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The AIGA Arizona board demonstrates its commitment to doing just that by through Design for Good (D4G), a committee headed up by LAVIDGE Junior Graphic Designer Morgan Clark.The AIGA Arizona Design for Good team creates memorable events such as Creatathon, a 24-hour creative marathon where volunteers come together to provide design, marketing, and strategic services for nonprofits. Events like these create impactful work that serve all of Arizona.
PHXDW conference impact extends beyond ‘purely professional’
Clark is an excellent example of someone whose efforts to give back to the community through PHXDW have benefited her just as much in return. A first-year employee with LAVIDGE who frequently attends meetings for the agency sponsored Ad Libs chapter of Toastmasters, Clark took to the stage on Day 2 during Lightning Talks in hopes of impacting fellow attendees’ non-professional lives.
“What really propelled me to speak was a conversation I had earlier in the week with Mike Watts (a local graphic designer and previous member of AIGA Arizona’s Design for Good),” Clark said. “We discussed how a lot of designers we know have anxiety, depression, or general woe and yet mental health doesn’t seem like it’s talked about enough in the creative community. A lightning talk seemed like the right place to get the conversation started within this community.”
Clark said the response was “absolutely wonderful.”
“Creatives started approaching me and suddenly we were engaging in very vulnerable conversations within moments of meeting each other,” she said. “I learned that a lot of people around me had struggled, or were struggling, but just talking to one another about it seemed like this feat of strength. It was absolutely worth the restless night and last-minute speech writing. This opportunity introduced me to a community I had always been a part of, but never really known.“
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https://www.lavidge.com/lightbulb-moments/articles/posts/2019/12/10/lavidge-demonstrates-leadership-by-advocating-for-local-creative-community/