Home

Welcome to Nixey.ca – the online home of Nixey Communications.

_________________________________________________________________________________

NIXEY COMMUNICATIONS PARTNERS WITH THE CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION

In August 2012, members of The Canadian Bar Association  will visit Vancouver for the organization’s annual Canadian Legal Conference and Expo, the premiere annual event for legal professionals in Canada. Nixey Communications has been selected to direct the sponsorship communications program for the conference, which offers professional development opportunities, legal sessions and networking opportunities to the Canadian legal community. We are thrilled with our new partnership, and look forward to helping produce a successful event!

.

8 QUESTIONS AND 2 IMPERATIVES FOR BIF NAKED

On Saturday November 26, 2011, Bif Naked will give a special performance at Art For Life, a fine art auction benefiting the Vancouver Friends For Life Society. As we gear up for this great event, Bif Naked participated in our weekly ’8 Questions and 2 Imperatives’ feature on the Nixey.ca blog. She’s one of the most inspirational people we’ve ever met, and a Juno-award winning musician. We’re huge fans! Check out her answers here.

.

PUT YOUR COMPASSION INTO ACTION 2011

This event is so popular, we needed a bigger location! The 3rd annual Put Your Compassion Into Action breakfast will take place on Wednesday, September 28 at the Vancouver Art Gallery plaza. Nixey Communications is thrilled to be returning for our third year as public relations supplier for this great food-and-fundraiser for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank, hosted by our friends at Nature’s Path Organic Foods. Raising cash for a great cause, live music and a free organic breakfast? Sounds good to us.

.

NIXEY COMMUNICATIONS PAINTS THE TOWN PINK FOR OUT ON SCREEN

The 23rd Vancouver Queer Film Festival drew to a close this weekend, and Nixey Communications was again an integral part of the lights, cameras, and action. Celebrating our second year as the fesitval’s Official Public Relations Agency, we designed, directed and delivered their most successful PR campaign yet. Congratulations to the staff and volunteers on an amazing experience! To see highlights from the editorial coverage, click here.

.

NIXEY COMMUNICATIONS LAUNCHES NEW BLOG PAGE

We’re pleased to announce the launch of our new blog page, which includes weekly updates from the world of communications, feature interviews with movers/shakers/thinkers/leaders, and our thoughts on everything from public relations policy to the latest YouTube craze. It’s another way for us to continue working hard for our clients and communities – take a look today! You can also ‘like’ us on Facebook to make sure you’re always up-to-date with our news.

.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD, MODO!

On March 11, 2011, Nixey Communications helped launch Modo at a ceremony at Vancouver’s City Hall, celebrating the Car Co-op’s fantastic new brand identity.  We were especially proud to host Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and Councillor Andrea Reimer as they introduced Modo to Vancouver (and the world) in style.  Congratulations to Phil Baudin, Bernice Paul, Tanya Paz, and the entire Modo team on a wonderful launch! We’re looking forward to helping put a Modo car on every corner, and a community on every street. Follow Modo on Twitter: @modo_carcoop.

.

NIXEY COMMUNICATIONS LAUNCHES IAMRICHMOND.CA
When Richmond Multicultural Community Services Society needed to find an innovative way to engage Richmond residents in dialogue about multiculturalism, diversity and inclusion, they called Nixey Communications.  Together with our partners at Creative B’stro, we designed, built and launched IAMRICHMOND.ca, an online forum for dialogue and discussion among Richmond residents.

.

NIXEY COMMUNICATIONS NAMED OFFICIAL PUBLIC RELATIONS AGENCY OF OUT ON SCREEN
We’ve decided to go steady: Nixey Communications has been named the Official PR Agency for Out On Screen, the organization that produces the Vancouver Queer Film Festival and the Out in Schools youth anti-bullying program.  Under this relationship, we will provide dedicated monthly PR account management to the Out On Screen team, support several new initiatives this summer, and will again direct media relations activities for the festival (now Vancouver’s second-largest film festival).

.

CO-OPERATIVE AUTO NETWORK SELECTS NIXEY COMMUNICATIONS AS PUBLIC RELATIONS AGENCY FOR NEW IDENTITY LAUNCH

Here at Nixey Communications, one of our favourite things is sharing.  We share great ideas, we share exciting news, and we share clients’ stories with the media.   This month, we’re excited to announce a new relationship with Co-operative Auto Network, Vancouver’s original car sharing organization.  They’re launching something pretty huge in March (we’ll tell you about it soon, we promise), and have selected Nixey Communications to help share the good news.  We’re thrilled to be working with such a great team.

.

