INW Creative Nonprofit and Healthcare Marketing

06/13/2023

INW Creative was founded on a sunny spring day, sitting on the back patio watching our three kiddos play together. With a desire to create a life / work balance that honored both of our unique skill sets, but joint passion for meaningful work, we developed a plan that has by far exceeded both of our expectations.

Our business is unique in that we always put out lives before all else, and follow projects and opportunities that spark passion and joy. This incredible model sets us apart and creates a highly collaborative and supportive space.

05/20/2023

INW Creative: Where traditional marketing meets the power of deeply personal connections. INW Creative blends traditional marketing with a holistic understanding of individuals and communities to create extraordinary results. 🌟

Our team's experience in the social work and nonprofit market decade of experience as a social worker sets us apart in the field of Relational Marketing. We bring a deep understanding of individuals, their unique circumstances, and an understanding of the power of personal connections. By blending this expertise with traditional marketing strategies, we create strategies that are not only effective but also resonate on a profound level.

With INW Creative as your partner, you can expect marketing that speaks directly to your audience's hearts, builds communities, and fosters loyalty. We are dedicated to helping you forge authentic relationships with your customers and achieve remarkable success in your market.

03/06/2023

6 Likes, 1 Comments - Nonprofit Marketing & Events () on Instagram: "We had such an amazing year filled with inspiring nonprofit partners, new friendships, and major learnings! One of our biggest events of the year was Ghost Ball with .foundation - a Halloween-themed fundraise...

06/08/2022

Over the past month, INW Creative Nonprofit and Healthcare Marketing has received several disappointing emails from community members regarding our support and sponsorship of events hosted by North Idaho Pride Alliance. In response, we would like to make something abundantly clear:

We stand in support with North Idaho Pride Alliance and the LGBTQ+ community without hesitation. We will not be intimidated into removing our support, nor will we grieve your lost business in the future.

Kindly,
Kaylee Kron

***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE***

NIPA INVITES POSITIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AT PRIDE IN THE PARK

COEUR D'ALENE, IDAHO - The North Idaho Pride Alliance invites positive community engagement at their signature event Pride in the Park, happening Saturday, June 11th from 10 AM - 3 PM at the Coeur d’Alene City Park & Bandshell.

Pride in the Park is a FREE family-friendly, community event celebrating diversity and building a stronger and more unified community for ALL. There will be food, entertainment, activities, crafts, and 60+ booths at the Community Village & Artisan Market, representing community resources, Pride partners, several inclusive faith communities, local businesses, and handmade goods.

“Exist Louder” is the theme of their 6th Annual event. In 2019, when Pride in the Park was last held, over 1000 people from across the Inland Northwest attended to celebrate in downtown Coeur d’Alene.

Pride in the Park features and is organized by local volunteers, community groups, and allies who work together year-round to create a more inclusive North Idaho. At least 75 volunteers and numerous supporters from communities across the region will be present throughout the day.

At the Bandshell, a lineup of local musicians, singers, poets, dancers, and drag artists is scheduled from 10 AM -3 PM. The stage and activities schedule can be found at www.nipridealliance.com/prideinthepark2022.

Three engaging activities to build community were incorporated into Pride in the Park this year as part of a Project Neighborly grant awarded by the Idaho Community Foundation:

A 20-minute “Pride Stride” is scheduled to start at 10:30 AM from the Picnic Shelter at City Park. This accessible fitness walk throughout City Park pathways and bordering sidewalks is meant to be an act of self-care and visibility. The first 75 participants will receive a small Progress Pride flag to wave while walking.

A “Color Kindness Chalk Art Challenge” will take place at the park Picnic Shelter from 10 AM - 3 PM. Event attendees of all ages are welcome to create chalk art at and near the shelter that promotes kindness, love, and inclusion. Chalk art will be photographed and shared to further spread kindness.

