bv02 Development

The Virtual Museum of Canada is an interactive site that integrates collections from museums across the country; it acts as a go-to hub for Canadians in getting the latest in museum news. Intent on giving their web videos new branding, VMC approached bv02 to create standardized animated bumpers. Using Motion Graphics techniques in conjunction with After Effects, bv02 created an animated bumper for all future VMC web video.


http://www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/index-eng.jsp

OC Transpo underwent various modifications and route changes to its transit system this past fall to increase reliability and accessibility of its services. These services have approximately 1 million Ottawa residences relying on them daily. OC Transpo partnered up with the bv02 team to create a video that would showcase its service enhancements. bv02 shot a video on location with OC Transpo, filming both an English and French version. An animated introductory bumper was designed and developed, giving the video a branded look and polished feel. The promotional video has received over 1000 views since its November launch!


http://www.youtube.com/octranspoottawa

Pythian is a database expertise and consulting company that operates on a tailored consulting approach. Since its establishment in 1997, Pythian has excelled on its 24/7 support and cost effective solutions. In order to boost sales, strategically leverage its marketing forces, and optimize its potential Pythian approached bv02.

bv02’s strategy included the careful and strategic development of the site through its structure, design, and utilization of a variety of social media tools. This was developed using ExpressionEngine CMS, creating the ability for the Pythian sales and marketing personnel from to effortlessly manage and update content to better service their clients. All the while maintaining a highly user navigational-friendly site.


http://www.pythian.com/

OC Transpo provides comprehensive transit services to nearly 1 million people in Ottawa. Their fleet has over 1000 buses and 3 trains that serve close to 370,000 daily riders. Their web site receives 17,000 visitors each day as people seek transit schedules and routing updates. The challenge OC Transpo faced was that its site had been built in 1996 and was unable to properly leverage new media and mobile technology as effectively as the organization, and its ridership, desired.

bv02 worked closely with the OC Transpo team to frame, plan, design and develop a site that better disseminated content, was more easily managed and offered the ‘Web 2.0′ features that people were looking for. The result is that navigating Ottawa’s bus system has become easier. Octranspo.com now offers a quick version of its travel planner on every page, along with route timetables. New functions include a Google map lookup of bus stops and departure times, daily service updates, such as route detours, an updated community events listing and a site search function. Riders can also sign up for mobile alerts, which will give customers immediate information about trip cancellations and route detours.

As part of the testing and rollout, bv02 used Get Satisfaction to solicit user feedback and tracked comments posted on Twitter to ensure that the new design and functionality were resonating with transit users. Services provided by bv02 for this wonderful project include; strategy, wireframes, design, photography, content planning, video, technical development (with partner Mercury Grove), technical support and project management.

Read more here and here.


http://www.octranspo.com/

Founded in 1988, Delphi Group has since established itself as a pioneer in providing strategic consultancy and solutions in tackling climate change and improving corporate sustainability. Having engaged with more than 200 organizations, Delphi Group has extensive experience in the corporate fight against climate change. With the desire to better leverage social media marketing, Delphi Group engaged with bv02 to refresh their brand to better showcase their expertise on this global issue.

Working together bv02 developed, and design frameworks; shifting Delphi Group into the forefront of social media marketing. By collaborating with bv02, Delphi Group’s content has been brought up to date, allowing this consulting firm to a fresh and up to date look.


http://www.delphi.ca/

The McGill Alumni Association and bv02 joined forces to harness the ever expanding power of social media and created a unique content aggregate called Alumnilive365. Designed to consolidate McGill focused video, text and photographic content from around the Web this dynamic site may be the first of its kind within the North American educational community. In addition to a range of traditional news sources the site draws content from a variety of social media forums such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter in an effort to cast as broad a communication net as possible.

"It’s an entirely new communication strategy that’s designed to engage an alumni audience that increasingly doesn’t have a home phone, read email or accept printed material." says Marc Weinstein, McGill’s Vice - Principal (Development and Alumni Relations)

The collaborative efforts of bv02 and the McGill Alumni Association has allowed the university to quickly modify its approach to fundraising and overall alumni communications. Interactive, responsive, relevant and measurable, Alumnilive365.mcgill.ca has ushered in a new era of Alumni communications.


http://www.alumnilive365.mcgill.ca/

Established in 1915 Elmwood School for girls is an internationally renowned private school based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. With a desire to better engage its student body, parents and a global alumni base through the use of the web and new media, Elmwood chose to work with bv02. Collaborating with the Elmwood marketing team and headmistress, bv02 designed and developed a forward thinking, social media driven site that allows the different target communities to both educate themselves and to share text, video and photo based content. Offering an interactive media gallery, podcasts, blogging capabilities for both students and staff, a dynamic events calendar and the ability to make online donations through a third party tool elmwood.ca now engages every member of its school community. Having built the site on a scalable and user friendly Content Management platform, bv02 has also ensured that this always remains the case.


http://www.elmwood.ca/

Paolo Veronese is arguably one of the great Venetian triumvirate of late Renaissance Mannerist painters. He was commissioned to create The Petrobelli Altarpiece which was completed in 1563. A Venetian art dealer later divided up, and sold the pieces individually for profit. For the first time since The Petrobelli Altarpiece was divided, its fragments have been reassembled and presented to the public by the National Art Gallery of Canada.

bv02 created an interactive research portal to both showcase the restoration, and to highlight the dramatic history behind The Petrobelli Altarpiece. An interactive analysis allows users to iconographically analyze the piece, while the video segments  visually explores the fascinating process which has made the exhibit possible.

http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/enthusiast/veronese/

bv02’s work with the National Gallery of Canada was recently awarded a Silver Medal at the 2009 Muse Awards which are issued by the American Association of Museums Media and Technology Committee. The panel of judges and producers had this to say about Cybermuse:

“The intriguing videos, primary source documents, and activities made this a unique experience. The jurors were impressed with the wide range of resources and the accessibility to the museum’s exhibits and collections which this project provided the museum audience. Also impressive was the attention to detail in providing experiences for a wide range of audience types and ages.”

The jurors felt it was “rich and deep” as well as “broad” and detailed”. One juror expressed he could have spent hours enjoying the site.

View this award winning site yourself at http://cybermuse.gallery.ca

http://cybermuse.gallery.ca

The National Gallery of Canada is a dynamic and engaging institution full of people who are passionate about what they do. Writers, researchers, chemists and teachers, amongst others, have all built out incredibly satisfying careers at the Gallery. In an effort to continue attracting talented personnel, the National Gallery of Canada worked with bv02 to re-vamp and revitalize its youth focused career site.

bv02’s strategy for this section of the Cybermuse site brought Gallery staff to the forefront through the use of compelling web based video, images of employees in action and informative text based content. Instead of your standard, static job listings, bv02 created a medium through which Gallery personnel could share first hand their experiences of working at the National Gallery of Canada. What are the opportunities? What skills are required? What do they enjoy most about their jobs?

Do you have the skills and passion to work with these creative and enthusiastic people?! Find out by visiting http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/youth/careers/

http://www.gallery.ca/