http://blog.novocentpartners.com The Novocent Partners Blog Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:31:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We're pleased to announce that we've won two more design awards, this time courtesy of the fine folks at The Davey Awards. The Davey Awards are sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, and is the first real awards competition for smaller firms like Novocent ... http://blog.novocentpartners.com/?p=87 It's been a while since we've given you an update, since things have been so busy here at Novocent. Recently, we began working with Cerebellum Corporation, a producer of high-quality programming for the family, educational, and fitness markets that does business under a number of different leading brand names. Cerebellum ... http://blog.novocentpartners.com/?p=85 Just an update to our previous post, the 2009 Robert Edward Auction achieved a record-breaking $10.1 million in sales. That beats last year's number by nearly a million dollars. The sale was marked by a number of exceptional results, including the Honus Wagner baseball card for nearly $400,000, ... http://blog.novocentpartners.com/?p=84 Just wanted to point out that after a year of hard work, the Robert Edward Auctions annual sale is open for bidding. Our company produces the annual printed catalog for this sale, a work of art that topped out at nearly 700 pages this year, with several thousand images and more ... http://blog.novocentpartners.com/?p=81 Heading into the weekend, it appears as if the fat lady is about to sing. I'm currently in the lead, with 90 points and a possible 154. Dan is behind me, with 89 points and a possible 137. I've got two teams in the Final Four - UConn and UNC. ... http://blog.novocentpartners.com/?p=80 I scooted to the front of the "pack" in the Novocent NCAA tournament this weekend, with 82 points and a possible 162 for the pool. I lost one of my Final Four picks with Pittsburgh (great game), but have done pretty well otherwise. We'll see how I fare ... http://blog.novocentpartners.com/?p=79 We're through the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, and here's where we stand with the Novocent Bracket Competition: Dan is still ahead, having chosen 39 correct out of 48, for 53 total points. He's got 177 possible points that he can score. Out of the Sweet Sixteen, ... http://blog.novocentpartners.com/?p=78 So, about half an hour before the deadline yesterday, we decided to have a little impromptu NCAA bracket competition here in the office. I spent about five minutes showing Jessica how to create a group on the Yahoo Tourney Pick'em 09 website, and she set it up. Jessica spent the ... http://blog.novocentpartners.com/?p=77 It's been a while since I've provided an update, so I thought I'd fill you all in on recent goings-on at Novocent. The passing of February into March is, historically, our busiest time of year. It's the time when we complete the annual catalog for Robert Edward Auctions. The ... http://blog.novocentpartners.com/?p=76 So 2008 draws to a close. It was a good year for Novocent. We added a few great new clients, and continued working with some great established ones; we won a ton of design awards and produced some more work that makes us proud. We've concluded our fourth full ... http://blog.novocentpartners.com/?p=75