Do I Qualify?
Bob Sprague's avatarPerson

Bob Sprague

Founder and CEOYes&

Baltimore, MD

Member Since September 2024

Skills

Writing
Text Editing
Speech Writing

About

As Founder and CEO of Yes& Bob brings nearly 40 years of experience in marketing and communications, offering boardroom-level strategy combined with versatile writing and creative skills. His expertise spans branding, market research, internal communications, crisis communications, copywriting, speechwriting, and video production and his industry knowledge is deep in healthcare, financial services, homeland security, and association leadership. He is a results-oriented facilitator of strategy and planning sessions, insightful interviewer, and speaker on communication and stakeholder engagement topics. During his career Bob has served Fortune 500 corporations, leading associations, and multiple federal government agencies while leading the growth of an agency recognized by the Inc. 5000 for five consecutive years and currently ranked as #1 Visual Art and Design firm and #2 Advertising Agency based in the greater Washington, DC area.

Published content

15 ways to strengthen brand community through customer engagement

expert panel

With every step your business takes, it's essential to keep your customers, team, and industry associates informed, engaged, and connected to foster brand alliance and future growth. To keep a community thriving in any industry, company leaders need to create multiple opportunities for their stakeholders to engage. Whether it's through a customer online forum that supports the end users of the brand's products and services, or through virtual and in-person networking events that allow colleagues in the community to socialize and sound off on the latest hot business topics, people usually gravitate toward the spaces they feel most welcomed and connected. Below, 15 experts from Fast Company Executive Board each weigh in on how business leaders can work to create a more vibrant community centered around their company's mission and vision for future long-term success.

Company details

Yes&

Company bio

We can all admit it, agency names are often based on nothing. Ours isn’t. Familiar with improv? It’s an effective platform designed to build ideas brick by brick and turn them into reality. It’s a collaborative process driven by an open mind, uncovering all possibilities. Welcome to Yes&, a premiere, mid-sized creative and marketing agency based in the mid-atlantic. Our ‘Yes’ is how we embrace your challenges with positivity. Then our ‘&’ is how we discover more possibilities to realize your full potential. We're always in pursuit of the & and what going above and beyond for our clients means to the possibilities and outcomes, the quality of the work, and the trust that you place in us. We have one central belief that building positive partnerships can lead to remarkable success. We deliver more for commercial, B2B, non-profit organizations, and government clients. Our integrated services include research, brand, marketing, advertising, digital and campaign strategy, creative thinking and design, event management and public relations, helping clients deliver more meaningful ideas, more expertise, and more results.

Industry

Marketing & advertising

Area of focus

Event Production
Digital Marketing
Web Development

Company size

51 - 200