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Mitch Dowell is a marketing and creative director in the Baltimore/DC metro area and has been involved in visual branding, graphic design and creative marketing for over 20 years. As Founder & former Creative Director of Branding Experiences, a marketing, branding and design company in the Baltimore/DC metro area, Mitch spent nearly a decade helping U.S. and Canadian small businesses in a wide range of business sectors leverage a mindset to better make a connection with their target audiences. We have conducted an interview with him about his book Designed to Go The Distance . How long did you take to write your book? What inspires you to write this book? This book had been brewing my entire career. There are many books on the topic of creative careers, but I wanted to take a very different approach than most of the others. I wanted to deliver more of an honest pep-talk, delivered directly to the creative soul of the reader, not so much their creative mind. And like any ...

Dominique Brightmon is a library assistant who lives in Baltimore, MD. He has written and published his 1st book, "Going North: Tips & Techniques to Advance Yourself." His goal is to be a public speaking librarian and he joined Toastmasters International to help facilitate that. We have conducted an interview with Dominique. How does the library help others to change their lives? The library helps others to change their lives because they contain more than books. An article I read a couple years ago mentioned how public libraries want to be your office. I personally work in a public library and can confirm this from experience. As I converse with patrons who frequent the library, they mention how they get a lot of work done at libraries because they are distracted less. One patron even told me that the library is “one of his many offices in the state”. The public library in the 21st century goes beyond the books. It is an information sanctuary that contains th...

Tonight our guest is Carlos Gee, a graphic/visual artist located in Baltimore, Maryland. We have conducted an interview with him to revolve around his motive, purpose, and passion behind his art. What is your story before becoming a graphic and visual artist?  Before even considering becoming a visual artist I was just you’re a simple kid, I’d go to school, come home maybe draw or play games. Then during high school, I took up Boxing thanks to my cousin I truly owe him a lot for opening up the pathway for the experience, it was a very impactful point of my life. As any martial art, it trains in discipline and self-discovery, training in those helped in the long run more than I could’ve imagined. It basically raised me, I’m not sure where’d I be today without it. About a year after graduating from school I dropped Boxing as a profession due to issues with the gym staff I then strove for art short after and here I am today . But those moments will never be lost since they...

Alfonso Colasuonno and Lauren Rubin from Baltimore are the founders and CEO of MyCareerHacker.com . They are Millennials targeting other young people with their career advancement (résumés, cover letters, LinkedIn) business, who are underemployed or unemployed. We have conducted an interview with them. Why is it important to 'career hack' to succeed in today's context? It's absolutely critical to hack your career because job applicants today are facing unprecedented levels of competition. When many open positions have over 500 applicants, you need to stand out or you may face underemployment, unemployment, a job beneath your qualifications, or an extreme amount of time devoted to job hunting - often with little to show for it. Hacking your career with MyCareerHacker.com puts you in the best possible situation for success. What is essentially different in career advancement years ago versus today for the Millennials/young people? Young people today face...