A “Say Pride!” Photo Booth will be stationed near the picnic shelter. The first 300 groups to visit will have an opportunity to have a Polaroid photo keepsake capturing the joy of celebrating Pride.

Additional activities facilitated by partners and volunteers include yard games by Heritage Health, board games, bubble wands, printmaking, button making, and various crafts.

Jessica Mahuron, Outreach Director for the North Idaho Pride Alliance stated “In 2021 and 2022, we have seen a massive uptick of hate, disinformation, and legislation targeting the very existence of q***r people, their families, and all who love and support them.

Celebrating Pride in downtown Coeur d’Alene this June has a special significance. Many have flocked to support us to stand in solidarity with a sense of urgency. We welcome all, even those not currently connected with the LGBTQ+ community, to join us in positivity.

We are just one group of people that have been targeted in North Idaho within the last two years. We offer our celebration as a way to stand in solidarity against bullying and intimidation by gathering in the very opposite of that - in kindness, neighborliness, and love. To stand with us for not just LGBTQ+ people, but for the well-being of the greater Coeur d’Alene community, which continues to grapple with an alarming rise of incivility and extremism.

For those opposed to a Pride celebration happening in Coeur d’Alene, Mahuron said,” We ask at a minimum you acknowledge and respect the 1st Amendment rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of speech that we all as Americans enjoy. Attacking the 1st Amendment rights of one group, no matter how fervently you disagree or even hate them, is an attack on liberty and the United States Constitution. Long-term, freedom-loving Idahoans know our true values are to live and let live.”

North Idaho Pride Alliance is implementing a comprehensive event safety plan and has taken many preventative actions, including making law enforcement aware of threats and forming an inter-agency safety committee, to ensure a peaceful celebration for all who choose to participate.

These actions were in response to well-publicized threats made and ongoing harassment, hate speech, and disinformation campaigns by a small minority targeting the event, and supporting local businesses and sponsors.

This has prompted numerous communications to North Idaho Pride Alliance expressing concern and support from people and organizations from across the region.

The Human Rights Education Institute which borders Coeur d’Alene City Park will be open to the public during Pride in the Park. Event attendees are welcome to visit HREI and see the gallery exhibit "LGBTQIA+ Icons and Advocates", along with an educational display of ten frequently challenged books featured in North Idaho Pride Alliance’s upcoming CDA4Pride 2022 event “Banning Books, Erasing Lives” panel discussion and book giveaway.

Opportunities to purchase CDA4Pride merchandise, including tie-dyed shirts made by volunteers and Progress Flags, will be available at the North Idaho Pride Alliance booth.

Attendees are strongly advised to park nearby City Park. Paid parking lots are available near Memorial Park, the Human Rights Education Institute, and the current location of The Museum of North Idaho. Attendees can request that a North Idaho Pride Alliance volunteer es**rt them to their vehicles or elsewhere in the park or ask for help by going to the Information Booth located near the stage.

Members of the public who encounter any hateful communication or incident leading up to the event should take photos, screenshots, and take note of any other details and submit it to the Love Lives Here CDA reporting tool at lovelivesherecda.com. Criminal threats should be directed immediately to law enforcement.

NIPA continues to support and promote all external pride events in our area. For more information on other Pride month activities can be found on our events calendar at www.nipridealliance.com.

North Idaho Pride Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. They are an organization of LGBTQIA+ people, allies, and community groups working together to create a more inclusive North Idaho.

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05/26/2022

In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we are honored to highlight groups that provide mental health support individuals through their mental health journeys as well as those who work to bring access to mental health supports to the community.

If you are in need, or know anyone who is in need of mental health care, please visit a few of these community organizations to find the best fit:

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05/24/2022

We don't know about you, but we love to spend our days off supporting local nonprofits in the and communities who are doing great things for those in need.

For more information about each of these event, please visit their individual pages:
Elevations - A Children's Therapy Resource Foundation
Raises money to support children with physical needs access physical, speech, and occupational therapy.

