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MessageMakers was given the great honor of receiving a Michigan Emmy nomination for their work on the 2016 documentary, Second Shift: From Crisis to Collaboration. They were nominated in the category for Best Documentary - Historical.

President and Executive Producer, Terry Terry, along with Director, Tom Lietz, and Director of Photography, Rob Sumbler, attended the 36th annual Emmy Awards of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on June 18, 2018. 

Rob Sumbler (left) and Tom Lietz (right) at the Michigan Emmy Award Ceremony

Second Shift: From Crisis to Collaboration tells the compelling story of how the city of Lansing saved itself in the early 2000’s. When GM was prepared to leave Lansing, leaders of the community convinced them to invest billions instead.

This past December, the Arts Council of Greater Lansing awarded MessageMakers President, Terry Terry, with the 2018 Creative Community Award. This award recognizes those who have spearheaded creative placemaking, supported culture and advocated for creativity in the Greater Lansing area.

This holiday season we roasted a special batch of coffee – to share with our clients and collaborators, and of course to enjoy ourselves too! Huge thanks to our friends at Bloom Coffee for their help with the roast. Here's how we made it:

Come see us at MessageMakers as we celebrate our 40th anniversary, and we'll look forward to sharing a cup!

A Hand-Made World to Celebrate the Season

We had a lot of fun building the MessageMakers world out of paper. We did it to express appreciation for our creative community, to say “Thanks!” to our clients for a wonderful year, and to challenge ourselves to try something special.

MessageMakers’ documentary film Second Shift is connecting with new audiences, as the story of Lansing’s Keep GM campaign continues to develop.

Second Shift tells the story of the Lansing region’s campaign beginning in 1998 to retain GM manufacturing.

MessageMakers president Terry Terry was recently interviewed about the company for a web video series produced for the Small Business Development Center (SBDC). Here's the video:

See more interviews like this on the SBDC Capital Region YouTube channel.