Category: Brand Architecture
Brand architecture series introduction: 10 key steps to move from managing brand identity to creating experiences
A business’s portfolio is rarely a static set of products or fixed list of services. In fact, when it comes to a company’s roster of offerings, the only consistent factor...
From competitors to collaborators, how financial institutions can adapt to a rapidly evolving landscape
In case you missed it, we recently released our Humanizing Customer Experience Vol 2 report, in partnership with American Banker. Learn about the key national trends, attitudes and behaviors impacting...
Exploring the future of Brand Architecture
The traditional definition of brand architecture is structured, technical, and all about keeping things as buttoned-up as possible. But as brands have evolved, so have the questions, consumer needs, and...
Brand Architecture Problems: Four Indicators
Sometimes, brand architecture problems are easy to spot. You may know them as “logo soup” or “clean up jobs” – when the visualization of a brand and its assets is...
Brand Architecture: More Than Just a Clean-Up Job
We hear it all the time – “can you guys help us clean up our brand architecture?” or “our logo system is a mess; we need some brand architecture help.”...
Brand Architecture: More Than Just a Clean-Up Job
We hear it all the time – “can you guys help us clean up our brand architecture?” or “our logo system is a mess; we need some brand architecture help.”...
Part 2: Optimizing Brand Architecture for Healthcare Systems: One-size does not fit all
If you have not already, please review part 1 of this series. Part 1: Part 2: Businesses of growing healthcare systems could be damaged if their portfolios are not...
Part 1: Optimizing Brand Architecture for Healthcare Systems: One-size does not fit all
In this two-part series, we will give perspective and outline the following: Part 1: Part 2 (Access Here): Businesses of growing healthcare systems could be damaged if their portfolios are...
Brand Change: To Refresh or Rebrand?
Is your brand having an identity crisis? Maybe the issue is only skin deep. A color palette tweak here…a better optimized for digital logo there…dash of more engaging messaging to reach...
Part 1/11: Intro to Merger & Acquisition Rebrand Series
Introducing Your 10-Step Playbook for M&A Rebrand Success A Merger and/or Acquisition (M&A) process is challenging on its own. Add a rebrand effort to the mix and you’ve got a...
Monigle Helps Position EMHS for the Future; Rebrands as Northern Light Health (press release)
After decades of growth and acquisition, Northern Light Health’s new identity reflects the transformation of both their business and industry.
Vitalant and Monigle Reimagine the Blood Donation Industry (press release)
Blood Systems, a massive national transfusion medicine organization, announced yesterday that it is changing its name and brand identity as part of a larger vision to disrupt the industry around...
Is Your Organization Speaking With One Voice?
Health care strategy leaders share 9 tips for achieving a unified brand According to research Monigle conducted prior to the recent AAMC-GIA National Professional Development Conference—with 50 attendees in marketing,...
Empowering You to be Extraordinary: UCHealth Launches New Brand
Wouldn’t it be nice if health care services could fit into your life and schedule, not the other way around? Well, with UCHealth’s recent brand transformation, this idea is no longer...
Northwell Health: Rebranding a Health Care Giant
Rebranding a Health Care Giant New York’s largest private employer and health system, which was created through a merger almost two decades ago, has rebranded. As of September 2015, Northshore-LIJ...
VCU Health Takes Home 2016 PRSA Award for Reputation and Brand Management
In recognition of its outstanding commitment to a new brand and evolution into a comprehensive system of care, we are thrilled that VCU Health was recently honored with the prestigious Commonwealth Award...
[Q&A] VCU Health’s CMO Talks About Activating the Brand: Day Two and Beyond
Managing a brand change is no easy task. But, when done right, it can be an opportunity to propel the entire organization forward. For VCU Health, that meant unifying its...
Brookwood Baptist Health Rebrand: Placing the Patient at the Center of Everything
Brookwood Baptist Health Rebranding The largest health network in Alabama was formed 5 months ago through a merger of the Brookwood Medical Center and Baptist Health System. They have now...
A Merger of Equals: 5 Brand Questions for Dow-DuPont
The merger of Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co. will bring together two of America’s oldest corporations into a $120 billion behemoth. The deal is just another example of the recent wave of mega-mergers...
5 Tips to Diagnose Your Ailing Health Care Brand
Many health care marketing and communication professionals recognize the value of a strong and well-functioning brand. However, in some organizations the symptoms of a “sick” brand can go unnoticed for...
Unlock the Potential of Your Health Care System Brand
Not long ago, health care system brands could set themselves apart by defining their “system” story. It was all about creating awareness of a system’s component parts, and claiming size...
Lessons Learned from a Health Care Rebrand
At the recent Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development (SHSMD) Conference in San Diego, Don Stanziano, System Vice President for Marketing at Scripps Health, presented the following valuable lessons...
The Seven Keys to a Successful Rebrand
Why a rebrand should be viewed as a symbol of change, not a change of symbol In today’s world, it seems as if companies are going through some level of...
Unifying Scripps Under a Master Brand Strategy
Scripps Health is one of the most highly regarded healthcare systems in Southern California, and one with a notable history. So, when research conducted in 2011 indicated that Scripps lacked...
How Brand Architecture Can Help Drive Growth
Recently, we posted about Brand Architecture as a part of our Brand Dictionary series, which explores the basic elements of branding. In this entry we do a deep dive to...
Brand Dictionary: Brand Architecture
Brand Dictionary is a series that covers the basic elements of brand and branding. We read a lot of literature about the branding industry; how the world’s top brands are...
Developing a Unified Brand for Today’s Health Care
Health Care Branding Health care branding, like health care delivery, is in transition. The new imperative does not only include a focus on “system” branding, but on “synergy” branding as well. As...