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Talking Brand (& Beer) at Birds

This event happened on Fri, May 3, 2019 • Virtual
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About this FieldTrip

Join us at the original Birds Barbershop on South Lamar for an interactive discussion with co-founder Michael Portman.

He’ll discuss the Birds origin story and how a sense of place has been intrinsic to the design of every Birds, why each one looks different within the brand language, and how that hurts and helps scalability.

Now at ten shops with one in Houston, Michael will host a candid conversation about franchising (they don’t), taking outside money (they haven’t), keeping marketing in-house, and failures and lessons learned over the past thirteen years Birds has been in operation.

Come armed with questions about this homegrown Austin brand!

What to expect

Lecture format!

This is a more traditional format where participants absorb information through presentations and talks.

Real-time only!

This FieldTrip will not be recorded.

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Zulesky Aparicio

Founder at the happiness of.

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Kat Thay

Producer of Creative Magic at Glug Events.

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Jeff Arnold

Director of Photography at Prospect Arts.

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Eliot Jarrett

Research & Strategy Consultant.

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Marty Robbins

DP / Director at Rabid Robot Studios.

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Hilary Corna

Author of One White Face, Kaizen Coach and Operations Consultant.

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Kelly Daacon

Marketing Director at BIG RED DOG, a division of WGI.

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Mars Chapman

Owner at Casey’s New Orleans Snowballs, LLC.

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Kim Egner

Designer & Illustrator at Solstice Studio.

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Christine Flores

Operations Director at Beeswax Co..

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Krissy Teegerstrom

Artist, Podcaster, Creative Consultant at Featherweight Studio.

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How to make the most of FieldTrips

The FieldTrips experience is defined not only by what the host has to share, but also by how we show up individually and collectively. The way we show up impacts our capacity to be moved, inspired, and activated.

Show up fully

Get ready to be immersed! Engage with smiles, nods, waves, emojis. Share in the chat. Get cozy. Turn off notifications. Sip your favorite beverage.

Stay curious

Wear your beginner’s hat. Go with the flow. Welcome the stumbles and fumbles. Congratulate yourself for trying. Keep going! 

Celebrate your host

Our hosts are members of the CreativeMornings community—just like you! Everyone comes to this with different backgrounds—a lot of our hosts have never done anything like this before! And we love that! Cheer them on when something goes awry and when it goes perfectly.

Support each other

We’re all figuring things out in real time. Celebrate, rather than critique emerging ideas. Cheer each other on as you try new things.  Try “Yes! And…” in conversation.

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