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A New Member’s Perspective on Professional Development
May 02, 2016
I met IHAF Board Chair Mark Gibson late last year at the 2015 HOW Design Live Conference in Chicago. Mark was attending the conference in support of IHAF and two members of his in-house agency at State Farm Insurance creative team who were presenting a session on how to increase influence in house. …
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Adobe Training in Small Doses
February 01, 2016
A year ago, I was thrilled to learn that Adobe had become a member of this amazing organization called IHAF and I could not wait to get involved. From IHAF Huddle events to the IHAF Annual Conference & Awards Show, it has been great to connect with the creatives and marketers that are so crucial to …
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Sarah Says Goodbye
December 28, 2015
“If you want to achieve some really big and interesting goals, you have to learn to fall in love with hard work.” –Steve Pavlina, personal-development blogger, book author, and motivational speaker
Falling in love with hard work isn’t hard to do at IHAF—and boy, have we accomplished much in the …
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When Pictures Say 1,000 Words
November 23, 2015
If you weren’t with us in Boston the week before last, IHAF held its biggest event of the year—the IHAF Annual Conference & Awards Show. With over 250 attendees enjoying keynotes, breakouts, roundtables, and our ever-popular awards, IHAF celebrated its 10th anniversary in style.
In addition to my …
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The Conference is Coming
October 05, 2015
You heard that right, theIHAF Annual Conference is coming—to the Revere Hotel Boston Common. The Revere offers us a unique, innovative and versatile event space, which will be completely taken over by our conference, awards show and attendees. A brand new venue for IHAF and one we’re excited to …
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Our Lips Are Sealed
September 09, 2015
31 Categories. 664 Entries. 13 Judges. 93 Winners. And 1 Best of Show. The annual IHAF Awards Show is just around the bend which means every submission has been touched, watched, heard, poured over, and ultimately scored by our panel of experts. All that’s left to do now is announce the winners! …
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Awards Galore—And More!
August 03, 2015
We’re halfway through summer and the IHAF team is plenty busy sorting through over 650 entries we received for this year’s IHAF Awards competition. It’s wonderful to see all the extraordinarily creative work produced by in-house teams from Detroit to Denmark, India to Idaho! We’ve certainly shared …
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Showing Off for Clients (and Mom & Dad)
July 27, 2015
If your in-house agency is anything like ours then you’re constantly asking yourself, “How do we gain recognition for what we do at our company?” We can conduct informational meetings and pass out all the team-branded swag we want, but at Team IDEA, the in-house creative services and events agency …
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Give Your Clients What They Want
July 15, 2015
Does the title of this blog frighten you? Don’t worry. I’m not going to tell you to make the logo bigger or to infuse neon green into your corporate brand palette. Beyond hearing “yes” to the sometimes-random requests they make, do you know what clients really want? They want to know that the in- …
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The Early Bird Gets the Discount
July 08, 2015
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…at IHAF, anyway! That’s because we’re in the midst of planning our biggest event of the year—the IHAF Annual Conference & AwardsShow. The IHAF program team is hard at work lining up the best speakers, the best breakout sessions, and most opportunities to …
