Sojo's Graphic Design Goes to the Movies

Recently we designed an 8 foot banner for E L Music Publishing, which they will use for movie/music premiers. The banner will first be seen at the premier for this movie:

Vote for the 2009 Peachtree Road Race T-shirt!

Click here to vote for your favorite!

For the non-Atlantans, here is a little history on the Peachtree Road Race. The Peachtree is held every year on July 4th and sponsored by the Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC). Until recently, in 2008, it was the world's largest 10 K race with 55,000 registered runners. And according to Wikipedia, in 2008 the Vancouver Sun Run had over 59,000 registrants, however the Sun Run is two races, a 10k and a 2.5k; the Peachtree has just one. (Take that Vancouver Sun Run.)

Thus, every year over 60,000 people try to register for the limited 55,000 spots in this race. Why? For the prestigious T-shirt every year (only available to those who finish the race)? The glory? To beat someone's time? Your own personal victory? Perhaps we will never know unless we participate.

Here's a look at some of the other shirts that have been designed over the years.

*All images via AJC

For all things Peachtree Road Race related, go here.

Happy Earth Day!

In celebration of Earth Day today, we would like to share with you a few tips to stay green from our Creating a Greener World website.

• Use low-flow faucets, showerheads, and toilets in your bathroom
• Use compact fluorescent light bulbs – they reduce emissions by about 65% as compared to a regular light bulb.
• Caulk around windows and weather stripping around doors
• Bring your own cup to work for coffee
• Go paperless; pay your bills online
• Car pool or walk or ride your bike when you can
  
• Bring your own bags to the grocery store
• Eliminate junk mail at work. For no fee, the EcoLogical Mail Coalition will eliminate the junk that former employees receive at work

Sojo has a unit that specializes in advising organizations and corporations on sustainability. Many organizations today have new sustainability policies they have to abide by and we can help you do that. We can help you communicate your policy to your employees and customers, and assist you in boosting your corporate social responsibility reputation. And most of all, by working together, we can make our home a little greener for ourselves and future generations.

For more tips, visit our Creating a Greener World website and contact us today to see how we can help you go green.

32% of Influential Churches in the U.S. are on Facebook

Social Networking is Shaping Religion Today

According to a survey Sojo recently conducted, 32% of the country’s most influential churches surveyed are using Facebook. Some of the churches surveyed included:

• World Changers Church International in College Park, Georgia
• Calvary Chapel of Ft Lauderdale
• North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia
• Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky
• Second Baptist in Houston, Texas
• Word of Faith International Christian Church in Southfield, Michigan

Of the churches surveyed, 32% reported either having a Facebook page or group for their church or for its individual ministries. All 32% of the churches using Facebook stated that they initially started using Facebook as a means to connect with their Facebook-using members. Now, the top reasons for using this particular social network is still for connecting with members but has evolved as a tool for communicating important upcoming events and volunteer opportunities to members of the congregation that use Facebook. One church reported that they wanted to stay "relevent" to what its' youth in the congregation was using to communicate.

In this survey, junior high and high school membership averaged to be 1,063 members. Averages for college student and members in their early 20's were not applicable.

Two churches surveyed reported that their pastors had personal MySpace pages. MySpace and YouTube tied for being the second most used social networks among the churches we surveyed. Twitter, one of the fastest growing social networks right now, is currently only being used by 10% of the churches in Sojo's survey. Several churches mentioned they were looking into possibly jumping onto the Twitter bandwagon.

Surprisingly, only 10% stated they were using Tangle (originally GodTube.com), the world's largest faith and family-based social network with 550,000 registered users. And another 10% stated they were not using any form of social networks.

Below is a breakdown of the social networking sites revealed in our survey.