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Scheduled Workshops

Workshops will begin promptly at 7 pm, 7:30 pm, 8 pm, and 8:30 pm Each workshop will be presented twice, unless noted. Workshop schedule will be posted at Brink Lounge in the event program and on the room doors.

Creating a Portfolio Even Prettier, Even Smarter Than You

By: Andrew Sather

Your portfolio should be as much about the design god you're working to become as the design student you already are. Hear strategies and tactics for creating a portfolio that conveys to potential employers the amazing designer you're on your way to becoming by familiarizing them with not only your prior accomplishments, but also your future promise.

Five Designers, Five Careers: How Choices Shape Destiny

By: Andrew Sather

Learn, through mini personal case studies, how decisions, choices and actions taken early in a graphic designer's career can determine in both large and small ways the direction and trajectory your career - and life - will take. They can't travel back in time to coach their younger selves - but they CAN offer you some valuable insights.

How To Make Things Happen

By: Brody Rose

Brody Rose, founder of madisonhiphop.com, started with an idea and turned it into an element of Madison culture. The website began in an art class as a web design project, but it didn't take long for Rose to see opportunities to turn this idea into a community of artists and musicians. It involved networking, relationship building, talking to the media and exploring many avenues to promote hip hop music in a positive light.

Rose became adept at getting his name and face all over Madison. Come listen to him share what he knows about self-promotion, networking and finding opportunities in all sorts of places. He will share his ideas on how to encourage people to come to you as the expert in your area.

Internships and How To Suck Up

By: Heidi Zoerb

Attend this session to learn about:

Strategies for finding an internship (it's not as hard as you think)
How to make a good first impression (yes, comb your hair)
The art of negotiation (you are worth it)
The difference between resumes and samples (words and pictures are different)
Sealing the deal (dead-fish handshakes... please don't.)

Heightened Awareness & Communication for Work and Life

By: Doug Voegtle

Ready for your big closeup (i.e., interview)? You may need to attend this workshop, it's a playfully active lesson offered by Doug Voegtle (improvisation instructor with the famed Players Workshop of the Second City, Chicago).

Get a crash course on how to use your fear, listen and respond your best. "Whether job hunting or asking someone on a date, we constantly market ourselves. No matter how much we pre-plan what to say, life throws us a curve. Improv helps you hit the curve balls," says Doug.

Get ready to think and feel on your feet!