CAPILANO MALL TEAMS WITH NIXEY COMMUNICATIONS FOR CHRISTMAS 2010
North Vancouver’s signature shopping centre has retained Nixey Communications to provide public relations outreach services this holiday season.  Nixey Communications will be working with the Capilano Mall team to tell their 2010 Christmas story, which includes extended shopping hours, giveaways, a Christmas Train, and the chance to by-pass the line for photos with Santa using their new online ‘Santa Fast Pass’.  It’s Christmas, 2010 style.

.

PEOPLE’S LAW SCHOOL VIDEOS NOW AVAILABLE ON TELUS TV
Starting December 2010, TELUS TV subscribers can now watch the consumer law animations we produced for the People’s Law School.  TELUS TV’s Video on Demand service includes great locally-produced programming; Nixey Communications is thrilled to partner with them to showcase our work!

.

NIXEY COMMUNICATIONS + CREATIVE B’STRO = RESULTS

Okay, we admit it: we have a professional crush on our friends over at Creative B’stro.  We collaborate with them as often as possible on projects that need fresh ideas, great design and innovative web solutions. Now, we’re taking our relationship to the next level.  Starting December 2010, Nixey Communications will provide public relations and communications strategy expertise to the agency’s Vancouver office.  Check them out at bstro.com, and stay tuned for more updates.

.

NIXEY COMMUNICATIONS NAMED OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS SUPPLIER TO HEALTH INITIATIVE FOR MEN
Back in 2008, Vancouver’s Health Initiative for Men (HIM) was one of our first clients; we’ve helped them become known throughout Canada for their edgy, thought-provoking public health campaigns.  Now, we’re happy to announce that we have entered into an agreement to provide public relations, copywriting and strategic communications services to the gay men’s health agency on a monthly basis.  Check out their fancy new website at checkhimout.ca.

.

NIXEY COMMUNICATIONS HELPS NATURE’S PATH ORGANIC FOODS PUT THEIR COMPASSION INTO ACTION
In 2009, Nature’s Path Organic Foods approached Nixey Communications for a last-minute project: a food-and-fundraiser for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank called ‘Put Your Compassion Into Action’.  In just a few short days, we helped them raise more than $175,000 and 12,000 pounds of food for hungry Vancouverites (and also delivered $902,500 in added PR value).  In 2010, Nixey Communications didn’t disappoint: we raised the event’s profile even further through $1.1 million in added PR value.  Congratulations to Nature’s Path and their suppliers for such a great event!

.

.

THE TALKING CREDIT CARD IS BACK: NIXEY COMMUNICATIONS PRODUCES 6 MORE ANIMATED CONSUMER LAW SHORTS FOR THE PEOPLE’S LAW SCHOOL
When the People’s Law School wanted to communicate complex consumer law topics to the YouTube generation in a clear, funny, straightforward way, they hired Nixey Communications.  The resulting project was so successful, they ordered six more episodes on topics like Bankruptcy, Identity Theft and Co-signing a Loan.  Check out the new videos on their YouTube channel.

.

NIXEY COMMUNICATIONS DELIVERS $3.9 MILLION IN PR VALUE TO 2010 QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
In 2010, the Vancouver Queer Film Festival retained Nixey Communications as the official Publicity firm for the festival.  The fabulous Lisa Schaffer tackled the challenge and worked like mad; when the dust settled, Lisa and our team had delivered $3.9 million in added PR value.  One [fantastic] day in August, the Festival had coverage in every major newspaper in Vancouver – the dailies (front cover of The Sun’s Westcoast Life section, anyone?), the weeklies, and the speciality papers.  We then added CBC, CTV, Citytv and TELUS TV into the mix for good measure.  In the words of Drew Dennis (Out on Screen’s Executive Director): “Let’s face it, you just can’t buy that kind of public exposure.  We were blown away!”.  We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.

.

NIXEY COMMUNICATIONS NAMED MEDIA RELATIONS FIRM FOR 2010 VANCOUVER QUEER FILM FESTIVAL
June 2010 -  Get ready, Vancouver!  Nixey Communications has been named the official media relations firm for the 2010 Queer Film Festival, brought to you by the good people at Out On Screen.  From August 12-22, audiences in Vancouver will watch the world’s best queer cinema and experience the festival’s legendary parties.  Mark your calendars now!

Visit Out On Screen online here.  Become a fan of Out On Screen on Facebook here.  Watch last year’s festival trailer here.

.

