Reading While Distracted
The Skimmers Admit it. You can’t keep up with everything you need to read.We live in an age of peak information, and it is overwhelming. It’s no wonder many of us have resorted to skimming as …
How to Ensure a Successful Creative Project
Do you know what is required to ensure a successful creative project? Of course, setting expectations is crucial, but providing constructive feedback is also an essential element. Effective feedback helps your creative project develop, improve, …
Graphic Designers — Your 2022 Call to Action
I have come to conclude that one of the most underrated and underutilized professionals in America are graphic designers. And, that’s unfortunate. As a society, we are discounting a treasure trove of tremendous talent. Graphic …
Why Creatives Should Use Canva — Plus How to Make the Most of It
For those who are not familiar, Canva is a desktop and mobile app that allows a user to design a variety of graphic assets, from social media graphics and infographics to animated posts and videos. Visual …
Branding by Humans, for Humans
Before we knew how to do almost anything in life, we learned how to separate and assign value. We had preferences and made choices, expressing dislike and satisfaction with our options along the way. When …
When do you Canva?
Is good design determined by the design app you choose? In the creative industry, Adobe Creative Cloud is established as the choice for professional designers. When you want to produce quality graphics and media, there is …
What is your favorite page of your creative website and why?
We asked the accountability group and slack group members of the Creatives Roundtable to focus on their own websites and tell us what is their favorite page of their site and why they chose it. …
What do you consider your greatest creative achievement?
We asked the Creatives Roundtable members what they considered their greatest achievement in their careers. Read below to see the varied answers. Local design work for my community My greatest creative achievement is the work I have …
A self-employed life is a life of learning
Don’t dismiss your experience when given an opportunity to expand your contribution. A self-employed career is never done in a bubble. And, the connections and colleagues you work with through the years are an education …
How Creatives Used Collaborations to Support their Business in 2020
2020 was a challenging year for all, especially small business — and three out of 10 small businesses are still worried about staying afloat this year. Here in the Creatives Roundtable, collaboration is part of …