Join us as Michael Strassburger, co-founder of Seattle-based Modern Dog shares his creative perspective as a top digital designer. Explore 20 years of incredible poster design and hear how to incorporate personality into your everyday work. You’ll learn how to overcome creativity blocks and add intrigue to familiar projects while attracting the right kinds of clients for the projects you love.

His new book, Modern Dog: 20 Years of Poster Art, displays their groundbreaking work in poster design over the past two decades. Posters for theater, events, music, social issues and self-promotion run the gamut of approaches and attitudes, but always reflects Strassburger’s distinctive eye. Modern Dog’s heady mix of cheeky humor and punk rock aesthetics makes them unique among design firms—and a heck of a lot of fun.

Sponsored by: Creekside Conference Center

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GFAF members $15, non-members $25

Sponsored in part by: Two Paws Up
Bring collars, leashes, comforters, dog beds, cat or dog treats, food or gift cards to this event and all proceeds will support Tails of Hope Sanctuary—a local no-kill organization which rescues shelter animals who run out of time at a shelter, or who have correctable health or behavorial needs.

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Marc Weinberg, Salyer and Rhonda McLaughlin, Dov Goldstein and his wife and Tim Finnen rocked the night away!

GFAF and AIGA celebrated the holidays—and each other—with a toast at Frederick Wine Cellars last Saturday night. This event was FREE for members and over thirty members and their guests braved the winter elements to catch up with friends and bid on the member-painted piggy banks.

If you missed the event, you’ll still have a chance to bid on these piggy banks, the GFAF board has decided to continue the auction at the 2009 ADDY Awards! Start your bean counting now! All proceeds will go to the GFAF student scholarship fund.

Thanks to our generous sponsors for making this event happen: Greater Frederick Advertising Federation, AIGA-Blueridge, Rocketfuel Design, Wood Street and Text Design.

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As Campaign:Digital is this year’s premier online advertising event in Frederick, Maryland. If you advertise online, or are involved with online advertising, do not miss this event! Three speakers, from three different disciplines will give talks their individual arenas of the industry.

The Science of Advertising in Online Social Networks
Join David Gurzick as he explores the sociology behind why so many social-targeted advertisements fail and offers strategies for how to successfully gain the attention and the interest of their users.

Getting Started Right with Email Marketing
Jason Gindele, President of Real Magnet, shares with us the ins-and-outs of email marketing and some of the best practices for your business.

Get Found in Google: Should Search be a Part of Your Marketing Mix?
Search guru Justin Seibert, uses live case studies to explain the practices of using Google and PPC to reach your customers.

The evening’s speakers will also participate in a round table discussion to take questions from the audience on any of the topics mentioned as well as the future of the industry. This event is sure to stimulate and educate all in attendance. Space is filling up, so RSVP today.

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rsvp@greaterfrederickadfed.org
GFAF members $15, non-members $25

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Celebrate the holidays—and each other—with a toast at Frederick Wine Cellars. This event is FREE for members, $15 for guests. Admission includes two wine-tasting tickets, light hors d’oeuvres and a chance to catch up with friends, old and new. Don’t leave empty-handed! Member-painted piggy banks will be up for auction, making the perfect holiday gift. All proceeds will go to the GFAF student scholarship fund.

Make the Evening Last : You’re already downtown and it’s Frederick’s First Saturday Gallery Walk. Make reservations for dinner at one of the many wonderful downtown restaurants or wander the decorated streets of historic Frederick and shop while the stores are open late.

Thanks to our generous sponsors for making this event happen: Greater Frederick Advertising Federation, AIGA-Blueridge, Rocketfuel Design, Wood Street and Text Design. Illustration: Ellen Byrne

RSVP by Friday, November 28
rsvp@greaterfrederickadfed.org
GFAF members FREE, non-members $15

Saturday, December 6, 2008 • 4:30 - 7:30 pm
Frederick Wine Cellars • 221 North East St., Frederick, MD 21701

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New this month, your GFAF board has voted to adopt a new member mentoring program that pairs new members with old to help them assimilate more quickly and more comfortably into the club. We currently have 12 members who have been assigned a mentor from the board. The role of the mentor will be to give each member a personal welcome to the club, to personally invite them to events throughout the year and to help introduce them face-to-face to the rest of the membership. We hope this will encourage a legacy of participation and anticipate that this year’s “mentees” will be next year’s mentors, thus perpetuating personal involvement from each new membership class.

