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(empathizing with clients)

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(misconceptions about design)

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(adapting to change)

I couldn't help but take notes at last night's AIGA Design Week event. John Howard assembled an amazing panel of local design leaders, and Brady Bone, our moderator, did a great job asking thought provoking questions... while simultaneously taking flack from the amazing panel. The discussion left me impassioned and excited about the future of design in Charlotte. Still feeling inspired,  I decided to visualize my three favorite quotes from the conversation.
 
 
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For those of you who were unable to attend my presentation last week, and for those of you who want to see it again and again, I've uploaded it to Slideshare.net (complete with presenter notes at the bottom).  If you click on "menu," then "view full screen," you can actually read the presenter notes.
 
 
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I just wanted to say a quick "thank you" to everyone who made it out to Dharma Lounge last night. The bar was packed! 

I followed a live performance art presentation, and a Lucha Libre clad poet called "El Negrito"... Charlotte is becoming a real city! And even though I was missing a slide, talked a little too fast and had butterflies in my stomach, I'm pretty happy with my performance. I believe it was filmed, so I'll post it as soon as it's available. Oh, and for those of you who were there, here's the missing slide:
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(for those of you who weren't there, this is my interpretation/reenactment of my dad's "fire fart" performances)
 
 
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Last Thursday, I got to emcee AIGA Charlotte's Annual Meeting. I was elected to host mostly because no one else wanted to do it. So, I wrote some inappropriate jokes and did my thing between some AMAZING presentations (speeches varied; from diagnosing the audience with OTD- Obsessive Tweaking Disorder, to tattoo analysis, to accepting design failure). I came away from the night with a lot of pride in our chapter... and a butt load of printing.