SE2 was engaged to create a communications campaign to support this colossal fundraising effort. Knowing that making a personal connection between the hospital and the citizens of Santa Maria was crucial…
When a hospital in a medium-sized Colorado city drastically reduced service lines in order to remain financially viable, the community outcry was fierce…
Hospitals may be a business, but they face more scrutiny and are held to a higher standard than most other businesses…
In rural communities, less competition among health care providers, as well as economic and market forces, often result in higher prices for health care services…
Think back about nearly every drug prevention campaign you’ve seen and you’ll notice a common strategy. Most utilize scare tactic…
Nearly 36,000 units of red blood cells are needed every day in the U.S., and since blood has a limited shelf life, the need for donated blood is constant…
Enough With The Puff Challenge: Adults under 30 years old represent a critical audience for the public health community. Here’s why. They engage in risky behaviors. They lack insurance coverage....
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Tobacco Is Nasty Challenge: Despite a reduction in youth smoking in Colorado, tobacco is one ball that you can’t take your eye off. As with all risky behavior, it’s important...
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How do you make people care about electricity and advocate for policies that protect the environment while maintaining affordability? See how we drove 150,000 people to care – and act.
Clear The Air Foundation Challenge: When it came to Colorado’s air quality challenges, Colorado’s new auto dealers were too often viewed as part of the problem. But that misguided perception...
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LiveWell Colorado hired SE2 to develop a mass media campaign that drove advocates in communities across Colorado to advocate for change and improve the health of kids.
SE2 hired social media celebrities from across Colorado to spread the message about the need for change. See how we did it.
Colorado Shines is the state’s quality rating and improvement system used to assess, improve and communicate the level of quality in early childhood care and education programs.
Affordable electricity is essential to homes, schools, farms and small businesses. So when unreasonable mandates threaten to unnecessarily drive up the cost of electricity, consumers in the West need a place to turn.
With a membership of 15,000 in more than 100 countries worldwide, this international professional society faced challenges similar to other large associations in a shifting social, technological and political landscape.
SE2 took the tobacco industry’s own research on how to market to young adults and used it against Big Tobacco.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment engaged SE2 to develop a mass media campaign to reach kids who feel like they have heard the same messages about not using tobacco before (yet many use tobacco anyway).
LiveWell Colorado partnered with SE2 to spark a statewide conversation about how barriers to healthy living affects kids’ ability to be active and healthy.
Working closely with the State Tobacco Education and Prevention Alliance and its partners, SE2 developed an extensive toolkit of materials for communities around the state to use in their local policy efforts to strengthen clean indoor air laws and reduce youth access to tobacco products.
SE2 worked closely with the Colorado Hospital Association’s executive and legislative team on a range of challenging issues including health reform, patient safety and health care quality, and community benefits.
Instead of trying to convince young adults to listen to what the state health department has to say about tobacco, we engaged the people young adults trust to carry the message.
