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You'll find all the graphic design tools you need on the HOW Conference program, from creative inspiration to hard-hitting instruction. You'll be able to put this information to use before you even get home, for an immediate impact on your work, life and career.

To help you specifically target the information that matters most to you, we've included a list of particular focuses underneath each session title. Look for more session information coming soon, including details on new sessions hosted by our sponsors.

Note: the sessions with an in-house focus are geared toward in-house designers. If you're an in-house manager, be sure to check out the In-HOWse Designer Conference. The sessions on that program were developed specifically for you.

 


Saturday, June 05
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Russell Brown @ HOW    - Russell Brown
FOCUS: Software , Creativity
Sunday, June 06
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
A Splash of Flash™    - Chris Converse
FOCUS: Web and Interactive Design , Software
Caffeine for the Creative Team: Turning Brainstorming into Brainsqualling    - Stefan Mumaw & Wendy Lee Oldfield
FOCUS: In-House , Creativity
Change the Way You Think About Type    - Shelley Gruendler
FOCUS: Design Disciplines
Design Process Improvement Workshop    - David Holston
FOCUS: My Career , In-House , Business
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Chaos to Clarity: Creating Your One-Page Business Plan   
FOCUS: Freelance , Business
CSS: Web Basics for Designers    - Stephanie Sullivan
FOCUS: Web and Interactive Design
Making Money Count and Value Real: Charge-Back Systems with a Twist    - Jeni Herberger
FOCUS: In-House
Photographing People, Places and Things    - Jim Krause
FOCUS: Creativity
The Russell Brown Show: Photoshop™ Tips & Techniques    - Russell Brown
FOCUS: Web and Interactive Design , Software
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Networking Kick-Off   
6:30 pm - 7:45 pm
1. Design Inspiration    - Andy Stefanovich
FOCUS: Creativity
7:45 pm - 10:00 pm
Opening Reception   
Monday, June 07
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Continental Breakfast   
9:00 am - 10:15 am
2. Inspiration: You Are What You Keep    - Gail Anderson
FOCUS: Student , Creativity , Design Disciplines
3. Design and Social Responsibility    - David Berman
FOCUS: My Career , Design Disciplines , Business
10:45 am - 12:00 pm
4. Is Your Agency Interesting?    - Tony Mikes
FOCUS: Business
5. A Perfect Marriage: Great Design and Killer Copy    - Erin Anderson
FOCUS: Design Disciplines
6. Creating Five-Alarm Concepts    - Von Glitschka
FOCUS: Student , My Career , Creativity
7. Print to Web Breakthrough    - Mark O\'Brien
FOCUS: Web and Interactive Design , Design Disciplines
8. Women on Top    - Erin Sarpa
FOCUS: Student , My Career , Design Disciplines , Business
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Resource Center Open   
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Lunch with a HOW Conference Speaker   
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
.9. Life Kerning: Where Life and Creativity Meet    - Justin Ahrens
FOCUS: My Career , Creativity , Business
10. How to Sell Your Ideas to Bosses, Clients and Other Decision Makers    - Sam Harrison
FOCUS: Freelance , My Career , In-House , Creativity , Business
11. Making Money, Delivering Impact and Living Culture    - David C. Baker
FOCUS: In-House , Business
12. How to Create and Deliver Your Best Portfolio    - Donna Farrugia
FOCUS: Student , Freelance , My Career , Creativity
13. Good vs. Great Design: A Reprise    - Cameron Moll
FOCUS: Web and Interactive Design , Creativity
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
14. Everything I Needed to Know About Advertising I Learned from Star Wars    - John January & Tug McTighe
FOCUS: Creativity , Design Disciplines
15. Web Design Concepts for Non-Web Designers    - Matthew Richmond
FOCUS: Web and Interactive Design , Creativity
16. 60 Days to Better Productivity    - Pamela Bryan
FOCUS: Freelance , In-House , Creativity , Business
17. Curiously Curious    - Ken Carbone
FOCUS: My Career , Creativity , Design Disciplines
18. Make Stuff    - Mike Perry
FOCUS: Creativity , Design Disciplines
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Happy Hour in the Resource Center   
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Designers' Marketplace   
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Folded Inspiration    - Kit Hinrichs & Trish Witkowski
FOCUS: Technology & Production , Creativity
Tuesday, June 08
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Continental Breakfast   
9:00 am - 10:15 am
19. Why We Brand, Why We Buy    - Debbie Millman
FOCUS: My Career , Creativity , Business
20. Visual Storytelling: Resonate and Activate Audiences    - Nancy Duarte
FOCUS: My Career , Creativity
10:45 am - 12:00 pm
21. From Jr. Designer to Design Firm Owner    - Armin Vit
FOCUS: My Career , Business
22. How to Sell Your Ideas to Bosses, Clients and Other Decision Makers REPEAT    - Sam Harrison
FOCUS: Student , Freelance , My Career , In-House , Creativity , Business
23. Bach, Fonts and Rock ‘n’ Roll    - Allan Haley
FOCUS: Creativity , Design Disciplines
24. Be a Better Manager: The 3 Major Principles of a Great Team    - Marcia Hoeck
FOCUS: In-House , Business
25. Don’t Go It Alone: Using Collaboration to Solve Creative Design Problems    - Maria Giudice
FOCUS: Web and Interactive Design , Creativity
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Resource Center Open   
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
26. Print to Web Breakthrough REPEAT    - Mark O\'Brien
FOCUS: Web and Interactive Design , Design Disciplines
27. 60 Days to Better Productivity REPEAT    - Pamela Bryan
FOCUS: Freelance , My Career , In-House , Business
28. Evolve: The Future of Sustainable Design    - Brian Dougherty
FOCUS: Creativity , Design Disciplines , Business
29. Better Ideas Faster: How to Brainstorm More Effectively    - David Sherwin
FOCUS: My Career , In-House , Creativity
30. Developing Personal Style    - Eleanor Grosch
FOCUS: Student , Freelance , My Career , Creativity , Design Disciplines
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
31. Creating Five-Alarm Concepts REPEAT    - Von Glitschka
FOCUS: Student , My Career , Creativity
32. Three. Word. Taglines. (And Other Horrible Branding Practices)    - Tate Linden
FOCUS: In-House , Business
33. What You Don’t Learn in Design School: Hard-Knock Lessons Learned by Growing Up as a Designer    - Mig Reyes
FOCUS: Student , My Career , Business
34. Fitting Your Employer’s Big Hairy Audacious Goals with Your Own    - David Delp
FOCUS: My Career , In-House , Creativity , Business
35. Current Web Design Trends and How to Use Them    - Patrick McNeil
FOCUS: Web and Interactive Design , Creativity
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Portfolio Review   
9:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Tuesday Evening Reception   
Wednesday, June 09
8:30 am - 9:30 am
Breakfast Roundtables / Continental Breakfast   
9:45 am - 11:00 am
36. Creativity Q+A    - Justin Ahrens & Stefan Mumaw & Wendy Lee Oldfield & David Sherwin
FOCUS: Creativity
37. Building a Business: If I Knew Then What I Knew Now    - Ken Carbone & Brian Dougherty & Marcia Hoeck
FOCUS: Business
38. Refining Yourself as a Designer in the Multi-Media World    - Patrick McNeil & Cameron Moll & Matthew Richmond
FOCUS: Web and Interactive Design
11:15 am - 12:30 pm
39. Rediscovering Play: Bringing Fun and Passion to Your Work…and Life    - Kevin Carroll
FOCUS: Creativity

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