Health

The Content NTC Creative Director Jon Mikkelsen oversees all of the theatrical, digital, video, print and gaming materials for our in-school health education programs. He’s featured in our latest NTC ED Talk video and accompanying whitepaper, detailing the lessons we’ve learned and best practices for delivering an effective in-school, educational,…

The Content Our video series The Mummy Gets Schooled continues as our hero, a 3,000-year-old mummy, visits the wise (and testy) cat goddess Bastet. Naturally he is concerned about his millennial son’s future when dealing with health insurance and the temptation to save money by self-diagnosing from online information. Like…

The Content Download the Whitepaper This NTC case story on our anti-smoking educational program 2 Smart 2 Smoke consists of a unique live-action video and corresponding. Delivered to 160 elementary schools around the Twin Cities in Minnesota, 2 Smart 2 Smoke brought a dynamic in-school theatrical performance to students in…

Health promotion and education programs are a mainstay for organizations that have a mission of improving health outcomes. Delivering K-12 outreach that makes a real impact will form lasting connections and improve the prosperity of your community and your organization. An effective strategy, though, takes more than providing a few…

The benefits of bringing dynamic K-12 education to schools are numerous, including improved brand reputation and the ability to connect with your community. But any health and wellness outreach program comes with its own challenges. How can your organization clearly demonstrate ROI? How can it efficiently invest time and labor…

We’ve created a unique video and corresponding infographic to demonstrate how adopting national and regional education standards in creative ways can make an unrivalled impact. Middle-school is an awkward time of our lives, a period intensified by increasing social pressures. It’s also a time when many students develop a negative…

According to a 2015 article by BioMed Central, the primary factors that motivate health organizations to pursue corporate social responsibility include reputational benefits, recruitment and employee satisfaction, better rankings in sustainability indices, entrance into new markets, long-term economic returns and improved population health. The article concluded, “CSR is of increasing…

In the article “Social Responsibility: A New Paradigm of Hospital Governance,” Springer Healthcare reveals that “the number of organizations that embrace a socially responsible conduct is increasing, meaning that citizens, and investors, are deeply aware that profit and ethical values (namely with regards to protection of human rights) are not…