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How government agencies are using AI to improve their missions and serve citizens in 2024

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Growing integrated marketing agency bolsters its communications training and crisis capabilities

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AMERICAN WOMEN QUARTERS™ Advertising Campaign Earns Prestigious Recognition from aaf dc chapter As we open Women’s History Month, it’s fitting that the United States Mint’s advertising campaign featuring the American Women Quarters™ earned a silver award at the American Advertising Federation-DC’s American Advertising Awards ceremony on March 6, 2024.

How Government Agencies are Using AI to Improve their missions and serve citizens in 2024 Artificial intelligence (AI) will continue to transform government operations in 2024, especially with the weight of the federal government behind the advancement of safe and responsible development and use of AI. In 2023, federal agencies identified over 700 ways they use AI to advance their missions, a number that is only likely to grow. “When AI is used in agency functions, the public deserves assurance that the government will respect their rights and protect their safety,” according to guidance issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Companies on the 2024 Inc. 5000 Regionals: Mid-Atlantic list had an average growth rate of 154.26 percent

(and Ariana grande seems to agree) The theory is simple. Busy, overwhelmed clients looking for marketing, advertising, and organizational transformation help have no time to coordinate the efforts of multiple small agencies, and omnichannel communications only work when messaging and strategy are tightly aligned. But large international holding companies can be slow moving and inflexible in cost. What today’s clients need is a partner big enough to offer sophisticated integrated services, and small enough to be agile. Yes. And. Does it work? Apparently so.

With great funding comes great expectations. In 2022, USAging received an unprecedented windfall of funds for helping older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers. In the flash of an electronic deposit, the not-for-profit USAging had taken on a challenging new national initiative: making social services more accessible to a segment of the population that is notoriously difficult to reach.

maintaining brand identity in the digital world can be challenging Marketing professionals understand the importance of maintaining consistent branding across social channels. As we work to manage our own agency branding at Yes&, we have the support of meticulous and exacting designers who create content that 1) matches the Yes& brand and 2) conveys the right messages. Yet despite our best efforts, sometimes things don’t come off looking quite right. Recently, we’ve noticed that the quality of our Yes& branded graphics haven’t been as crisp as we would like when uploaded to social platforms. Our red ampersand graphic has appeared grainy, especially when enlarged. What’s going on?

expand your creativity with adobe's integrated ai capabilities Many of the generative AI tools that you have come to know and love, like ChatGPT and Dall-E, are relative newcomers to the AI world. Then there’s Adobe, one of the biggest content creation companies on the market and a longtime player in the AI game. Let’s take a peek under the hood of Adobe AI, guided by Kevin Schmitt, a producer in the Content Strategy Group at Yes&.