I wanted to write a quick blog about collaboration. My passion is to connect as many people, products and resources as possible to accelerate, maximize and create mutual success that’s far beyond what a single person would acheive. This is one reason why I love well produced events–so many great opportunities all come together in one place.

I attended RefreshSD last night. Different type of event than I’m used to. Not your typical “hi my name is so and so, what do you do?” mixer. At first I was skeptical? Why would I want to sit in a room full of Designers and programmers? After attending I realized it was a great collaboration of ambitious people who all have different roles yet understand that they all work together. –LOVE IT. We often forget that the final product that we (marketers) are so eager to design a stellar marketing campaign for is the result of the hard work put in by programmers and designers. Vice versa, those behind the scenes (programmers and designers) often don’t realize that their final product is not final without an effective marketing campaign.

Moral of this blog. Next time you meet someone who may be in a different line of work, take the initiative to learn about their role and appreciate what they do because it most likely will help your work in one way or another. Great things come from collaborating so let’s all work together!–Sounds like a motivational speech. Awesome!