Ongoing Partner — Since June 2025
Case Study — Women & Hi-Tech

The Women Building Tech's Future, told one event at a time.

What started as coverage for a single networking day has grown into an annual media partnership — following Women & Hi-Tech across their calendar as the story of their community expanded.

Client
Women & Hi-Tech
Partnership
June 2025 — Ongoing
Trust Pillar
Audience Connection
Services
Event Photo & Video, Content, Media Partnership
Partnership Timeline
2025
Partnership launches — single event coverage grows into a full calendar of programming
2026 — Confirmed
Partnership steps up to the flagship Leading Light Awards & Scholarship Gala, plus a second consecutive year of holiday coverage
7
Events Covered Since June 2025
2nd Year
Holiday Coverage Re-Signed
1
Flagship Gala Added to Scope

An organization built to make women visible in STEM needed its own story told with the same intention.

Women & Hi-Tech exists to change the landscape of women represented in science, technology, engineering, and math to be equally inclusive to all. Their calendar is full: networking days, committee meetings, an annual Leading Light Awards & Scholarship Gala, a holiday party, and events that put them shoulder to shoulder with organizers, mentors, and professionals across Indiana's tech community.

The brief in June 2025 was simple — cover an event. But an organization whose entire mission is visibility couldn't afford to let its own community's story go undocumented one event at a time, hoping the highlights added up to something later. What they needed was a partner who would treat every event as part of one continuous story, not a series of one-offs.

"The Women Building Tech's Future" — the language that has anchored every piece of coverage since.

Treat every event as a chapter in one relationship, not a transaction.

We built the partnership around the BTF Method™ — Build the Brand, Tell the Story, Fuel the Content — applied across a full year of programming instead of a single booking. Each event added to a growing library of proof: photography, video, and short-form content that Women & Hi-Tech could use for sponsors, members, and their own board.

Rather than re-scoping from scratch every time a new event appeared on the calendar, we stayed close to the organization itself — its leadership, its committees, and its recurring touchpoints — so that coverage could scale with them as the relationship grew.

A partnership that has grown with every event on the calendar.

Since June 2025, that partnership has expanded steadily — from a single networking event to full coverage of the organization's flagship gala.

Jun 2025

Relationship begins

Event coverage kicks off the partnership, capturing Women & Hi-Tech's community of organizers, workforce professionals, and members in their element.

Fall 2025

Coverage expands

Additional events join the calendar, building a consistent visual library across the organization's programming.

Dec 2025

Holiday Networking Day

Full event photography and video coverage — the first holiday party captured for Women & Hi-Tech, delivering a complete gallery and recap video.

Proof Asset
May 2026

IMS Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

One of Women & Hi-Tech's most distinctive events — a networking day at IMS during the Month of May — covered with a promo video, event photography, and short-form clips built to invite the next year's attendees in.

Content Builder Series
2026

Presidential Year in Review

A recap film marking a full year of leadership and community milestones for the organization.

Oct 2026

Leading Light Awards & Scholarship Gala

The partnership steps up to Women & Hi-Tech's flagship annual event — full photography and videography for the organization's biggest night of the year, celebrating the mentors, innovators, and scholarship recipients shaping the future of STEM.

Flagship Event
Dec 2026

Holiday Party, secured again

Women & Hi-Tech re-signs for a second consecutive year of holiday coverage — full event photography plus a complimentary Headshot Activation™, sponsored in-kind as part of the growing partnership.

Back-to-Back Year

From a single event to an institutional relationship.

What began as one-off event coverage is now a recurring, multi-event annual partnership — with Women & Hi-Tech returning every time their calendar produces a new moment worth telling. The relationship has grown from a single networking day into coverage of the organization's flagship gala, with a second consecutive year of holiday coverage already secured.

14+
months as an active media partner, June 2025 to present
consecutive years securing Holiday Party coverage
1
flagship event added to scope — the Leading Light Awards & Scholarship Gala

Three pillars, one growing partnership.

01

Build the Brand

Every event reinforced the same mission and language — "The Women Building Tech's Future" — so the organization's identity stayed consistent from one gathering to the next.

02

Tell the Story

Recap films, promo videos, and event photography turned each gathering into a chapter — building toward coverage of the organization's flagship gala.

03

Fuel the Content

Short-form clips and promo drafts gave Women & Hi-Tech a steady stream of ready-to-use content between events, not just a gallery after each one.

Community, visibility, and credibility — measured.

Women & Hi-Tech's story is built on Audience Connection — the trust pillar that measures how well an organization's events and content bring its community closer. See where your own brand stands.

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