jneufeld
 United States
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Joined: Jul 24, 2013

Posted On: Jul 31, 2013

Love all the different looks we're seeing. Our target audience is an older more conservative, primarily rural group. We want to make sure that our logo appeals to them and can be identified with. It also needs to convey professionalism and trust.

jneufeld
 United States
Buyer

Joined: Jul 24, 2013

Posted On: Jul 31, 2013

We continue to see good submissions. We do want to see the word Community emphasized more in some of the designs as many emphasize North Dakota and leave Community small and difficult to read. When our logo is used, we want people to know that we are the community foundation.

jneufeld
 United States
Buyer

Joined: Jul 24, 2013

Posted On: Jul 30, 2013

Thank you - we like the different looks we are getting and some concepts that are really making us think about what we want! A few comments: We don't have to use NDCF in our logo, even though it is our website name, so don't feel that you have to incorporate that. We really like the green, orange, blue color combos we are seeing and also the three-dimensional, gradient looks are attractive. North Dakota is known for its big skies, mostly flat horizons (rolling hills), and prairie sunrises and sunsets. Most of the component community foundations that we manage are rural towns and North Dakota is a primarily agricultural state. Hope this helps!

jneufeld
 United States
Buyer

Joined: Jul 24, 2013

Posted On: Jul 29, 2013

Some good ones so far. A few comments on what we’ve seen so far. We would like to see the word “Community” given a little more focus as we are a community foundation. North Dakota is not known for its mountains. We want to find something that is not the generic foundation/non-profit logo. I know that we said North Dakota, but since this is an open contest, we were concerned that people wouldn’t get North Dakota. We want to emphasize North Dakota identity but also bring out the Community of what we do. We are looking for something that is updated but that won’t go out of style.

jneufeld
 United States
Buyer

Joined: Jul 24, 2013

Posted On: Jul 29, 2013

We are excited to see entries coming it. Please keep giving us your ideas!

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