If you would like to be a mentor…or wish you had one, even though you’ve belonged to the GFAF for awhile…please don’t hesitate to contact Cheri Baker.

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Ad Fed members are known for their creativity. Here is a unique community activity where you can put your creative energy to help foster in the holidays. The Frederick Arts Council has announced that the Frederick Festival of Greens will take place November 21-29. This inaugural event provides an opportunity for artists, businesses, school groups, nonprofit organizations, and all local residents a chance to participate by decorating a holiday wreath or tree that will become part of a public display during the Festival. At the conclusion of the Festival, all the decorated pieces will be auctioned off with the proceeds benefiting the arts in Frederick County. During the eight-day public display period, your wreath or tree will be seen by hundreds of people providing great exposure for you or your business. There is no fee to participate, however participants must provide their own supplies and materials. Wreaths or trees must be dropped off by November 14th. For additional information, contact Executive Director Shuan Butcher at 301-662-4190 or visit www.frederickartscouncil.org.

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Thursday, Sept. 18 – The GFAF season got off to a rousing start when an enthusiastic mix of 40 neophyte and veteran members gathered at the Flying Dog Brewing Company. The group was treated to an early beer tasting and light meal (donated by High Point Catering), followed by speaker Chris Rippe, another beer tasting, a tour of the brewery, another beer tasting…and well, you get the picture. In between the Tire Bite and Old Scratch (two of the microbrews), Rippe talked about Flying Dog’s Gonzo art theme and unique approach to marketing which, boiled down significantly,
is to “win the world over one beer at a time.” He certainly won us over!

Lest one think that it was simply an evening of liberal libation, it should be noted that the year’s calendar was unveiled (see dates on right) and 42 pairs of gently-used shoes were collected for donation. Congratulations to Cheryl Brown of Senoda, who won a pair of Crocs donated by The Trail House.

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As an artist, writer or manager in today’s electronic world, it’s hard to know what’s considered public domain, what’s not, and what rights you have (or haven’t) actually purchased from a stock company. Baltimore attorney Michael S. Yang, a former graphic designer, now specializes in intellectual property law (including copyright and the arts) and internet and technology law. He’ll present this need-to-know information in layman terms and answer your burning questions! Please submit any questions you have to Louanne Welgoss at louanne@ltdcreative.com and Michael will answer them at our meeting!

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Go ahead…be a piggy! Paint one, paint two, paint large, paint small. Just paint! Join GFAF members as we turn ceramic sow’s ears into silk purses and add some “beans” to our GFAF scholarship fund. Auctioned off at the GFAF Holiday Social, the proceeds will help one lucky college student each year move forward on their creative career path.

Free to all members, this is a chance to have fun with your talent (or in some cases, discover it!), while at the same time enjoying the camaraderie and (dare we say) competition of your GFAF peers. All talent levels invited; the more, the merrier!

Thank you to our event sponsors:

RSVP by Monday, October 13
rsvp@greaterfrederickadfed.org

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Please welcome Teresa Dove, our new GFAF chapter administrator. Teresa currently owns a marketing consulting company called Kaleidoscope Marketing Consultants and is involved with many Frederick organizations. She brings event planning, organizational skills and great attention to detail to the chapter and we look forward to having her with us for a long time. And speaking of long times, we would be remiss in not extending a HUGE thank you to former administrator, Joanne Baum, who spent the past ten years serving our members as the primary “go to” person for all GFAF things large and small. Please thank Joanne and welcome Teresa the next time you see either.

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