Out Boulder County – Godot Creative

OUT BOULDER.

Building an equitable future for all.

While we hesitate to call Godot a mission-driven organization, there are some issues that do not have two sides. On a foundational level we believe that all human beings should have an equal chance at happiness.

When we walked through the doors of Out Boulder County’s bungalow in 2016, they were a two-person scrappy non-profit with an operating budget just shy of 200k per year. Fast forward to today, and they are a 16-person strong force for equity with the funding and facilities to match their vision.

Serving as OBC’s nominal agency of record on a largely volunteer basis, we are incredibly proud of the work we’ve done and continue to do with this organization and every beautiful facet of humanity that they represent.

GODOT.

We begin rough and unfinished, but as we add facets we become whole.

While festivals and visibility are certainly part of the LGBTQ milieu, much of the work Out Boulder County does is more somber.

This main brand represents that deeper work with mental health, legislation, remembrance, and crisis.

Or, in the words of one of their staff members, “It shouldn’t look like a rainbow puked on everything.”

Events as colorful as our community.

The public facing, “corporate” brand is one thing. The individual events and initiatives, however, are an entirely different beast.

We wanted to be able to take the graphic design gloves off for the annual events. We wanted folks to talk about “this year’s Garden Party invitation.” We wanted to be festive-forward, approachable, and timely, creating an engaging, but ultimately disposable, snapshot of the community’s mood at a given moment in togetherness.

Video creates engagement for fundraising.

By taking an extra moment to really honor your donors in your ask — by taking an extra step — you show them on a subtle level that you value their contribution.

On the other hand, if you “over-produce” these transient pieces, it can have a backlash effect of making you appear as fundraising organization rather than a cause-driven non-profit focused on the work and the people.

High-impact. Quick. Great stories.

Other hats.

We organized music and sang at a funeral. Ran VIP at Pride Fest. Produced a two-hour live streaming event with drag queens, a band, a switcher, three cameras, the governor, and an Emmy-award winning filmmaker who makes nature documentaries about the bugs. Wrote a speech for Melissa Etheridge (23 minute mark up top). Did some virtual pandemic karaoke (bottom, don’t judge).

For an overview of what OBC accomplished in 2021, read our annual report here.

(Some of the poems are NSFW, but perfectly safe for adults.) If you want to read our brief treatise on AI art, it’s on page five.