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Room Sharing & Pyramid Schemes: How Kevin Berger & Aaron Shurts Saved AIGA Seattle

Some leaders craft five-year strategic plans. Others accidentally save a chapter through shared hotel rooms, tactical pyramid deployment, and the revolutionary discovery that you can’t recruit members when you’re hemorrhaging money on every single event.

Podcast Episodes

Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should: The Problem With Messy Webinars

Just because your webinar platform can do everything doesn't mean it should. After years of hosting virtual events, I've learned that sometimes the most powerful choice is deciding what to leave out.

Livestreaming

Cheers & Tiers: When AIGA Jacksonville’s Karen & Varick Accidentally Engineered the Perfect Chapter Culture & Had No Idea They Were Doing It

Some leaders plan their legacy. Others stumble into it with a cooler full of beer, a can of Pringles, and an unshakeable belief that work should be fun.

Podcast Episodes

Webinars Aren’t Just Events. They’re Long Sales Conversations.

And most companies are having them all wrong.

Event Programming

When AIGA Philadelphia’s Kelly Holohan & Michele Cooper Ruled the AIGA World (And Facebook Didn’t Exist)

The Secret to Design Leadership? Say “Sure, Why Not?” to Strangers.

Podcast Episodes

On Community, and a Long Overdue Debt of Gratitude

TL;DR: Our house caught fire. The firefighters were amazing, the sales guys were vultures, and the AIGA community reminded me why showing up for each other matters.

Perspectives

Letters Alone Mean Nothing: How TypeCon Keeps the Craft and the Community Alive

The most powerful creative communities aren't the biggest ones—they’re the ones where expertise gets passed hand-to-hand like family recipes.

Creative Community

Cheers & Tiers: Seth Johnson & Jenny Price: How AIGA Leadership Changed Everything

Why our conversation with Seth Johnson and Jenny Price on Cheers & Tiers is required listening for any designer who's ever wondered if volunteer leadership actually matters

Podcast Episodes

The Behavioral Psychology Behind Virtual Events That Actually Work

Why some digital experiences feel like magic (and others feel like watching someone explain how to maneuver Excel pivot tables through a broken headset). Oh, and get the bonus resource: the complete STREAM + Behavioral Psychology quick reference guide.

Event Hosting

Room Sharing & Pyramid Schemes: How Kevin Berger & Aaron Shurts Saved AIGA Seattle

Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should: The Problem With Messy Webinars

Cheers & Tiers: When AIGA Jacksonville’s Karen & Varick Accidentally Engineered the Perfect Chapter Culture & Had No Idea They Were Doing It

Webinars Aren’t Just Events. They’re Long Sales Conversations.

When AIGA Philadelphia’s Kelly Holohan & Michele Cooper Ruled the AIGA World (And Facebook Didn’t Exist)

On Community, and a Long Overdue Debt of Gratitude

Letters Alone Mean Nothing: How TypeCon Keeps the Craft and the Community Alive

Cheers & Tiers: Seth Johnson & Jenny Price: How AIGA Leadership Changed Everything

The Behavioral Psychology Behind Virtual Events That Actually Work

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