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Design Recharge // Mackenzie Hill // Tips from a Project Manager

Aired August 2, 2017. Episode 222 [youtube id=”IPqa72gXEjs“] This week’s guest is Mackenzie Hill. She is a project leader and keeps multiple projects running smoothly. Mackenzie has some tips on client interaction and designer to developer communication. We will learn the tools she uses to make working so much easier. If you are trying to […]

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Rapid Recharge // Competitors or Allies

Episode 221. Airs July 26, 2017. Are you better alone or do you and your skills get enhanced when you are around other people? Better alone or better together? My dad read me this joke that he shared with his Sunday School class last weekend. It has stayed with me ever since. Here it is,

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Ryan Hamrick // Curves Ahead

Aired on July 19, 2017. Episode 220 [youtube id=”gyEZDxpTZyw”] This week’s guest is a Design Recharge favorite, Ryan Hamrick. Ryan is a lettering artist, designer, and entrepreneur with a passion for teaching calligraphy and lettering. We will talk about his Curves Ahead Tour, traveling and working on the road, and teaching workshops. We will find

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Austin Saylor // Animating Lettering

Episode 219 Aired July 12, 2017. [youtube id=”Hd3QepyQWHY”] This week’s guest is Austin Saylor a motion designer with a love for animating lettering. We will talk about telling compelling stories and the challenges of a 10 second animation. We will chat about how he is able to travel and work and how living on the

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Amarilys Henderson // Stepping Out at Surtex

Aired June 30, 2017. Episode 218 My guest this week is Amarilys Henderson. You might remember her from a recent interview in April when she was part of the Sketch Noting series. Here is a link to her interview. You are probably thinking, whoa, diane I thought you had a show yesterday. Yes, I did

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Uncomfortable and Afraid, But Doing it Anyway

Episode 217. Recorded live on June 28, 2017 [youtube id=”qDYClTUNdJQ”] This week I am launching a brand new part of the Recharging You brand. I am launching Recruiting Creatives. Tune in and hear about how tackling this scary thing has me diving off the edge of the starting block. What shape will my dive be?

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Von Glitschka // Growth and Diversification

Aired June 7, 2017. Episode 215 [youtube id=”0lSRdG0_iBg”] I am so excited to welcome back the amazing illustrator and designer Von Glitschka. Von is creative director of Glitschka Studios a small boutique design firm located in the Pacific Northwest. His diverse range of illustrative design has been used by some of the most respected brands

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Blake Stevenson // Mining Cuteness

Episode 214. Aired May 31, 2017. [youtube id=”UQ48Vr2d2Ds”] Blake Stevenson is one of my heroes, because everything he makes has some sort of cuteness factor in it. I am always afraid of making something ugly and it is like he has a magic pen and with it everything he creates is cute, even his skulls

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Emily Carlton // Part 4 Sketch Noting Series: Sketch Noting Professionally

Episode 213. Aired May 3, 2017. [youtube id=”oGV940IUrqU”] This week on Design Recharge I am excited to have my friend, Emily Carlton on the show, wrapping up the sketch noting series. Emily has taken sketch noting from a hobby to a source of income. She will map out her journey, sharing when her confidence began

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