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Check out The Fuse Factory this weekend!

July 16, 2009

Check out < /marked up>, a weekend-long event hosted by The Fuse Factory.

< /marked up> is for artists, musicians, designers, K-16 students, educators, and others who:

Want to create interactive art, information visualization, and/or personal software tools
Want to combine art, design, interaction, engineering, robotics, and computer science
Want exposure to visually-oriented learning tools
Want a more expressive way of teaching programming and computer arts
Want to learn how to program their own software, but don’t know where to start

Event breakdown:

July

Julia Hoffman at CSCA July 16th

July 14, 2009

Between designing a new brand identity for The Metropolitan Opera and her current gig as Creative Director of The Museum of Modern Art, Julia Hoffmann taught us how to Simpsonize ourselves – and brought us to the brink of Whopper freakout. She also helped Jon Stewart tutor us in civics with America (The Book).

Frankfurt-born Julia has worked with Pentagram on brand identity projects for clients including The Criterion Collection, and was art and interactive design director at

NAWBO Visionary Awards

July 10, 2009

We had the amazing experience of being honored as finalists for the Visionary Award, and being featured in a fantastic event at the Westin Southern on Thursday. To have National Association of Women Business Owners Columbus members and board consider us as Visionaries is truly humbling. The list of previous award winners is a who’s who of business owners in the Central Ohio area, and we’d love to be included on it.

Unfortunately this was not our year, but we’ll be back! The award went to

Welcoming Chris Cochran to the Portfolio Team!

July 8, 2009

We are very excited to let you know that we have a new team member joining us this month!

Chris Cochran will be focused on client service and recruiting for both projects and direct hire positions. Chris’ background is a strong mix of creative and recruiting. Most recently, he was Talent Acquisition Manager for the experiential marketing and training division of a large incentive travel and marketing company. Previous to the position, an Executive Recruiter for a highly respected firm specializing in advertising, publishing and marketing.

After over ten

Surprising Traits Key to Career Success

July 7, 2009

Great recent article about three suprising characteristics that help people succeed in their careers. Humility. Faith. Optimism. Not what you were expecting, right? Once again it’s clear how it takes more than skills, training and work experience to succeed in today’s job market. Those may be the expected, base-level requirements, but employers are looking for more in their ideal candidate.

Humility. A rare trait, and one that may not be expected at higher levels. Think you only get ahead by being cutthroat and climbing the ladder

Portfolio owners nominated for 2009 NAWBO Visionary Award

July 1, 2009

Portfolio co-owners Kristen Harris and Catherine Lang-Cline have been nominated for the prestigious NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owners) Visionary Award! Nominees are professional women business owners in Central Ohio who have made notable contributions to their communities, their industries and to the professional women’s objectives that improve the quality of life and business.

The winner will be announced at the 12th Annual Visionary Award Luncheon on July 9th, 2009 at 11 am at the Westin Great Southern. This celebration of the finalists’ accomplishments will be emceed by

Make the most of your interview!

June 19, 2009

An interview is your chance to make a good impression and strut your stuff, but most of us are intimidated by such things. The trick is knowing how to talk about your strengths and skills without sounding either conceited or unsure. Let us, with help from Sharon Delay at BoldlyGO Coaching, give you some tips on how to make the most out of your interview. Follow this link for the answers to your interview questions. (The link is a .zip

Artists are Leaders of Change

June 18, 2009

I was reading CNN article about how a couple of artists bought a super-cheap house in Detroit and started fixing it up. They’re adding all sorts of environmentally friendly features, and now convincing their friends to do the same. And I started thinking about how artists often are leaders of change. You see it happen over and over again in neighborhoods…artists start moving into a somewhat questionable part of town for the cheap prices and interesting architecture, some years later every house is renovated and it’s

One Night in a Hundred

June 16, 2009

Portfolio is thrilled to help sponsor the Ohio Art League ‘s 100th Anniversary!

Join us on June 20th for ONE NIGHT IN A HUNDRED, a colorful night of art & music, gourmet street food & refreshing libations, celebrating OAL’s 100th Anniversary and honoring 100 individuals who have contributed to the League and the Ohio arts community.

In the tradition of the One Night events, OAL will transform an unoccupied space in the Short North into a mega-cool party space. What better way to exhibit original, local

Columbus Arts Festival this Weekend!

June 5, 2009

If you don’t already have plans to attend, check out the Columbus Arts Festival this weekend. After years on the riverfront, last year it moved to the Discovery District due to construction. I love the new location and hope the event thrives there. There’s just something so right about an arts festival being near an art college, art museum and a giant Art sign! Maybe I’ll see you there….

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