Client: Energy Systems Network (ESN)
Services: Media Relations (press release, media pitches, media interview coordination, interview preparation)
From October 2019 and continuing through 2021, Bahamonde Communications is assisting Energy Systems Network with media relations for the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC).
The IAC is a $1.5 million prize competition among universities to program autonomous-modified Dallara IL-15 racecars. The teams will compete in the world’s first head-to-head race at speeds of up to 200 mph around the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway on October 23, 2021.
Client: Ascend Indiana
Services: Strategy, Public Relations, Media Relations (press conference, press release, media pitches, media interview coordination, interview preparation)
Ascend Indiana President and CEO Jason Kloth being interviewed by WRTV Reporter Derrick Thomas.
In June 2018, Bahamonde Communications assisted Ascend Indiana with an announcement of $2.4 million in funding and the launch of the Community Health Network Nursing Academy. The announcement garnered a number of media placements including Inside INdiana Business television and the Indianapolis Business Journal.
In August 2018, Bahamonde Communications assisted Ascend Indiana, Roche Diagnostics and the University of Indianapolis (UIndy) in launching the Roche Academy, a custom talent pipeline for biomedical equipment technicians.
We assisted the three parties with a launch event held at UIndy that attracted media attention from local television stations (FOX59, WRTV, WISH) and print and online publications including Inside INdiana Business and the IndyStar.
Indiana Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch joins Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry, BWI President and CEO Gary Hobbs and other Fort Wayne business dignitaries at the ground breaking for the first Moving Forward housing development in Indiana.
Client: Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP), Energy Systems Network (ESN)
Services: Strategy, Public Relations, Media Relations (press conference, press release, media pitches, media interview coordination, interview preparation)
In September 2017, Bahamonde Communications assisted Energy Systems Network (ESN) and BWI, LLC with a major press conference in Fort Wayne, Ind. launching the first Moving Forward housing development in Indiana. Posterity Heights is a $42 million dollar multi-phased development designed to provide net-zero housing, electric car sharing, an on-site early childhood learning center, education and job opportunities, healthy food and other amenities for traditional and single parents on a path to self-sustainability. Six Moving Forward housing development are planned in Indiana (Fort Wayne, Bloomington, Indianapolis, Lafayette, East Chicago, Ind.-2).
The press conference was attended by Indiana Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch, Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry and numerous business and community leaders.
WANE-TV interviewing Cedric Walker, CEO of Joshua’s Hand, during a morning live shot.
We assisted with a strategic plan, press conference coordination, press release, media pitches, media interview coordination and interview preparation. We secured a number of media placements including coverage by several Fort Wayne television stations, multiple live shots on WANE-TV, articles in the Journal Gazette and the News-Sentinel and in Inside INdiana Business. READ Press Release.
Client: Software Engineering Professionals (SEP)
January 6, 2017, Noelle Webster-Milam and Chris Shinkle with SEP, appeared on Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick.
Services: Strategy, Public Relations, Media Relations (press release, media pitches, media interview coordination, interview preparation)
In January 2017, Bahamonde Communications assisted Software Engineering Professionals (SEP) with an announcement that they were expanding their Carmel, Ind. operations with the opening of the new SEP Product Design Studio located at 836 S. Rangeline Rd. The new space is an immersive, collaborative environment to assist in the development of software products and information systems for businesses.
We assisted with media relations including the development of a strategic plan, press release, media pitches, media interview coordination and interview preparation. We secured a number of media placements including an article in Crain’s Indianapolis and placements in Inside INdiana Business (IIB) including an interview on IIB-TV with Gerry Dick. READ Press Release.
Noelle Webster-Milam, SEP lead experience architect and Chris Shinkle, SEP director of innovation.
SEP Product Design Studio, Carmel, Ind.
Client: Ascend Indiana
October 25, 2016, Ascend Indiana press conference at the Skyline Club in Indianapolis. More than 250 key business and community leaders attended.
Services: Strategy, Communications, Public Relations, Media Relations (press release, press conference, op-eds, media briefings, media pitches, media interview coordination, interview preparation), Branding (including logo, website, materials)
In October 2016, Bahamonde Communications assisted the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP) in launching Ascend Indiana, its sixth initiative, which is focused on workforce development. We assisted Ascend Indiana with establishing a new brand including logo, website and materials (partnered with a marketing firm for logo design and website development).
We also assisted Ascend Indiana with media relations including a press conference which included CICP President and CEO David Johnson, Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and other key business and community leaders as speakers. More than 250 people attended the press conference. We secured more than 40 media placements locally, regionally and nationally, including an editorial in the Indianapolis Business Journal (IBJ), an article in the IndyStar, coverage on FOX59/CBS4 and on Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick. READ Press Release.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett speaking at the Ascend Indiana press conference.
Dr. Kathy Lee, chancellor of Ivy Tech Community College, being interviewed by Russ McQuaid of FOX59.
(l-r) Indiana Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb, Radius Indiana President/CEO Becky Skillman, Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Commander Capt. Jeffrey “JT” Elder, Inside INdiana Business Host Gerry Dick, Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie and U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly.
Client: Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, Energy Systems Network (ESN)
Services: Strategy, Communications, Public Relations and Media Relations (press release, press conference, media pitches, media interview coordination, interview preparation)
In March 2016, Bahamonde Communications assisted the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP) and Energy Systems Network in launching a new economic development initiative for Southwest Central Indiana for an 11-county region. The initiative is possible in part because of a $42 million grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc.
We assisted with media relations strategy, a major press conference in Crane, Ind. (attended by more than 200 people), media pitches and media coordination resulting in numerous media placements with regional and statewide media. We secured a number of media placements including the lead story on the Inside INdiana Business INside Edge e-newsletter and articles in the Bloomington Herald-Times and the Washington Herald Times. READ Press Release.