Events

InSource plans member-driven events throughout the year.

Upcoming Events

Stay tuned for more information about these and other 2012 InSource events:

• March 28, Riverside CA – UCDA Design Summit, Roundtable event
• March (TBD), Durham NC – Regional Roundtable
• April 19, Union NJ – Thinking Creatively, Roundtable event
• June 20, Boston MA – InHOWSE Managers Conference, Roundtable event
• October (TBD), NYC – InSource In-House Managers Conference – details to come

Recent past events include:

Career Path Roundtables:
Our InSource Roundtable Event held in November 2011 was a success! 30 participants in New York had lively discussions on the topic of “The Design Career Path: Career Development for In-House Creatives and Managers”. The event was so successful that InSource is considering running the event in Chicago, Research Triangle Park (North Carolina), Los Angeles, and Union NJ.

Highlights from these discussions are available to all those who attended this event.

Special thanks to Robert Half International/The Creative Group for providing superb accommodations for this event (creativegroup.com), as well as Adobe (adobe.com), Neenah Paper (neenahpaper.com), Brilliant Graphics (brilliant-graphics.com), Center for Creative Leadership (ccl.com), and David Baker (recourses.com) for their generous donation of sponsorships, materials, and services to support the work of InSource!

Value Equation Roundtables:
Our InSource Roundtable Event held in June 2011 was a success! A total of 56 participants had lively discussions in Boston, Chicago, and New York City on the topic of “The Value Equation: Creating, Promoting and Earning Value Recognition for In-House Creative Organizations.”

Highlights from these discussions are available to all those who attended this event at a private page on this site distributed directly by email.

Special thanks to Getty Images, the Continuum, and the staff of the HOW Conference and Wunderland for their valuable assistance, as well as Brilliant Graphics and Neenah Paper for their generous donation in printing materials distributed at this InSource event!

Organizational and Operational Models Roundtables:
Our first InSource Roundtable Event held in May of 2010 was a success. A total of 41 participants had engaging discussions in New York, Dallas, Seatle, and Minneapolis on the topic of “Organizational and Operational Models for In-House Creative Teams”

Highlights from these discussions will are available to all those who attended this event at a private page on this site distributed by email. A recap of the event can be seen here.
Special thanks to The Creative Group for hosting us, and Twill Printing for helping us out with meeting materials.

Management Strategies for In-House Creative Managers:
More than 70 creative professionals came together on November 12, 2008, to focus on some of the challenges and opportunities that in-house creative teams face these days. This InSource event was held at The Mansion on the campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, New Jersey. With featured speakers Emily Cohen (a consultant to creative professionals who provides guidance on effective staff, client and process management strategies, work segmentation improvements, metrics development and customized teamwork training) and Moira Cullen (a design strategist, writer and educator with extensive experience in the corporate world who is now working with The Hershey Company), this full-day event provided practical insights on effective management strategies.