Speaking Our Mind

Mar 17, 2015

Remote But Close

I’m a ridiculous extrovert, so I want to start by saying I know this won’t work for all people, and I’m not suggesting everyone should try it. I do however want to talk about my own experience and one of the ways I feed my need to be extroverted with my need to work hard, while […]

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Mar 17, 2015

The Art of Old School

We have some clients that have prospered through the years in traditional business. They know that the rules for business never change: Hard work. Dedication to service. Product that fits a need.   And sometimes the hardest thing about helping them with new media is simple communication. We have to communicate to them that what […]

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Mar 17, 2015

Creating Unique Digital Voices

I’m asked to handle social media for clients that have what many would call a “unique” brand voice. My browser history must be one of the oddest on the planet, and not for any of the reasons most think!   I love it though, because I’ve learned so much—including the fact that deer antler juice […]

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Mar 17, 2015

A Well Ordered House

“A well ordered house is the sign of a well ordered mind.” Fringe, Season 2, Episode 19   In our modern culture, organization has become a fashionable trait. Smartphone ads are filled with new features to help streamline our appetite for organized information, magazines are filled with images of spotless, perfectly arranged offices and living […]

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Mar 17, 2015

Dream Big. Work Small.

While the old adages “Fortune favors the bold” and “Rome wasn’t built in a day” have always rung true, each is useless without the other, providing an incomplete picture.   In a busy and competitive world, a dream cannot come to fruition unless heroic initiative and bulldog determination are melded in the hearts and minds […]

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Mar 17, 2015

In My Own Words

Have you ever wanted to communicate a concept but felt powerless to do so? Have you ever tried writing down your thoughts only to have your passionate ideas turn into passive commentary? Often the only difference between a mediocre essay and a meaningful article is your ability to trust yourself and stand apart from the […]

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Mar 17, 2015

Is Creativity Scalable?

Creativity, by its very nature, involves the element of novelty. But replicating successful outcomes is required for the growth of any business—including a creative agency. These two factors, creativity and scalability, seem to be by their very definitions incompatible.   Yet as more and more clients sought to partner with our agency, we were faced […]

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Mar 17, 2015

Myths about Crisis Communication

No one likes to imagine that their business could come under fire in the public eye. If your company is like many, you may not have a plan in place for responding to a public relations crisis. In fact, you may believe you don’t really need such a plan. But nothing could be farther from […]

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Mar 17, 2015

Playing to Your Strengths

I am the “odd-man-out” in the graphic design world. I’m mostly self-taught, which is not entirely uncommon, but what really sets me apart is my unconventional processes.   Starting at age sixteen, I began working as a wedding photographer and quickly became acquainted with Photoshop. I learned the ins and outsof this editing software, and […]

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Mar 17, 2015

Mixing Work + Play

As an artist, I create things and try to make boring, informational subjects pleasing to the eye. Maybe what I do isn’t National Medal of Arts worthy, but I try to make every project inspiring to the best of my ability.   When I was younger, I thought as rationally as I could about my […]

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