June 2014

	CREATIVELY SPEAKING ABOUT THE LATEST CREATIVE NEWS

Welcome to June!

Portfolio Creative President & Co-Founder, Catherine Lang Cline, has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious NAWBO Visionary Award. The award honors a woman business owner who has achieved success with her business while making notable contributions to her community, her industry and to initiatives for other women in business. Congratulations, Catherine!

Canady Patterson

We'd like to introduce you to the newest member

of our internal team, Canady Patterson. Canady joins us as Director of New Business. Welcome, Canady!

We're excited to help sponsor FMMF! Fashion Meets Music Festival is the nation's largest music and fashion event, and it's happening right here in Columbus! See our Creative Scene block below for all the details.

-The Portfolio Creative Team

Creative Scene

FMMF

"Fashion Meets Music Festival" is the nation's largest and most provocative music and fashion event, fusing two complementary art forms as one entertainment platform. FMMF is the first collaborative fusion festival to solely incorporate music with music inspired fashion brands. Intimate. Inspired. Authentic. FMMF celebrates both art forms, while fostering a lifestyle of self-expression.

August 29-31, 2014

500 performances, 250 Artists, 72 hours, 1 place.

More info at: http://fmmf.us/

Opportunity Knocks

Recording Injuries and Illnesses of Temporary Workers

Catherine Lang-Cline, President
* Co-Founder

"Sometimes the typical workday is not all that typical. Occasionally, an employee may get sick or injured while on the job. Sometimes that person is a temporary employee. What then? Who is responsible for recording the incident?"

Read the entire article at:

http://www.blogher.com/recording-injuries-and-illnesses-temporary-workers

The Life of a Brand Chameleon

Gregor Gilliom, Owner and Editorial Director of Versatile Words, will share his thoughts about professional writing, how to fit the needs of different projects and creative partners, and creating sustainable freelance success.

* Do or Die: 10 things every successful freelancer has to know
* Why clients resist hiring writers, and how to make them love you
* How to network without being annoying
* Why you need to be curious, but also have a take on it
* And other crazy stories from the field

Date: 6/24/14

Time: 11:45 pm -1:00 pm

Cost: $20 - Lunch from Freedom a la Cart included

Instructor: Gregor Gilliom

Location: 777 Goodale Blvd., Ste 300,

Click here to register!

Out & About

AAF ADFun

Join us at Moxie (previously Engauge) to wrap up the AAF

calendar year, celebrate and welcome the new board!

Thursday, June 26th, 5:30PM - 7:30PM

http://aafcolumbus.org/events/

Raise Your Game

Raise Your Visibility: Three Tips to Get Your Business Noticed

Jennifer Brown, Marketing Manager

"As a marketing professional, one of the nicest compliments to hear is, "I see you guys everywhere!" The thing is, people aren't seeing us everywhere, they see us where it matters, where it counts. We don't have a huge marketing budget, but we've consistently applied ourselves to sharing our unique services to the right audiences."

Read the entire article at:

http://columbusama.org/raise-your-visibility-three-tips-to-get-your-business-noticed/

Is It The Feedback You Were Hoping For?

Chris Cochran, Director

"We want to hear what our client has to say about a candidate after the interview and the same goes for the candidate - we want to hear what they thought of our client. Positive feedback from both parties is crucial to creating a match that results in an accepted offer. Negative feedback is almost never good. But, if you're a candidate, it can be helpful for improvement purposes. If it's coming from a client, perhaps your search could be modified to improve your chances for landing the dream candidate."

Read the entire article at: http://www.portfolioiscreative.com/blog/2014/6/5/is-it-the-feedback-you-were-hoping-for.html

Philanthropy

Our Philanthropy Committee, CreativeNext, collected over 25 dresses for Fairy Goodmothers! Thank you to everyone who donated, we sincerely appreciate it!

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: "We love our candidate and appreciate how easy you made everything. You were not the only agency I reached out to - but you were by far the fastest, easiest, and best!"
~Cheryl, Portfolio Creative Client