Spoke Toronto: City On The Rise CLIENT L'INSITUTE IDEE LAUNCHED 2015 Visit The Site HIGHLIGHTS * Installed and customized a flip-book WordPress plugin * Presented findings from an event analyzing the future of Toronto

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Menteer Mentoring Platform Client Deployments CLIENT CAREER SKILLS INCUBATOR LAUNCHED 2016 Visit Career Skills Incubator Visit Menteer HIGHLIGHTS * Menteer is a product of the Career Skills Incubator * Funded by CIRA as aa platform for connecting mentors and mentees * We customized the platform for various client implementations: * Electricity Human Resources Canada (EHRC) * Emerging Leaders for Solar Energy (ELSE) Canada * New Brunswick Community College (NBCC) * Wood Manufacturing Council (WMC) * University of Western Australia (UWA)

Program Brochure & Website CLIENT NATIONAL DISCOUNT FUNDRAISERS LAUNCHED 2004 Visit The Site HIGHLIGHTS * Design of print ads and brochures to market fundraising products * Used to sell fundraising products to schools * Portion of sales supports SickKids Hospital / SickKids Foundation * Introduced Gogo's Crazy Bones as a potential fundraising product in schools. This resulted in Gogo's becoming a best-selling fundraising product and receiving the 'Parent Tested Parent Approved' award.

Web Presence for Monthly Speaking Series CLIENT TORONTO TALKS / LMS PROLINK LAUNCHED 2004 Visit The Site "Giant Step understood our strategic goals and translated them into successful, technically creative solutions, while supporting us every step of the way" - John Klotz, Chair, Toronto Talks HIGHLIGHTS * Digital Marketing for a monthly business event * 50-100 attendees/month for over 8 years running * Custom Content Management System (CMS) * Online calendar, presentations, discussion forum * Email newsletter marketing using ThinData EMS * Digital marketing strategy for financial planners * Produced financial mentoring / resources site * Generating leads through surveys and events * Generating sales for financial service companies ABOUT THE PROJECT Toronto Talks is a speaking series that provides members the opportunity to hear from Toronto's leading experts in the fields of Internet and E-Commerce, Management, Leadership skills, Personal Development and Business Development skills. After three years in operation, Toronto Talks needed a new look and a more functional web site that is more helpful for its growing membership base. While updating the site, the founders wanted to use the latest in digital marketing to generate more leads from the events. Giant Step developed a scalable design for Toronto […]

Campaign Website for Museum Exhibit CLIENT ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY (IAA) - FRIENDS IN CANADA LAUNCHED 2009 Visit The Site HIGHLIGHTS * IAA Friends in Canada web site * Designed to support fundraising & ticket sales * Used for the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) ABOUT THE PROJECT The ROM’s Dead Sea Scrolls Project builds bridges between the past and present unlike ever before at the Museum. In partnership with the Israel Antiquities Authority, the ROM is exhibiting 17 Dead Sea Scrolls, of which four are on public display for the first time ever, having been conserved at the ROM’s request. The Dead Sea Scrolls are widely considered among the greatest archaeological finds of the past century. They include the earliest written sources for the Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament), as well as other less well known writings. Many of the ideas and beliefs contained in this collection of ancient parchments have resonated through the centuries and remain influential today. Indeed, they reflect the foundations of important religions such as Judaism and Christianity and have influenced Islam. Dating from around 250 Before Common Era (BCE) to 68 Common Era (CE), the Scrolls include some 207 biblical […]

School Program - Sales Promotion DVD CLIENT BOULDER CITY CLIMBING SCHOOL LAUNCHED 2004 HIGHLIGHTS * Rock climbing program for schools * The program was thaught in many schools * Produced a sales DVD for gym teachers * Video editing, script-writing, voice-overs

Lab Logo & Siggraph Conference Exhibit CLIENT University of Toronto, Fl_UI_D Labs LAUNCHED 2007 Visit The Site HIGHLIGHTS * Design logo for a UofT Engineering lab * Conceptualized exhibit for Siggraph 2007 * Designed posters, brochures, postcards * Created a sponsorship kit for the event  

3D VR Gaming Platform CLIENT CYBER MARK DEVELOPMENT CORP. LAUNCHED 1999 Note: this project was done by the founders before starting Giant Step HIGHLIGHTS * Custom software development of a 3D virtual reality gaming device * Game selection interface design and development * Platform included a headgear that works with a gyro to determine position in the game * Also worked on the coin-to-play connection * Several gaming stations were featured at the entrance to the CN Tower * This was similar to today's VR headgear and games, but done almost 20 years ago!

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