New Year, New Best Practices
By Catherine Lang-Cline Making resolutions and setting goals feel a little different this year. Being successful last year ranged from a profitable pivot to just surviving and regardless of how the year ended up, we are all looking at our work and our careers a little differently. So, before we run into the year too […]
A Day in the Life: Q+A with Verne Ayers
A Day as a Retired Artist. Morning OMG! It’s 7:30 already? Hi, I’m Verne Ayers, a retired professor of art and art teacher (aka: prof.verne). Well, better get going. Those eggs and bacon aren’t going to fry themselves. Oh yea, my coffee. I need my coffee. I think I’ll check the weather outside my apartment […]
New Year, New Job? Making the Shift into a New Creative Role
By Kristen Harris 80% Expect to Land a New Job in 2021–Despite Covid-19 This headline caught my attention? Did it catch yours? According to the 2020 Candidate Sentiment Study by the American Staffing Association “Eight in 10 job candidates (80%), both active and passive seekers, foresee working for a new company in the next 12 […]
Going from Fa-La-Blah to Fa-La-La!
The internet tells us that December offers the first day of Winter, the shortest day of the year, and the longest night. It is associated with Christmas and many other wonderful holidays. How “merry” can the holidays be this year? As merry as we want to make it. In retail, where we started our careers, […]
Why Business Owners Need a Little Positive Paranoia
Catherine Lang-Cline Paranoia is defined by Merriam Webster, as “an unreasonable feeling that people are trying to harm you or do not like you.” The difference between positive paranoia and destructive paranoia is the word “unreasonable.” Positive paranoia is the reasonable tension we get when we sense something is not right. It’s a sense that […]
“I’m at 5%” and Other Ways to Say The We Are “Running On Fumes”
By Catherine Lang-Cline You have an important call and you look down on your cell phone and it says that you are at 5% for battery life. How does that make you feel? You are on a long road trip in the middle of nowhere and you pass the first exit with a gas stop […]
Planning When You Don’t Know What to Plan For
By Kristen Harris Have you been part of a conversation like this lately? “It’s year-end and time for our annual planning session!” “Seriously?! How can we possibly write an annual plan? What are we planning for? This year has been crazy, and we have no idea what’s going to happen next year!” Planning is always […]
If 2020 is Almost Over, What Comes Next?
By Kristen Harris 2020 is coming to a close. Did you hear that collective sigh of relief? Just like everyone else, I am ready for this year to wrap up. But, reality check, nothing magical is happening on January 1, 2021. This global pandemic-economic collapse-social change-politically divisive dumpster fire of a year will end. Still, […]
Yes, You Should Repurpose Your Content!
By Catherine Lang-Cline You are seeing everyone post, post, post… in LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, newsletters, podcasts, etc. Where are they finding this content? Continuously coming up with content can seem daunting and it doesn’t have to be. It can be repurposed. There are companies that require a ton of information that goes out daily and […]
The 5 Creative Tech Roles You Will Need in 2021
By Catherine Lang-Cline For many businesses, the first part of a big, unpredictable pivot is to make sure the “doors” of the business stay open. The next step is recovery. Recovery might include getting more things digital to provide better access to your customers. To do that, you will need digital creative people. These are […]