Consociate Media Partner and Chief Brand Strategist Michael Kimball has been appointed an Associate Director to the Virginia Wineries Association (VWA) Board of Directors, effective immediately. The VWA is a wine community that shares ideas and resources to benefit everyone in the Virginia Wine Industry. The nonprofit that formed in…
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By Addy Silberhorn, January 2024 Intern How often do you overlook roads? Sure, you drive on roads. You use roads to get from one place to the next. You probably even curse roads from time to time, especially when traffic gets backed up on it. But do you take the…
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A note to the Consociate Media team from Founder Steph Heinatz as we embark on 2024, the 13th year for the firm. I wish I could remember who asked me the question that still haunts me whenever I get into a moment of reflection about what we’re doing, where we’re…
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We’ve spent the last year collaborating with our clients on projects of all sizes and scope and gleaned some knowledge to impart from the creative minds that makes Consociate Media tick. What will impact marketing in 2024? Glad you asked! Cause-based marketing certainly isn’t a new idea, but increasingly, companies…
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Stephanie Heinatz, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Consociate Media, has been named to the Board of Directors for the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce. The local chamber is the Virginia Peninsula’s leading business advocacy organization that works to create an environment to stimulate economic growth and development within the…
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A dinner for the ages turned into a massive donation for a Habitat for Humanity house that will be sold to a widowed father of six. Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg received a donation of $31,525.69, which is 100% of the proceeds from a community dinner, Home Grown,…
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Consociate Media Partner Amanda Shortt has been named to NPR’s Emerging Leaders Board, the capable group of young professionals who seek new and unique opportunities to engage millennials in supporting the mission of public media. Professionals on the board come from across the spectrum of industries that include communication, education,…
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Consociate Media has named Amanda Shortt as its newest Partner. Shortt has been an Operations Director at the Gloucester-based media, marketing and management firm since August 2020. “I am thrilled. I just love Consociate Media,” Shortt said. “It’s so important to me to be part of an organization with a…
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Gone are the days of newsies peddling papers on the corner and Hearst and Pulitzer battling to build the biggest paper empires. Today we can choose what media we engage with online, on air, on screen or in print. With so many media outlets and channels available to spread your…
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You think you’ve eaten a tasty mustard green until Heidi Cook passes you a sprig of one harvested at Reckon Acres: an apropos name for the 42-acre Charles City working farm she owns with husband Chris that signifies a “reckoning” in agriculture toward sustainable growing. Bagged salad mixes from a…
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