Author: Portfolio Creative

We’re trying to keep it clean….

Portfolio is gearing up for Earth Day on April 22nd. Stop by anytime between 7:30 am-1:00 pm to help us celebrate Earth Day by keeping Columbus clean and sustainable.

Pick us a reusable shopping bag, a CFL light bulb and a cup of coffee (in a recyclable cup of course!)

Drop off any of the following items and we’ll be happy to properly dispose of them:

• Cell phones
• CD’s & DVD’s
• MP3 Players
• Videotapes, Cassettes & Floppy Disks
• Ink Cartridges
• Burned-out CFL bulbs

For a great list of how to recycle just about anything, check out this link from Real Simple.

Portfolio is proud to be a Columbus Green Spot member.

Hope to see you on Wednesday!

Steiner Skipness wanted to know what people say and do during job interviews that make them successful. Or not. To find out he set up a fake company, reviewed resumes and interviewed people. The fact that these people were wasting their time interviewing for a job that was not real may make you a little squeamish, but there is no doubt that the info he found out is incredibly interesting and useful.

28 interviews later he put together 22 tips on How to Nail an Interview. There are certainly some things that I would say are totally obvious…except for that fact that people really did them. Like listing all of the things he stole from previous employers, or saying she’d do “anything” for a male supervisor. Sad but true.

28 interviews later, and what did I learn? 22 tips

Every so often there is an opportunity for reinvention of yourself, and this down economy is certainly one. We all get very attached to what we do as the definition of who we are. When we no longer do a particular job because of a downsizing, layoff, retirement, selling a business, health concerns or a myriad of other reasons, suddenly the identity that went with it is gone too. When we no longer have that identity we can start to wonder who we really are.

A great quote I read recently said “Many (people) will be given the opportunity to reinvent themselves this year.” That’s right, given the opportunity. Because once that job and identity are gone, whether we wanted it to be gone or not, the boundaries that went with it are gone as well. We are no longer what we were, which means we can now be something else. The change may be subtle or dramatic–I was a corporate art director and now I’ll become an art director in a different industry. Or move to the agency side. Or build up my interactive design skills. Or start my own design firm. Or open my own retail store. Or get the education necessary to be an art teacher. Or take the time to watch my children grown up for a few years. Or go back to school for nursing.The possibilities are limited only by your interests, ideas and how hard you want to work to make them come to life–certainly some reinventions will take considerably more work than others.

Once you let go of what you were, you can become what you want to be. Or at least what you want to be for now, until your next reinvention. Because most people go through this process at least 2-3 times during their work life.

Tim Bruce, founder of LOWERCASE, Inc. will speak at The Columbus Society of Communicating Arts on Thursday, April 16th at 7:30.

Everything about his work is unexpected. Even the all caps representation of LOWERCASE — the firm he founded in Chicago in 1998. Tim Bruce’s work has been recognized in every major national and international design competition, featured in leading graphics publications, and is on display as part of museum collections in Denver, New York and Hamburg, Germany. Tim lends his expertise as a judge of design competitions, as the president of AIGA Chicago, and soon, as a guest speaker at CSCA.

Come Early…a pre-event social hour (starting at 6:30) includes one complementary drink, hors d’oeuvres, and a chance to win one of several special door prizes. See you there!

Where: Ad Fed Columbus, Confluence Park Restaurant

When: Friday, April 24th

What: Blogs, Facebook, wikis, widgets and Twitter, oh my! Social networking options are exploding around us and one misposted word can become a professional time bomb. Join us as Lara Kretler, Assoc VP at Falghren Mortine, maps out ways to navigate through the social networks and develop a professional statement.

Come Support Junctionview Studios on April 11th.

To create funds for building improvements at Junctionview Studios, the building is asking artists to drop off work to be raffled off. The work will be wrapped like gifts and hung on the walls.

There is no entry fee for the show. However, for $1 a ticket, attendees will be entered into the raffle. Starting at 10pm, we will begin drawing tickets. Selected numbers are allow to go to the wall and take a wrapped piece of their choice. There is no limit to the number of times somone can win. The number of prizes will be determined by the number of pieces submitted.

For answers to questions or to submit work contact info@junctionviewstudios.com

Show starts at 6pm.
Raffle begins at 10pm.

Today we had a great time with the leaders of Qwirk, a new coworking space in German Village. Great space, great energy, and a fantastic concept of not only providing work space for individuals but ultimately creating a community.

The space is set up with both common areas and separate workspaces that can afford privacy when needed. It would be ideal for someone already working independently who needs space outside of the home or who is thinking of starting out on their own, but it also would be great for anyone needing a private office in a great environment or a small start-up business.

We’re talking about a potential discount for Portfolio associates, and possibly using the space for upcoming events. Stay tuned, but meanwhile check out the site and give them a call if you’re looking for great workspace!

Fuse Factory has two upcoming workshops that people interested in building web design skills may want to check out:

• 4/11  Intro to Flash with Phong Nguyen
• 4/25  Intro to HTML with Katawi Cato

$15 or $25 depending on the workshop; at Junctionview Studios, 889 Williams Ave., 43212

10 Trends that Shape Digital Marketing

Join the Columbus AMA on April 14th to hear from Google’s Marc Marinacci about the latest trends in digital marketing, touching on social media, viral video, web site trends, connectivity, data analysis and more as well as showing how Google utilizes these in its own marketing mix and how you can easily add them to your own.

Be sure to register by April 9th to receive an early registration discount.

Topic: 10 Trends that Shape Digital Marketing with Google’s Marc Marinacci

Speaker: Marc Marinacci, Team Manager for Google’s Retail Sales Division, Chicago

Location: Arlington Banquets, 1967 Henderson Road, Columbus, OH 43220

When: Tuesday April 14th, 2009

Member Price: $30 before April 9th ($40 afterwards)

Non-Member Price: $45 before April 9th ($55 afterwards)

Portfolio associate Brian Williams has artwork featured in Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine. Juxtapoz is a very cool online magazine, which includes a Reader Art section amongst other features. Congratulations Brian!