Expert Access Highlight: Pinterest Best Practices and Keys to Success
The DLN audience was joined by Megan Kleban and Conor Ryan from Pinterest for an informative Expert Access about the platform’s newest feature Story Pins. For a written recap of the details from this discussion, as well as key resources to get set up with Story Pins…
HIVE Edition 5
The DLN is excited to share the fourth issue of HIVE. Peak inside for ideas, inspiration and insight directly from our Member and Partners.
Business Forum Highlight: What Buyers Want Now
How do you reframe problems with the perspective of the people you serve? How do you find user needs and solve for them? These are some key questions to consider when looking at consumers through the lens of design.
Business Forum Highlight: The Growing Power of Ecommerce
Ecommerce was seeing exponential growth as a means to sell and interact with customers well before COVID-19. Since the start of the pandemic this means of doing business has grown at an even more rapid pace, from double to 10x depending on the company.
Business Forum Highlight: The Social Responsibility of Firms
In order to best understand the present and the future, we must learn from the lessons of the past. When you specifically look at the year 1968, it’s eerily similar to what we are experiencing today. Following that time in our history, companies that made themselves relevant to baby boomers thrived while those that did not folded.
Business Forum Highlight: A Very Current Conversation About Marketing
Brands that win today don’t just drive loyalty, they drive obsession. The brands that people chose become part of their identities. In fact, more important than what people see from your brand (logo, colors, etc.) is what they feel. Your brand should tell consumers why they should care. Brand is the living, breathing driver of the entire customer experience.
Business Forum Highlight: From Extraordinary Growth to Existential Risk
For the past 5 years, the hospitality sector has been one of the fastest growing in the design industry. In many ways, COVID-19 forced the industry to a halt. There is good news for the future as the design industry works with the hospitality space to adapt moving forward.
Red Antler Co-Founder Emily Heyward, Author of Obsessed
In “A Very Current Conversation about Marketing,” the DLN audience will learn from consumer and trade marketing expert Emily Heyward on how to navigate the changing demands of messaging, marketing, and brand loyalty.
The Social Responsibility of Firms with David Carey and Jonathan Cropper
Sustainability. Social Justice. Gender Equality. LGBTQ Rights. Homelessness. The Environment. What do these issues have in common? The answer is that your employees, clients, and other business partners care about them.
HIVE’s New Dream Team
Managing Director Rebecca Birdwell says of the new team, “The DLN team is excited to have Michael and Florentino take over design and editorial for HIVE. This is a big step for us as an organization with such an amazing team. We look forward to seeing the evolution of HIVE in its ability to showcase our community’s projects, products, talents and stories in their very best light.”