As a child growing up in Jackson, I never realized the importance of the Farish Street Historic District. My parents would advise …
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Bettina Okafor
As Father’s Day approaches, and we begin to notice and appreciate all the little things our fathers (or father figures) have added …
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Emphasis on the word your. If you’re not familiar with Frederick Douglass’s speech entitled What, to a Slave, Is Your Fourth of …
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the power of words in our work. Not just how we write but also …
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It doesn’t take any real level of scholarship to understand Mississippi has struggled with equity since it was granted statehood more …
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Let me start with a few disclaimers. As a leadership team, we chose not to accept an invitation from another agency …
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On Being a Human Being 1.1
Posted by Jason Thompson
Inspiration is the good friend who sends the unexpected but perfectly timed text message or DM. This morning I noticed a …
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Awake
Posted by Jason Thompson
What remains is contradiction: We must believe in the dream and we must accept that it is false—then, perhaps, we will …
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Hiring with Humility
Posted by Jason Thompson
We’re currently looking for a creative support specialist, but that’s not what this blog post is about. Well, that’s not all …
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Over the weekend, my sister recommended that I watch the television series Siren. I was partly excited to hear the show was …
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“…by always quoting works out of the context the public forgets that they have a context.” – Theodore Gioia Theodore Gioia makes …
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Doodle the Dust Off
Posted by Reshonda Perryman
Working in a creative field can be incredibly rewarding and fun. You get to do the work you love, sometimes effortlessly, by …
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It seems like a new study comes out every day about something. Theories are posited. Hypotheses are proven or disproven. Claims are …
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“And we appeal to the friends of progress and to our citizens of the several states to continue their efforts to the …
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A few years back I scrolled across an article that I am still not one hundred percent sure is real, but it …
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The Battle of September 31
Posted by Christine Hunt
Later is a creeping, cunning, Siren-Decepticon. Later has this tricky way of shape shifting into something else entirely. The word “later” is …
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Amid the social tumult of the mid-1960s, a small group of courageous and caring citizens made the bold statement of declaring …
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There’s one common mistake that scores of leaders make. Okay, so there is more than one standard mistake, but this post will …
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The Classifieds
Posted by Jason Thompson
A few weeks ago, we had a brief discussion about the our moral obligation to people who work with us as employees …
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Comic Sans is a font that people love to hate. I’ll admit it—I myself am one of those haters. But I didn’t …
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As I scrolled through my personal Twitter feed this past weekend, I scrolled upon a post of Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon. …
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Cooking Up Some Creativity
Posted by Jason Thompson
Last weekend, we had our annual team retreat in New Orleans. Yes, we actually worked while we were there. Probably because Mardis …
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Now Departing ATL
Posted by Jason Thompson
Research and development. Trial and error. Risk and reward. They’re all a part of doing business, no matter what business you happen …
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There’s a lot of attention given to leaders. In fact, there are endless books written on the top, bordering on leadership overload. …
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I just wanted to post a quick word of congratulations to the fellow graduates of the 2017 SBA Emerging Leaders Executive Training Program, …
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The Cost of Courage
Posted by Jason Thompson
It’s hard to believe it has been three years since I read this New Yorker article chronicling the graphic and traumatic experience of Kalief …
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How we can help you elevate Mississippians to a higher degree by Jim Mchale, President and CEO of the Woodward Hines Education …
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We are in the height of the technology age, where phones are used for everything except calling, cars park themselves, and social …
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Disclaimer: This post is really just way for me to share some dope new and old school hip-hop videos, but you might …
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Journey or Destination
Posted by Elaina Jackson
How many times have you heard someone give a motivational speech and say with authority, “It’s not the destination, but the journey …
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So, basically, all I have to say is watch these videos and shout out to GJAC. Later.
