Client: Hughes Date: January 2019 Location: Puerto Rico Job: This year, we were asked to deliver a hard-hitting short-form documentary about the impact of Hurricane Maria on the people of Puerto Rico after it devastated the community and HughesNet satellite internet was the only source of communication available. TalkingTree spent time on the island connecting with locals and collecting their stories about what it meant to finally get cell and internet connection after the hurricane. … Read More
Kearney All-Hands Meeting
Date: March 2019 Location: Baltimore, Washington DC Client: Kearney & Company Event: Kearney & Co. is a fast-growing accounting firm specializing in auditing and consulting for the Federal Government. Each year, they hold a day-long meeting in which all of their employees come together for a general session meeting and networking afterparty. Challenge: Kearney is always fun to work with because they like to inject humor into their original video content, so we typically knockoff scenes from… Read More
SECAF Gala 2018
Client: Small and Emerging Contractors Advisory Forum (SECAF) Job/Challenge Each year, we design and produce the annual awards gala for the SECAF Government Contractor Awards. The 2018 event marked the 10th year in a row of our partnership and SECAF’s 10-year anniversary. We are so proud to have been a part of this event since the early days of the company, and we wanted to create something truly breathtaking for this momentous occasion. Solution: Our TalkingTree production… Read More
GSK VR Pilot
Client: GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) Respiratory Division Job/Challenge The Respiratory sector of GSK approached our team about producing an interactive virtual reality experience as part of the ERS event in which medical professionals convene to hear a panel of doctors present innovations in research. During this event, we design a custom set for GSK where they host talk show-style one-on-one interviews with the doctors presenting research at the conference. The client wanted to use VR technology to bring… Read More
WRPS Webcasts
Client: Washington Retirement Planning Specialists (WRPS) Job: We produce a quarterly webcast for WRPS that they promote as a video marketing campaign. WRPS uses these broadcasts to expand their clientele by sharing tax updates and tips to existing and prospective clients. Challenge: One of the most common challenges we run into when we produce webcasts is working with people who don’t have live TV experience and providing the tools and training they need in order to… Read More
HughesNet Summit
Date: Fall, 2017 Location: Williamsburg, VA Client: HughesNet Event: The HughesNet Summit is a retailers’ meeting for Hughes’ consumer service of satellite internet. Dealers and agents of the service are invited to a 3-day-long event where they receive company updates, promotions for new locations and selling incentives, along with feedback and networking opportunities. Challenge: Roughly the same group of people return year after year to this event, so we are faced with the challenge of keeping the… Read More
Make48
The Job In 2018 we had the opportunity to work and be featured on the reality TV competition series, Make48 which airs on PBS and is distributed internationally. Known for being the world’s fasted invention competition, groups of inventors have 48 hours to brainstorm a product, build a prototype and pitch the idea to investors. Our creative team appeared in season two to work with a finalist group and produce a product video that would… Read More
Hughes’ Analyst Day 2018
Client: Hughes Job: Live Studio Webcast Hughes Network Solutions has been utilizing our studio for years to produce their own webcast series where they announce promotions, sales initiatives, goals, and more. When they came to us about bringing live broadcasts to another Hughes division, we were excited to get back to the drawing board. Hughes Analyst Day 2018 was different than their other webcasts because we introduced another level of audience interaction for a question-and-answer… Read More
Custom Studio Production for GlaxoSmithKline
When GlaxoSmithKline’s Brazil division reached out to us to support them in a series of medical conferences, we were eager to oblige. The job: designing, producing and directing a custom studio at each large medical conference that they sponsored. The pilot of our relationship was for ATS in Washington, DC, which is how GSK Brazil initially found TalkingTree Creative. The following two conferences of 2017 were ERS and EACS, both of which took place in… Read More
The Bowie Ball
The Opportunity Once a year The Washington Ballet holds their Annual Spring Gala, a benefit for community engagement and educational programs that support the accessibility of dance and cultural opportunities to all, regardless of means. Every year the event adopts a new theme, transforming each spring celebration into a unique experience. This year, The Washington Ballet decided to pay tribute to recently deceased rock legend David Bowie. To achieve the “wow” factor that they so… Read More
