November 30, 2009
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AIGA Charlotte is in need of our local community and volunteers such as yourselves for our diverse schedule of programs, events and initiatives for our 2010 year! By volunteering for AIGA Charlotte, you get great experience, connections, possible job opportunities along with being welcomed into a community of peers while furthering your professional development. If you'd like to help us out, please email Rachel Martin, Membership Director. When replying, please send your contact information (name, telephone and email) along with what you're interested in helping out with. Some areas we need volunteers for are: DESIGN COMMITTEE [AIGA Members Only] Team helps design event series branding and event print and electronic collateral. EDUCATION COMMITTEE Team assists with organizing programs that are beneficial to student members. Helps with communication with area universities, colleges and student groups to communicate and champion their interests and needs. EVENTS COMMITTEE Team helps out…
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October 30, 2009
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Saturday morning was delivered in my coffee cup, dark and steamy. I piled into the car and headed out to the Lynx to meet fellow Board members Taylor, Rachel and her husband, Steve. The starting line, at the 485 stop, found several teams for the Green Hands Scavenger Hunt already milling about, pulling awake; hesitant, bleary eyes alternately eying the sky for a glimpse of cooperation. Smiling, alert and willowy men greeted me with strong handshakes, wide smiles and twinkling eyes. I was at the beginning of a fundraiser race for Hands on Charlotte Day to compete to finish a series of environmentally-themed volunteer tasks and gather clues. AIGA Charlotte's team discussed our strategy: no running, no elbowing, no cussing out other teams that pushed us out of the way. Not us. As Creative Professionals we would run a clean ship, all the way. We carefully eyed the map, noting the red landmarks and proximity to the Light Rail Line. We looked at each other, silently nodding in solidarity. Captain…
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August 04, 2009
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Check out the latest Jellycast at CLTJelly featuring Carolyn Colonna, President, and Rachel Martin, Membership Director, as they talk about AIGA Charlotte and why it is such a valuable asset to graphic designers and creatives.
JellyCast 9: Attack of the AIGA!
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June 11, 2009
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I have had the honor of attending the AIGA Leadership Retreat for past three years. After a couple years of attending, chances are that things are going to get repetitive. There are only so many leadership exercises you can go through before you start to do some of the same things. You can mix things up by leading a break-out session – as I did for developing content for chapter websites. The 2009 AIGA Leadership Retreat in Portland, Oregon however was not a rerun. In fact, it bucked any kind of trend that was going. Like its monicker, it truly was a 'Sea Change.' I, along with my fellow attendees from AIGA Charlotte, Carolyn Colonna, president, Trent Edwards, events director, Rachel Martin, membership director, and Joseph Schlosser, chapter ambassador represented AIGA Charlotte in what will hopefully be marked as a turning point in AIGA's history to becoming not just a professional association for design, but a global design movement. What do I mean by a global design movement?…
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March 25, 2009
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AIGA Charlotte invites you to get further involved with our Chapter as we begin the election process for open positions on our 2009-2010/11 Board of Directors. We are seeking dedicated design professionals with a passion for advancing our craft and strengthening our creative community. To nominate yourself or someone else, please send an email to the Nominating Committee with the name of the individual, their email address, their phone number, and a brief statement sharing why you'd like to join AIGA Charlotte's Board of Directors or a brief recommendation of why the person you are nominating is a good candidate. You do not need to nominate an individual for a specific position. AIGA Charlotte's Nominating Committee will be tasked with matching nominees to appropriate positions. Nominees will then be contacted by a Board representative and asked to participate in an informational interview session in April. At this session, current Board members will discuss the available positions and…
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October 20, 2008
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You don't want to fight the crowds on election day? You’ll be out of town on November 4th? You won't have time to get to your polling place on election day? You never got around to registering to vote in North Carolina? No problem... you can vote today! Early One-Stop Voting polls are open now through November 1, 2008 for North Carolina residents. During the Early Voting period, from October 16 through November 1, eligible North Carolina citizens may register AND vote at the same time at all Early Voting sites. You are also not limited to voting at your designated election day poll site, there are many convenient Early Voting sites to choose from in your county. Plus you can beat the lines on election day by voting now! AIGA Charlotte wants your voice to be heard. We encourage you to vote! With so many challenges facing our nation today it is more important than ever to stand up and be heard. Don’t sit this one out and let others speak for you. Mecklenburg Early Voting sites…
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September 22, 2008
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AIGA Charlotte would like to invite and encourage you all to take part in this year’s elections. Please make sure YOUR voice is heard and VOTE! The last day for traditional voter registration is Friday, October 10, 2008. North Carolina residents who will be 18-years old by November 4, 2008 are eligible to register for the 2008 general election. A community organizer from the non-partisan election reform group, Democracy North Carolina, will be at AIGA Charlotte’s Get Out the Vote Meet|Market event on Tuesday, September 30th. We hope you can join us as we view AIGA’s winning Get Out the Vote posters, participate in a non-partisan campaign-button-making competition, register to vote and mix-and-mingle with Charlotte’s creative minds. If you are unable to join us, there are other options to register to vote. Pick up a form at any Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Library, any of the town halls, at the Board of Elections office (741 Kenilworth Ave., Ste 202, Charlotte) or…
