspiring, creative work and marketing campaigns that deliver fundraising results, be it acquisition of new donors or retention of existing ones. We have recently put together a marketing campagin aimed at this issue. At Lavish we have many years of experience of delivering cost effective, budget-driven creative projects to audiences in both the corporate and charitable sectors. Our charity clients include: Crisis, Public Concern at Work and The Carbon Disclosure Project. Our 'Big Stories' campaign was launched last week with a DM piece and supporting microsite, and initial responses have been very encouraging. We are following up with calls and currently arranging appointments. We are approaching 75 hand-picked charities in the London and surrounding areas, and are looking forward to talking to them more about how we might be able to help. Take a look at our microsite: www.bigstories.co.uk