Creative Conference Calls: Minneapolis One Year Later

The summer of 2020 brought us some incredible images and stories from Minneapolis. For the visual story tellers at the Star-Tribune it was a year of non-stop breaking-news coverage from the protests to the trial of Derek Chauvin. We will look back on the last 13 months with them and discuss how they visually told […]

Creative Conference Calls: Design Systems and Local Publications

Design systems create consistency, structure and standards across sections or a family of publications. But they also can stymie creativity and freedom. The team at American City Business Journals will discuss how an organization with no visual identity a decade ago transformed its 40 weekly publications into a place where each designer’s voice can be […]

Mobile Journalism Workshop (Organized by Visual Editors)

SND is excited to share with you the opportunity to attend Visual Editors’ Mobile Journalism Workshop for FREE on September 24, 2021. Visual Editors has graciously extended an agreement with SND for our members to attend the conference portion of the virtual MoJoWorkshop at www.Mojo.Show The 2021 #MojoWorkshop is a virtual conference hosted by Visual Editors. This event will […]

Creative Conference Calls: The Design Museum

Update The Design Museum is now available for viewing and feedback. Watch a quick tutorial to learn how to navigate the design museum and use Mural.     Register   When you first see a design or graphic, what is your first reaction to it? Do you admire all of it or just one aspect? […]

Creative Conference Call: The Art of Sketching

The topic for the November‘s session is the art of sketching and how many designers still use pen and paper to concept and design their work, whether it is a print layout, a digital story, information graphic or product. As designers we sketch to test out ideas, but we know they may change as we […]

SND Quarterly Business Meeting

SND is committed to keeping our members informed of the ongoings of the Society. Current SND members can join SND Board of Directors to learn more about the organizations financials, membership and upcoming events. Agenda: Welcome from the new SND Board SND Membership and Financial New Partnerships Competitions Update To attend the meeting, you must […]

Creative Conference Call: Designs That Have Influenced and Inspired

There is always that one design. The one you remember because it inspired you, that made you approach your craft in a different way. We will talk to a panel of former SND competition judges, facilitators and volunteers about what designs they remember from the SND competition that stuck with them, regardless of what award […]

Creative Conference Calls: Is What’s Old New Again?

If there’s one thing we know to be true about design, it’s that some trend or technique always seems to make a comeback. While it might not be the exact same, the work of the past still inspires many design trends and techniques we see today. The Atlantic's Yuri Victor and The Philadelphia Inquire's Suzette Moyer […]

Creative Conference Calls: What are hiring managers looking for?

Employers are looking for more than great visual storytelling portfolios, especially with the changing workforce and remote teams. From application to interview to your portfolio, our panel of hiring managers will share what they are looking for in candidates in today's world.    Our Speakers Robin Jones, Manager at Gannett Design Studios, Greg Manifold, Creative […]