Brien McDaniel, director of communications at FXCollaborative, can summarize his job in two words: organized chaos. A growing part of McDaniel’s role involves promoting the New York-based architectural design firm’s newest name and identity.
Read MoreWhen the original creators of PSM.show (a podcast for professional services marketers) decided to move on, they passed the baton to Josh Miles, co-founder of branding agency MilesHerndon and David Lecours, principal of LecoursDesign.
Read MoreChristopher Parsons came to the architectural profession after he lost his job in the dot-com implosion of the early 2000s. He launched Knowledge Architecture in 2009 and the annual KA Connect conference a year later. Nearly 100 A/E/C firms currently use Synthesis, the company's social intranet software.
Read MoreAfter 32 years with the Belleville News-Democrat — where he covered everything from St. Louis Cardinals World Series victories to the St. Louis Rams’ Greatest Show on Turf — Norm Sanders left his job as a sports writer and signed on as a senior writer at McCarthy Holdings, Inc.
Read MoreMore than a century before the term public relations entered the lexicon, Benjamin Franklin penned one of the most concise PR manifestos ever: “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing about.” This Tweet-worthy phrase encapsulates the primary goals of every PR professional.
Read MoreMarjanne Pearson, founder of Talentstar, Inc. is one of the foremost recruiters and business strategy consultants serving the architecture and design professions. She recalls many inflection points throughout her storied career, including her willingness to embrace change and emerging technologies.
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From age 11, Kimberly Dowdell has had a passion for improving the quality of life in her hometown as an architect. She recently joined Century Partners, an entrepreneurial firm focused on revitalizing residential housing developments through grassroots community outreach and creative place-making.
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Brad Feinknopf is one of the most talented and accomplished architectural photographers around, but he didn’t initially plan to shoot the world’s most beautiful buildings. He wanted to help create them.
Read MoreCommunications is a competitive, demanding vocation that requires talent, determination and a unique skill set. James Kent, chief marketing and communications officer at Thornton Tomasetti in New York, offers a few tips for those who are seeking to enter the field.
Read MoreAs Director of Experiential Graphic Design at IA Interior Architects in Chicago, Julie Maggos blends architecture, interiors, industrial design and 3D thinking with her formal training in 2D graphics. She works with a wide variety of clients and materials to create dynamic work environments.
Read MoreYou must have lived under a rock if you managed to escape Carly Rae Jepsen’s 2012 breakout hit “Call Me Maybe.” This catchy ditty quickly escalated into a pop culture phenom that spawned scores of clever parodies. Co-written by Jepsen herself, the lyrics tell the story of a coy girl sharing her phone number with a boy she just met and inviting him to call her (maybe). In the throwaway world of pop music, the song struck a collective nerve.
Read MoreOne of my college roommates concocted a ridiculous rule that forbade him from beginning a study session unless it was the top of the hour. Bob adhered to this mandate with religious fervor, refusing to crack the spine of a book unless the time gods deemed it was OK. If the clock read 8:03, for example, he would be “forced” to wait an entire 57 minutes to try again – and he’d have a mere 60 seconds to jump on the study train.
Read MoreRemember Show and Tell? If you’ve never had the opportunity to participate in this ritual of elementary classrooms, it’s essentially an open forum for students to share random objects and experiences.
Read MoreStep aside, iMac, iPad, iPod and iPhone: there’s a new favorite son on his way to Chez Plotnick. This bundle of joy is purportedly in transit and expected to make his arrival in the next few days. I’m excited to welcome my first Macbook Pro, a device dubbed “The most advanced computer we have ever built” by Apple CEO Tim Cook when he unveiled it at the annual WWDC event on Monday.
Read MoreSomething's been gnawing at me, and it's time to come clean about it. After 18 faithful years, I have cancelled my daily newspaper subscription.
Read MoreMost books begin with a series of short warm-up diversions: Preface, Prologue, heart-warming Dedication. Sometimes inspiring, sometimes annoying, these obligatory preambles set the stage for the story that follows. My warm-up diversions demanded a bit more space than the average tale.
Read MoreMy Grandma Rotanelli was a smart woman. Three academic degrees, an acclaimed teaching career, mind as sharp as a tack. But for the life of her, she couldn’t figure out how to operate a simple elevator.
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