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June 03, 2008
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This past weekend AIGA Charlotte Board members Banks Wilson, Rachel Martin, Taylor Nall and I attended AIGA's National Leadership Retreat in Omaha, Nebraska. The Retreat is a opportunity for AIGA Board members to receive training and inspiration, as well as, connect with Board members from across the country. It is attended by 3-6 Board members from every Chapter, as well as, AIGA's National Board members. I was invited to present a Success Story on Charlotte's diversity of Events. Our presentation discussed the seven event series Charlotte offers and showcased the branding created for each of these series. The hook of our presentation was our Project Mullet initiative. Over the past year our Chapter has been concentrating on creating a balance between the professional needs of our members and need to keep our offerings fun and inspiring. Business in the Front and Party in the Back. Our presentation used a Mullet Meter to show where each event series fell on a spectrum between "business…
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May 15, 2008
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In mid-April, AIGA Charlotte held a roundtable discussion with a small group of its members ranging from students to seasoned designers. The main goal of the roundtable was to explore how to encourage members to feel comfortable and become more actively involved in the AIGA community and to explore what else members are looking to AIGA to provide to facilitate their professional growth and deepen their connection with the organization. We asked a handful of questions and received quality feedback from the group. Some main points we learned that our members are looking to AIGA to provide were: - Build awareness of AIGA in the community and bridge the gap between business and design by educating the local corporate community that design has a big value and an impact on business. - Join efforts with the Chamber of Commerce and other local organizations to lead in educating local businesses and the community about environmental practices of sustainability…
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The day after I moved here in the summer of 2006 I attended my first AIGA Charlotte event, a morning BuzZ about the AIGA standards of practice. I had no idea what to expect but I knew that AIGA was my ticket to professional connections & hopefully friendships. Gage was the moderator that day & made me feel very welcomed. Eventually I got to know Gage a little more by seeing him at events and getting involved with his Programming Committee. Soon after, we became friends and then, in 2007, coworkers. Needless to say, I have spent some serious time with him between AIGA events, participating on the AIGA Charlotte Board, work and hanging out on the weekends. And although I have only known Gage for a little under 2 years, I have become very fond of him in that time. I am sure those of you who know him agree. I think he brings a certain level of fun and enthusiasm to everything, in addition to being a very humble and outstanding designer. When he told me that he & his, then…
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March 05, 2008
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AIGA Charlotte announces the start of the nominations for the 2008-2009/10 Board of Directors. We're looking for good people who feel that they are ready to give a little back to this design community. You may already have leadership experience, or you may just have a burning desire to do something more with your membership. Either way, we would love to have you participate in this years nominations process. To nominate yourself or someone else, please send an email to the Nominating Committee with the name of the individual, their email address and phone number. They will then be contacted by a Board representative and asked to participate in an informational session in April. At this session, the nominating committee will discuss the available positions and figure out the desires of each nominee to find the best fit for each person. You do not need to nominate an individual for a specific position. The Nominating Committee will be tasked with finding the appropriate position…
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March 03, 2008
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AIGA Charlotte is proud to welcome the fifth biennial BOOM! design competition to the Queen City. AIGA Charlotte & AIGA Raleigh are partnering to recognize the creative thinking of Carolina designers. BOOM!, our biennial design competition, invites you to submit your most imaginative design solutions and celebrate the rewards of inspired thinking. Designers from North Carolina and South Carolina will have the opportunity to enter their best work, which will be judged by a nationally recognized panel of design professionals. Judging will take place in November 2008 followed by a “Dinner with the Judges” where the judging panel will present their work. An exhibition of the winning entries will be held in Charlotte on Saturday, April, 25, 2009. Please mark your calendar: All entries must be received by Friday, October 24, 2008. Eligible work must have been designed and produced between December 2006 and October 2008. The BOOM! competition is limited to North Carolina…
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February 28, 2008
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Three years ago, I was attending my first HOW Conference in Chicago. In the mist of wall to wall sessions, I found myself sitting in a conference hall listening to Sean Adams’ presentation. Although entering the session with no idea of who he was, I left the session completely inspired. I couldn’t stop thinking about all the different design theory played out in intricate charts and how strong of a speaker he was. Upon return to Charlotte, I attended my first board meeting as incoming Vice President a couple weeks later. To this day, I remember the animated conversation I had with our events team asking them if we could find a way to bring Sean Adams to Charlotte. Time past and then at the National Leadership Retreat last year, Sean Adams was introduced as the incoming National President. That once distant thought of having Sean come to speak in Charlotte suddenly came back to life. Though now it was even better. What if we could get THE Sean Adams, of AdamsMorioka, and the…
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