Stewardship: Called by Name (Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey)
For its Annual Bishop's Appeal, we created this documentary look at what generous donations accomplish for parishioners and others.
Milwaukee Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
As part of its business mission to China, the MMAC and Milwaukee's Mayor brought this VideoStory-designed and -produced DVD to show off Milwaukee and foster a Milwaukee-China partnership.
Milwaukee Center for Independence
This agency provides training in living and working skills for the handicapped. We helped develop a more public profile for them by creating a video opener for their annual meeting that told the success stories of a number of clients.
Walgreens: This Is MY Walgreens Hi-Def Meeting
10,000 people, 3-to-1 wide screen high definition video projection, and a "suite" of video modules to motivate, inspire and entertain.
"Sell Me" Sales Motivation
Young employees in the retail environment have high production-value expectations, enjoy music and humor, and are perhaps just a bit cynical. But they aren't the only new employees there--empty nesters, people of all ages looking for a second (or full-time) income, all help make up the mix.
So, to help reinforce the important points of a script about upselling, we simply sang it, in a mix of popular styles.
The result was fun, an employee favorite, and a major award winner as well.
Dr. Pill (Humor)
When it works, there's no more potent motivational or educational tool than humor. For a Walgreens Managers Meeting (4200 in attendance), we produced a humorous vignette called "Remote Control," where viewers saw pertinent parodies of American Idol, Dr. Phil, the Twilight Zone and more.
Not only does a tool like this work at meetings, but it will have long shelf life and usability as well.
100 Years in 100 Seconds
We've produced corporate anniversary shows for Underwriters Labs, Banta, Mercury Marine, and
many others.
This project was a bit different. It actually served as a teaser for other projects. In 100 seconds, we chronicled 100 years of Walgreens involvement with America, less a corporate history than a country history with Walgreens signposts.
Roadmap to Opportunity
We wrote, animated, and produced this meeting opener within just a few weeks, so that Johnson Controls could motivate their sales people with the theme, "Roadmap to Opportunity." Using vintage racing scenes combined with current JCI-sponsored race cars and 3-D animation, this opener set the tone, the attitude, and meaning of the meeting.
The Rep at 50
We were very proud to be selected to produce the Milwaukee Repertory Theater's 50th Anniversary DVD. Over the course of a year, we interviewed a wide range of theater and public personalities, as well as members of the audiences and schoolrooms that benefit from the Rep's efforts and outreach, in addition to digging through archives and videotaping current shows.
The result was a DVD with four layers, including extended bonus interviews, a photo gallery, and hidden Easter Eggs.
It was the highlight of many a career here at VideoStory.
WHI Sales DVD
Walgreens Health Initiatives needed a tool to help position them in the competitive mail service arena. Using on-site videography, we created a menu-driven video with animated speaker support that could be presented by confident salespeople, or be used unassisted with recorded narration by newbies.
Sales Kit CD-ROM
How do you roll out a new product in a way that salespeople will have tools, background and materials to sell new prospects without killing lots of trees? A sales CD-ROM. This CD featured not just a video overview, but also PowerPoints, PDFs, simulated sales calls, and more.
Guardian Business Systems
An emerging Milwaukee company with a technology that could go national, Guardian needed a sales teaser to help in their direct marketing efforts. We created a multi-level CD-ROM, providing viewers a product overview, interviews with users, product demo, and more, all selectable interactively by the viewer.
Welcome to Walgreens
New employees take part in a two-hour orientation viewable at terminals in their Walgreens store. Produced in Flash to preserve bandwidth, yet featuring a wide ranging library of video productions.
JCI "Critical Environments"
The young girl in the picture is swallowing a prescription medicine (and smiling at the same time). She is happy because she and her mom can trust the drugs they take, thanks to Johnson Controls' ability to monitor all aspects of the critical environments in which new drugs are developed and produced.
Distributed on video and CD-ROM.
Online Pharmacy
Why wait for your prescription at the pharmacy when you can order prescriptions, view your records, and learn so much at an online Internet pharmacy, Walgreens asks customers in their waiting rooms. These unique green-screen scenes and special effects were produced in our studios.
Theme: "I Am the Face of Walgreens"
For the Walgreens Managers Meeting, the theme was extrapolated into two custom large-screen videos: a warm opener examining the lives of store managers, and a rock video showing enthusiastic support for the managers, with a live stage element.
Home Office Lets Loose
During the "Make Some Noise" video, home office personnel show their support for Walgreens store managers.
Drumming Up Support for the Store Managers
Also from the "Make Some Noise" rock video projected on the four-sided video screen.
The 4-Sided Big Screen
How to give 5500 attendees a good close-up view of the videos and speaker support? Theater in the round! Everyone felt part of the big show, and presenters felt closer to their audience. Working four sides of the room energized presenters and created an electric atmosphere.
"Make Some Noise!"
Actor from the rock video appears live onstage during the video finale.
