“Overall, I have been told that [our inaugural Americas Actuarial Conference] was the most relevant, the most fun and best organized actuarial gathering ever. This is in large measure due to you.”
CC, KPMG LLP, Toronto

“With your help, the Canadian actuarial practice was able to impress actuarial partners from the U.S. as well as our international colleagues and guests from Australia, the U.K., Hong Kong, Bermuda and Spain.”
CC, KPMG LLP, Toronto

Client Successes

DONOVAN by design inc. serves large and small clients in diverse industry sectors:

• Pharmaceuticals
• Financial Services
• Professional Services
• Direct Sales
• Consumer Products
• Sales Distributors

Our team partners with your team, from the marketing or sales director, to the president or CEO’s executive assistant, or the executive team, as you require.

Success Means:

Value

We helped our USA consumer products client tighten their belts and still present one of their best conferences ever. By reformulating their program, creating a unifying theme that supported lower-cost décor and staging, and negotiating further savings with suppliers, we shaved 30% off their previous event costs.

Imagination

Culture. History. Luxury. Mystery. We enabled our client to give their participants the experience of a lifetime on a 3-day Pullman Orient Express train trip from Bangkok to Singapore. Private cars for our group and private seating for all meals created an intimate environment where participants could interact and socialize when desired or enjoy private time. Five-star service on board, glimpses into the mysteries of Asia, and visit to historic sites not accessible to the everyday traveler earned rave reviews.

Memorable

Our financial services client scored big with delegates to its international tax conference in Toronto when we booked their special off-site evening at the Hockey Hall of Fame. Invitations printed on a souvenir hockey puck with the official Hockey Hall of Fame logo on the reverse face were fired off to each registrant. Participation doubled! Flanked by two RCMP officers, every attendee had their photo snapped with the Stanley Cup and, days later, received a framed copy with material from our client.

Innovation

We helped our financial services client break with tradition to add more work/life balance to its annual summer family conference. Instead of the usual split focus—golf date for representatives and distributors, and resort activities for their families—we created a Family Olympics Program for everyone from 2 to 72. Family teams competed for gold, silver and bronze medals in events like blind volleyball, tug of war, basketball free throw, and an obstacle course relay race.

Dedication

When a new resort in Cancun came up short-staffed for our pharmaceutical client’s prestigious Reward program, we managed the situation hands-on to ensure all our guests encountered no inconvenience. We also negotiated significant savings with the hotel and group accommodation in a separate part of the resort with its own pool. That created a ‘private resort’ feel for the program, which was a huge success.

Flawless

An exclusive Windsurf charter cruise helped our client impress and build real cohesion among international attendees from Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Holland, UK and USA. Throughout the cruise, we branded the ship with our client’s corporate identity on customized accessories, from the company flag flying from the mast and banners throughout the ship, right down to napkins, glasses and swizzle sticks.

Communication

Direct and open communications paved the way for our international client's best event ever! By chairing regular conference calls with key contacts in Canada, the United States, the UK, Germany and the Netherlands, we were able to create and maintain a program agenda and critical path that fulfilled the needs of each country.