Press Releases from McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds (14 total)
Popular You’ve been Sentenced! word game wins 2012 MOM’S CHOICE AWARD
McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds’ You’ve been Sentenced! word game recently received a 2012 MOM’S CHOICE AWARD. Around the world, parents, educators, retailers and members of the media look for the MOM’S CHOICE AWARD (MCA) Honoring Excellence seal of approval when selecting quality products and services for children and families.
The MOM’S CHOICE AWARD ® (MCA) evaluates products and services created for children and families. The program is globally recognized for…
Award-winning You’ve been Sentenced! word game launches Country Music Edition …
Game manufacturer McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds (in partnership with Nashville Music Guide) hosted its celebrity charity event during country music’s biggest week on Thursday afternoon, June 7, at the Hard Rock Café in downtown Nashville, TN. Recording artist and television host, Mark Wills [“3 Gun Nation” (Versus Network)], acted as the game host wooing the crowd while nearly 20 celebrity participants put on their game faces to play…
McNeill Designs’ memory game Twisted Fish named to Top 100 Board Games for 201 …
Wilmington, Delaware (October 4, 2011) -- Game development firm McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds recently announced that its award-winning memory game Twisted Fish has been included in the Top 100 Board Games for 2011 by The Dice Tower.
Since 2005, the highly anticipated Top 100 Board Games list by The Dice Tower has recognized exceptional games in diverse selection of genres. Three categories are recognized – one general list…
Toy and game development firm McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds aligns with Mus …
WILMINGTON, Delaware (September 8, 2011) – Educational toy and game manufacturer McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds recently announced the official signing of a representation agreement with HSA, located in Nashville, Tennessee. The independent firm, represented by Preshias Harris, Suzzane Skinner and Kat Atwood, will work collectively, and in alliance with McNeill Designs, to produce and promote a new line of board games, card games and electronic games geared specifically toward…
McNeill Designs’ You’ve been Sentenced! word game awarded the coveted PTPA …
Wilmington, Delaware, July 12th, 2011 -- McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds’ You’ve been Sentenced! word game was recently awarded the Parent Tested Parent Approved (PTPA™) Winner’s Seal of Approval. This is the 13th national honor for the game in the toy and game world, as well as in the education sector.
“We are thrilled to receive this honor by the PTPA,” says McNeill Designs’ CEO Donald McNeill. “Parents, grandparents and…
Toy and game development firm McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds launches new in …
WILMINGTON, DE, May 13, 2011 – McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds recently announced the launch of McNeillDesigns (dot) com, a new website that features information for game enthusiast, teachers, parents and students.
“Special features such as lesson plans for teachers using games in the classroom, an expanded history section, and even rules for alternative methods of play are all contained on the new site. These are useful not only for those…
Creators of the You've been Sentenced! word game ink international representatio …
Wilmington, Delaware, May 2, 2011 -- Educational toy and game manufacturer McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds recently announced that the firm has signed a representation agreement with NH Contract Management LLC. The agreement covers all international distribution for McNeill Designs’ roster of award-winning, educational toys and games.
“Partnering with NH Contract Management is a huge step in the growth of McNeill Designs internationally,” explains CEO Donald McNeill. “Worldwide distribution on…
5th graders will play a role in the final launch of the space shuttle Endeavor
Wilmington, Delaware, April 4, 2011 – 5th grade enrichment students at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School in Newark have teamed up with Delaware AeroSpace Education Foundation (DASEF) in a unique competition. The students spent the day playing the popular You’ve been Sentenced! word game using special space-themed words from the game’s new NASA Space Terminology add-on deck. The most creative sentence will be chosen by DASEF to be used as part…
NASA adds Donald McNeill of McNeill Designs to webcast of Space Shuttle Endeavor …
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE – March 24,2011 Game development firm McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds recently announced that game inventor and lifelong space enthusiast Donald McNeill has been added to the NASA DLN webcast on April 19, 2011 for the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavor. Detailed shuttle mission coverage is available online on the NASA site athttp://www(dot)nasa (dot)gov/offices/education/programs/national/dln/index (dot) html .
Through distance learning technologies like videoconferencing and webcasting,…
McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds launches “ENGLISH is a funny language” si …
Wilmington, Delaware, March 11, 2011 – Toy and game development firm McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds recently announced that it has launched the new site “ENGLISH is a funny language” at YBSforTeachers (dot) wordpress (dot) com. The new site, designed for teachers of English, language arts, and English as a Second Language (ESL) is designed a portal for valuable information on everything from the use of games in the…
McNeill Designs increases its’ store roster, surpassing the 1,000 mark
Wilmington, Delaware, March 1, 2011 -- Following the tremendous success of Toy Fair 2011, held earlier this month in New York City, McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds surpassed the 1,000 mark, adding even more independent toy and game retailers to its’ store roster.
“Small, independent toy and game retailers have always been the backbone of our business,” explains McNeill Designs CEO Donald McNeill. “Independently owned stores are always on the lookout…
McNeill Designs’ You’ve been Sentenced! game “Submit Your Sentence” cont …
McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds, creators of the multi-award winning word game You’ve been Sentenced! recently announced the “Submit Your Sentence” contest for 2011. The contest will award game enthusiast with monthly prizes for the submission of sentences using the You’ve been Sentenced! word game.
“Many loyal game enthusiasts have written to us over the years with funny sentences and even more hilarious explanations,” explains the firm’s CEO Donald McNeill. “This…
NASA and McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds team up to “launch” new space ex …
Game development firm McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds recently announced the launch of the new NASA Space Terminology Deck, an add-on deck designed for use with the popular language game You’ve been Sentenced!
After game development firm McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds signed a Space Act Agreement with The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the firm produced the new deck in conjunction with NASA’s Education Department. Together, the two…
You've been Sentenced! game wins 2010 Crowd Pitch Award from Funding Universe
McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds, creators of award-winning educational, party and board games was named the winner of the 2010 Crowd Pitch Award on January 18. The event, sponsored by FundingUniverse , is an opportunity for selected entrepreneurs to pitch their company and products to both a panel of experts and a live audience. The pitch is followed immediately by a three minute Q&A session with the audience. Finally, the…
