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Dear Kristen, Our organization has been kicking around the idea of starting a blog for a couple of years, but we have “blogophobia.” We know there are benefits to blogging, but we’re paralyzed by not knowing where to begin and fear of failure. Do...
Have you seen this message before? Do you ignore it each time you login to your website? Let’s join a movement together and change perception: Routine updates can and will need to happen to your open source content management system. The nature of...
With an influx of technology allowing us to stay connected to the office all the time, working remotely has become easier than ever. No longer do we have to be in the office to answer calls, join meetings, or even collaborate on documents or...
When working with your agency’s creative team, have you ever found yourself looking skyward and saying something along the lines of: “Oh Great Creator, please don’t make me talk to the creative team again. They keep missing the mark—and if they ask...
We often find ourselves drawing a mental divide between the strategic, data-driven projects that consume our weekdays and the various creative outlets that fill our evenings and weekends. Take your average Saturday for example—it's probably rare to...
Hi! My name is Pumpkin , and I am a Guide Dog for the Blind in training with the Guide Dog Foundation through the University of Maryland, College Park . Starting at 7 weeks old, I have been by LMD’s Account Coordinator (and my foster mom) Morgan’s...
In the last edition of “Straight Talk with Holly Huntley ,” I invited readers to participate in a poll about jargon. The poll responses—especially the write-ins—were fascinating. Here are some of my favorite comments: “‘Literally’. As in I literally...
My new adventure in photography started with a Christmas gift—a Nikon 7500 DSLR camera—and one simple instruction from my daughter: “You must keep your camera setting on manual.” I was given a guidebook for my photographic journey ( Understanding...
Recently, my mom found a stack of my old report cards from elementary school through high school. Together we took a trip down memory lane and reminisced as we read them. I noticed a common theme: every teacher had marked a big red “X” next to “...
Every year brings new obstacles and challenges. According to the well-known scholar, Ariana Grande (if you read my previous blog post , you can see I take a lot of advice from her), there are ones that teach us love, ones that teach us patience, and...
Jargon. Are you tempted to use it or avoid at all cost? Love it or hate it, jargon can have a positive or negative impact on the effectiveness of your communications. It’s highly contextual and tribal as it usually derives from a particular industry...
The clock strikes midnight and 2019 is upon us. We write up our resolutions and think about our goals for the year ahead. It's a fresh start and an opportunity to grow – to change. LMD strives to be a change agency. As design trends evolve, we must...
