How to Respond to Questions About Sexism in the Printing Industry
With just a few minutes before the first, women-only panel discussion on the main stage of Dscoop ended, the audience at Edge St. Louis was asked if they had any questions. The mic goes out to the audience, a gentleman stands up. With what I interpreted as a mixture of nerves, uncertainty, and a splash […]
Authenticity Matters in Brand, Print Business and Personal Messaging
Authenticity for brand, personal, and print business messaging has become more important than ever. Whether it’s in advertising, social media, or everyday conversation, people want to feel that the messages they receive are genuine and truthful. Last week was International Women’s Day and the flood of messaging on March 8th showing support for women was […]
Fifth Annual Women’s Print HERstory Month Returns in March to Celebrate the Fierce, Fabulous Females Who Power the Industry
‘Women’s Print HERstory Month’ coincides with Women’s History Month to align storytelling that empowers and inspires the fierce, fabulous females of print, as well as young women and students entering the industry or considering print as a career. Launched in 2019, the fifth annual Women’s Print HERstory Month returns March 2023, and Girls Who Print […]
Girls Who Print Day and International Print Day Coming in October with ‘Be BIG and BOLD’ and ‘Print Smart’ as Central Themes
The global print community will gather to celebrate Girls Who Print Day on October 13, and International Print Day on October 26, hosted online by Print Media Centr September 28, 2022 — The Printerverse – Two print industry milestone events hosted and produced by Print Media Centr are scheduled for October. • The 10th annual […]
Wrapping Up 2021 with Bullish Thoughts for 2022
This year has, in many ways been one giant blur. It was January, yada-yada-yada, and here is my year-end wrap-up post. What did I do? What did I accomplish? What did I learn? I took a look back at 2021… Project Peacock morphed into a resource and education platform in 2021 and hosted more than […]
Social Media Case Study: Girls Who Print and #PrintHERstoryMonth
This year, for #PrintHERstoryMonth at #GirlsWhoPrint, I had the honor of running the social channels (Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram) and posting in the LinkedIn Group as we celebrated over 50 women who shared their print origin stories and advice for advancing in our industry. I learned a lot. I improved my skills immensely. And I […]
Equality, Technology, and HERstory
Happy Women’s Print HERstory Month to one and all! Of course, this print-centered initiative occurs alongside Women’s History Month, marked throughout March each year to celebrate women’s accomplishments and highlight women’s issues. Unfortunately, here in the UK specifically and I suspect elsewhere, the main news stories at the moment are emphasising how challenging and dangerous […]
Women’s Print HERstory Month Returns in March to Celebrate the Fierce, Fabulous Females Who Power the Industry
‘Women’s Print HERstory Month’ coincides with Women’s History Month to align the telling of stories that empower and inspire the fierce fabulous females of print, as well as young women and students entering the industry or considering print as a career. Launched in 2019 by GirlsWhoPrint.net, Women’s Print HERstory Month returns March 2021, and Girls […]
International Print Day #IPD20 and #GirlsWhoPrint Day go Back-to-Back in 2020
Get Ready for a Double Celebration – International Print Day and Girls Who Print Day Go Back-to-Back The global print community has a lot to look forward to in October, with International Print Day taking place on October 21st, closely followed by Girls Who Print day on October 22nd The Printerverse – International Print Day […]
Thinking Big In Wide-Format and Representing Women in Print with Carmen Rad, CR&A Custom Inc
Deborah spoke to Carmen Rad, Founder and President at CR&A Custom Inc, a wide-format graphics business in Los Angeles, at ISA Sign Expo. CR&A Custom is a large-format printing business that has been going strong for 25 years, but Founder and President Carmen Rad stresses that the building of the company and its success didn’t […]
Print Prepares to Celebrate its Fierce, Fabulous Females as Women’s Print #HERstory Month Returns in March
‘Women’s Print HERstory Month’ coincides with Women’s History Month to align the telling of stories that empower and inspire the fierce fabulous females of print, as well as young women and students entering the industry or considering print as a career. Launched in 2019 by GirlsWhoPrint.net, Women’s Print HERstory Month returns March 2020, and Girls […]
#ProjectPeacock and The Power of Digital Print and Finishing Education With Dawn Nye, Konica Minolta
Deborah spoke to Dawn Nye, Manager of Solutions and Services Marketing, Konica Minolta, at FSEA #OdysseyExpo. One of the first topics covered during Deborah’s conversation with Dawn is the recent Project Peacock Print Fair in New York, described by Dawn as an ‘education’ – “I come to events and I’m used to talking to printers, […]