Don't see eye to eye with your client or coworkers? Get some tips for how to resolve conflict in the workplace with Chris Hutchinson, CEO of the Trebuchet Group.
In-House Managers
7 Tips to Help You Land a Promotion
You’re ready for the next step—a promotion, a new title, or a new employee to take under your wing—and the salary bump that accompanies that career growth. Here are a few tips to keep in mind when it’s time to lobby your supervisor for the reward you’ve earned.
Got Something to Say? 8 Tips to Improve Your Public Speaking Skills
As Jerry Seinfeld once pointed out, most people consider public speaking their greatest fear, which means that if you go to a funeral, you’d rather be in the casket than deliver the eulogy. But if you find the right audience, hone your message, and spend plenty of time preparing, you can avoid a fate worse...
Five Ways to Better Sell Your Ideas
You've had your epiphany leading to that genius idea for your next design project. Now, how do you go about selling that idea to other team members or decision makers?
Freelance Design Work for In-House Teams
Has your in-house design team produced something incredible? Enter in-house work into the In-House Design Awards! Conference presenter Andy Epstein joined us for a live chat as part of HOW Design Live Online, sharing his insights on freelance designers working on in-house teams. Andy Epstein started his career as a freelance designer and illustrator....
#HOWLive Success: First Project Secured Thru Freelancer Showcase
2014 was the second time at CFBC/HOW Design Live, we put on the “Freelancer Showcase + Matchmaking Happy Hour,” a networking event designed to bring together attendees from all 5 events at HOW Design Live — to mix and mingle and ideally find a way to work together — since CFBC (especially) is all...
Designing an In-House Competition
Entering the In-House Design Awards can raise the visibility of your in-house team and your company. Explore last year's Best in Show winner to see how.
Training Your Coworkers to Understand Design
As an in-house designer, many of your coworkers don’t always understand what they do. And this might lead to a lot of frustration and misunderstandings about projects. With these tips from in-house design manager Scott Kirkwood, learn how you can educate your coworkers about design and your team.
How to Show Your Leadership Skills (When You’re Not the Boss)
Want to build your leadership skills but don't know where to start? Try these tips to demonstrate leadership - even when you're not the boss.
Freelancers: HOWLive Attendees Want to Hire You!
The final early bird deadline for HOW Design Live is Tuesday, April 1. If you’re still on the fence, read this post about an InHOWse attendee who was sent to HOWLive in 2013 to look for freelancers to hire — and found them! In 2012, when Stephanie Holland joined the Publication Division of American...
















