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| − | Direct Impact is a "grassroots" communications organisation which is a subsidiary of Burson-Marsteller. | + | Direct Impact is a "grassroots" communications organisation which is a subsidiary of [[Burson-Marsteller]]. |
Their website claims that they have a network of over 1,200 influential individuals who are ready to "convey your messages": | Their website claims that they have a network of over 1,200 influential individuals who are ready to "convey your messages": | ||
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"Tapping the local grapevine in every community across the country can be a daunting task. What's needed is access to a field network as powerful as ours with more than 1,200 field representatives covering every Designated Market Area in the nation, ready to engage their community in a moment's notice." | "Tapping the local grapevine in every community across the country can be a daunting task. What's needed is access to a field network as powerful as ours with more than 1,200 field representatives covering every Designated Market Area in the nation, ready to engage their community in a moment's notice." | ||
| − | + | On its website DI boats that "when major trade associations, industry groups, Fortune 50 corporations and government entities need sophisticated grassroots services, they turn to the industry's most effective grassroots provider, Direct Impact."[http://www.directimpact.com/clients/] | |
| − | www.directimpact.com | + | ==Personnel== |
| + | *[[Craig G. Veith]], President & CEO | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Clients== | ||
| + | |||
| + | A "selected" client list (though it is not clear whether the clients are current or historical), accessed in December 2004, includes: | ||
| + | |||
| + | *[[Accenture]] | ||
| + | *[[Air Bag & Seat Belt Safety Campaign]] | ||
| + | *[[Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.]] | ||
| + | *[[Air Quality Standards Coalition]] | ||
| + | *[[Allergan]] | ||
| + | *[[Alliance for Reasonable Regulation]] | ||
| + | *[[America’s Promise]] | ||
| + | *[[American Apparel Manufacturers Association]] | ||
| + | *[[American Chemistry Council]] | ||
| + | *[[American Council of Life Insurers]] | ||
| + | *[[American Forest & Paper Association]] | ||
| + | *[[American Institute of Certified Public Accountants]] | ||
| + | *[[American Petroleum Institute]] | ||
| + | *[[American Shipbuilding Association]] | ||
| + | *[[American Trucking Association]] | ||
| + | *[[American Water Works]], Inc. | ||
| + | *[[Americans for Computer Privacy]] | ||
| + | *[[Arlington International Raceway]] | ||
| + | *[[Association of American Railroads]] | ||
| + | *[[AstraZeneca]] | ||
| + | *[[Aventis]] | ||
| + | *[[Barona Indian Reservation]] | ||
| + | *[[Biotechnology Industry Organization]] | ||
| + | *[[Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida]] | ||
| + | *[[Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma]] | ||
| + | *[[Bluespan]] | ||
| + | *The [[Boeing]] Company | ||
| + | *[[BP]] America | ||
| + | *[[Bristol-Myers Squibb]] Company | ||
| + | *[[Bureau of Engraving & Printing]] | ||
| + | *[[The Business Roundtable]] | ||
| + | *[[Children’s Educational Opportunity Foundation]] | ||
| + | *[[Children’s Scholarship Fund]] | ||
| + | *[[Citigroup]] | ||
| + | *[[Coalition for Encryption Reform]] | ||
| + | *[[Coalition for Vehicle Choice]] | ||
| + | *[[Commonwealth Edison]] | ||
| + | *[[Corporation for Public Broadcasting]] | ||
| + | *[[DaimlerChrysler]] | ||
| + | *[[Delaware School Choice]] | ||
| + | *[[Detroit Edison Company]] | ||
| + | *[[Dow Chemical Company]] | ||
| + | *[[Dow Corning Corporation]] | ||
| + | *[[Eastman Chemical Company]] | ||
| + | *[[Edison Electric Institute]] | ||
| + | *[[Eli Lilly and Company]] | ||
| + | *[[Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration]] | ||
| + | *[[Financial Crimes Enforcement Network]] | ||
| + | *[[Floridians for School Choice]] | ||
| + | *[[Food Marketing Institute]] | ||
| + | *[[Ginnie Mae]] | ||
| + | *[[GlaxoSmithKline]] | ||
| + | *[[Health Benefits Coalition]] | ||
| + | *[[Health Industry Group Purchasing Association]] | ||
| + | *[[Humana]], Inc. | ||
| + | *[[Ingalls Shipbuilding]] | ||
| + | *[[Joe Robbie Stadium Corporation]] | ||
| + | *[[Johnson & Johnson]] | ||
| + | *[[Kansas City Southern Railways]] | ||
| + | *[[Kmart]] | ||
| + | *[[Koch Industries]] | ||
| + | *[[Lincoln Mercury]] | ||
| + | *[[Lockheed Martin]] | ||
| + | *[[Main Street Coalition]] | ||
| + | *[[Medtronic]], Inc. | ||
| + | *[[Merck & Co.]] | ||
| + | *[[Microsoft]] | ||
| + | *[[Motorola]] | ||
| + | *[[National Association of Chain Drug Stores]] | ||
| + | *[[National Association of Convenience Stores]] | ||
| + | *[[National Association of Health Underwriters]] | ||
| + | *[[National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems]] | ||
| + | *[[National Association of Realtors]] | ||
| + | *[[National Federation of Independent Business]] | ||
| + | *[[National Oil Heat Research Alliance]] | ||
| + | *[[Newport News Shipbuilding]] | ||
| + | *[[New York State Electric & Gas]] | ||
| + | *[[North American Venture Capital Association]] | ||
| + | *[[Novartis]] | ||
| + | *[[Nuclear Energy Institute]] | ||
| + | *[[Office Depot]] | ||
| + | *[[PacifiCare Health Systems]] | ||
