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How to do you know when it’s time to re-brand?
In spite of your best efforts at getting the message out – from your website, to email, to print communications, to fund raising events – there may come a point when you realize your efforts could be more professional, accurate, resonant, or consistent. Then you know it’s time for a re-brand.
You Shouldn’t Walk Alone: Advisory Boards as an Option for Growth
I’ve been learning about creative firms with advisory boards that help keep the business on track with goals & finances.
Out in the Sticks: The Joys & Challenges of Running a Design Business in a Small Community
Living in the sticks can lead to a higher quality of life, but it also presents a lot of unique challenges from our urban colleagues. This article originated from a morning roundtable led by Julia Reich at the 2012 Creative Freelancers Conference in Boston. The session was called Out in the Sticks: the Joys & Challenges of Running a Design Biz in a Small Community.
Recommended reading from HOW Design Live & Creative Freelancers Conference
Almost all of the design community luminaries I saw speak at the HOW conferences in Boston a few weeks ago (June 21-24) had books to recommend, in a broad swath of genres. Here’s my compiled list of the books, their authors, and the speakers who recommended them: Strengths Finder by Tom Rath (recommended by Luke Mysse) The Most…
Help! My Logo Sucks!
This article originated from a webinar presented by Julia Reich for nonprofitmarketingguide.com, where attendees learned to elevate their knowledge of logo design, so they left knowing what makes a good logo and what makes a bad one.
How to Hire a Graphic Designer or Design Firm: What to Look For
This is Part 2 in a series of posts Julia Reich wrote for the nonprofitmarketingguide.com blog, about how to hire a graphic designer or design firm. 
Now, assuming you’ve found some likely candidates, how do you narrow down your choices? I cover what to look for in a design firm so you can pick one with a sensibility and methodology (and pricing) that’s a good match for you and your organization.
New logo design for the Cayuga County Chamber of Commerce
An Upstate NY organization had just gone through a strategic planning process, after which we were brought on board to re-design their logo.
How to Hire a Graphic Designer or Design Firm Part 1: Where to Look
(this article first appeared on Kivi’s Nonprofit Communications Blog on October 5, 2011. This is Part 1 in a series of posts that I will share on Kivi’s blog about how to hire a graphic designer or design firm.) …. If you’ve never worked with a designer before, the task can seem daunting. I’ll try […]
My summer of 1990 on the Appalachian Trail
There’s a little game going around facebook right now where someone gives you a numerical year, and you write a post on what you were doing that year. This story is about 1990 – the summer of 1990, between my sophomore and junior years of college. I was 20 years old, more than half my […]
