What is StayFresh?

StayFresh is a series of monthly gatherings for those that work in the interactive community. if your job title is:

• Interactive Developer
• Visual Designer
• Information Architect/Interaction Designer
• Freelance Web Developer/Designer
• Production/Project/Business Development Manager
• Creative Strategist

then our meetups are for you. Through our StayFresh series, Refresh Events promotes learning, collaboration and interaction in an open and informal environment. Admisson and membership is free, and drinks are on the house.

Agenda

• 7:00-7:30 Mix & Mingle
• 7:30 Ignite Talks
• 8:15 Peter Flaschner, "Passion"
• 9:00 Post-event networking

Ignite Speakers

• Erin Bury, RedWire
• Rachel Azagury, Creating a Buzz
• Saul Colt, Freshbooks
• Kieran Huggins, MyTTC
• Noah Godfrey, GigPark
• Leila Boujnane, Idée Inc.

Peter Flaschner, "Passion"

Passion has always played an important role in humanity’s day to day existence. Until recently though, that passion expressed itself largely in non-work functions. Today passion is more important than ever. We’re free to explore and engage our passions like never before. It’s also never been so critical that we nurture and harness our passions to solve the complex problems our society faces. In this presentation, I’ll present a few thoughts on how as designers we can do that (and what to avoid) and turn the floor over the group to see if we can collectively develop a toolbox to help us produce work that aligns with our own and our audience’s passions.

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About Peter Flaschner

Peter’s formal education is in marketing and design. But it’s his broad and varied experience as an entrepreneur that makes him unusually well suited to modern blog and web design. Peter launched The Blog Studio in early 2005, after experiencing blogging’s benefits first hand. His personal site, Almost Cool was (once upon a time) a very popular destination for designers and web based entrepreneurs.

When he’s not in front of the computer, you’ll find Peter playing with his two young daughters, riding his ridiculously expensive road bike, skiing, playing guitar in his band, or with his nose stuck in a book.