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Investing in the 509

Posted by Rick Hosmer on September 10 2010| 0 Comments

Yesterday, I attended the 2nd Annual Northwest Investment Forum at the Davenport Hotel. The all-day forum was put on by the CFA Society of Spokane. Why would a creative director attend an investment forum? I wanted to hear about regional companies that are performing well, touch base with some of Klündt | Hosmer's financial service clients and potentially meet investment professionals that OUGHT to be Klündt | Hosmer clients.

Interestingly, just about all of the corporate presenters are already clients of our firm.

Steven Chercover, CFO and SR. VP & Sr. Research Analyst of D.A. Davidson opened the session. Klündt | Hosmer has developed several brochures and other corporate materials for this company and are currently designing their 2010 annual report.

Mike Covey, CEO of Potlatch made the following presentation. We designed the Potlatch visual brand and have worked with them on their quarterly financial reports, exhibit displays, advertising and website initiatives.

Ron Klawtter, CFO of KeyTronicEMS spoke right before the lunch break. Klündt | Hosmer developed the KeyTronicEMS logo, a series of brochures, a couple of websites and are currently redesigning an updated website for the company.

At lunch, Mark Theis, CFO of Avista Corp made a presentation. Our team designed and produced the last three annual reports for Avista, along with website work, environmental graphics, brochures and other communications materials.

Steve Helmbrecht, CFO of Itron spoke in the afternoon. Klündt | Hosmer has consulted with Itron on their website and we're looking forward to more work for this company in the future.

Wrapping of the forum, Craig Hart of Hart Capital Management spoke on a panel with two other investment advisors. We worked with Craig in the design of Hart's visual brand, corporate brochure, folder and inserts, and website.

Attending this forum felt kind of like attending six client meetings in a row!

Klündt | Hosmer is very proud of the award-winning work we have produced for these leading corporate clients and investment firms. It is great to see that these companies are doing well and have strong positions in their markets. We'd like to think that the marketing and visual communication work we do for them has helped with this success.