Designer in NYC? Check out Spark's bootcamp

One month into the new year and looking for a way to juice things up a little? If you're local to New York (or within commutable distance) you might want to check out the intensive workshop being offered by Spark, the designers' group in New York:

Saturday February 23rd
Spark Boot Camp For Graphic Design Firms

Where: NY Designs 45-50 30th Street
(Between Thomson Ave. and 47th Ave.) Long Island City, NY
Time: 10 am - 3 pm
Cost: $50 per person, includes boxed lunch
RSVP: rsvp at sparknyc dot org

Get a head start on your 2008 resolutions with the following 3 segments:

10 am -  11:15 am 
Marc S Levitt and Sheri L Koetting of MSLK will walk you through how to plan a marketing calendar for your design firm along with tips for how to maximize a minimal marketing budget.

11:15  pm  -  12:30 pm
Howard Levy of Red Rooster Group will show you how to write proposals that seal the deal and negotiate the fee that you are worth.

12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
Onsite lunch and networking. A boxed lunch will be provided.

1:00 pm  -  2:15 pm 
Creative Services Consultant, Shelia Doyle of Langton Cherubino Group will show you tools for profitable design project management including: planning for profit, proposals as a guide and keeping within budget, utilizing the creative brief as a focusing tool for clients and creatives, time tracking, project meeting management,  quality control methods, and tracking client revisions.

Comments

[John]

Designers looking for a solid web-based project management service should check out Intervals. We built Intervals based on 8+ years as a web design firm, Pelago, and from the knowledge gleamed from working with several design firms throughout the country. If you struggle at all with tracking your time, as we did, Intervals may be ideal for you.