What we do
As heritage experts, we bring a distinct set of skills, services and know-how to your projects.
The Result?
What we like to think of as elegant and ‘Dynamic Heritage’. Selected, polished and refined to be directly relevant to your needs, now.
To support your brand teams, projects and corporate messaging, we dive deep into archives; interview and record the stories of your people, and unpick the legends of inspiration, innovation and craftsmanship behind your iconic products and brand.
We then help you convert your unique history into targeted and creative anniversary campaigns and digital content.
Content that authentically and emotionally engages your audience with who you are, and powerfully validates your brand equity, values, and purpose.
Company Histories
Your unique story is one of your most valuable assets.
Working with key stakeholders, we establish the desired corporate messaging, platforms and audiences for the project, and then through effective research and content creation we engage your history to support and demonstrate your company value now.
We specialise in telling your story through:
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Bitesize digital content and stories for website and social media
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Long-form content - Publications and Magazines
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Video
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Company Timelines
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Company exhibition and displays
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Employee workshops
Company Anniversaries
A successful Anniversary Campaign celebrates and promotes your legacy, while using your history to champion your future business objectives and initiatives.
We guide you from establishing a shared anniversary vision and heritage storytelling strategy with key stake holders, to ideation, research and creative anniversary content creation across the platforms of your choice.
Research & Acquisitions
Trust and brand authenticity start with getting the facts right.
Supporting your brand projects and your internal team’s research needs, our PhD-level historians dive deep into company, public and design archives to authenticate who you are, and unpick the legends of innovation, inspiration and craftsmanship behind your brand, people and iconic products.
Ormonde specialist research includes:
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Archival and online research
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Chronology and Timeline development
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Artifact and asset research, identification and acquisition
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Brand craftsmanship and brand design archive research
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Ideation and Research for new heritage-inspired companies, brand launches, campaigns and products
StoryCapture
Our oral history programme and Storycapture methodology help you identify and capture the stories of the people, culture and defining moments that have shaped your company.
On completion, your oral histories are curated into the key narratives, milestones, characters and plot developments behind your brand in one easy to use publication or digital copy, and provide an invaluable storytelling resource for your company.
Ormonde specialist StoryCapture Services include:
Oral History Programmes
One-on-one interviews to uncover the important and authentic human stories behind your brand - from current and retired company thought-leaders, to clients, innovators, and brand designers and craftsmen.
Group Oral History Workshops
Engaging interactive guided group workshops bringing together specific departments and cross-departmental groups to collaboratively explore and record the stories, pivotal moments, innovations and successes that have made you who you are today.
Story and Content Banks
Your key historical stories, images, milestones and people, identified, curated and captured in one easy to access digital format, to support the storytelling needs of your internal brand and marketing teams.