"When it works as it’s supposed to, consensual decision-making can lead to a stronger brand identity. Because the team, formed of individuals with different perspectives, represents the range of audiences you need to communicate with, when you do come up with an idea that speaks to most, if not all, members of the team, you can be reasonably sure you’ve found something that will appeal to a broad range of people"

— DK Hollan in Branding for Nonprofits — Developing Identity with Integrity

Seldia has released the European Code of Conduct for Direct Selling!
Seldia is the European Direct Selling Association.
The objective of Seldia is to represent all forms of direct selling in Europe and to ensure that EU and national policy makers are...

Seldia has released the European Code of Conduct for Direct Selling!

Seldia is the European Direct Selling Association.
The objective of Seldia is to represent all forms of direct selling in Europe and to ensure that EU and national policy makers are aware of its benefits and advantages, as well as its contribution to national economies.

Seldia has adopted a Code of Conduct to ensure that the relationships between companies, direct sellers and consumers are based on trust and fairness.

The Code is a measure of self-regulation as developed by Seldia, which all members are obliged to follow.

A leaflet titled “DOs and DON'Ts in Direct Selling” accompanied the brochure. The easy-to-read support summarises the key principles of the Direct Selling Code.

Seldia has entrusted Page in extremis with the visual design and production of both documents. In 2010, Page in extremis had revitalised the association’s communication through its rebranding.

Page in extremis is a communication agency that helps create and develop each of your publications as an appendage of larger strategic communication plans.

The Communication agency builds brands and strengthens the reputation of leading corporations, institutions and associations.

Based in Brussels, Page in extremis has an expertise in institutional and corporate communication. The multidisciplinary team can help you define and translate the core idea of your organisation into brilliant visual systems.

More information:
http://www.inextremis.be
http://www.inextremisbranding.be

"The point is, don’t leave the visual imagery associated with your brand to chance; it will only weaken the brand and hog-tie the designer. Instead, photography (and illustration) can and should be used, with all collective forethought you can muster, to express the unique character of your organisation and to differentiate it from its competitors and peers"

— DK Holland in Branding for Nonprofits — Developing Identity with Integrity

FIEC’s 10 proposals to tackle climate change
During the COP21 international summit in Paris, FIEC was co-hosting its own climate change event a few miles away, with its French member federations.
FIEC speaks for the European construction...

FIEC’s 10 proposals to tackle climate change

During the COP21 international summit in Paris, FIEC was co-hosting its own climate change event a few miles away, with its French member federations.

FIEC speaks for the European construction industry.
The European construction industry contributes 8.8% to the EU GDP and employs 14.1 million people in 3 million enterprises, most of which are SMEs with less than 20 operatives.

This wide-ranging representativeness of FIEC is officially recognised, and since the creation of the European Sectoral Social Dialogue “Construction” in 1999, FIEC has been the Social Partner representing employers.

Aware of the challenge that climate change implies for European territories and citizens, the European construction industry, from SMEs to global companies, supports the European Union objectives to limit the extent of global warming to 2°C up until 2050.

Closing the conference, FIEC President, Mr Johan Willemen, launched FIEC’s ten proposals to tackle climate change:

1. Promote energy efficiency of Europe’s built environment
2. Strengthen cities’ and territories’ resilience to climate change
3. Promote low carbon and climate resilient infrastructure and buildings
4. Encourage contractual innovation
5. Promote technical and technological innovation
6. Focus financing on sustainability
7. Strengthen network interconnectivity
8. Support training and upgrading of skills
9. Encourage the use of low-carbon and recycled products
10. Engage with the circular economy

With the intends to intensify the dialogue and cooperation around climate change, a brochure has been developed by FIEC, in collaboration with the communication agency, Page in extremis.

The Belgian communication agency turns brands into valuable assets and ensures the alignment with their strategic objectives.

Page in extremis proposes 4 integrated communication services:


1) The definition of a “brand strategy” aligned with the development strategy of your organisation.

2) The creation or refreshment of your visual identity aligned with a new brand strategy and supported by easy to use guidelines developed in a clear and concise graphical identity guide.

3) The improvement of your “Communication Programme” by incorporating integrated communication campaigns, unforgettable events, amazing publications and innovative digital solutions.

4) Creative development and production of innovative printed and digital communication tools.

Interested in partnering with Page in extremis?

Based in Brussels, the communication agency makes brands conversational, helps organisations manage their communities, engage with their stakeholders and convey their messages.

