F&P Account Executive elected as
Board Member of Hear Indiana

1.31.2008

Fort Wayne, Ind. – Floyd & Partners congratulates account executive Christopher Mann on his recent election as a member of the board of directors for Hear Indiana, the non-profit Indiana chapter of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

Chris Mann said, "This is a tremendous privilege and I'm excited to join an organization that works for children and parents who might not otherwise know about advanced technology in bionic hearing technology. These innovations offer restored hearing to many people who are deaf or hard of hearing (HOH)."

Mann became an advocate for the deaf and hard of hearing when his son, Peter, was born deaf in 1998 and was later implanted with a cochlear implant—literally, a bionic ear—in 2000. Since then, Peter has learned to speak almost as well as his peers, and is expected to fully assimilate by the time he is a teenager.

Mann's first job will be to serve as the lead media contact for Hear Indiana's 5th annual Talk Walk Run 2008, a fundraiser taking place on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at Fort Harrison State Park on the east side of Indianapolis. For more information about Hear Indiana or the 5th annual Talk Walk Run 2008, visit http://www.hearindiana.org.

About Hear Indiana

For over 30 years Hear Indiana has helped children with hearing loss achieve their fullest potential as independent members of society. The 501(c)3 organization supports Hoosier families by providing advocacy training, online support, mentoring, an education conference, and a summer camp for children with hearing loss.

About Floyd & Partners

Floyd & Partners is passionate about developing our partners' brands. Our job is to conceive ideas that communicate the character and personality of those brands. We then craft messages to bring those ideas together into a comprehensive communications program that may include: brand analysis, market research, advertising, design, collateral, public relations, media, sales training, the Internet or just about anything else we can dream up. Putting all these together into a coherent whole is what we call integrated brand communications.