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Giving Up Control

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Case Study: What Your Website Navigation Reveals About You

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Repeat Business

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Style

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Case Study: Giving Season Readiness with Render Studios

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Profile of an Ideal Client

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Closing Chapters

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Case Study: Making Meaningful Gatherings with Redhead

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Leadership’s Hardest Job: Letting Someone Go

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When Our Work Goes Beyond Marketing

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Case Study: Story Isn’t Messaging With Render

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The Difference Between Fault and Responsibility

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The Erosion of Industry Standards

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Case Study: Shitty Logos

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Creative Anger as Fuel

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Outgrowing Your Dreams

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Case Study: Review by Committee Has Hidden Costs

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What Marketers Wish Producers Knew

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Q5 Thinking

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Case Study: Campaign Launch Strategy with Redhead

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The 2% Rule

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When Your Clients Want to Phone It In

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Case Study: Making the Most of a Production Team with Render Studios

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Get Out of Your Zip Code

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Book Clubs and Other Life Hacks

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Case Study: Building Brand Awareness with Redhead

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Get Selective With Your Social Media Strategy

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How We Prioritize Our Day

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Case Study: Video Marketing Trends with Render

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The Difference Between Affordable and Cheap

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The Danger of Jumping to Conclusions

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Case Study: Brand Marketing with Redhead

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Quick, Send the Heads-Up Email

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The Bad and the Ugly

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Why Ongoing Budgets Beat One-Off Projects

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Color: Why Hue Matters in Marketing, Design & Video

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It Doesn't Work!

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What Type of Brand Are You? (And Why the Distinction Matters)

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Micromanaging and Control: When To Let Things Go

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Lightning Round: What's Important

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Case Study: Storytelling Essentials with Render

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Fighting Words: ‘Fire Your Comms Person’

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Clients You Can't Help But Love

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Case Study: Redhead's 25th Anniversary

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Pet Projects & Why They Matter

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Resolutions Done Right

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Case Study: Filming Far and Wide with Render Studios

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Opportunity is Not a Pie

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Tall Orders, Quick Turnarounds

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Being an Intentional Mother When You’re an Entrepreneur

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Is Your Creative Tank Full?

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Case Study: MI Children’s Savings Accounts for CEDAM

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Are You Doing the Task or Solving the Problem?

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What Are Your Growth Options When You Feel Like You’re at the Top?

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Case Study: Render Video Distribution

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When Should You Not Play by the Rules?

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Marketing *is* a Strategy

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Case Study: City of Trenton Rebrand

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The Most Important Advisors You Need in Your Life: Sanity Edition

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The Most Important Advisors You Need in Your Life: Biz Edition

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Case Study: Origami Rehabilitation

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Setting Expectations for Employees

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Why Your Budget Isn’t Big Enough: Advocacy Edition

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Case Study: The Michigan Achievement Scholarship for MCAN

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Have the Hard Conversations Before It’s Too Late

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Is Your Job a Job or Is Your Job a Lifestyle?

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Case Study: ScrapFest Documentary

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Clients Who Bait and Switch

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Don't Confuse Youth with Being Youthful

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Case Study: Sad Little Town

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Another Round – The Most Important Things We Do Each Year

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Another Round – A Little Gratitude Goes a Long Way

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Another Round – Burnout and Overwhelm

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Evolution & Reinvention

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Hiring Employees With Experience Outside Your Realm

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Professional Advocacy – How Do Advocacy Organizations Avoid Polarizing Politics?

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Quality and Standards: What Does Quality Mean in the Industry Right Now?

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Time Wasters - What Habitual Parts of Your Day Need To Be Swept Aside?

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Shitcake: The Seven-Layer Cake of Our Lives

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Junk RFPs: Navigating the ‘Request for Proposal’ Process

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Leadership: Sometimes You’re Stuck With It

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The Creative Process: How The Sausage Gets Made

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When To Hire — And When Not To

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Delegating Decision-Making: Why and How

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Going with the Flow

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Celebrating Other People's Success

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Bandwidth: Navigating Cognitive and Emotional Capacity

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A Halfway Point Goal Check In

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Compensation: Lessons Learned Over the Years

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The Role that Joy Plays in Leadership

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Using Client Feedback to Your Advantage

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Risk Tolerance: Roller Coasters and Business Ownership

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Reframing Artificial Intelligence

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Leading with Your Personal Values

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Rejection: A Redirection to Something Better

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I’m Not the Hot Young Thing Anymore

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Assess, Reset, Refocus

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Amber Clark: Uplifting Neighborhoods Through Economic Development

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Burnout and Overwhelm

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It Doesn’t Matter How You Got There

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