Portfolio Creative Ezine--July 2012

July 2012

	CREATIVELY SPEAKING ABOUT THE LATEST CREATIVE NEWS

Greetings!

Portfolio Creative's philanthropy committee is excited to present Creative Next: Inspiring and Encouraging Creativity. Our first community event will be an art supply drive for patients at Nationwide Children's Hospital. Can we count on your support? We'll be collecting arts, crafts, journals, etc. now through August 15th. If you're out shopping for school supplies, maybe add a couple extra items to your basket? Click here for more info and to see what supplies are needed. If you or your company would like to participate, please send an email to terri@portfolioiscreative. For larger pick-ups, we'll be happy to arrange a time to collect your items.

Isn't summertime great?! We took full advantage of kicking it off right with a company outing to a Columbus Clippers Game. It was nice running into some of our clients and talent there - guess we weren't the only ones playing hooky! We also had a little fun in June with our four-legged friends on Take Your Dog to Work Day.

-The Portfolio Creative Team

Creative Scene

Food Truck Cart Fest

Mmmmmm!

The Columbus Food Truck Cart Festival offers over 50 of central Ohio's best food trucks and carts, over 25 arts and crafts vendors, six bands, on-site beer sales, games for kids and families and raffle prizes.

Free admission for all ages!

Date: Friday, July 13th

Time: Noon - 10:00 pm

Location: Columbus Commons

More Info: http://columbusfoodtruckfest.com/

Opportunity Knocks

Temporary Staffing - You Get What You Pay For

Catherine Lang-Cline, Owner

"When it comes to staffing, look beyond dollars and cents and consider the entire picture. A bargain may not always be a bargain in the long-run if the skills and value aren't also in place."

Temporary Staffing - You Get What You Pay For

Ask A Recruiter

This month we asked Talent Specialist Melody Shull to share some LinkedIn tips. If you are looking for that next opportunity, check out this short video clip.

Recruiter Tip #6

Survey

Time is running out to cast your vote in the 2012 Columbus C.E.O Best of Business Contest. If you haven't voted for your favorites yet, we'd very much appreciate your vote in the 'Best Temporary Employment Agency' category. Click the logo below to get started.

New Year, New Initiatives

Our Wellness Committee would like to share that free fitness classes are happening weekly at the Columbus Commons! Everything from yoga to kickboxing to zumba. Read more and register here.

The Green Team has a message regarding paper! It is projected that Americans will throw away over 4 and a half million tons of office paper and nearly 10 million tons of newspaper over the next decade. Almost all of this material could be recycled. Recycling a four-foot stack of newspapers saves the equivalent of one 40-foot fir tree. Put that scrap paper in the office recycling bin instead of in the trashcan.

More info at: http://www.techsoup.org/greentech/paper/page10834.cfm

Getting to Know You

Jennifer Brown

Three places you'd take an out-of-town guest?

Short North, German Village, Easton

What is your perfect Saturday? Watching my son play soccer, watching my daughter dance and having friends over for dinner

Favorite album of all time?

All 12 (and soon 13) Depeche Mode albums. I'm a fanatic

Your one 'guilty pleasure' tv show?

Project Runway

What was your first job? At the illegal age of 12 my Dad had me working by myself in one of his retail shops. It was a stuffed animal store called, "Don't Feed The Animals." Fun place but scary when I had to make change in my head for cash purchases (right-brainer here!)

Favorite Movie?
Any spy thriller

Hobbies? Repurposing furniture, kickboxing and traveling

Favorite travel destination? Rome (honorable mention: NYC & Barcelona)

The city you'd most like to visit?
Buenos Aires

Something people would be surprised to know about you?

I've tried out for 'The Amazing Race.' Twice

Where do you shop?
Nordstrom, H&M and Anthropologie

Favorite Quote? "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined"
~ Henry David Thoreau

Favorite Food?
Homemade bruschetta

Three things you can't live without? My husband, my kids and laughter

If I wasn't in marketing I'd be... interior designing

Out & About

The July CSCA speaker is none other than Timothy Goodman. Mr. Goodman is a designer, illustrator and art director who most recently worked in-house at Apple Inc. Join us at the Gateway Film Center on July 19th at 6:30 pm.

About Portfolio Creative

Portfolio Creative connects clients with the finest creative talent in all areas of design, writing, interactive, marketing, project management and more. We believe that creative people, ideas and companies are valuable and vital to our community and our economy. We help clients build, support and maintain their creative workforce, and help creative talent find work in their field.

Here is what people are saying about us: "I wanted to say thank you for taking the time to speak with me. It was really to have a chance to speak you and just have a candid conversation.You may have been told this before, but having a simple conversation like that feels incredibly effective. It's genuine, direct and really has an impact."
~Zachary, Portfolio Creative Talent