One thing you should know is that I LOVE a good metaphor! I also spent 14 years helping design students understand how visual (tactile, auditory, and scent) clues can influence occupants and customers.

So, when I came across the article “Why The Shape Of A Company’s Logo Matters” from Fast Company Magazine, I had to share. Take a read over it and see what YOUR logo says about YOU and your customers!

LOGO ARTICLE – Click Here!

When determining the name and designing the logo for Fort Mill’s first Coworking community, we wanted to make sure that it had more than just a surface meaning. Read more

We would like to welcome The Mud Puddle at Olives, Downtown Fort Mill’s new (and only!) merchant of fine coffee and craft beverages to our Community Benefit Partner Program! https://www.facebook.com/onmainstreet

Community Benefit Partners are local business owners who support our members while reaping the benefits of the increased foot traffic and brand marketing done by our staff. These partners offer helpful and creative discounts for goods and services in the downtown and greater Fort Mill area. Do you own or work for a restaurant, store or service provider that could take advantage of this opportunity? …. Some examples are….

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We know deep down we need to do it, even though it can make our stomach turn just thinking about it. Sometimes we get the impression of the plaid coat used car salesman fast talker running around with a megaphone, shouting about themselves to everyone they see.

Even in this digital-Meetup-Twitter-Facebook saturated world, in-person networking can be some of the most productive that you can do. I’ve been to a thousand of these events for various positions that I’ve held, and I’m here to tell you that, done correctly, it’s not a waste of time. In this article, I’m going to give you some tips to make your time at these events productive and maybe, just maybe even enjoyable.

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Member Chris Jones of Jones Brothers Realty hired member Josh James to create this awesome promo video! Member Paul Davis, tutor and writer, and Cathy Kitchens, who will be hosting  ACT prep courses in our Gallery@LOOM, are working together on youth tutoring services! Member Tom Ostrowski of Cruise Planners is offering a “Painting at Sea” Cruise experience with Debbie Whitsett, our Community Benefit Partner at Olives Studio, Gallery and Gifts! We are so excited about the business opportunities that are being created in our community!

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Did or do you have a fine art teacher that has influenced or effected your life?

Whether you became an artist or not, many of us would not be who we are today without the efforts, talents and compassion of an art teacher somewhere in our past.

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I recently read an article by Rachel Gillett of Business Insider entitled  “I worked from home for a year — here’s the one mistake I’ll never make again”. Immediately, I felt I had met a kindred spirit. In June 2015, I began working as contributing author on a textbook. Being in an educational environment of one kind or another for 35 years, I severely underestimated the culture shock I would have transitioning to a work-from-home existence.

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