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We empower clients to leverage video for marketing, training, HR, events, and more! Explore our some of our recent video projects.
Logos 10 Product Launch Virtual Event
Local software company Faithlife wanted to highlighted the international reach of their product with the launch of their newest software version. Accomplishing that goal visually required global talent, locations, and teams all coordinated together to capture video from around the world in a few weeks' time.
The Veritas team worked as producer for this project, directing remote productions in Germany, Mexico, Taiwan, and Brazil (with some very early hours!) as well as working with Faithlife's Bellingham-based host and editing team to showcase the newest features of the updated software. The online event premiered online Oct 10, 2022.
Lydia Place 2022 Hearts for Housing Virtual Gala
In early 2022, Lydia Place partnered with Veritas Media to create a virtual fundraising event in lieu of an in-person gathering. Their spy-theme VIP event was premiered, allowing for an entirely pre-produced program, shot in our spacious, versatile studio with two-person chat style interviews and several direct-to-camera calls to action ahead.
This “like live” event launched through their chosen online platform on March 25, 2022 and helped Lydia Place raise over $220K to support and expand their services to homeless families in Whatcom County.
Rise and Shine Skagit 2022 Virtual Breakfast
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Skagit County brought us a unique challenge: to recreate an 80s-themed telethon for their annual breakfast fundraiser. The Veritas Media team walked them through creative planning and set design all the way to the final product, keeping within their vision and scope and taking full advantage of our versatile studio space. This event included live content from event hosts Ian Faley and Kristen Keltz; a re-created phone room in our corner set, and pre-produced content from the Boys & Girls Club played throughout the program as commercial breaks.
A great telethon always needs fun props and an enthusiastic staff!
Lydia Place 2021 Hearts for Housing Virtual Gala
For their largest fundraising event of the year, Lydia Place trusted Veritas Media to create a unique, engaging virtual experience. This event included live content with event hosts Emily O’Connor and Misha Collins; as well as pre-produced content shot in our spacious, versatile studio space. This event raised over $200k, welcomed attendees from over 50 countries, and has over 4k views.
This virtual event falls under our Live Premium tier, and includes several add-on options, such as the Premium Graphics package and pre-produced content created by Veritas.
Whatcom READS, “Washington Black”
Whatcom READS, an annual program by the Whatcom County Library System, approached us looking to create a video for their 13th annual selection of Washington Black by Esi Edugyan.
Their project had several messaging goals: promote the annual event, discuss the 2021 book and how it relates to society now, and encourage the audience to get involved. This video was shared on Whatcom READS channels as part of the READS Week virtual programming.
We interviewed 4 people in our studio for the project, and also created some minor animations featuring promotional illustrations by local artist Julie DeFoer.
Northwest Youth Services “Dine In To Make a Difference”
Working with Northwest Youth Services in 2020, their team challenged us all to reimagine the "virtual event" and what that could look like. Together, we created three episodes, collaborating with three different local restaurants. For each episode, "VIP" donors were gifted a boxes of ingredients and could cook along with the event hosts. This model made their virtual event feel closer to a hybrid, virtual/in-person experience.
Skookum Kids Eat, Drink & Be Giving Virtual Event
For the second year in a row, the Veritas team helped Skookum Kids facilitate a virtual version of their Eat, Drink & Be Giving fundraising event.
The 2021 event included the use of two sets: our blue seamless set, as well as our larger corner set with furnishings provided by Greenhouse. The scope of this project also included production in Ellensburg, WA to record a new Foster Care Story for Skookum's ongoing series. That video, Cara's story, was shared as a pre-produced segment in this event.
Community Action Skagit | 2020 Spirit of Hope Virtual Event
In October 2020, our team helped Community Action Skagit bring their annual Spirit of Hope event to a virtual format.
This contract included a "social snack pack" where we delivered two event promotional videos, a post-event thank you video*, and certain program segments as separate files from the live stream, so the Community Action Skagit team could share and promote them after the event. These additional assets helped the team maximize the value of their project, recruit a larger audience, and re-engage their donors and supporters after the event.
*We recorded three versions of a post-event video for their team to have on hand. One if they matched their goal, another if they exceeded their goal, and a third as a general thank you.
Also of note: in order to ensure a higher quality virtual interview, we were able to send a small crew to the home of Howard Behar, former Starbucks president, for his portion of the event program.
View the Spirit of Hope program here:
2020 Bellingham School District Virtual Commencement Ceremonies
By far one of the most meaningful projects for our team this year was helping to celebrate this year's graduating seniors who had no in-person ceremony to attend. We had literally 30 calendar days to pull off four fully produced graduation ceremonies for the Bellingham School District—in a format that had never been tried before. We were blown away by the response of our community and by the outpouring of the kind words and sentiments shared by and for the graduating class of 2020.
All of the graduations were pre-produced to ensure that we had control over the content and that the ceremony would stay on schedule. It was important to us that we include student voices in each ceremony so each school's video has a slightly different feel while keeping the key components of the ceremony intact.
Students had a chance to speak, as did faculty. We also gave the music departments at each school license to get creative with remote performances.
Congratulations Class of 2020!
