Celebrating the Women We Admire
I’ve always known the power of women. I grew up around fierce, independent women—including my mother and sister—and I watched my dad grow a flourishing business with a female business partner at his side. When it was time for college, I attended Randolph Macon Women’s College in Lynchburg, Virginia, where I was surrounded by more …
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Another Amazing Education Anew Convening: Reflections from the Sol Team
Last month, Sol was honored to cover another moving Education Anew: Shifting Justice (EASJ2018) convening, sponsored by two clients, Andrus Family Fund and Communities for Just Schools Fund. The event brought together organizers, advocates and youth who have dedicated their lives to creating safe and supportive schools, closing youth jails and prisons, ending the criminalization …
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On Creativity: From a Bunch of Creatives
The Sol team is a creative bunch–making is part of who we are. That being said, it’s not always easy to keep the creative energy going… all the time. So we asked around the office: how does being a creative for a living work for you? JAKE: Being creative on demand is awesome because …
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Our Authentic LinkedIn Profiles
In the world of content marketing, we talk a lot about authenticity. The definition of this buzzword evolves, but at the heart of it, authenticity is about being true to yourself (or in the case of brands, true to your company or organization’s values). It’s in this spirit that we at Sol have written our …
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What Cocktails and Coding Have in Common
If I were to describe how I ended up as a bartender or in front of the desk as a developer experiencing PEBKAC (problem that exists between keyboard and chair), I would describe it as engaged stumbling with a general direction of where I would land. I graduated a few months ago from Georgia State …
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Was My Grandmother a Designer? Reflections on Harvard’s Black in Design 2017
What does it mean to be black in design? Does its complexity warrant a conference? If good design connects us all intrinsically, how can race transform itself into yet another barrier and place us in these seats (also designed)? And was my grandmother a designer? We’re at Harvard–yet she looks like the women in this …
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