Going Interactive wins 2 Addy Awards for Public Service Websites. The big event was at the beautiful Georgia Aquarium Ballroom

Atlanta-based creative agency Going Interactive was awarded two Addy Awards for their work on 2 distinct public service/nonprofit websites.

A Gold Addy was awarded for Going Interactive’s design of Home Safety Council’s website, www.homesafetycouncil.org.  The Home Safety Council is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing home-related injuries that result in nearly 20,000 deaths and almost 21 million medical visits each year.  The website was re-designed and re-launched to include hundreds of pages of home safety informational content, an online video library, online quizzes and polls, an interactive forum, an official Blog and social marketing tools like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

Here’s a quick overview of the Home Safety Council website.

A Silver Addy was garnered for www.RealTalkATL.org, a web site sponsored by the Future Foundation of Atlanta. The Future Foundation is a leader in effective education and prevention services for at-risk youth in Fulton County. Each year, over 800 male and female youths, ages 12-18, participate in Future Foundation’s Real Talk ATL program, promoting abstinence until marriage and healthy relationships. RealTalkATL.org is a Flash-based website that features animated interactive content, quizzes, photo and video galleries, blogs and more, designed to support the Future Foundation’s cause in a fun and engaging manner to teens.

Here’s a quick overview of the Real Talk ATL website.

Going Interactive steered both these non-profit projects in concept, strategy, architecture, design, development and production.

Principal and Creative Director Jason Davenport said, “We’re thrilled to be recognized for our work by industry peers, but it’s extra meaningful when that work is for organizations that are trying to positively impact people’s lives.”

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About Going Interactive

Going Interactive is a new kind of creative agency. Going Interactive works hand-in-hand with agencies, corporations and fortune 500′s to produce rich interactive media, reaching both B2B and B2C market segments. Going Interactive has a team of award winning designers, developers, and strategists that are skilled in the latest software and trends to keep things fresh and cutting edge.

Going Interactive has worked with a large variety of brands and products both on and off screen including Cartoon Network, CNN Radio, Dixie Food Service, Georgia-Pacific, Neustar, Peachtree TV, Printies, Ron Clark Academy, Rubiks Revolution, TechnoSource, UPS, Wegener.

Going Interactive delivers creative strategy and execution to each client and clearly understand the business and design objectives in making things user-friendly, engaging and adaptable for the future. Going Interactive has a strong hold on creative online marketing approaches and how to utilize all types of online social tools including DWOM (digital word of mouth) tools like blogs, rss, emails, video, games, contests, bookmarking, rich media, banner ads, as well as on-going interactive marketing campaigns.

Going Interactive has added experience in developing product-based sales and marketing tools that are designed to demonstrate features, attributes and benefits in an engaging way. These interactive tools help drive top-of-mind awareness, push customers to place orders, and create leads for sales forces.

Going Interactive is located outside Atlanta, in historic Roswell, Georgia.

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Printies Design Studio is a new Hi-Tech Arts & Crafts toy that allows your child to turn their designs into stuffed toys using your home computer, inket printer, and patent pending Printies fabric sheets. Each child becomes their very own toy artist by using the amazing online design tools and created their own custom plush stuffed friend.

Going Interactive is pleased to announce that the Printies Design Studio has recently been named one of Dr. Toy’s “Best Picks New Products 2009,” and it also has been selected as one of FunFare magazines’s “Hot Dozen,” Time to Play’s “Most Wanted”, and The Toy Insider’s “Hot 20” holiday toys of 2009.

You can also help make Printies an even bigger success, vote for the Printies Design Studio on the People’s Play Awards website now!

Going Interactive, a creative agency, worked from ground up with Techno Source in the concept, strategy, creative, and full execution of the new RIA (rich internet application) using the latest in interactive technologies like Flash, Flex, and Adobe AIR.

It was great to work on a project that is targeting the exact ages of my own kids. They really enjoyed being guinea pigs in our early initial usability testing!”

- Going Interactive – Creative Director & Designer,  Jason Davenport

More About the Printies Application:

Printies Cat Design Stage - RIA (Rich Internet Application) created by Going Interactive

The Printies Design Studio offers kids an online experience that is simple, intuitive and entertaining.  MyPrinties.com has thousands of professional art assets and design tools like coloring, painting, and resizing effects.  There, children can start with a blank canvas or select from quick start templates that allow them to modify professional designs.  Kids can customize everything and can even add photos and other scanned images for truly limitless customization.

The Printies line makes its debut with three themed activity kits: Printies™ Pet Design Studio, Printies™ Ocean Design Studio, and Printies™ Jungle Design Studio.  Each Printies Design Studio kit retails for just $19.99 and includes everything needed to make six complete Printies using a home computer and inkjet printer.  Refill packs, which offer more of the original templates for the child, retail for $9.99 and are available for each of the themed Printies Design Studio kits.  Refill packs require the corresponding Printies Design Studio kit, which is sold separately.

Printies Design Studio kits and refill packs are appropriate for children ages 6 and up and are available for purchase now at BJ’s Wholesale Club, Target, Toys “R” Us, and Walgreens stores nationwide and online at Amazon.com, Target.com, and Toysrus.com. For additional information, videos and more visit www.myprinties.com.

Design using the Printies Design Studio, print out, and stuff

Going Interactive designed and developed the Flash site with the tween audience in mind, keeping it hip, fresh and cool (we’d like to think so at least). The site promotes a healthy lifestyle for young urban teens through the Future Foundations teen abstinence before marriage lesson plan. Going Interactive tried to bring the concept to life with animation, sounds, quizes, real stories, and visuals.

Check out the site at www.realtalkatl.org

More About Future Foundation:
Future Foundation is committed to shaping today’s youth into productive and responsible citizens. We believe that children are the key to our future and to sustainable change. Future Foundation of Atlanta exists because of visionary and founder, Shareef Abdur-Rahim. A Sacramento Kings Forward, Cal basketball star and Trumpet Award recipient, Abdur-Rahim envisioned an agency dedicated to supporting the youth and neighborhood, in which he grew up. The impact of Future Foundation runs deep with eight dynamic programs and three annual events designed to positively influence over 4,000 underserved youth, grades 5 – 12. Nestled in the heart of East Point, Georgia, students have an opportunity to work, play, and relax while building the character necessary to succeed in school and life.

Atlanta / Roswell based Going Interactive works hand-in-hand with each client to develop a unique and creative approach the their project. To find out how you can stand apart from the crowd, contact us today.