For more information:
http://www.inextremis.be

"Our ability to utilise social media effectively will come down to having interesting and useful content to share, and being willing and able to engage in an open and authentic way"

— D. Rowles in Digital Branding — A complete step-by-step guide to strategy, tactics and management

Discover UNEP in EUROPE 2015 Year in review!
The year 2015 in review gives you a flavour of what the UN Environment Programme is doing in the pan-European region. This online publication highlights twelve key achievements, projects and activities of...

Discover UNEP in EUROPE 2015 Year in review!

The year 2015 in review gives you a flavour of what the UN Environment Programme is doing in the pan-European region. This online publication highlights twelve key achievements, projects and activities of the UNEP. 

UNEP hopes that some of their latest success stories will trigger your desire to work together with them for a more sustainable Europe.

The following topics are in the spotlights:

- Green Economies shown to trump business as usual
- Organic agriculture under the spotlight
- Sustainable actions, technology and visions take stage for World Environment Day
- Mountain Adaptation Outlook series launched at COP21
- Powering cities with sustainable energy
- Reinforcing collaboration in Central Asia
- Developing biodiversity indicators across the region
- Ensuring a collective commitment for the Caspian Sea
- Environment and security: a fragile relationship
- Strengthening the science-policy interface: the Pan-European GEO assessment
- European CEO among Champions of the Earth
- Advancing regional partnerships

The online publication is the result of a collaboration between the communication team of UNEP in Europe and the communication agency, Page in extremis.

Based in Brussels, Page in extremis is a communication agency that makes brands conversational. We help organisations manage their communities, engage with their stakeholders and convey their messages through innovative digital tools.

For more information:

http://unepineurope.org/year-in-review-2015/

http://www.inextremisdigital.be 

http://www.inextremisdigital.eu

http://www.inextremis.be

"When corporate branding works, it is intimately tied into the organisation’s identity. Knowing what creates the sense of “we” in your company allows you to authentically tell others what your brand stands for. But knowing who you are also requires intimate knowledge of how stakeholders see you. This is because external images interact with the ways in which employees think about their organisation"

— M. J. Hatch and M. Schultz in Taking Brand Initiative — How companies can align strategy, culture, and identity through corporate branding

LightningEurope under the spotlight!
LightingEurope is the industry association that represents the lighting industry in Europe.
The association is the voice of more than 1000 lighting companies who employ more than 100,000 people over Europe.
The...

LightningEurope under the spotlight!

LightingEurope is the industry association that represents the lighting industry in Europe.
The association is the voice of more than 1000 lighting companies who employ more than 100,000 people over Europe.
The daily mission is to advocate and defend the lighting industry in Brussels while reconciling it with ongoing EU policy aims.
In doing so, LightingEurope is dedicated to promoting efficient lighting practices for the benefit of the global environment, human comfort and the health and safety of consumers.

LightningEurope focuses mainly on three areas:

Energy & Environment
By supporting the phase-out of inefficient light sources, the European lighting industry has contributed actively to the energy saving and environment policies and strategy of the EU Commission.
LightningEurope will further support the legislators shaping the EU legislations like the Ecodesign “One Lighting Regulation”, the new Energy Labelling Regulation proposal, the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive revision and others.

Growth
Growing the business of the Lighting Industry in Europe and at a global level is one of the pillars of the work of LightingEurope.

Beyond
With technical trends like digitalization, miniaturisation, integration of products to systems or connecting and controlling things via the internet, LightingEurope is looking at lighting beyond the task of illumination.
Digitalized lighting can be a source of information, communication (IT) network and enabler of human well-being.

LightningEurope has selected the communication agency, Page in extremis as a partner for the development of its communication programme.

Page in extremis turns brands into valuable assets and ensures the alignment with their strategic objectives.

The communication agency proposes 4 integrated communication services:


1) The definition of a “brand strategy” aligned with the development strategy of your organisation.

2) The creation or refreshment of your visual identity aligned with a new brand strategy and supported by easy to use guidelines developed in a clear and concise graphical identity guide.

3) The improvement of your “Communication Programme” by incorporating an integrated communication campaigns, unforgettable events, amazing publications and innovative digital solutions.

4) Creative development and production of innovative printed and digital communication tools.

Interested in partnering with Page in extremis?

Based in Brussels, the communication agency makes brands conversational, helps organisations manage their communities, engage with their stakeholders and convey their messages.

