Sample Cre8Camp Discussion Topics

Where’s my multi-page? Illustrator vs. Freehand brawl.

This one time at band camp: Your favorite client horror stories (don’t mention the client name, by the way.)

Default filters are for chumps: Best kept Photoshop tricks that have saved your ass so many times but that you just can’t share with clients because they’d think that you cheated them out of their ad spending budget.

I want the table to be 71 px from the top and 53 px from the right: Tales and adventures in web design.

My favorite client—ever—is:

PowerPoint karaoke: I’ll have slides from our favorite presentation program containing an image/diagram paired with a word/sentence (can be completely nonsensical) and you have to talk about it for 2 minutes without seeing it first. Rinse and repeat.

“I’m secretly an artist/DJ/bandmember at night:” Talk about what you do outside of work. What’s your favorite ways of unwinding?

Critique this: I’ll have a legendary design piece put up on screen, you’ll come up with all sorts of justification for why it won’t work. Can be played in teams or individual.

What got you into this mess that is the creative/advertising/design/music/etc. field? Share and compare stories.

Social media and web 2.0 advertising. Audience are too savvy. So does and will social media advertising work—really? What would make it work? Is it advisable to spend money on these channels?

Chicken tenders, urban farming: Talk about keeping chicken as pets, growing your own food, etc.

What the HAL? Discussion of Kubrick, his works and legacy.

Fermenting cheese, pickle, sauerkraut, beer, anything.

Layer tennis: I give you a raw image or Photoshop file, complete with layers, etc. Massage it for 35 minutes, then present for the last 10.

What’s new on Twitter/Friendfeed/Social Media: What’s cool/interesting and how can it benefit creatives?. Not about advertising.

Internet memes: Talk about it, share your best that others may not know, then watch it together. Rickroll, Weezer’s Pork and Beans.

CSS hacks. There has to be a trick up your sleeve to make that five-column, relatively positioned layout work. Share it here.

Helvetica. Adore it? Abhor it? Discuss.

Old skool vs. new skool: “I only use computer to refine” vs. “I start directly in Illustrator.”

Tattoo. Got one? Thinking of getting one? Showcase. Share tips.

Sleeping is for the weak: Share tips on balancing family, work and play.

Networking events are a necessary evil. How can we improve it?

The local creative community. Who are we? What can we do to make it thrive? How do we carry the momentum beyond this event?

Specialization is for insects: How being able to do many things saved your ass.

To specialize, or not to specialize? A discussion between specialist/ultra niche-ist and generalist/type-T people.

I work for myself/own a boutique agency. Why did you do it? Discuss. Share stories of trials and tribulations.

I may be a creative, but I’m a geek when it comes to _______.

Interest groups on anything, from carpentry, knitting, biking, cooking/baking, 80’s power metal, mullet, Puma shoes, to trucks.

What’s your most favorite typeface? Not most useful or versatile, but most favorite. Bring laptop for show and tell.

Wii/Guitar Hero/Rock Band brawl: Because every agency worth its salt should have a room with one of those games in it.

Table of Content = ? When it comes to cyberspace, what exactly is "content?" Blog entries, video, images? And who or what determines what that content should be for a web presence? Curious minds want to know.

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