Denver Video Company Wins Energy Department Protégé Of The Year

DENVER - June 18, 2015 - PRLog -- Denver-based video production company, Fireside Production is named the Energy Department’s 2014 Protégé of the Year at the 14^th Annual Small Business Forum & Expo in Phoenix, Arizona.  This national award recognizes the accomplishments and growth of the Protégé organization during the course of the Mentor-Protégé program.

Fireside Production was awarded a Mentor-Protégé agreement with the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) as a woman-owned, small business.  Through the agreement, the protégé organization has an opportunity to improve its capabilities and skills to successfully compete for federal contracts.  It also builds relationships, further develops best practices and in this case, was awarded a subcontract for video production services with the federal laboratory.

During the Mentor-Protégé, Fireside worked with the laboratory to advance its video communications and produce content to reach viewers throughout the United States and around the globe.  Fireside helped NREL make it easier for news outlets to access media-friendly footage of renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development.

“Fireside Production’s performance under NREL’s Mentor-Protégé program was exemplary,” said Rexann Dunn, Small Business Program Lead for NREL.  “As a mentor, you are always looking for the right fit when it comes to the mentor-protégé relationship.  It’s a two-way street; you want to be able to provide a valuable learning experience to the protégé while receiving valuable feedback.  I feel that this mentor-protégé relationship has been very successful, which is why NREL nominated Fireside Production for the Energy Department’s 2014 Protégé of the Year.”

The Mentor-Protégé Agreement also helped establish a successful partnership between Fireside and the DOE’s Clean Cities program.  Fireside provided post-production to turn footage captured by Clean Cities coordinators around the country into polished final pieces.  Fireside also created a webinar series to give coordinators tools to give their videos a more professional touch, tips on elements of a great story and guidance to promote their videos and work with news outlets in their areas.

Fireside Production has served government, corporate, non-profit and small business Clients in Colorado and beyond since 2006.  Fireside’s team is made up of former television news professionals, who bring the speed of news and couple it with the polish of professional production.