For more information:
http://www.inextremis.be

"Without differentiation, you’re not communicating anything of substance to consumer. Without substance, they won’t have any reason to care about you, anything to say about you and, most importantly, any reason to make your brand come to life between themselves"

— I. Motee in 60 minute brand strategist — The Essential Brand Book for Marketing Professionals

"This last point cannot be overstated: Building consensus is essential to the success of the branding process. Everyone with stake in the brand—your board members, staff, funders, constituents, consultants, opinion-shapers—should feel that his or her views and concerns are captured in the design brief"

— DK Holland in Branding for Nonprofits — Developing Identity with Integrity

"The Social Media Purpose Brief is definitely a common missing piece in a social media program. The Brief is not meant to stifle social media or make people feel like there’s more paperwork to be created. Rather, it’s meant to make sure the social media profiles initiated on behalf of the company have a strategic purpose and will be administrated properly for success"

— D. K. Breackenridge in Social Media and Public Relations — Eight New Practices for the PR Professional

How to measure your organisation social media impact?
Social media space and popularity metrics are not necessarily what you want to spend a lot of time and energy on.
Especially when the value of a follower is almost zero, if the follower does not...

How to measure your organisation social media impact?

Social media space and popularity metrics are not necessarily what you want to spend a lot of time and energy on.
Especially when the value of a follower is almost zero, if the follower does not help you meet your communication objectives.
That is why measurement, analysis, and reporting need to be always taken in their context.

Still, to be effective a social media programme must be measurable. But it should be done conforming with the objectives and targets it aims to influence.

There are four pillars of a social media measurement: monitoring, measurement, analysis, and reporting.

1) The monitoring means listening with purpose, which gives to your data value.

2) The measurement represents quantifying relevant data.

3) The analysis is the interpretation of the gathered data and the amount of insights you draw from it.
The analysis allows your social media team to see where must focus its efforts further.

4) The reporting must be efficient, timely, precise, and to the point.
It delivers not only the data but contextual actionable insights on the path to attain your objectives.

Interested in building your social media programme or creating measurement practices for your social media programme?

Based in Brussels, Page in extremis is a communication agency that makes brands conversational. We help organisations manage their communities, engage with their stakeholders and convey their messages through social media.

For more information:
www.inextremisdigital.be and www.inextremis.be

"Hera are some key questions to consider while you’re engaged in the design presentation phase:
- How valid is the concept for our organization?
- How powerful is the concept? Will our primary audiences connect to it on an emotional level?
- How original is the concept? Can we “own” this concept or is it too generic?
- Is the concept clear and focused or is it ambiguous? Can it be interpreted in more ways than one? If so, does it support our cause or undermine it?
Is the concept versatile or rigid? Does it have “legs"—in other words, is it flexible enough to be used in a variety of ways that build a brand with depth?"

— DK Holland in Branding for Nonprofits — Developing Identity with Integrity

How to avoid the conformity trap in Branding?
Branding is sometimes considered as an exercise of differentiation.
Of course, we know that branding is much more. The path of the brand recognition passes through the differentiation and, even more...

How to avoid the conformity trap in Branding?

Branding is sometimes considered as an exercise of differentiation.
Of course, we know that branding is much more. The path of the brand recognition passes through the differentiation and, even more through uniqueness!

Today, unfortunately, we seen a lot of organisations who endeavour to display their band as unique, but, in fact, falling into the sea of sameness.  
The vast majority of organisations find themselves using values and visual expressions similar to other in their sector.
At the same time, focusing on the organisation’s uniqueness raises a great risk: the production of unrealistic and narcissistic perceptions within the organisation.

To avoid being caught between two stools, it is always important to remember that it is not what the organisation says it is doing, but it is what the organisation truly does, that generates that desired differentiation and uniqueness.

Aside answering questions like: “who are we as an organisation?” and “what we are standing for”, it is central to ask “what are the characteristics of our relationship with all our stakeholders?” and “what our stakeholders do expect from our organisation?”.

The challenge in avoiding the conformity trap is keeping an eye on the dynamic relation between the brand essence and the brand relationships.
A brand best protection against conformity is to develop nurturing a great interaction with its environment.

Based in Brussels, the communication agency Page in extremis can help you define the essence of your brand and formulate its differences in a very positive relationship with its environment and all its stakeholders.

Page in extremis has over 21 years experience in guiding organisations on the road to defining and articulating their uniqueness. The multidisciplinary communication agency team translates your organisation core idea into brilliant and adequate visual systems.

Page in extremis builds brands and strengthens the reputation of leading Organisations, European Associations and Corporations.

For more information: www.inextremis.be and www.inextremisbranding.be

"It’s essential in these days of multiple media and multiple information gathering styles that you use the appropriate media to reach the people who need to hear your message"

— B. Delaney’s in NonProfit Marketing Handbook — A hands on guide to marketing & communications in nonprofit organizations