What crayon color are you?
(most personality traits from Crayola’s web site)
Teresa Coles
Brick Red
hot, energetic, loud
Kevin Smith
Blue Violet
imagination, fantasy, playfulness
Jody Piland
I’m Caribbean Green. It reminds me of happy island life.
cool, crisp, fresh
Kevin Archie
Robin’s Egg Blue
serene, gentleness, sincerity
Will Weatherly
I try to be Burnt Orange. I’m probably Olive Green.
cool, crisp, fresh
Julie Turner
Red
simple, effective, brain-grabbing
What crayon color would you be? Use this list for reference or make up your own color.
When you were young, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Cathy Monetti
I only remember NOT wanting to be a nurse. Ever.
Teresa Coles
A Barbie doll fashion designer. Evening gowns were a specialty.
Kevin Smith
I wanted to drive an ice cream truck.
Ryon Edwards
An architect.
Julie Turner
A medical examiner just like Quincy.
Will Weatherly
Frontman for a world-renowned rock band.
Kevin Archie
An artist, according to the drawing I made in first grade.
Jody Piland
I wanted to be a lawyer. I could argue, no matter how wrong or right I was, until I was blue in the face.
What did you want to be?
What decade would you like to be living in right now?
Julie Turner
This one. I am master of my own destiny and have a beautiful family and inspiring group of friends. The eighties were fun and all but I’ll take now hands down.
Kevin Smith
The 80′s of course. It was a wonderful time for television. Commercials were never better.
Cathy Monetti
I’m pretty happy in this decade. The world is changing so fast, I can’t wait to see what’s next!
Maria Fabrizio
Early 60′s. I’d be able to do everything by hand since the computer wouldn’t exist yet and I’d also like to have beehive hair.
Will Weatherly
40′s: Music and film, but mostly to be a fly on the wall during Kerouac’s US excursions.
Ryon Edwards
1960′s – for the music, man. Peace.
Jody Piland
The 80′s. Awesome music, awesome clothes, awesome hair. Need I say more?
Kevin Archie
The 1940′s have always resonated with me because of the music — big band swing and the beginning of bebop jazz — but I would much rather be living in the present where I can enjoy that same music without having to live during a world war.
What’s your ideal decade?
What’s your favorite jingle?
Pete Anderson
Chock Full o’ Nuts
Julie Turner
The ones that come from Christmas bells. They still ring for me.
Ryon Edwards
Coca Cola – “I’d like to teach the world to sing”
Will Weatherly
Hmmm. Favorite would take a while. Personally most memorable?…“Herndon Chevrolet—Herndon makes you wanna SMILE!” My Honda will die some day, but that jingle will follow me forever.
Kevin Archie
Rush’s – “You’ll rush back for more” // Their burgers are so delicious they don’t even need a relevant brand.
Teresa Coles
The Backpacker, the great outdoor connection…
The Backpacker, what a great selection!
Kevin Smith
Leon Jones Insurance’s “Driven to be the best.”
If you could have a super power for one day,
what would it be?
Cathy Monetti
I would like to be able to fly.
Kevin Smith
Time travel.
Ryon Edwards
Super beard-growing power.
Julie Turner
To be able to fly to and visit far-flung places across the planet. But, I’d want to do touristy things, not let commuter trains ride across my shoulders because some crazy wanker blew up a bridge.
Teresa Coles
Turbo power. I could get so much work done in one day, I could take the rest of the week off!
Maria Fabrizio
To be able to hit command + Z and have it apply to real life.
Kevin Archie
I would have the unheard of superhuman ability to avoid procrastination.
Pete Anderson
Flight, both on Earth and through space.
Illustration by Ryon Edwards
Would you rather be poor and work at a job you love or be rich and work at a job you hate?
Pete Anderson
Poor/job I love.
Julie Turner
You can’t fully enjoy bathing in one hundred dollar bills if you loathe what you do for most of the day. I’d choose poor with a job I love.
Kevin Smith
Of course I’d choose to be poor and work at a job I love. I specialize in being rich without actually having any money.
Kevin Archie
If you can find a job you love, I think you’re lucky to be there regardless of pay.
Congratulations, you just won the hypothetical lottery and you’re now a billionaire. What will you do with the money first?
Jody Piland
First I would buy this,
and then I would pay off my student loans.
Pete Anderson
Purchase a Major League Baseball franchise. And maybe the Jacksonville Jaguars, depending on how much of a billionaire I’ve become.
Julie Turner
Become an anonymous benefactor of as many schools, nonprofits and community groups as I can feasibly support.
Kevin Smith
I thank the lottery and get the money safely in the bank. I’d then invite my co-workers to my house for an offsite planning session (with drinks). Our session would be titled: “Finally rich, a strategy and implementation plan for Kevin.” It would be based on a $1 billion budget. Riggs Partners’ strategic planning fees would be 20 percent of my overall budget.
Ryon Edwards
$250 million spread equally between non-profits in our state (earmarked for marketing budgets, of course)
$150 million to invest, start a few foundations, etc. (through CCCF)
$75 million for a startup business
$25 million to share with my facebook friends
$50K cash just to carry around in my wallet.
$50K for a new car
Remainder would probably be taxed, and I’d probably be OK with that.
Kevin Archie
I would start an online film processing business similar to Netflix that would allow people to send in film and get awesome prints back for cheap. Either that or I would buy out Kodak or Polaroid and make them good again.
What’s the theme song to your life?
Kevin Smith
Crowded House’s “Don’t Dream It’s Over,” which just finished playing on Radio Paradise – wow
Julie Turner
Also Sprach Zarathustra
Ryon Edwards
“no time” by the guess who
Kevin Archie
“Either Way” by Wilco
Cathy Monetti
Unworthy, by Cheryl Wheeler
Jody Courtney
A theme song isn’t enough, I’d need a whole soundtrack.
Brainstorming is a vital step in the creative process. How do you do it?
Cathy Monetti
I think you have to take apart an issue. Strip it down until it’s bare, then see how it can be rebuilt in a new way. Having said that, I have to say my best ideas come in the shower. (I think that’s kinda funny.)
Kevin Smith
Outside the office, I walk my dog or find retail/branding inspiration. In the office, I draw diagrams on our dry erase board.
Julie Turner
Wildly, caffeinated and on a white board with colored markers.
Peter Anderson
With (FDA approved) chemical stimulants, a greaseboard, and poor illustrations.
Ryon Edwards
Gather team
State the objectives
Ask questions
Encourage collaboration
Know that any idea is worth consideration/discussion
Encourage crazy ideas
Write on whiteboards/sketchbooks
Sketch out
Discuss
Ask more questions
Discuss
Let the ideas incubate for day or two and gather as a team again to:
Discuss
Ask questions
Refine
Bounce ideas off of client (or better yet, include them in brainstorming)
Have fun
Kevin Archie
I stare at a blank screen/page until something magically appears.
