MindFire Communications had a top notch showing at the Design, Advertising, Marketing (DAM) Creative Club Awards last week. The gang of Arsonists took home a total of 13 DAM Awards, including 9 Gold DAM Awards, 3 Silver DAM Awards and the coveted "Best of Show” award.

DAM is a new organization created to replace the Quad City Advertising Federation chapter that disbanded last year. The group’s goal is to provide an outlet, recognize and award the best of the Quad Cities in creative and strategic work from companies, organizations and agencies of all sizes. The "Dammies” are the group’s annual award show, and provide Quad Cities businesses a chance to recognize creative work of area professionals and students in the areas of design, advertising and marketing/public relations.

MindFire was recognized for the following work:

Best of Show

• Cody Road Packaging, Mississippi River Distilling Company

DAM Gold

Sales Promotion:

• Cody Road Packaging, Mississippi River Distilling Company
• River Pilot Packaging, Mississippi River Distilling Company
• Mississippi River Distilling Company Two-Sided Trade Show Display, Mississippi River Distilling Company

Collateral Material:

• Blue Iguana Business Card, The Blue Iguana

Public Service:

• Be Bully Smart Multimedia Campaign, Davenport Community School District

Self-Promotion:

• MindFire Website

Elements of Advertising:

• Cody Road Logo, Mississippi River Distilling Company

• Bully Smart Logo, Davenport Community School District

• Blue Iguana Logo, The Blue Iguana

DAM Silver

Sales Promotion:

• Seasonal Bottle Packaging Campaign, Mississippi River Distilling Company

Interactive Media:

• The Blue Iguana Website, The Blue Iguana

Public Service:

• Be Bully Smart TV, Davenport Community School District

Inga Rundquist

Inga Rundquist is a Public Relations Arsonist and Co-Owner at MindFire. When she’s not dreaming up ideas that will generate publicity, you can find her knee deep in the social media world, also known as the next PR frontier.