Believe in Me Raises money to support children's charities that provide disadvantaged kids with a safe place to call home and opportunities to learn.

North Idaho Pride Alliance - Celebrates diversity to connect, empower, and inspire LGBTQ+ people and allies lead authentic, healthy, and successful lives.

05/19/2022

We are often asked why we chose to dedicate our business to supporting and uplifting the nonprofits throughout and .

To us, the answer is clear. We want to contribute to organizations that were founded and operate with one goal in mind: to make the community a better place for the individual who live there.

We have been so honored to work with impactful organizations that are truly making a difference in our community. Our work, along with theirs, is heartfelt and deeply meaningful and we wouldn't change it for the world!

Special thanks to our nonprofit partners:

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And many more to come!

05/17/2022

Today, and everyday stands with the LGBTQ+ community.

It is hard to imagine the reality of being in danger simply based on how you identify or who you love, however, the LGBTQ+ community faces continued acts of violence and legislative actions against them.

The primary goal for International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobie, and Biphobia is to raise awareness of violence, discrimination, and repression of LGBT communities worldwide, which in turn provides an opportunity to take action and engage in dialogue with the media, policymakers, public opinion, and wider civil society.

05/12/2022

It is a beautiful thing when work as passion intersect, creating some of the most beautiful partnerships. We are thankful to have had the opportunity to play a part in the mission of . Grief work is a passion of our team and we are rooting for Lion's Heart as they blaze a path through the to impact hundreds of children's lives!

Thank you, Krista Reeder for the most heartfelt testimonial I have ever read!

05/09/2022

Join me in supporting at the 2 year anniversary celebration on Saturday, May 14th from 9:00am - 4:00pm.

This free, family friendly event is an amazing chance to learn more about Northeast Youth and Family Services as well as many more community organizations including !

In addition to great resources, you will also find free haircuts, a scavenger hunt, an interactive art exhibit, and so much more!

This is truly a group that is doing amazing things throughout our community.

05/01/2022

04/28/2022

Lion's Heart: Where Children Grieve Courageously is up and running! Please take a moment to like and follow their page.

If you LOVE the branding, reach out to INW Creative

Hello Spokane Community!

Lion's Heart is proud to join the list of amazing nonprofits throughout or region that work to support individuals, families, and the greater community.

We are a nonprofit grief center for children and their families that plans to begin providing supportive grief services throughout Spokane, WA. We are in the beginning stages of our organization, but have an incredibly passionate group of professionals who have worked for the past 4 years to bring this dream to life.

In the next few months, we plan to begin serving children and their families, but need your support! Please follow our page to view some of the amazing opportunities to get involved!

04/07/2022

This week, I am excited to highlight who is celebrating two years of making an impact on the community!

Northeast Youth and Family Services (NEYFS) is committed to empowering generations by providing access and support to children and their families in Northeast Spokane.
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By bringing education, social justice and empowerment to the region, NEYFS strives to reduce barriers for family units. NEYFS operates through a racial equity lens and a “by the community, for the community” approach.
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Families will gain skills essential to raising healthy children while developing and maintaining their own physical, mental, and social health through access to various programs, empowering them to thrive and connect with their community.

03/21/2022

Consider the energy you are putting into lifting others up.

03/14/2022

As we celebrate our first year supporting nonprofit and health care organizations, we want to take a moment to look back on the amazing partnerships that we have formed throughout the year and thank the organizations that have allowed us to become a part of their mission.

Our first featured nonprofit is Lion's Heart grief center for children and their families to grieve courageously. WOW, if this is not an area of need in the world today, I do not know what is.

Lion's Heart is a brand new nonprofit that has been started by a group of end of life clinicians and grieving parents who believe strongly in the need for a safe, empowering space where families can turn in the face of deep loss.

If you are wondering how you can help this nonprofit grow roots, please get in touch with me through a direct message!

03/10/2022

We feel so incredibly blessed at the warm welcome given to us by the nonprofit and health care communities that we seek to serve at INW Creative!

