OC Arts CouncilArts & Community
Creative Impact Conference
How a small community mixer was repositioned and promoted into a regional event the Orange County arts community now considers essential.
- Client
- OC Arts Council
- Project
- Creative Impact Conference
- Services
- Brand Positioning · Marketing Execution & Oversight
- Timeframe
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The Challenge
A small local mixer with the ambition — but not yet the brand — to become a regional event.
The OC Arts Council had built a local gathering with genuine community value, but it was perceived as a small mixer rather than a destination event. Its reach and reputation hadn’t caught up with its ambition.
The goal was to elevate the event’s brand and profile so it could draw a regional audience — sooner than the organization believed was realistic. [Add organizational goals and constraints]
The Approach
How the work unfolded.
Reframe the event
Positioned the Creative Impact Conference around its role in the regional creative economy, giving attendees and partners a clear reason to show up. [Confirm positioning detail]
Build the brand
Developed the event identity and messaging to signal a regional, professional-grade conference. [Confirm brand deliverables]
Lead the promotion
Directed the promotional strategy and execution to extend reach beyond the existing local audience. [Add channels and tactics used]
The Outcome
What changed.
Per Todd Hulet, OC Arts Council
- Transformed from a small local mixer into a regional, not-to-miss event.
- Now regarded as critical to the community.
- Propelled the brand years ahead of the organization’s own expectations.
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Dorcas Strategies was key to transforming our small local mixer to a regional not-to-miss event that is now critical to the community. Matt’s work on our Creative Impact Conference propelled the brand in ways I did not think were achievable for several more years.