With the Epcot experience and a full day of walking, despite the nerves that I felt for the day ahead, I finally got some good sleep. My sister arrived at the hotel at 5:30am from her Sacramento red eye, and so while she got some sleep, I started...
It's been a week since I returned from #A17con. I have spent said week catching up on work and diving back into life and meetings. I really wanted an extra week of time to be able to distil everything I learned and make plans/strategies to...
New Orleans! I’m coming for you. Can’t wait to join @aia_ms in July to talk with #emergingprofessionals about how to turn up the heat on mentorship, career pathing, and getting licensed! Come join me for chats, tips, sketches, and...
If you remember back to January – among all of the other many and important things you’ve done since then – I did a 2016 Goals post called “New Year, New Goals” as a part of #ArchiTalks. I set four goals for myself...
The 2016 AIA Convention kicks off later this week and thousands of architects and industry professionals will be converging on Philadelphia. Some, typically younger professionals new to the AIA taking advantage of their “first year...
After sharing a blog recently on how to curate quality articles with Feedly, I had a couple readers ask what specifically I like to read. While I’ve answered all of them individually already, I thought it would be great to share those...
Today we return to the social media primer series. If you’ve missed the previous blogs in the series, I covered the background and why in week 1 and Twitter in week 2. Last week we took a break for #ArchiTalks (if you don’t know about...
Mentorship is a weird thing. Depending on the career season, economical climate, location, job type, etc…the ability to find a mentor can vary widely. It’s important to realize, though, that there is one piece of the mentorship puzzle...
Thanksgiving is over, but this young architect is still thankful. Many times the supporting stage hands in life don’t get the publicity that the actor does come awards season. This doesn’t make them any less important. In fact...