We started INW Creative with a very clear goal in mind: help to amplify the mission of nonprofits and health care communities, using our skills and expertise, so that leadership and staff can use their skills and expertise to serve the community.

We truly believe that we have accomplished this goal far and above our own expectations within this first year. As we enter our second year, we are charged up and ready to continue to support the healers and helpers.

This month, we will be highlighting the many nonprofits and health care organizations that have welcomed us onto their team in order to further amplify the work being done to ease the pain of this world.

03/07/2022

We truly enjoyed our partnership with .crown.co ! The founder of this impactful company has a heart for supporting nonprofits, just like INW Creative. We wish them all the best in their continued support of the nonprofit community in Spokane and North Idaho!

02/21/2022

In these changing times, we are tasked with adjusting our strategies and plans to accommodate the world as it is becoming, not as it has been. Great leaders see the benefit of innovation.

02/11/2022

Thank you, MedTran Spokane for a glowing review of our comprehensive marketing services! We have truly enjoyed bringing a higher awareness of the work your team does for the Spokane Community!

01/31/2022

Marketing for nonprofit organizations has to be approached thoughtfully and in line with the organization's mission. On top of that, the marketing strategy must integrate the various audiences that a nonprofit caters to; clients/families/patients, donors, volunteers, stakeholders, and the community as a whole.

That is some high-level multitasking! Let us help. Schedule a free discovery call today to find out how INW Creative can reduce the stress of marketing so your team can focus on what is most important - the mission!

01/24/2022

A message to all of my friends in the nonprofit realm - it is possible to change the world, and you do it every day.

01/17/2022

At INW Creative, we do so much more than marketing. We integrate the fields of Social Work and Marketing to achieve an intentional marketing strategy that speaks to our client's target audience and engages with them on a highly connected level.

Let us show you the difference!

Book a discovery call today at the link in our bio.

01/11/2022

As a marketer who largely supports the nonprofit community, I often get resistance from leadership when the term “marketing” comes up. The greatest barrier to providing stellar support to nonprofits in need of amplification is the misunderstanding of the field of marketing for nonprofit organizations.

But here's the thing... every business does marketing - some just don't realize they are doing it, which often means, there is no strategy behind it.

Visit this month's blog to learn more about nonprofit marketing strategies.

12/21/2021

At INW Creative, we often find ourselves with the amazing opportunity of creating a marketing strategy from the ground up. For many nonprofit and health care organizations, these elements have been less of a priority than patient care and direct mission work. However, we come in when these organizations realize that a lack of strategic marketing is impacting their reach and organizational growth.

We love opportunities to truly tell the story of an organization – what they do and how they function is such a small part of the story, but often what marketing and social media focuses on. When INW Creative begins strategizing a marketing plan, our first question is – who are the people that make up this organization? What makes an organization stand apart from others, especially in the nonprofit world, is the story behind the individuals who started the organization and who do the work.

Read this month's blog to learn about how INW Creative builds marketing around the people of an organization, rather than the organization itself.

12/11/2021

Every once in a while, we come across a company who's heart for nonprofit organizations matches our. .crown.co creates the most stunning polymer clay earrings and donates $5 of all earrings sold to a local nonprofit across eastern Washington and North Idaho.

We were delighted to support this brand in the creation of a simple, yet sophistical logo. If you love a good statement piece AND nonprofits equally, head over to .crown.co and give them a follow.

We are so excited to see where owner and designer, Natalie takes this amazing buisiness!

12/06/2021

At INW Creative, we often find ourselves with the amazing opportunity of creating a marketing strategy from the ground up. For many nonprofit and health care organizations, these elements have been less of a priority than patient care and direct mission work. However, we come in when these organizations realize that a lack of strategic marketing is impacting their reach and organizational growth.

As we build the story of the people behind the organization, a bigger strategy unfolds. In understanding the people, we are able to tell a truly original story that target audiences want to hear about, want to root for, and want to be a part of.