‘PUT YOUR COMPASSION INTO ACTION’ 2010: NATURE’S PATH AND NIXEY COMMUNICATIONS TEAM UP TO FIGHT HUNGER

May 2010 – For the second year in a row, the good people at Nature’s Path Organic Foods have selected Nixey Communications as their public relations agency for their annual Put Your Compassion Into Action breakfast event.  Last year’s event raised more than $175,000 and 12,000lbs of food for hungry Vancouverites.  We’re thrilled to help Nature’s Path tell their story, and look forward to raising even more cash and food this year for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. Put Your Compassion Into Action takes place in Fall 2010.  Keep checking Nixey.ca for updates.

.

NIXEY COMMUNICATIONS SPONSORS ANTI-HOMOPHOBIA BREAKFAST

May 2010 – To celebrate this year’s International Day to Eliminate Homophobia, Nixey Communications was a proud corporate sponsor of the 6th Annual Awareness Breakfast, presented by Qmunity, BC’s Queer Resource Centre.

In addition to that warm feeling you get for investing in equality, the Nixey team was also recognized as Rowdiest Table (and placed second in the Rock, Paper, Scissors competition).

Not bad for 8:00am.

.

NIXEY COMMUNICATIONS DELIVERS FOR HEALTH INITIATIVE FOR MEN

March 2010 – Who do you call when you need beautiful information brochures, compelling press kits, a  corporate lexicon, and new headshots for your entire staff?   Nixey Communications.

Vancouver’s Health Initiative for Men recently hired us to design their first-ever media kits, write a corporate lexicon, create new brochures and furnish everyone with snappy new photos (thanks to the talented team at Pacifica Photography).

Here’s what their fearless leader, Executive Director Wayne Robert, had to say:  “We engaged Nixey Communications to create a broad range of fundamental communication documents describing novel, progressive and complex issues and activities. He quickly and cleverly distilled broad-ranging and intricate discussions into an outcome that was exactly what we were thinking, though not necessarily what we were saying!”

Thanks, Wayne.  We’re blushing.

.

NIXEY COMMUNICATIONS SIGNS NEW AGREEMENT WITH THE PEOPLE’S LAW SCHOOL

April 2010 – It’s official: Nixey Communications has again been hired by the People’s Law School to produce six new animated short webisodes on consumer law topics.

“We were delighted by the work that Nixey and his team did for us,” said Gordon McLeod Hardy, Executive Director of the People’s Law School.  “They proved that cartoon animation can be an effective and entertaining way of providing people with solid information about serious topics, like credit card debt and debt collection issues.”

The new episodes will debut in October 2010.  To view the original series of animations, click here.

.

NIXEY COMMUNICATIONS SPONSORS 2010 PRIDE HOUSE FOR GLBT ATHLETES AND VISITORS

February 10, 2010 — Nixey Communications today became an official sponsor of PRIDE House Vancouver, the first-ever Olympic pavilion for GLBT athletes and their families.

Nixey joins other socially-conscious businesses like Nature’s Path Organic Foods, Ethical Bean Coffee, Virgin Radio 95.3 and Air Canada to sponsor this groundbreaking event during the 2010 Games.

For more information, visit PRIDE House Vancouver.

.

WATCH NOW: NEW CARTOONS FOR THE PEOPLE’S LAW SCHOOL

Nixey Communications has produced two new animated shorts for the People’s Law School, a Vancouver-based non-profit dedicated to helping British Columbians understand their rights and responsibilities under the law.  These brand-new episodes deal with debt-collection issues, and feature the vocal talents of Nelson Wong, Lisa Schaffer and Robert Kaiser (Vancouver’s Joan-E).

You can watch them now on YouTube:  YOU OWE MONEY and SOMEONE OWES YOU MONEY (links will magically open in a new window).

Congratulations to the team at the People’s Law School!

.

NIXEY COMMUNICATIONS PARTNERS WITH ABOUTMEN.CA

Nixey Communications is pleased to announce that we’re working with the guys at the Men’s Health Initiative of British Columbia on their Aboutmen.ca website.  We will be contributing web content on men’s health issues and providing communications services to the program, which is operated by the University of British Columbia’s Department of Urologic Sciences.  Leading the team for this project is Jody Jollimore, who serves as policy advisor and content contributor.  For more information: Aboutmen.ca.

.

THANK YOU!  TOGETHER, WE RAISED $500 FOR OUT ON SCREEN

On November 9th, Nixey.ca went live, with a smashing party at Vancouver’s 1181 Lounge.  Thanks to your generosity, we contributed $500 to Out On Screen.  This much-needed money will go towards funding their anti-bullying Out in Schools program, which screens GLBT films in schools across British Columbia.  To make a secure contribution, click here.