Bellingham High School
Squalicum High School
Sehome High School
Options High School
Children’s Museum of Skagit County – Live Stream Virtual Auction
We love when we get the chance to support nonprofits who are doing exceptional work in the community. As a father of two, this project, for the Children's Museum of Skagit County was especially exciting knowing the joy and wonder that this place sparks in my own kids' imagination.
This event, like so many others in 2020 was pivoted to an online and virtual format due to COVID-19. Instead of canceling the event, the Children's Museum of Skagit County leaned in and produced a live streamed auction that brought in much-needed donations to help to offset the financial toll taken by forced closures to the public.
The program feed that Veritas Media produced was broadcast live on Facebook and Vimeo—the Vimeo embed above was embedded on their event landing page.
Do you need a live stream or virtual event created for your organization? Check out our Virtual Events page.
Lydia Place – Handbags for Housing
The premier event in Bellingham, Handbags for Housing deserved the VIP treatment.
When Lydia Place came to us to solve the problem of how to make their premier fundraising event possible during COVID-19, we got creative and asked ourselves, "what could we do to engage their donors, maintain the ethos of the original event, and still raise a bunch of money for a great cause?"
After some workshopping and decisions about what was possible and how to make the most out of their budget, we decided that with the number of moving pieces, this event didn't make sense to do a live stream, as we had done for Art for Housing. We ended up opting for a hybrid event where the full program was pre-produced and set to Premiere on YouTube, however, event VIPs got access to an exclusive Zoom experience where they could interact with the emcee, watch the show together, and play games with other attendees.
The VIP Experience
Lydia Place is known for being masterful creators of fundraising events, and this year's Handbags for Housing was no exception. To give their most passionate followers an experience they wouldn't forget, they invited their VIPs to purchase a VIP pass. With the pass, they'd get a VIP box hand-delivered by Lydia Place volunteers with all kinds of goodies that was unboxed together in the pre-event VIP Zoom room.
On the Veritas side, we set Lydia Place up with a comfortable set for their emcee, Shannon Day, to host the VIP feed from. She could see the over 75 attendees in the VIP Zoom room and carry on a two-way conversation with any of them. Her image was piped into Zoom using our broadcast equipment and professional cameras and microphones.
At the end of the day the event was an incredible success and Lydia Place was able to raise a lot of money to support their organization. We look forward to partnering together on other virtual and in-person events in the future! Learn more about Lydia Place and the work they do in our community at LydiaPlace.org.
Are you considering putting on your own virtual event? Check out our Virtual Events page for more information.
Arthritis Foundation
This live stream included pre-produced content and a live feed from our studio in Bellingham, WA. The auction was emceed by the Executive Director and the auction conducted by an auctioneer—the emcee tag teamed the auction from off screen to accommodate proper social distancing.
For this live streamed virtual event we also included a pre-produced remote interview with a special guest—a boy who had appeared in another video the Arthritis Foundation had produced 6 years prior. Capturing his testimony helped to create an engaging experience for attendees and led to increased funding in the auction.
Boys & Girls Club of Whatcom County
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Boys and Girls Club of Whatcom County came to us to pivot their in-person gala to a virtual one. They selected an auctioneer and we included a number of pre-produced clips which they produced internally.
This event was filmed at the Silver Reef Casino in Ferndale, WA. We had two different sets in the same suite—one for the auctioneer (the Boys & Girls club banner backdrop) and the other more comfortable living room area where the co-hosts sat to give live updates and talk about their programming.
Are you trying to plan a virtual event for your organization? We can help! Check out our Virtual Events page to learn more.
Lydia Place – Art for Housing
Virtual Event & Live Streamed Art Auction
Art for Housing is traditionally an in-person art soiree (see the 2019 recap video below) that gathers art aficionados from around the community to celebrate fine art. Lydia Place approached us to create an engaging online event that could celebrate local artists, bring people together (virtually), and raise money for their organization.
We hosted the live stream in our very own Studio V on Cornwall Ave in downtown Bellingham. Lydia Place brought in some of the art they wanted to highlight in the auction and we staged in the front lobby area. We added some pre-produced content and a slide deck to round out the experience and to allow for enough transition time between featuring different art pieces.
At the end of the day, an event that almost had to be cancelled was saved and Lydia Place was able to host a successful fundraiser!
2019 Art for Housing Recap Video
Law Advocates – Law Day Breakfast
Benefit Breakfast goes Virtual
Every year for the past few years Law Advocates has hosted a breakfast gathering that brings together like-minded people who care about justice and advocacy for some of the most marginalized in our community. Only weeks into the initial outbreak of COVID-19 in the United States, Law Advocates was forced to cancel their in-person gathering which left them without any clear way to raise the funds they needed to continue their programming.
Initially they were planning to do a simple Zoom meeting that would provide the platform for people to connect and for their keynote speakers to present. We knew there was a better option and proposed doing a live stream instead.
Michael Heatherly, the Executive Director, hosted the virtual benefit and facilitated the conversation with the guest speakers and attendees. The three guest speakers were featured remotely and we incorporated their slideshow presentations—we ran the slide decks for the presenters so that we could seamlessly switch between the speaker's face and their material, without them having to share their screen.
At the end of the day, Law Advocates was very pleased with the attendance and with the money they were able to raise that day to support their programs.
Are you trying to host a virtual event this year? Check out our Virtual Events page for more information.