Read this month's blog post to learn about how we brought WHO Spokane Angels is into our marketing photoshoot this weekend!

11/30/2021

Every year, on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, people take the time to kick off the holiday season by giving back to their community. Whether it is donating money to a charitable cause or volunteering, Giving Tuesday is a day set to benefit the community.

Here is a few ways to participate:

1. Donate to your favorite charity

With an abundance of causes to support, there are many options for people to donate to charity. You can mail in a check, drop off some money, or even click 'Donate' from the comfort of your desk.

2. Volunteer

We sometimes forget that one helpful way of giving back is by volunteering. Contact a local hospital, shelter, or nonprofit ahead of time and see how you can help.

3. Donate clothes/shoes

That sweater you swore you would wear this fall (which never saw the light of day), can be of use to someone in need. Go through your closet and donate any articles of clothing you know you're not going to wear again (or ever).

11/24/2021

Supporting nonprofit and healthcare organizations in creating an impactful and clear message through thoughtful marketing and fundraising consultation.

We provide assistance in grant writing, events, marketing support, social media management, and website design.

If you are interested in finding out how INW Creative can support your organization's mission, reach out and schedule a discovery call at the link in the bio.

11/22/2021

In honor of Giving Tuesday at the end of the month, I will be highlighting local nonprofits that provide immeasurable benefits to our community and giving you steps to donate to that nonprofit for

This week's featured nonprofit is . Helping youth develop the attitudes and skills needed to enter the workforce successfully. They believe that one strong adult relationship is a game changer for a child, particularly one in foster care. They help children develop and nurture life-long relationships with family, friends, and mentors.

www.childrensvillage.org

11/20/2021

There is an amazing amount of bravery needed to be an agent of change - but I promise, it is worth it.

11/15/2021

In honor of Giving Tuesday at the end of the month, I will be highlighting local nonprofits that provide immeasurable benefits to our community and giving you steps to donate to that nonprofit for

This week's featured nonprofit is .foundation Elevations was established in 2012 by committed medical professionals, families of children with special needs, and community members who see too many children with physical and mental challenges who could be helped by therapy but who have limited or no resources to meet the cost.

www.elevationsspokane.org

11/12/2021

Hello! I’m Jenny Spencer, co-founder and chief operating officer of INW Creative, a full service marketing agency. I started this business with my friend Kaylee so we could help non-profit and healthcare organizations achieve their marketing and fundraising goals.

I’ve long had a passion for supporting nonprofits and the communities they serve, and I’ve had the privilege of volunteering and serving on advisory committees for a number of organizations over the years. These experiences allowed me to witness the positive impact of a community coming together to help others. During the many years I’ve spent working in the healthcare industry I’ve been able to see first hand how much individuals and families benefit from support in times of such uncertainty. The work of nonprofit and healthcare organizations is so important, but without proper support and direction that impact can be lost and those communities in need are left without.

I am proud to have started a company that can help nonprofits and healthcare organizations achieve their missions and more importantly to fulfill my passion for helping those in our community who need it the most.

11/09/2021

In honor of Giving Tuesday at the end of the month, I will be highlighting local nonprofits that provide immeasurable benefits to our community and giving you steps to donate to that nonprofit for

This week's nonprofit highlight is the American Childhood Cancer Organization of the Inland Northwest American Childhood Cancer Organization Inland Northwest

Donations will enhance the lives of children with cancer and their families. You will be providing emotional and practical support, education, patient advocacy, and the assurance that no child or family will have to fight cancer alone.

www.acco.org

11/06/2021

Have you ever been told your dreams are too big?

Here's the thing about critics; they scare easily. One thing I have learned from my time in the nonprofit world is that ANYTHING is possible as long as you have someone who is willing to passionately move it forward - regardless of the odds, regardless of the crisis, and regardless of if it has ever been done before.

Anything is possible with the right leader.

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