Investing in Your Career is an Investment in You
Hello, and Happy Women’s History Month. Wait, wait wait… keep reading.. This blog is for EVERYONE. March is the month we connect to the women in our lives, in history and culture. Those who created and contributed to the world as we know it. In honor of this month, I want to elevate the idea […]
Is Collaboration Lacking in Your Workplace?
As I was doing my usual Tuesday morning social media audits ( translation: spending time on LinkedIn and Twitter looking for cool stuff and trying to find some inspiration to write this blog) I stumbled upon a Harvard Business Review Article that claimed that spending money on team building was a waste of time. Huh. […]
The Rules of Attraction: Compelling the Next Generation of Print Stars
One of the main focal points of Print’18, held 2 weeks ago in Chicago, was THE NEXT GENERATION. Much energy and discussion surrounded what will happen to print when the “old guard” retires. I heard a story of one print shop having 3 CSR’s all retire in the same month, and, there was an edge […]
Happy/Lucky/Successful: Devote Yourself to a Happy Career and You Cannot Fail
I am re-visiting a book that changed my life when I first read it 5 years ago and it is once again making my life better. That Book Is….. The Happiness Project To say that I recommend it would be an understatement. Some of you might think that spending a lot of energy on one’s […]
Six Ways To Productively Use Summer Downtime
by Deborah Corn Although June 21 is officially the first day of summer, I can already see the activity on social media, especially in my LinkedIn group, beginning its annual nosedive. Of all the seasons, summer is the one that truly tests my social patience and fortitude, and reminds me of the “if a tree […]
#UKvUSA: What Printshop Investments Attract New Customers?
Welcome to my blogging duel with TEAM UK’s Matthew Parker. If you have been following along you can skip right to the post… and if you are just joining us, here is some background… Matthew and I haven’t always seen eye to eye when it comes to Print Buying. He comes from the UK procurement […]
Xerox CEO Offers Some Unusual Advice For Women
I dont usually do editorials, but in this case I couldn’t help myself. I came across an article today from the March 20th Wall Street Journal titled Xerox CEO Ursula Burns Has Advice for Ambitious Women. I clicked into it hoping to find some inspiration, and instead I got a heaping spoonful of WHAT THE ____! […]
Design And Print Production Salary Reports
I’ll keep it short and sweet since you will want to go right to the pertinent info: US and Canada 2013 Design Salary Guide: http://www.creativegroup.com/marketing-salary Design Salary Guide: The real-time resource for design compensation: http://www.coroflot.com/designsalaryguide From HOW Magazine: For an even better idea of what you should be earning, be sure to consider more than one design salary survey. […]
PrintMediaCentr Zones Out At Graphics Of The Americas 2013
NEW! In its inaugural year, PrintMediaCentr (PMC) brings its action-packed, fun-filled networking zone live to the GOA show floor February 21-23, 2013! Co-located with the popular GOA Expo Theater in Booth 371, PMC is the place for an interactive experience like none other. Here, attendees can see, firsthand, the use of print-based marketing technology – […]
Who needs a mentor?
Of all the amazing things that went on in The Printerversetm at GRAPH EXPO this year – The GRAPHitti Wall, Girls Who Print Day, playing Rock Em Sock Em Robots with Benny Landa – the panel discussion I put together titled “Wooing Women to Print: Mentors and Mavens” stood out as something very special. It was just one of […]
2011 Women in Graphic Communication Research Study Results are IN!
Back in November of 2011 I received a request to help Dr. Twyla J. Cummings, Associate Dean and Professor, College of Imaging Arts and Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology round up some participation in this study aimed at determining how women are positioned in our industry today. Since you need the study info to understand the context of […]
Using BEER As An Employee Incentive – WORKS!
You gotta love the Brazilians. They can make ANYTHING a party, even filling out out time sheets!