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april 27, 2013

@moxiecon

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Moxie. A one-day conference to inspire confident creatives. You’ve learned how to harness your creativity. You can kern or code with the best of them. It’s now time to make sure you get paid. Moxie is a day-long crash course on the business side of design and technology. Practical talks and roundtables on how to be more assertive , how to self-promote, how to sell your ideas , and how to protect yourself legally. In short, how to make that cheddar  and look good doing it .

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Jen MyersDesigner, Developer, Teacher / @antiheroine

Jen Myers is a web designer, UI developer and instructor at Dev Bootcamp in Chicago. She established and organized the beginner coder education program Girl Develop It Columbus in Ohio and regularly speaks about topics related to design, education and diversity in the technology field. She likes good film, comic books and frequently changing her hair color.

Elle LunaDesigner & Artist / @elleluna

Elle Luna is a designer and artist in San Francisco who works with startups to bring beautiful, compelling user experiences to life through product, brand and storytelling. She is recognized as one of Silicon Valley’s leading women designers by Fast Company, in part thanks to her work with The Designer Fund & her numerous talks on humanizing brands.

She recently launched Mailbox, a mobile-first email app for the iPhone, which is being heralded in the press as “The Best Email Management App You’ll Ever Use.” Prior to working with startups, Elle worked at IDEO. Her work includes re-imagining the sponsorship strategy for Brazil’s 2014 World Cup, redesigning Target’s video game buying experience & building a new US government agency as a part of Obama’s Wall Street Reform Act.

When she’s not designing, you can find Elle promoting design through AIGA, where she sat on the board of directors for three years, writing for Design Observer, and making a big mess in her studio, where she gets paint on all of her clothes and recently installed an indoor swing.

Rob LoukotkaDesigner / @fringefocus

Rob is an artist, graphic designer, woodworker, optimist, and serial risk taker. The Fringe Focus workshop in Chicago is Rob’s visual arts playground complete with a laser cutter, CNC router, power tools, and a literal metric ton of screenprints.

Rob’s ACME Corporation poster is the second most successful graphic design project ever on Kickstarter after raising over $105,000. Rob’s artwork can be found in galleries like Gallery1988 in Los Angeles, and Bottleneck Gallery in Brooklyn. Fringe Focus has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Wired, and probably some other places too.

Max ShapiroDirector of Experience Strategy / @maxs

Max is currently a Director at VSA Partners in Chicago where he works closely with designers, writers and developers to create design strategy. Prior to VSA he worked at Ogilvy and SapientNitro. His list of clients includes IBM, John Deere, SC Johnson, Unilever, Hyatt, and Forrester.

Susan BetteridgeGroup Creative Director, McGarry Bowen

Susan is a writer and a lover of ideas. She currently fosters integrated advertising campaigns that both build brands and drive activation as a Group Creative Director at McGarry Bowen.

Before joining McGarry Bowen, Susan was an SVP Creative Director at DraftFCB. Throughout her career she has created campaigns for Disney, Cox Communications, State Farm Insurance, Volkswagen, Kraft, Jim Beam, Kmart and more.

Susan is a graduate of Michigan State University and has served as a judge for the Addys and NSAC AAF student competition. In her free time she loves skiing, further defining the term “foodie” and running with her Weimaraner named Gunther.

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Lisa CongdonIllustrator & Fine Artist / @lisacongdon

Illustrator Lisa Congdon is best known for her colorful paintings and collages. Her vast catalog of work includes illustrations for The Obama Campaign, Chronicle Books, Land of Nod, Harper Collins Publishing, and Simon & Schuster, among many others. Lisa is also known for her hand-lettering and pattern design, and keeps a popular daily blog of her work called “Today is Going to be Awesome.” She lives and works in Oakland, California. Visit her website at lisacongdon.com.

Travis LifeCreative Lawyer

Travis Life is a past chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Media and Entertainment Committee and the current chair of the CBA’s Young Lawyers Section Creative Arts Committee. Travis is also the Membership Chair of the American Bar Association’s Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries and frequently works with Lawyers for the Creative Arts, a Chicago-based non-profit that provides pro bono legal services for artists and other creative professionals.

Mare SwallowSpeaker, Consultant, Author

Marianna (“Mare”) Swallow is a professional speaker, corporate trainer, and founder of the Chicago Writers Conference. She hosts workshops throughout the year, and offers private coaching to her clients. Learn more at mariannaswallow.com or chicagowritersconference.org.

