Mind Your Own Business Conference
November 1-4, 2007
Loews Coronado Bay Resort, San Diego
www.MYOBconference.com

HOW magazine and Recourses, Inc. present the Mind Your Own Business Conference, taking place November 1-4 at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort in sunny San Diego.

MYOB is the only business retreat tailored exclusively for principals of design and creative-service firms-where the country’s foremost business consultants are on hand to answer your most-asked questions about your business. In just 3-1/2 days, you’ll get the expert advice you need to increase efficiency and profitability for years to come.

Registration is now open. Visit www.MYOBconference.com to secure your spot.

Sign up by the August 31 Early-Bird Deadline to save $100!

At MYOB, you’ll meet a dream-team panel of business consultants and strategy experts, and participate in exclusive presentations and workshops guaranteed to help you take charge of your firm’s future. Visit www.MYOBconference.com for complete program details.

Plus, you’ll rub elbows with 300+ fellow principals eager to talk shop about best practices, worst mistakes and other topics too taboo under any other circumstance. You’ll share e-addresses, business forms and battle scars-in a been there, done that atmosphere you won’t find anywhere else.

Visit www.MYOBconference.com to register now using HOW’s easy and secure online form.

The Mind Your Own Business Conference is simply the one business retreat you can’t afford to miss.

The editors of HOW magazine have assembled a powerhouse line-up of today’s hottest art directors, creative managers and industry experts for the 2007 In-HOWse Designer Conference — September 9-11 at the Hyatt Regency Austin, Texas.

It’s the business event for in-house creative managers you can’t miss — 3-days packed with intense workshops, professional advice, creative rejuvenation, and even a little group therapy.

Registration is now open at www.inhowseconference.com. Last year’s event sold out quickly, so be sure to sign up right away to reserve your spot.

You’ll enjoy exciting, inspiration-filled sessions from a select panel of experts, each with their own unique background. They’ll share what’s worked for them and what hasn’t, and identify best practices on everything from rediscovering “play” in the workplace to refining your operational processes.

You’ll network with hundreds of your peers all facing similar in-house challenges and identify methods for balancing your multiple roles. And you’ll leave feeling revived with all the insight you need to build and manage a creative team that’s downright indispensable to your company.

It’s going to be a real lifesaver.

Don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind business conference. Registration is now open, and super easy with our secure on-line form at www.inhowseconference.com. Plus, we’re offering deep discounts for 3 or more registrants from the same company.

Don’t delay … register yourself (and your co-workers) today.
www.inhowseconference.com.

It’s that time of year again. HOW Magazine’s Mind Your Own Business (MYOB) Conference is coming up. This year it’s being held at the swanky Loews Coronado Bay Resort in San Diego, CA, from November 1-4, 2007. The conference features sessions, workshops and roundtable discussions especially for design and creative service firm principals. It’s a great opportunity to share ideas, tactics and maybe even a few mistakes here and there.

David C. Baker, of ReCourses, Inc., heads up a great lineup of seasoned, savvy pros who now what works and what doesn’t. Also speaking are Glenn Baldwin, Principal of ForesterBaldwin; Emily Ruth Cohen, an independent consultant with 20+ years of experience; Deborah Dawton, CEO of the UK’s Design Business Association; Brent Hodgins, Partner and Director of Client Services at Mirren Business Development; Ron McMillan, a best-selling author, veteran speaker and business-consulting specialist and Tim Williams, founder of Ignition Consulting Group, a leading consultancy devoted to helping firms create and capture more value.

The sessions will provide in-depth information about leadership, financial management, guerrilla prospecting, pitch presentations, roundtable discussions and more. Think of the MYOB Conference as one-stop shopping to position your firm for success.

The Conference promises to provide loads of camaraderie and networking opportunities that go beyond the typical, simple “meet and greet,” in a noncompetitive environment. To get things rolling, HOW has established an online forum at forum.howbusinessconference.com/.

MYOB Conference sponsors include The Creative Group, Rebus, Function Fox, Web Sales Tool, Creative Manager Pro, Pound Assurance, Infowit, Corporate Image and Neenah Paper.

For detailed information, visit the conference site at www.howbusinessconference.com/2007/. Registration information can be found at here. Discounted early bird registration is available through August 15, 2007.

Don’t forget to say “Hi!” to Bryn, Sarah and the HOW gang. Tell ‘em BoDo sent you.

HOW Mag Press Release

CINCINNATI – January 15 – The 2007 HOW Design Conference will be held June 10-13 at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta. This annual creativity, business and technology conference for graphic designers will feature 54 speakers, 49 sessions and 11 three-hour workshops.

Many industry experts and well-known designers will present at this year’s Conference, including Steff Geissbuhler of C&G Partners, type designer Chank Diesel, environmental graphic design pioneer Deborah Sussman and color expert Leatrice Eiseman.

Attendees can choose from sessions in six tracks: Creativity & Inspiration, Design Disciplines, Business & Management, Career Development, In-House Issues and Technology & Production. Conference extras include 11 pre-Conference workshops on revolutionary digital camera tricks, tracking color trends, integrating Photoshop® and Illustrator® with Flash®, becoming a better communicator and more; a networking lunch with the HOW editorial team; and two Atlanta Design Studio Tours with stops at various interactive or print design firms across Atlanta.

The Conference will also host a Design Resource Center—with exhibits featuring paper, stock photography, computer hardware and software, and other resources for designers—and a Portfolio Review for both students and working designers.

More than 3,000 graphic designers, art directors, creative directors, illustrators and other design professionals are expected to participate in this year’s Conference.

The 2007 HOW Design Conference is presented by HOW, the creativity, business and technology magazine for graphic designers. HOW is published by F+W Publications, Inc. in Cincinnati, OH.

For registration information, call (513) 531-2690 ext. 1450; fax (513) 531-0798; email howconference@fwpubs.com or visit HOWconference.com.

(thanks Heather)