I recently was asked for some advice by a fellow marketer who is tasked with managing a strategic marketing project. She was struggling a bit with her client’s broad, vague vision of what he wanted to achieve. The client had come up with a list of objectives that were extremely open-ended and ambitious beyond reason. How, she wondered, should she approach a situation like that?
Read More...We occasionally are asked the meaning of our company name, Yulan Studio. We’ve had the explanation on our site off and on over the years, but after being asked several times in the past week, I decided to re-tell the story in a blog post.
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Sustainability is a hot topic right now, and for good reason. A great book on the subject, “Green Graphic Design,” written by Brian Dougherty with Celery Design Collaborative, is available to help designers learn how they can be a force for positive change.
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Much is written these days about which tools to use to build your organization’s website. Names and acronyms like Drupal, WordPress, Joomla!, HTML, PHP, CMS and many others are tossed out as the best approach you can use.
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One of the many important jobs the Kansas City Area Development Council undertakes is the effort to attract and support the KC region’s workforce. To help in that endeavor, KCADC and Yulan Studio created a new website called KC Career Net.
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As 2009 winds down, we have completed and launched a new website for LA-based investment advisor and author, Ronnie Kahn. The website is called BoodleWorld, and it serves two purposes. The first is to help promote the book Ronnie is writing with the help of professional author and editor Kyra Ryan.
Read More...As I get ready to go to my first AMA-Oregon Community Outreach Program meeting, I thought I’d write a quick post about the importance of giving time and skill to our communities.
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We were thrilled when the phone call came in… old friend and former colleague Joy Kuhl was finding success with her new international consulting firm, and she needed a new website. Joy is founder and principal of Optimal Accords, a firm that provides consulting, facilitation and training services.
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The first AIGA Portland “SHIFT: A Green Salon” event was held November 5th at Pop Art’s Community Room with an overwhelming turnout of over 80 people. When I started AIGA Portland’s sustainability initiative earlier in the year and began planning events to help increase awareness of the importance of sustainability in design work, I was hoping we would hit on a subject matter that would be of interest to local designers.
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The AIGA “Make/Think” Design Conference was held in Memphis, Tennessee. While I’ve been an AIGA Portland board member for over two years, and attended the Leadership Conference each year, this is my first national AIGA design conference.
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