| + | *[[Pfizer]], Inc. | ||
| + | *[[Pharmacy Care Alliance]] | ||
| + | *[[Recording Industry Association of America]] | ||
| + | *[[Sandia Pueblo]] | ||
| + | *[[SAP]] | ||
| + | *[[Schering-Plough]] | ||
| + | *[[Sempra Energy]] | ||
| + | *[[Singer Asset Finance]] | ||
| + | *[[Spirit of America]] | ||
| + | *[[Superfund Action Coalition]] | ||
| + | *[[Superfund Reform Now Coalition]] | ||
| + | *[[Textron]], Inc. | ||
| + | *[[The U.S.-Canada Partnership for Growth]] | ||
| + | *[[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]] | ||
| + | *[[U.S. Department of the Treasury]] | ||
| + | *[[U.S. Internal Revenue Service]] | ||
| + | *[[U.S. Mint]] | ||
| + | *[[U.S. Steel]] | ||
| + | *[[United States Postal Service]] | ||
| + | *[[United Technologies]] | ||
| + | *[[United StatesTelecom Association]] | ||
| + | *[[UnitedHealth Group]] | ||
| + | *[[Wyeth]][http://www.directimpact.com/clients/clientlist.pdf] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Contect details== | ||
| + | The Direct Impact Company<br> | ||
| + | 1029 North Royal Street<br> | ||
| + | Suite 400<br> | ||
| + | Alexandria, VA 22314<br> | ||
| + | Phone:703-684-1245 | ||
| + | Fax: 703-684-1249 | ||
| + | Email: info@directimpact.com <br> | ||
| + | Web: http://www.directimpact.com | ||
Revision as of 01:28, 1 December 2004
Direct Impact is a "grassroots" communications organisation which is a subsidiary of Burson-Marsteller.
Their website claims that they have a network of over 1,200 influential individuals who are ready to "convey your messages":
"Tapping the local grapevine in every community across the country can be a daunting task. What's needed is access to a field network as powerful as ours with more than 1,200 field representatives covering every Designated Market Area in the nation, ready to engage their community in a moment's notice."
On its website DI boats that "when major trade associations, industry groups, Fortune 50 corporations and government entities need sophisticated grassroots services, they turn to the industry's most effective grassroots provider, Direct Impact."[1]
Personnel
- Craig G. Veith, President & CEO
Clients
A "selected" client list (though it is not clear whether the clients are current or historical), accessed in December 2004, includes:
- Accenture
- Air Bag & Seat Belt Safety Campaign
- Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
- Air Quality Standards Coalition
- Allergan
- Alliance for Reasonable Regulation
- America’s Promise
- American Apparel Manufacturers Association
- American Chemistry Council
- American Council of Life Insurers
- American Forest & Paper Association
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- American Petroleum Institute
- American Shipbuilding Association
- American Trucking Association
- American Water Works, Inc.
- Americans for Computer Privacy
- Arlington International Raceway
- Association of American Railroads
- AstraZeneca
- Aventis
- Barona Indian Reservation
- Biotechnology Industry Organization
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma
- Bluespan
- The Boeing Company
- BP America
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- Bureau of Engraving & Printing
- The Business Roundtable
- Children’s Educational Opportunity Foundation
- Children’s Scholarship Fund
- Citigroup
- Coalition for Encryption Reform
- Coalition for Vehicle Choice
- Commonwealth Edison
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting
- DaimlerChrysler
- Delaware School Choice
- Detroit Edison Company
- Dow Chemical Company
- Dow Corning Corporation
- Eastman Chemical Company
- Edison Electric Institute
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
- Floridians for School Choice
- Food Marketing Institute
- Ginnie Mae
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Health Benefits Coalition
- Health Industry Group Purchasing Association
- Humana, Inc.
- Ingalls Shipbuilding
- Joe Robbie Stadium Corporation
- Johnson & Johnson
- Kansas City Southern Railways
- Kmart
- Koch Industries
- Lincoln Mercury
- Lockheed Martin
- Main Street Coalition
- Medtronic, Inc.
- Merck & Co.
- Microsoft
- Motorola
- National Association of Chain Drug Stores
- National Association of Convenience Stores
- National Association of Health Underwriters
- National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems
- National Association of Realtors
- National Federation of Independent Business
- National Oil Heat Research Alliance
- Newport News Shipbuilding
- New York State Electric & Gas
- North American Venture Capital Association
- Novartis
- Nuclear Energy Institute
- Office Depot
- PacifiCare Health Systems
- Pfizer, Inc.
- Pharmacy Care Alliance
- Recording Industry Association of America
- Sandia Pueblo
- SAP
- Schering-Plough
- Sempra Energy
- Singer Asset Finance
- Spirit of America
- Superfund Action Coalition
- Superfund Reform Now Coalition
- Textron, Inc.
- The U.S.-Canada Partnership for Growth
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- U.S. Internal Revenue Service
- U.S. Mint
- U.S. Steel
- United States Postal Service
- United Technologies
- United StatesTelecom Association
- UnitedHealth Group
- Wyeth[2]
Contect details
The Direct Impact Company
1029 North Royal Street
Suite 400
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone:703-684-1245
Fax: 703-684-1249
Email: info@directimpact.com
Web: http://www.directimpact.com