Mare’s talk will address how you represent yourself—and why it matters no matter how good or talented you are. “Creative” does not mean

“casual” or “sloppy”—let’s button it up a bit!

Max TemkinDesigner & Gamer / @maxtemkin

Max Temkin is a designer from Chicago, Il. He works for good causes like Obama for America and makes the games Cards Against Humanity and Humans vs. Zombies. He recently opened a co-working space in Logan Square for cool people only. The Atlantic called him, “just some guy.”

Ann FriedmanEditor & Writer / @annfriedman

Ann Friedman is a magazine journalist who loves the internet. She used to be the executive editor of GOOD, and now she’s a politics columnist for New York magazine’s website. In 2012, she co-founded a magazine called Tomorrow with her former GOOD colleagues. She curates the work of women journalists at LadyJournos!, makes hand-drawn pie charts for The Hairpin, and dispenses animated advice for journalists at the Columbia Journalism Review. In July 2012, CJR named her one of 20 women to watch. Look for her work in The New Republic, NewYorker.com, Rolling Stone, Time Out Chicago, The Gentlewoman, The American Prospect, The Baffler, TheAtlantic.com, Refinery29, Bookforum, and on her personal site, annfriedman.com. Follow her @annfriedman.

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7:45–8:30

Registration

8:30–9:00

Quite StrongOpening Remarks / Katherine Walker

9:00–9:30

Intro: desIgn cloud

Jen MyersHow to Change the World with a Girl and a Computer

9:40–10:10

Intro: AIgA chIcAgo / sArA FrIsk

Elle LunaHere, I made this.

10:20–10:50

Intro: 24 seven

Rob LoukotkaJumping off a cliff without a parachute

11:00–11:30

Intro: vsA PArtners / kelly bjork

Max ShapiroStrategy in the Service of Design

11:40–12:10

Intro: we Are mAmmoth / jennIFer sIsson

Susan BetteridgeWhy Words Matter

1:10–1:40

Intro: QuIte strong / jAnA kInsmAn

Lisa CongdonBuild It and They Will Come: Getting and Sustaining the Work of Your Dreams

1:50–2:20

Intro: kIn hr / crAIg bryAnt

Matthew HafeleinLawyer Up! Practical Legal Tips for the Creative Business

2:30–3:00

Intro: neenAh PAPer / mIchele PIstone

Mare SwallowPresent Yourself with Clarity and Confidence

3:00–3:35

Snack BreakCheck out the Neenah’s awesome paperselections while grabbing some more coffeeand snacks. See you back at 3:45pm.

3:45–4:15

Intro: 37sIgnAls / mIg reyes

Max Temkin30 Power Tips to Synergize Your Cloud-Based Revenue Stream Community

12:10–1:10

Lunch Break There are many lunch options around the Merchandise Mart, but here are a few of our favorites:

Potbelly’sTasty sandwiches in the building222 Merchandise Mart Plz Ste 109

EPIC BurgerBurgers, fries and shakes!407 N Clark St

Hannah’s BretzelÜber sandwiches on pretzel buns400 N La Salle St

XOCODelicious Mexican tortas449 N Clark St

Lou Malnati’sDeep-dish Chicago pizza439 N Wells St

Pierogi HeavenAuthentic pierogis in the Loop169 N Wells St

Bridge House TavernSalads & sandwiches with a view321 N Clark St

Crêpe BistroGreat variety of crêpes186 N Wells St

CosiBread, sandwiches & salads203 N La Salle St

Jimmy John’sFast and casual subs501 N. Lasalle

4:25–5:10

Intro: QuIte strong / elAIne chernov

Ann FriedmanBye, Hater: How to Use Criticism of All Kinds to Improve Your Work Instead of Hinder It

5:10–5:20

Quite StrongClosing Remarks / Katherine Walker

6:00–10:00

Post-PartyA short walk from 1871, join us at The Point on 401 N Milwaukee Ave., just west of the Merchandise Mart. Use the drink ticket in your tote bag and enjoy your first drink on us!

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An enormous thank you to the following organizations and companies who support our design community through their contributions to MoxieCon.

PresentIng sPonsors

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FrIends & volunteers

Brent Knepper, Lucy Hewett, Mikey Kenney, Bryan Vercler, Lucas Crawford, Joanna Vodopivec, Julia Smith, David Johnson, Christina Stradone, Kristin Palla, Kristi Dula, Olivia Moore

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