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Capital Area Human Services (CAHS) has been awarded a major grant for opioid misuse prevention targeting women and girls in the greater …
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The world ends. Or at least it can feel that way. This, like many if my random revelations, has an odd derivation. …
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You Should Be Seeing Spots
Posted by Jason Thompson
See spot. Good. Don’t see spot. See spot run. See spot run your business into the ground. Seeing spots is healthy. I’m …
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I recently stumbled upon a headline on forbes.com that read “New Report: Women CEOs Make More Than Men”. This headline caught my …
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There’s a lot of talk about thought leadership. Many nonprofit organizations and leaders often speak about ways to position themselves as “thought …
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Have you ever been in your car and heard a strange sound? Something that was just a little off…a little shaky…a little …
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“How a product performs is our single measure for what stays on our shelves and what goes.”
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I know most people are over Pepsigate by now. That’s how the 24-hour news cycle works, I guess. I pulled some quotes …
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I learned early in my college career that if I wanted “real-world experience” I needed to get out into the real world. …
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Internship or Internment?
Posted by Jason Thompson
I never interned while I was in college, so I missed that whole experience. After six years, I have gained plenty of …
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On Wednesday, March 22, 2017, the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI), working in coordination with numerous other health organizations, will …
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Education Services Foundation, a nonprofit working to help Mississippi students plan and pay for college, has announced that it is changing its …
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At some point, every organization will experience some type of crisis. The crisis may be minor – like you post the wrong …
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Reality of Transitioning
Posted by Anetra Yearwood
Transition – 1. movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc. to another; change 2. Music a. a …
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One thing I’ve continued to learn since joining FCG is that the most important part of designing a website isn’t composing something …
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Disclaimer: I usually don’t waste time writing open letters to corporations unless there is some gross violation of civil or human rights. …
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If you asked me what I do, I’d probably tell you I work with an awesome team of creatives to solve tough …
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The Netflix series Last Chance University is arrestingly interesting. It’s also maddeningly disappointing, gut-wrenchingly frustrating, and unfortunately truthful. If I were able to …
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Communication is essential to foster strong and productive relationships with team members and stakeholders. When our message isn’t clear, it effects outcomes …
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Finger. Nail. File.
Posted by Jason Thompson
So, this is a very random post. Kind of. We devote the last 30 minutes of our day every Friday to writing …
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Cartoons are normally the last place we expect to find some sort of worthwhile life lesson but there is one series that …
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Easy Like Saturday Morning
Posted by Jason Thompson
Toward the end of Ed Catmull’s Creativity, Inc., Catmull includes a chapter dedicated to tech and design legend Steve Jobs. In that chapter, Catmull …
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Leading from Beside
Posted by Jason Thompson
I’ve seen the phrase “leading from behind” a lot. I never knew the derivation, so I did most of us do when …
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We didn’t win last week. Technically, one of our clients didn’t get the win it was seeking, but from our perspective, when …
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But the App Store’s middle class is small and shrinking. And the easy money is gone. I found this article (Life and Death …
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Hurry Up and Be Patient
Posted by Jason Thompson
Everyone wants to go fast, but fast doesn’t always win (see Aesop’s The Tortoise and the Hare as told through this classic …
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What does best in the world mean? Seth Godin poses that question in “The Dip” episode of his Startup School podcast. …
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Generation FREE, Mississippi’s youth-led tobacco prevention program is ready to launch its 2016 Inspiring Future Leaders Youth (iFLY) Conferences. This conference …
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The last remnants of lit cigarettes legally allowed in Baton Rouge’s bars and casinos could soon turn to ash if the Smoke-free …
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This is a repost from one of our good friends, and a very talented designer/artist, Chris Jones of SeeJones Creative. I Am …
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Earlier today I was randomly navigating from article to article, and I landed on a short piece by David Berkowitz titled Why Snapchat’s …
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Here are six surprising facts you might not already know about how the creative mind works, which can hopefully to get your …
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Creating content on a regular basis for your company’s website, blog, and social media channels is no easy task. Therefore, our strategy …
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